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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-22

degrading to receive charity. it GER
tainly is humilating to most people
who are compelled to accept charity
from the hands of their fellows. And
the bestowers Of charity can make it
doubly humiliating to the recipients Of
charity in the manner OF the bestowa!
Of it. And so can they make the re-
ceiving of charity most degrading by
the way in which their charity is
handed out. If one who is. helpless is
compelled to accept as charity that
which is The nrnceeds of y niGht Of
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-22
THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE SUNDAY MORNING, 22

feasting and rcvelry ono is both humil.
lated and degraded, for it places that
one on the plano of not deserving any
assistance only as it is "gathered up
as crumbs from the rich man s table. -
There is in that kind of charity no
spirit of thankfulness which is duo
from a heart as dependent upon the
enjoyed as the one who receives the
scant charity handed out by it after il
is fed to the full. Charity that is first
skimmed. the cream being used by the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-22

bostower, is Of little profit spiritually
or morally to the one handing 1t out,
and the one receiving the skim milk
is made to feel his or her degradation
all the more,
Charity TO be properly appreciated
should go out in modest apparel and
not let the left hand know what the
right hand docth 1t should be of that
kind which divides. "He that hath
two coats let him impart TO hlm tl@t
hath none. and he that hath meat, let
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-22
little SERMONFT TIES
. BY THE PASTOR.

Jhe recipients of blessings from God s
bounty The world is full of people
who are handicapped i'm the race OF life;
who every day to all appearances are
fighting n loosing battle. 1t may be
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-22

Charity is a most commendable trait,
and it would seem that there were no
more fitting time for its bestowal than
when our own hearts are .mellowed with
the emembrance that we too have been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-14

the old woman sent me to the street 20
beg would not have begged Ior nei -
it hadn't been that l wanted to stay theas
till mamma came back. asked n ea
where they took my mamma. but she
wouldn't tell me, SO couldn't ever go 70
see her And SO 1 begged and begsed on
the streets every day for Wnole Iiout ~.
and every night I lay awake long VIII
and cried and prayed for my mamma
And one morning the old woman came 10
me and said that my mamma would never
come back-that she-Was-oeao. On, NV
that did hurt me! 1t broke my near,.
cried all day so hard that coulo no. moe oes,
and I'd hide away in the alley. Then' as
I had no money to carry home 10 the olu
woman I knew she would beat me terrl-
bly,, for she had threatened 10 90 ~
many. many times If did not bring to her
a handful of money at night so de-
cided to run away from her. When she
told me of my dear mammals deatn she
said now belonged to her, that my mann
ma owed her a big sum for rent ana
owed her for my board and keep "hile
she was in the hospital and that ! was
to stay with her and pay the debt by peg
ging. Well. on the day that my dear
mamma died / knew there was no use In
my staying with the old woman any
longer. I had only stayed there, nopin q
me. So / ran away. And as l was pass,
ing a big place, saw the name HospitaI
over the door. Somehow ! felt that my
mamma might be In there. went III anu
told them all about her-and about my
self. And the nurses and the head doc
tor were very kind to me and after they
whispered together a little while took me
to where my mamma was lying-all colo
and white. They said the city would bury
her that evening. And then l kissed her
goodbye and went away. 1 could not
talk to the nurses and the DOCTOR A
great lump was in my throat and nearly
choked me- So I went into the street and
wandered about all day. slept some that
night in a big, deep doorway OF an o;.'re
building close to where 1 had lived with
mamma before we went to live In the
room belonging to the bad old woman.
And that was yesterday
The child stopped and rubbed her cold
fingers across her eyes. then asked: WAS
1T wrong for me to run away from the
old woman, sir?'
Not by a jugful. little un." the man
replied. And, say. you needn't stay GU,
here in the cold while go to ask my mis-
tress about what I shall do with you
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Snowflake Fairy-A Story for Good Girls

