The National tribune., 1908-09-03


apples are wholesome, but do not real
ize how largely this is the case. Will
The eating of most fruit is beneficial t,
the health, the apple is the queen in thi
respect, and the more apples we eat TIL
better health we will enjoy There is
Chinese proverb which says, Eat al
apple every night and live forever" Th
apple contains acids which not onl.
have an excellent effect on the stomach
but act on the animal organisms, whiel
collect on the teeth, gums and mouth
Apples cooked are excellent for every
body, of course, but the apple eaten raw
does US the best service. There is moth
ing in the way of fruit more delicious
than thin-skinned, juicy, fine-fiavoret
apple, and if more rare everyone woult
think SO. What better feast could one
have on Winters evening than to si
: down before a bright, glowing open fir.
with a good book or pleasant compan.
ion. and a dish of red-cheeked apples
within reach! One of the most enjoy.
able ways to eat apples is to take walk
in rural New England on bright -Au.
tumn day in country filled with apple
trees, their golden or crimson fruit Gov
ering the ground, and to pick up ar
apple here and one there, eating as we
go. 1t could well be said of the apple
as some English doctor once said of the
strawberry, that doubtless God could
have made a better fruit, but doubtless
God never did.
We are only too apt in this busy
world to allow the one who is near and
dear to us to go on from day to day
performing the customary task if nc
complaint is made. We see all around
us delicate mel. and women exhausting
themselves daily, often when their work
should have been performed, ur shared
at least, by some more vigorous member
of the family. When it Is too late a
realizing sense of the injustice of this
and of the selfishness which permitted 1t
comes, bringing with it a regret and
remorse which nothing ever kills or
cures. A little italian girl died in New
York the other day. She was only 16
years old, and yet before leaving sunny
Italy she had toiled IL hours day for
number of years in a macaroni fac
tory to earn money enough to carry her
mother and herself to America, where
the three young brothers wera. Arriv-
ing in this country and fearing the TAM
lily OF five too great a burden for the
boys, she, altho stricken with consump-
ton, went into hat factory, where she
worked thru the long hours, in spite of
weakness and pain, that she might at
the end of the week add her mite to
the earnings of her brothers to defray
the modest family expenses. The life
of toll fostered the progress Of the dis
ease, and after year and half the
day came when she could not leave her
bed, and in a short time afterward her
gentle. unselfish spirit fed to its Maker.
Then her three brothers realized for
the first time her life of self-sacrifice
AID nothing could exceed their grief
To give expression to this they resolved
she should have a great funeral, and,
taking their united savings of $500, they
purchased a 5000 coffin for the dead
girl, engaged a brass band of 20 pieces,
provided garlands of flowers with white
silk streamers for the IL girls of their
sisters age who marched at the head
of the hearse, etc. 1t was grand fu-
neral surely, and the street for half a
square each way was blocked by Ital-
fans, their wives, sons and daughters,
who gathered TO watch the procession.
But how much better 1t would have been
If, instead of spending all this money on
their sisters lffeiess body, they had not
allowed her to work when her health
was menaced, or, after it was seriously
impaired, they had taken that $500 to
restore it. They loved their little sis
ter, but she did not complain, and they
did not realize that they were cruelty
selfish and thoughtless in allowing her
to work for them in her condition of
health. They didn't think" Alasi alas,
How many tragedies are embraced In
those simple words.
Excessive piety is not usually asso-
ciated with the business men of New
York City, and the surprise therefore
experienced by the Western man who
has lately gone to the Metropolis to en-
gage in business at the number of sue
cessfui bankers, stock brokers, lawyers,
insurance men and others of that class
and their clerks who attend daily relig-
ious services at noon or in the afternoon
can well be imagined. All during this
hot weather streams of men have
poured into and out of st. PauPs Chapel
and Old Trinity every day in the week,
the greater part Of the men being under
35 years of age. The service at these
noon-day meetings is very simple; there
is no clergy in the chancel, no choir, no
sermon. 1t consists of a few simple
prayers read by curate stationed at
the head of the main aisle, and the sing
Ing of a few hymns led by man in
business suit standing near a front pew
The attitude of the men attending these
simple services is most impressive. They
do not act as If they went from sense
of duty or because they thought it look
ed well for them to be seen there; there
Is the appearance of true devotion about
them as they walk quietly in, take their
seats, and either drop upon their knees
for a few moments in silent prayer or
rest their heads on the back of the pew
Jus. in front of them. This remark
able church going in the downtown
financial district of New York seems to
have attracted no particular attention
yet. Thousands of men attend ST. Paufs,
Old Trinity and the Fulton street prayer
meetings every week in Summer as well
as In Winter. Old Trinity also gives an
organ recital once week, three-fourths
of the large audience being composed of
busy men. 1t is certainly a very hope
full sign when successful business men
in New York City, that city OF all others
in the United States supposed to be most
given over TO the worship of Mammon,
leave their offices in the middle of n
hot Summers or bleak Winters day to
attend religious service. The clergy
of all denominations should be greatly
encouraged by 1t. The Episcopal Church
has always had a great hold on its male
members. The number of men found in
their seats In these churches on the
Sabbath is surprising. Apparently more
men who are Gpiscopalians accompany
their wives and children to divine SER
vice than is the case with those of other
Protestant denominations. 1t certainly
seems to be the case. The Episcopal
Church is growing tremendously. and
is rapidly losing its exclusive character
No church is more active in good works,
In slum work and in all earnest effort
for the betterment of suffering and un-
fortunate humanity. 1t has brought it
self very close to the common people,
to the Door and suffering, and IL has