The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-11-04

a lovely home. She knew she and
her family TO be safe She would at.
tend to their religion, and their NOR
ais, to their health and to their man
ners. She wished no advice and she
would resent the offer of any.
It is the old story-"Am I my
brothers keeper?" Ay, you are my
friend You have more to do than
just the duties bounded by your four
walls. If every woman, ant every
man did their duty there would be
nothing left for you to do. There
would be no advice to give. for there
would be no problem Of life-providcd
you are making no mistake in the
plans you have outlined for your own
family.
What of the thousands of people
who have never had a chance for any
of the refinements Of life? Are the
children in those homes to be allowed
to tumble up any way and perpetuate
the vice Of the world? Surely not!
Men, women and children must have
some teachings to make them desira-
BILE citizens They have to be taught
the meaning of right and wrong They
must be made to understand why a
man may not lie, and cheat, and
steal To do those things with skill
Is the1 height Of attainment among
some of our citizens. That skill and
the desire for a living must be di-
verified into sources more profitable to
the individual and more desirable to
the community. If it is nobody's bust
ness then how are these persons to
hn ndiYcto1 60 Ira
Of existence shall run smoothly?
"Organized charity" saith my lady.
What is organized charity but the
banding together of individuals for
the uplift of the many?
1t Is somebody's work-who are you
that you shirl1 the labor? Are you
arrogating to yourself virtue that
you do not put out a hand to save an
unknown child from a plunge over a
precipice' You would hold yourself
a murderer IT, without a thought of
whose child or whose duty, you did
not save that child from destruction.
Is moral precipice any the less
great and real?
We are all wiling to shift the bur
dens to the shoulders Of another. And
others will do it, somehow and in
Some way, but if We would all as
sumo some of the duties, results would
be attained more rapidly, and life
would be happier for the greater num-
Der soon, rather than late.
1t takes tact to go into poor wo-
mans home and tell her how she can
make it better. 1t takes charity to
understand her limitations and Judge
kindly her deficiencies. What kind OF
& housekeeper would you have been
had you tumbled UP in a shack with
a household of other children and had
never been taught either order or
cleanliness? / fear that neither NOR
ais nor manners come by instinct We
must be trained, and it is the duty
of each individual to lend a hand.
Don't try to interfere or belittle the
efforts of others. Do not imagine thar
because you know right way, that
you know the only right way. Do not
forget that in the breast of the other
woman beats heart full of love for
her own, just as yours is full Of love
for yours.
We are all in need of some kind of
training. Some OF us need to be taught
to be clean. Some to be moral. Some
to be industrious. The biggest and
hardest lesson to learn-the lesson
which is of value to rich and poor-to
educated and ignorant-to high and
low, is the great lesson to be kind
Kind in judgment. Kind in criticims.
Kind in heart We repeat glibly land
do unto others as We would that they
do to you" We think we mean it.
We try. in feeble way, to live 1t,
and yet, every day. men and women
alike forget what the words really
mean. Is ii not all contained in the
two short words-be kind? And is it
kind to forget, and to shirk our duties
to those less favored in worldly
wealth and moral training? Is our
duty to ourselves all that Is required?