Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-09-19
Yes. LOnely!

ANoS LOlSly
Of all the lonely feeling ever
experienced by mortal man, is
to be found in a large city or in
a crowd of absolute stangers,
not one of whom you can say:
''howdy Jim, or Tom, or Sam. "
No difference how many peple
assemble at a place, how social
they may be with acquaintan-
ces, unless YOU belong to the in
ner circle you are a stranger in
a strange land, and might just
as we'll be cast away on some
lonely island, urinhabited. as to
find yourself in the busy street,
or at some great gathering in
city OF country where all ths
people are to you strangers. O,
how lonely, to be alone in the
midst Of thousands! This fact
is fully understood by all who
have Travelled, or called to wit
ness strange crowds, in their
hurry and hustle to reach a giv-
en- point. Every car crowded,
every autoinible lna,isd, streets
and sidewalks alive with HUI
manity, but to you strangers.
This fact is one COED reason
why all men should feel the ne
cessity of sociabiliIy a kind
word, a grasp Of a friendly hand
d pleasant smile. All these lit
tie acts cost nothing, falls
upon the lone strange as gentle
dew upon the petal of the rose,
or as rain upon the parched
earth after a drouth, to vivify
and beautify all around, and
making both giver and receiver
the more happy.
Just think Of a lone man in
the midst of thousands, not one
of whom he knows or one Who
knows him. The desolation of
such a position is awful, and
like a dark cloud, fallsupon the
human heart and fills with big
sobs, ready to break out from a
lonly feeling, and yet too proud
to cry and too sad to laugh, and
yet a stranger without sympa-
thy or one to whom he can go
and say: Brother"
Like being hungry and find
ing yourself in a dining room
with tables filled with every
thing good to eat and yet not
allowed to touch an article to
be dry and in view of a bubbling
spring of pure and sparkling
water and not permitted to
drink, to be one in the midst of
thousands and not one to whom
you can look upon as friend!
Lonely, desperate, surroun
ded by thousands and yet all
alone. D. M. II.
The stockholders Of the Mis-
souri, Valley Chautauqua Asso-
citation met last evening in the
city council room, pursuant to
call from the secretary. j. S.
Dewell was made chairman of
TIN = - ing and then the work
of vlecting a board of directors
for the coming year was begun.
w. G. Fensler made q motion to
the effect that the old board be
reelected, with the exception
of A. Edgecombe, who has
moved to Omaha. The motion
was put and the name of Supt.
Beveridge subtituted for that
of Edgecomb. The board Of di-
rectors for the coming year
will be as follows:
John McGavren, John Ander-
son, j. S. Dewell, r. D. McEvoy,
| w. H. Fensler, H. C.. Heckert
and Supt. Beveridge. A motion
was then put before the meet
ing by w. Fl. Fensler, asking
that a committee of two from
the stockholders be appointed
to audit and check over the
vouchers and bills paid out by
the board of directors and make
a report through the news
papers showing the several
items Of expense and how it is
made up. The motion carried
and ]. S. (Ellis) Jones and DR..
Giddings were appointed on
this committee. After this
general discussions were in.
dulged in relative to the work
for the coming year and also
suggestions regarding certain
phases of the assembly in
general.
The board of directors nc