Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-09-17
AT YOUR BEST.


world Is man ut bis best.
A man is at his best when his sym
| pathies are stirred into action by some
appeal OF a stricken brother-some MP
peal that opens his heart. his hard ant
his purse.
In the same way our humanity is nj
its best when some great calamity
makes instant and universal appeal
At such times men are moved I'm mass
to the high plane OF united ministry.
Such cataclysms as the Chicago fire
| the Galveston food. the San Francisc,
earthquake. develop In the whole PEG
| pie all that Is highest In feeling and
noblest IN action. There is no stint In
any community of sympathy or help
| fulness.
But
Did you ever think that every day
I'm somebody's soul is catacIysm as
great to him as Gre or flood or earth.
quake Is TO the multitude?
Every day some mans substance Is
swept away 10y the fire or by the flood
OF competition. some woman's soul Is
rent by the earthquake OF sorrow on
bereavement. some child's life Is Inun.
dated by n great deprivation.
Every day some human Is tried BY
fire, shaken by earthquake or sunken
I'm n great food.
All. II you but knew IL you would
sympathIzc and assist
IL may DC your next door neighbor.
But the calamity does not perhaps
appear. He fears the shame OF humtl.
iation or he doubts the gcnuineness OF
your sympathy and he Is retIcent.
Like certain kind OF animal. he in.
stinctiveiy hides his wound.
He has missed his opportunity to be
helped. You have missed your oppor.
tunity TO he at your best.
The day OF real brotherhood will
come when the need OF the one has
as much publicity as the need OF the
many. the barrier of pride Is put down:
when the concern OF one becomes the
concern OF all; when Individual suffer
Ing makes Its appeal as does n great
cyclone or food or fire.
IL Is glorious when all men respond 10
a great call: II Is no less glorious when
one man responds TO n lesser appeal.
DO not wait for cyclone or Hood.
Men and women and little children
are bearing burdens you should light
en-. The sick, the discourageSE4ih the
wounded, like the poor, we haven
ways with us
Help them.
Help not only because you can re-
lieve and bless but because by So do
Ing you can make the most OF your
self. because you can develop I'm your
life that which we admire when a
great people responds TO a great need.
II you would be Mt your best. helpl
ONE GIRLS FOLLY.
What shall Il profit girl II she buys
a prince for = husband and loses her
life's happiness?
II you pay million dollars for a
husband who Is not worth 80 cents
how much do you lose?
Miss Anita Stewart OF New York Is
FACING these two problems In agree
Ing 10 marry Prince Miguel Braganza.
the son or the pretender to the throne
OF Portugal
Prince Miguel Is no saint. He has
long record or escapades, Is deeply
In debt. has been ousted from his clubs
and dishonorably discharged from the
army.
To be the mate OF this sea pegrace
and to bear the title OF princess Miss
Stewart will settle on Miguel the sum
of 81 100000.
Or. TO put It precisely. the girls
ioolish mother will pay the money.
The mother inherited millions from
the late eccentric silent Smith.
And this is a brief history OF the
family into which the silly Miss Stew |
art will enter:
The Braganza family was founded |
by Don Miguel. who usurped the
throne In 1923. He was appointed |
regent during the babyhood of his
niece. who was TO be queen-that Is fo
say, he stole the crown from a baby,
Revolutionists backed by the powers
ousted him. 1t was shown that he had |
no claim whatever, having been born
three years after his mother. Queen
Carlotta. had been separated from her
husband, King John.
pretty heritage indeed!
Since the time OF the founder the
family mas loafed around Europe, ex-
plotting its so called claims and look
Ing for rich girls to marry it's sons.
And for this empty title and tAis
pseudo prince an American mother
VIII consign her daughter to the en-
braces OF a notorious rake and give
him 100000 with which to ruin him.
self.
Could folly further go?
Why should any woman In this conn
,ry OF ours, where every woman may
De a queen and have for consort a
'oyai king Of men-why should any
woman American born and bred stoop
rom her high position to take up with
titled debauches or scrofuious degen-
rates OF ignoble sires simply for n
tile?
Not for happiness certainly.
Even when an American girl marries
nobleman Of the highest type she
axes tremendous risk OF happiness.
rheir ways are not our ways.
But
To throw oneself away on a titled
Que and Give him S1o00 0Oo 20 hoo., !