YOU Just come along with me and tell her
what you've told me and ! reckon every
thing will be all right"
At first the child refused to go into the
elegant. big home, saying she was too
ragged and dirty to talk to fine lady
But the groom insisted on her accom-
panying him, which she at last consented
to do.
Once in the splendid. warm library the
little child from the street stood before
the fire, pains tingling in every limb as
the warmth began to stir the blood IN
her veins. But though she suffered she
felt glad to be in place that was called
"home." a place which spoke of comfort
rather than of luxury. And while she
stood there, afraid to sit on the sofu!
cushioned chairs, she heard step behind
her.
Turning timidly round. her eyes beheid
the most beautiful woman she had ever
seen. except her own mother, VINO was
ever so beautiful to her. Then slender
white hand came out to her, stroklng her
golden hair, and a tender voice saio: MY
groom, Jim, has been telling me all about
You. little one, and / have come TO Tell
you that YOU are not to sleep behind
the barn, in the snow, but In my
house, in a room opening right INTO my
own ROOM and in warm, coy peo-
And you shall not have to go 10 tne t uuun
try. where people have hearts, for tnank
nv Creator that my heart mas never
ceased to beat with sympathy Tor the
poor. And if you have no home-ano nv
one has a rightful claim on you-you
sheu remain with me-always. ] have no
little daughter. unless you will be one 70
me-"
With a cry of rapture and streaming
ewes, the little street waif threw nersen
into the lady's outstretched arms anu
brokenly she told her all that she knew
about herself.
"Well, l am quite certain there is no
reason why I should not adopt you, my
little snowflake fairy, for mat Is wna
came to me. And you are dear iittie
fairy-and are to be my own dear niue
daughter. .,o
"And my name is Mary, whlspeieu .iae
child ct was named for my mamma.
MAY keep her name?-I love it So"
indeed you shall. and well find wnere
YOUR dear mamma was buried ana nave
her removed to a beautiful spot -where
you may go as often as you Ike my
little one"
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soon as supper is over let's get at Grand
pa before mamma carries him OF to the
charity meeting at the church tonight
] want to hear one OF his stories"
"Oh, yes, let's speak to Grandpa before
supper to make sure of him. suggested
SteN the elder of the two girls. And
let's ask for an Indian story
'.Goodie goodie, gout!' cried Archie,
the younger SON. dancing a combination
of Jig and hoedown IAN Indian story.
sure I'd rather hear Grandpa tell an
Indian story than to go to first-class
game of football Gee! Let's go in
bunch and-what you call it?-wait upon
him and invite him to be our guest of
honor in Tads den tonight. Hurrah!'
Say. a little less noise, you Indian
laughed Tad. Then he told Stell and
May to act as the invitation committee,
and wait upon their venerable grand
father.
Yes. we'll behave with dignity said
May, looking knowingly in the direction
of Archie, who threw up his head indig-
nantly and stalked out of the room. But
ten minutes later, when Stell and May
knocked upon their grandfather's door
and were hidden to enter, they found
Master Archie already in confidential
conversation with the old gentleman.
Say, girls, I've got him fixed. He's
going to be one of us tonight in Tad S
den and he's going to be speaker of the
evening. See?''
Say you have your nerve scowled
May looking her disapproval Of Archie.
You were not on the invitation commit
tee, and so you just sneaked In ahead. L
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community had a husking bee. Some
times there would be two or three a
week and then the young folks had a
grand social time of 1t.
We'll. we had our huSking bee, that
I am telling about. There was a great
crowd, about thirty young people ana
a dozen of their elders. And most oil
the men were armed. The red men hao
been committing some depreoa.'osnis, ~
the county west of US, and we olun
know but they might come IN upon us
at any day-or night. rather. 80 the
men went about their work ana tneiT
play armed and ready to nght III CaiIeu
upon to do So Oh. those were brave
days, my lads and lasses. Ana Grahu-
papa nodded his gray head emphaticai-
". There may be much or lnterest III
life now. the accumulation OF properly,
the gaining of power. but can SUI
compare with the spirit of those days
/ speak of. when every man was ne,p.
ing to build up a new world, oeVeioP
her resources. make her bosom TO oios
som with rich fields. to drive the say
age out and to invite civilization III :.
All. those days were worth "hiie' NY
children! - thirty
bushels of corn had been husked-coli.
chosen for the grind ng INTO n,eai i psgan
bread-the real fun of the evening 1esan'
The barn floor was cleared or nushNhes ..
a hddler-the only musician in that par,
of the country. therefore much In oeHahu
stationed on broad, nat ooA III ~ ~,
of the barn. and a prompter TO can tne
figures of the old Virginia reel and me
square quadrille. and the dance began gar,
1t was INDUCED in by the young toik s;
their elders seated about at the SUES u
the barn looking on at the 1un. .ho
About 10 o'clock my mother gave me
signal to my sisters to join her az the
house, as was time to serve the 'iap
supper AS the three opened the par"
door tc pass out. my mother sass E SUI
den low CRY. Indians, she gasped. Ther
She and my sisters leaped back into the
barn and closed the door. All was con
their Guns. and the women huddled to-
gether, whispering in fear. Some of then
We're determined to depart for then
homes, saying that their houses would o.
rided and destroyed during their absence
If the terrific redskins were about.
Now. friends, all be quiet and sinai
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food she had been so rudely called from
Then she sat up in response to the mans
order and asked in frightened voice:
Must l really leave this place, sir? l
have no home-I must sleep somewhere
tonight. Tomorrow / will go TO the
country where the people have hearts.
But tonight / shall have to stay In the
city somewhere: and this is the. best
place l have found. l II do no harm'
but. kid. you'll freeze to death" said
the man. Come, git up outn that
snow. Why, you can't git up alone can
yer?" And the man took hoid OF inc
child and assisted her to rise. say,
Amt got no folks-no pap an mother!
The child shook her head. My father
died when / was two years oid MY
ENTHUSIASTICALLY two days ago. She
ago with a fever. l never saw her again
until two days ago. Then she-Was-
dead" Sobs shook the child's form as she
told her sad story so briefly, ana she
buried her face in tic ENDS or the old
cape to stifie her weeping. The rough
man stood watching her for a moment,
then his grimy hand went to his eyes
and he dashed something from his lashes
Say, little un. jest you wait here a
minute. I'll go to the house an tell my
groom what attends to the horses what
belongs to the lady what owns this stable
and that big house to the front of the
grounds. | have a master. too. but at
present he's out of the city on business.
so | have to go to my mistress about
everything while the master is away.
oh no. don't so to her. for If she lives
in that fine mansion she ii be cruel and
heartless She has never been cold and
hungry, and can't know how it feels.
She'll tell you to drive ME away"
That shows you don't know my mis-
tress. little girl said the man. III
you're never drove away till she does it
we'll you'll stay about this place as long
as you want to-providin' you have no
other home.
"Oh, sir, ] have no place on the face
of this EARTH" sobbed the child. while
mamma was alive she worked In fac
tory for So week With that she rent
ed a little room from an old woman who
had two rooms in a tenement house. and
had enough left to buy food and clothes.
But when she was taken SO Ill all our food
, gave out and the old woman told her she
must 90 to the hospital where they doctor
people free So, mamma was taken to
the hospital and the old woman that we
rented the room from told her 1 might
STAY on there till she-mamma-got well
and could go to work again. But as soon
as my mamma was sent to the hospital
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y As the Indians Came to the Husng Bee-Grndpas Story

