The Washington herald., 1910-05-29

command could we obey than the Di-
vine command which says-"Give to the
poor and give cherfully. 1t is Godlike
70 relieve Then let US be charitable In
acts Of Kindness. thought. and speech.
y Mrs STELLA THOMPSON.
do the du,y which lies next you
live in the sunlight and help others out
OF the shadows Have a great deal Of
hope in the heart and wear a radiant
face. Reach out a hand Of helpfulness
to the stumbling ones and speak a word
OF cheer to the discouraged"
KATHERINE OBRIEN.
Let's help 10 make this earth more fair,
Let's help to blend those virtues rare.
or sympathy and love.
Let's help the weak let's help the strong,
Try to make life, a grand sweet song
And our optimism prove
The stronger the man. the greater he
feels.
lngratitudes thrust, as it cruelty steals
Into and crushes the heart
And often the weak are only in need,
OF a cheerful word. or a kindly deed.
To bid their weakness depart
Be our station high, or station low,
There Is always an abundance Of good to
bestow,
So be busy from sun 10 sun.
For at life's close, as we backward look,
The beautiful items IN Ife's great book.
Are the kindly acts we've done.
EDWARD F. FLANAGAN
The primal duties shine aloft like stars.
The charities that soothe and heal and
bless
Lie scattered at the feet Of man like
howers.-Wo Wordsworth.
Charity is like dew from heaven, very
refreshing and revlyifying.
Nothing gives a sweeter charm 20 youth
than an active charity. a disposition kiIg
10 all
Who can properly estimate the powers
and sweetness Of an active charity when
the peace and happiness OF the world de-
pends greatly upon H.
We can conceive OF nothing more at
tractive than the heart when filed with
the spirit Of charity.
Certainly nothing so enbelishes human
nature as the practice OF the Eirtue.
which underlles the whole theory OF
Christianity and we find it happily ex-
emplihed in the life Of our Savior. who.
while on earth. went about doing good. -
BRADLEY SIMPSON.
Let all your things be done in
charity says the Apostle Paul Come
over into Macedonia and help US" Not
only keeping to-day. but a continuous do
ing and giving "as God hath given US
and II helps or harms according as II
comes from a cold heart OF a warm one.
Any kind OF charity be Il practical
or otherwise should be a sumuIous
springing from loving sympathy and re-
quires not only good vIn. but good taste.
Personally I would rather york than 10
merely give a few dollars 10 eliminate
the great mortality among the children OF
the poor. And il is the mother who
nurses and rears her little child and
fights against insufficient warmth IN win
ter, and deadly vitiated air in summer.
Who should I think he first considered.
In London over a century ago. Q760, 80
II IS said not more than one in twenty
four OF the poor children born lived 70 be
q year old. This alarming mortality in
duced Parliament 10 pass an act oblig-
Ing the parish officers 10 send the infant
poor 10 be nourished IN the country. HUI
man nature physically has not changed
much IN the century. 10 weaken the
force OF this statement. and every
country wastes II bone and sinew in not
making the publication OF the fate novels
a matter Of public economy. Take the
foul cellars. and unpurifed sinks. the
vile ar which IS mUrderous. and let IN
the pure clear air ot Heaver. Give the
mothers the proper environment where
the blood IS oxygenated and kept bound
ing along the veins-let them have "the
right OF way" light. space. pure water.
dry walls and floors. and they will meet al
other us and conquer them even though
compelled TO work. They viii be capable
OF caring for their own little brood and
gather them under the home wings and
help them to grow sturdy and strong.
Come over into Macedonia and help U.S.
ALLIE SHARPE BALCH-
Children teach US the JOY OF living.
Their open-mindedness shows US plainly
where we err and how 10 return 20 their
state OF joyousness, freshness. and inno-
cence. open our minds 10 the simple.
kindly thoughts OF nature; think not OF
what others have and we have not but
take each day IS a new life and study to
bring joy TO others from the passing
twenty-four hours. Shall we permit these
young souls. whose lives are overshad-
owed by the wrong conditions that the
present industrial situation imposes on