The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-03-04
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feeting wings Of time, is short in
decd--1ne should do all in his power
to tighten the burdens of the weak
and unfortunate. In this age of
commercillism when the most of
us are intoxicated with the ambition
to store W riches, too little interest
Is given to the hundreds of thous.
ands of human beings who are
bereft cf the essentials necessar, to
oke out anything more than a mere.
miserable existence: we see every
day about us some poor unfortunate
wandering through life i'm an aimless
sort OF way-luck seems to shun
him at every turn-the well to do
srun him-never Offering him
kind word nor helping hand. lTc
manages to get along -mehow un
til the hand of death grasps him
and his time here on earth is past
| lie was the son of some good moth.
I o.- born. it may be. in the humblcs,
| home, or perhaps in a palatial res
| idonce furnished i'm all sp.endor and
/ with evoryJhing that hear, could de.
/ sirc-but he didn't get the right
/ kind of start in his early days
and he VAS in after years a dismal
| failure. There was something lacking
/ In that home. the pr per parental
interest in the boy was lacking
/ The fathers time was engaged In
the chase after the almighty do lar
ana the mother. porchance. vieing
/ with her associates in the sociai
whirL The child was neglected he
! was hGl-cducated he was not
taught thrift and usefulness and
that some day he must necessarily
be left dependent upon his own re-
sources. lie was permitted to spend
his time on the streets, with moth
ing wholesome and good to occupy
his mind. And the result of this
lack of parental interest in a chi!d
is inevitably for the worse.
Even before the boy leaves his
home he sees the temptations and
pitfalls awaiting him when he stars
out to battle for himself lie feels
himself immune from the attacks
of all things bad, but he has not
been taught at home the full meas
uro II the iniquites that besct the
paths of man through life. He has
been neglected by his parents in
this respect. He hasn't the power
to cvade bad company nor the
schooling that would instruct him
to surround himself with environ
mcnts conducive TO his well being
and upllft As result he falls
in with the bad element and be
comes enc OF them. He whiles away
his time in dives where blacklist
crime Is bred and where the rays
Of goodness never enter. lie soon
forgcts home ana mother. He goes
from bad to worse and resorts to
the wicl.edest Of sins in order to
secure the sustenancc for his eX-
ist"nce. He sinks to lowest deg
relation ana as climax TO his mis-.
cradle and mis7pent life, he takes
the lie of someone who lived right
and did good in the world. And
as grand fnae to his reckless
career he mounts the scafflld and
= Is hurled to he'll at the end OF the
hangman's rope. The body Is cut
down; arrangements are initiated
for the burial and an effort is made
to get in touch with relatiyes-for
he had mother and a father. They
are located miles and miles away
f.om the closing scene of his III.
spent life The mother and father,
bent under the weight of many
years. are notified Distracted and
with bleeding hearts the thought is
brought forcibly home to them that
they paid too little interest to their
boy in his formulating period
There was never man so bad
but what he had some good in him,
and in the case of the boy his good
points were never deyeloped-no one
took an interest in him and he
chose the path that led to an awful
ending. BE good to the boy and
help develop his better points by
kind deeds and extending helping
hand.