go out and see lust what il all means.
There may be Indians about but they
may not be in any. great number ana, l
hope not on the warpsth So spoke my
father a man of calm and practical nina,
4 shall so unarmed and hold up my
hands. The Indians will then allow me 10
advance and speak with them
Much to my mothers anxiety, my
father would not allow any one to accom-
pany him, and, blowing out all the can
dies for moment. so that the INDIANS
might not into the barn while nc
was passing through the open door my
father passed into the night. As soon as
the door closed behind him my mother
lighted few of the candles. and there.
IN the dimly lighted big barn where SO
much gayety had been enjoyed few
minutes before. all was anxiety, sus-
pense. Farmers were there who feared
to go home. for they might find their
buildings destroyed and their cattle and
horses driven away. Several young PEG
pie were much distressed. for they had
left their aged parents at home alone.
Presently the barn door opened slowly.
and each one there drew in his breath
quickly. for two red men entered Then
behind them came my father smiling and
saying in a CHEEKY voice: Welcome tn
Big Chief. Make how-how TO him and To
the other big Indian Give them food To
eat and much coffee TO drink and much
tobacco to smoke. They are our friends
and guests.
y
"Well. my children. you should have
seen the happy look of relief that came
over the faces Of that husking bee party.
And forward pressed the men. shaking
the hands of the Indians. 1t proved that
they had been pursuing a deer and had
got off their reservation. and as heavy
snow was beginning to fall had sought
shelter in the home of their white brother.
And hearing the noise of the merriment
in the barn had doubtless been listening
at the door and maybe trying to peep In
through a crack to learn its cause. when
my mother opened the door and saw
them. giving the alarm, for she afterward
said she thought she saw hundred red
skins Well. those Indians remained 10
the supper and seemed to enjoy watching
the white folks enjoy themselves. And
they slept that night IN the barn, going
away early the next morning.
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T was the forenoon of chill Novem-
Der day. People hurried along the
street wrapped to their ears and
~ anxious to perform the errands which
called them out of doors. so that
they might return to their warm homes
or places of business as soon as possible.
On busy thoroughfare. where hnrrying
pedestrians jostled each other an" never
stopped to apologize for their rudeness
walked little girl in thin garments and
ragged Shoes Around her shivering
shoulders was an old cape which told of
a style long past a woman's cape which
had been in vogue before the present lit
tie wearer's birth. 1t was of cheap cot
ton stuff and worn threadbare. And in
side this old cape. much too large for her.
the little girl seemed to fairly shrink,
drawing her arms across her breast in an
endeavor to keep warm. About her head.
which was rich in golden, curly hair, she
wore an old brown veil, thing insult
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MAXI WINTER 81
ZRE724R A77ONS' ~
ron YOLzR AZYl%A7

