Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-12-24

Asked concerning his life plans. the
boy said: I'm going to schuoi this
fall. don't want 10 grow up a know
nothing
What sort of SCHOOL,"
lin going where they are MI girls
] like them best" positively stated tn.
infant
rrhen." be continued. when grow
up am going TO be a locomotive eu-
gineer and run my train over the
mountains of Texas. I used to live I'm
Texas. and I had pony-a little biz
of one
And thus the boy babe rattled on.
The child knew nothing OF mouey
and cared nothing for 1t. He knew
Nothing OF the money that was being
spilled out by his guardians 10 get
hold Of Rim and bis. He only knew
That he did not like wear curis.
like girls, and that he wanted to 10
to schooi where there are lot OF lit
tie giris--just like man child. And
Feeling the natural impulse OF that.
strange desire that possesses ALI
healthy humans-to make things go,
he wants 20 be an engineer
Aoh NnCAC a cOIN. vi DINuOS III INT
little fellows Innocence? And "a one
notes the simple. earnest. healthful
trend Of his years one could almost:
wish for him that those warning:
guardians might spend all the millions
on the lawyers and leave Billy nothing
but good health and good education.
G0DLKENESS.
Cherry Illinois
That date line was a familiar one TO
: readers Of the newspapers a few weeks
ago and associated in the public mind
with sickening stories of the mine dis
aster.
But
Along with the sordid horror OF i;
all-the deaths in the passages by suf-
location. by fire, by drowning. by star
vation-was the record OF the fine. ev-
eryday beroism that always comes up
permost In such crises.
Who were these miuers?
Well. most OF them were foreigners
or naturalized Americans, and they
were rough and uncouth. Perhaps you
thought of them as hundreds Of poor
human rats penned in the muck OF
the mine, singed to their death by the
fires.
Also
/ The men who worked at the shaft
on top and risked their lives in the
mine levels-fremen. miners. work
men-were men rough on the outside
Of them.
Rough only on the outside.
Did you read about these strong but
tender hearted men who made rescue
dashes, fighting fires, attacking barri-
cades, until they fell exhausted. in or
der to restore the burned and batter
ed bodies to wives or babes? And of
how some Of the early volunteers were
dead when hoisted?
Or
Did you read the diary OF that boy
OF twenty-one who calmly told the
story of each days suffering in that
hell below, closing the last day with
benediction on his sweetheart?
Or
or how they found farewell notes in
the pockets of the dead. which spoke
not OF despair. but of that .some
sweet day" when they should alhmeet
again?
Or
Did you read OF those who stoodscon-
slant guard over the dying miner and
his little water hole"-a depression
In the coal where few black drops
seeped in-themselves perishIng OF
thirst?
What godlikeness in man,
You sometimes doubt IL? You see
the seamy side Of things. question
mems motives. see only the littlcness
OF humans and lose faith.
Turn the shield around.
Yog will then see the godlikeness in
the commonest man and how Ii comes
out OF him at the dire need OF his fel-
low.
Says popular woman writer. Don't
you just love human beingsT