The Columbus journal., 1909-03-31

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bils to carry the head Of the Rookie.
teller family to and from work, .
scarcity of greensward on the Rookie
TELLER golf course, or an impaired cam
Ipaign fund 1t Mr.. Archbold's disposal
in the Standard Oil treasury.
And Ill the libraries that Mr.. Car
negie has given away have not i'm.
posed upon him any self denial-and
selfdenial is what counts, after all.
It is not to be denied that Is nation
we have habit of looking at price
marks, which very seldom tell us any
thing about actual prices.
The price tag of a princely gift by
q millionaire may be . million dollars
the actual cost of the education of q
poor boy, secured. at the expense of
his parents toll and worry and self.
sacrifice, is vastly greater than that.
The price mark on = boquet sent to
an actress by some earnest admirer
may be three hundred dollars. The
actual price she pays for success in her
profession is not to be measured in
dollars. 1t means the sacrifice of
home, friends, happiness, endless work,
mental and nervous strain, and per-
haps an early grave just when the
dearly bought success is at hand.
It costs . rich man nothing to give
q waiter . ten.dollar bill at the end of
q meal. It costs the waiter real
trouble to serve that meal, to submit
to the patron's exactions and too often
to his incivil language.
The actor or actress devoting to
charity gifts made valuable by long
years of toll; the doctor giving his
valuable time to the poor, without
hope Of compensation; the clergyman
working for the physical and moral
welfare of his congregation on q fourth
of the salary he could earn outside the
church; the honest statesman sacri6c-
ing large income to serve his fellow
countrymen such as these are truly
generous.
What they do for their fellows
costs something. And so, does the
giving Of money, when it is accom-
panied by thought, by interest in the
object for which it is given, and by a
sacrifice of the time of the giver.
Going down into ones pocket as a
response to a call for charity is one
thing. Finding for ones self public
duty that needs doing, and intelligent.
y considering the best way to do it,
is quite another.
The first is Liberality. The second
is Generosity.
No man is born into the world who
does not have many opportunities to
be generous, and to be truly generous
is to be great in character. Merely
because one has not money to bestow
upon charity, although he may feel
sure that he could spend it far more
wisely than those who have it, is small
reason for concluding that the fates
did not intend him to be of generous
service to his fellow men:
The man who at the expense of his
own time helps another man to sue
cess, who.at the expense of his own
pleasure does another q service, who
at the cost ofhis own vanity helps an
old woman across the street or to . |
seat in a trolley car-such q man is
far more generous than he who gives
away millions of dollars that he does
not need.
Liberality should never be frowned
upon. Whoever gives for q worthy |
cause, whether he gives generously or
from purely selfish motive. helps the
world along.
1.-The thinks that by thus giving he
saves his soul, let him think so. He
may save many others, if he doesn't
save his own.
There is much to be done in the
world; few who are willing to do it.
The rivalry in good works among
men like Rockefeller often brings
them closer to those they help-often
gives them impulses that are really
generous.
Leave them to do with their money
oil the good they can. And in the
meantime generously give of whst
you have. Selfdenial will improve
your own character. You will get
far more out Of every generous deed
that costs you something than you will
out of mere liberality which gives
you temporary selfsatisfaction At no
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