every day he ought to be made comfort
able just as the children are. In the case
of big dog, one whose coat grows upon
his back in the shape of long. thick hair.
a coat of cloth is not necessary; but
good. clean, warm kennel should be pro-
vided for him.
The writer has seen the ears of fine dogs
frozen simply because they were oohgeo
to sleep in a cold place. Now. II a Dog
is worth having, he is worthy OF good
treatment His kennel and his food should
be of the best. And there is much TO pc
said about the pet cat. She is often d
moor. abused victim of heartless children
instead of the loved pet. She is leased
tormented, chased out of doors In cold
weather, regardless of whether or not she
has a warm place to creep into.
If you have a cat treat her as she de-
serves and that is with Kindness. A cat
is a highly snsitive. nervous animal. ana
is capable of intense suffering. If kindly
treated, given a warm bed, good food,
plenty of fresh water, she will become
sleek and beautiful and make every one
admire her as well as love her.
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cleaning And over her was thick
::Oh, I've slept too long she cried;
half rising Its almost night, ana
l should have been in the country De.
fore this. Now I shall have to walt
till tomorrow before going to the place
where people with hearts live vs.oa AND cs as
find in which to sleep might as we'll
remain here. And what nice white
cover I have, too. The snow isn't SO
cold after it has covered one like this:
feel very comfortable. Only, l can
move my feet very well, they seem SO
heavy. just like great iron weights.
Then, Internationally. her eyes closed
and again she was fast asleep.
A few minutes later she was awakened
by a rough hand shaking her. Here, kid,
what you doin' sleeping here in the
snow? Be you little beggar? Come,
git out O. here. Do you mind? Git a
move on yerself. Come. lift out o this.
Yer can't sleep on our premises.
The child looked up. rubbed her eyes,
and tried to separate the rough man from
the pleasant dream of a warm home and
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z Yearly every child has one or more
III pets. But how many children real
ize that those little dependents
must have special attention in the winter?
Does not papa and mamma make special
preparations for the boys and girls LOT
the long winter months? There are warm
clothes. warm rooms and good, rich.
wholesome food. And so it should be
with the pets. If doggie is little short
haired fellow he should have two over
,oats-blankets. people usually call them.
One should be made of light material,
say. a piece of silk lined with the same
sort of material. The other coat should
be of heavy broadcloth, lined with soft
French flannel. And when the weather is
q little above zero doggie should wear his
lightweight coat. and when the thermom-
eter drops below zero he should wear ms
heavier one OF course, he should not.
wear either coat when indoors. but as
log should go out for the air and exercise
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@OVER was a huge Newfoundland
dog and lived with MT. ana MIS-
- Brown in village near Washing
ton. He had intelligent brown eyes that
when you looked into them you 1elt DIS
il you could indeed trust him.
He was the pet of the village. and es-
pecially of Nellie Brown, the five-year-
old daughter of Mr.. Brown Wherever
YOU would see Nellie. you would always
be sure to see Rover at her side.
One day Mr.. Brown had to go to town.
so he took Mrs. Brown and Nellie and
left Rover to guard the house while they
were gone.
About IL o'clock Rover became restless.
and thought that he would like to take a
stroll He walked for long time but
he had become so interested in chasing a
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PRETTY HOMEMADE
WASTE PAPER BASKET

