The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-10-23
Heart To Heart Talks
~ EDWIN A. NYn

of Israel, but
1t is also true that the world has a
greater stock of goodness than ever be-
fore. Broadly speaking
The peoples sense of justice is keener.
There are more helping hands There
are more kind hearts. There is wider
opportunity for the merciful. Wisdom
begins to cover the earth as the waters
cover the sea.
War is ceasing.
Side by side, the caisson and the Red
Cross ambulance rust together. The
worlds best and wisest hold up implor-
ing hands for arbitration and for peace.
See the white palace at The Haguel Daily
warfare grows more expensive and more
deadly. Daily it is named as a moral
crime. And soon. along the iron front
of bristling war shall sound the bugle
notes of universal truce!
Outrages?
Yes, justice is perverted. Lipless inno-
cence is betrayed. The white breast of
womanhood is SCARED. Bacchus slaves
his victims. Mothers in Israel are out
ragged on the plains of Russia and Ar
menia's children perish on the wintry
mountains. Yes, yes, these and 1000 9TH
ers beside. -
But
Conscience thunders in mems bosoms
as never before. Womanhood Is rising
from its knees. The drunkard finds a
cure for his disease. Good Samaritans
abound Sympathy is poured out as
food. Every day. the sun throws new
shadows from rising hospitals and homes
for the friendless. At eventide 1t grows
lighter, even in the land of the Turk.
Tyranny can scarce find place on which
to rear its evil throne. iEHate grows
weaker Love grows stronger.
Yes, despite the sons OF Samuel, de-
spite the evil, the world grows better
slowly. surely, grandyl
A Modern Instance
This is the plain. true story of Ruth's
undoing.
Tired of clerlking in a country store,
Ruth s. went to Chicago at the age of 49,
The girl found employment in gar
ment factory, where she made skirts at
IS cents piece.
Apt and 'skillful with her hands, Ruth
was able by close application to make
six or seven skirts a day, thus earning
as much as s14 per week-sufficient for
her modest needs.
After a time the factory reduced the
price for making skirts to 80 cents each.
Ruth simply worked harder and was still
able to make her $14
Then later came a further reduction to
strife and a strike was talked Of Some
of the girls quit. What became of them
has nothing to do with this story
year later the managers of the fac
tory further reduced the price-to meet
competition. they said-to 20 cents per
skirt. And later still the price went
down to 10 cents--the lowest sweatshop
figure.
: Ruth was driven almost to desperation.
The cost of living had. gone up as the
wages went down. She strained every en-
ergy to earn enough to pay her living ex-
penses.
She contrived pitiful economies, Of
ten going without MONDAY lunch and
was faint because of the lack She had
frequent headaches and was very nery-
ous Because of the overstrain and fall
ing strength the poor girl, though she
did her nest, was slowly breaking. She
could scarcely sleep because of worry.
Then one day she said something had
snapped inside of her head.
Worn out, body broken and heart
broken, at the age of 49, Ruth went in
sane.
That is all.
The story Is true and it is typical of
thousands such-thousands of honest
pure, hard working country girls whom
the city has swallowed up into its raven
GUS nav and then, having sucked their
innocent blood or killed their SOULS has
spewed them out, broken and impotent
wrecks of womanhood.
The pity Of it!
Comment,
I told Ruth's story ito wealthy man,
and when / said she was in an insane
asylum, he remarked:
Yes, another public charge. That ia
what makes our taYac M h}cl7 >,
Only . Dog Story
This Is a true story about Tommy
and his pup, mostly. about, the pup.
The pup was Tommys understudy.
When Tommy was glad the pup re-
joiced as to his tall. When Tommy
was sad 1T was mournful to note the
decorous' grief Of the pup. In dispo-
sition they were twins. Tommy and
the pup; In every expedition com
ades.
An. the rare friendship of boy and
a dog!
But capricious fate separated the
pup from the boy. forever. Tommy
disappears from the chronicle. Re-
mains the pup.
A lost dog.
Detected. dropping, obsequious, tail
furied and fearful, this pups very
manner invited the small boys hurled |
brick and his tin can with pebbles
in 1t.
Comes along boy. This pup bright
ems perceptibly. Something of the old
selfhood shows In him. He snfffs at
the boys heels. The boy kicks at the |
outcast, who deftly lodges The dog
is a .pariah--all the world against one
common onery disheartened yellow |
pup.
But the moods of dog are not long
moods,
a diversion appears A. street arab
rolls asbail along the sidewalk toward
another arab. HI" says the pup to