Such pretty and serviceable waste
paper basket may be made in the fol-
lowing way Procure five sheets or
heavy pasteboard-the heavier the better
and cut four of them in the shape or
figure /, as shown in the accompanying
illustration. The fifth sheet is to form
the bottom of the basket. cut in the
shane OF figure . After all have been
cut to At properly cover them with
pretty bright figured cretonne on the
outside and dark red cambria on the
inside. Then the lower edges of the four
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THIS IS FOR BOYS.

Boys, be as careful of your manners N
your own home as in the homes OF your
friends
Be as ready TO run errands for your
mother and sisters as for your mothers
and sisters lady or girl friends.
1t is not smart 10 call Your rainier
governor or 1.-The old man.. Excepting
vour mother. YOUR father is Your best
friend.
Do not spend half day cleaning .
dangerous old gun while your room OF
den lies in disorder. Be neat Ia y00
apartment
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ROVER'S ADVENTURES.

cat that he did not know he had taken
a different road. He walked on and on,
but not a sight could he CLEAN of his
home. Rover began to get frightened.
and commenced to bark fiercely. TINS
cause two wicked-looking men to notlce
him. and remark his intelligent bearing
One of them said he would be the very
thing they needed for their camp. The
one that had not spoken walked over to
Rover's side and commanded him In
gruff voice to shut up and come with him:
They carried him on until they reached
a large lot, where a number of tents were
pitched, and they brought him into the
presence of the chief of the troupe, for
it was a circus grounds into which he was
taken.
Rover was put into a cage with some
other dogs, but they were smaller than
he and not very friendly.
In the morning man took MIN INTO
a neighboring tent and tried to teach him
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ConundrunnS.

Which 10 the heavier, 4 full or half moon
Ans-The half moon 10 the heavier, for full
moon Is as light again.
When is a lady's arm not a lady's arm? Ans.
When it is half bare (bear).
WHY are ripe potatoes in the ground like
thieves: Ans.-Because they ought to be taken
up
WHY is the north pole like an illicit whisky
manufactory? Ans.-Because 1t IL q secret still.
In what ways do women ruin their husbapds7
Ans.-In buy ways.
Why is a short negro like a white man? Ans
Because he is not = tall tat ALI black.