The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-19

o'cH' tue nome. tho accident. the old
age. OF others when they became
,, instead Of forgetting them and
seeking down the ladder and despisinE
INC honest faithful labor that had
llitcd them UP to wealth and rank
F. both built cottages, added gardens, laid
/ OUT parks. constructed shallow ship
T, ponds for children. pu, up libraries.
| theatres. chapels-dld as they would
A., nave liked TO be done by-and a golden
| rule it is!
But on. how rare Is such wisdom ana
goodness! TO squeeze out of human
oelnE every particle Of health life. hone
Work, as II ne we're an orange aud
men throw him aside. as IL the pulp.
IS 100 often the rule among employers:
10 resent Illness and death as quite q
personal grievance: to expect man to
W Il machine and have no family
ciaims or friendly ones: no pursuits
mat interest him: no pastimes. no hol-
ioaEs with salary, no anything. hut
grind grind. grind, would wear ON 2
paNins stone and kill thousand cats,
IS the great stupidity. wtckedness
and injustice OF n number Of respccta
ore men, who would be amazed to hear
themselves described MS ANYTHING hui
! ,ii."rs Oh society, the church and com
ncrce. Sometimes this is the greed
- gam but oftencr it Is a lack OF
imaginative insight.
you'd be good thing n everv
s .ddn VINO is an employer did for con-
emplo oyee ha pe ha9 Il, the work of every
n ";nat ne was about when he began ~
Tcu. oIuers apport!on work and rive
fectivea Tvs 80, labor and capital to be ef-
must not be two. but one: and
turn at the grndstone, the what "
atSne. behind the counter. at the desk
back snT n s ,hs I,,s machine. lying on his
.,ours day. oyster dredging in VII,
49, o.n, wharf work In the dog days. wo,,Id
man, ne eyes and soften the hearts Of
try: In the enRi Gf the rnoI peoples indus
ano at the Pittsbure furnaces rnJ
lfIsninE OF the Newfoundland banks in
and cold m me woui "a learn what heat
mi LOT years. leaning over lcdgers
! ,uii OF countless rows OF figures with
cats N'f h on, brick wall and some
noi,oa% means to man and blush ~
M , hin, take It as il II we're
On me ,be ana at his own expense. Kep.
t Z. even asking 10 get OF, when I nerD
Taps his wife was dying or his ,cbIir,
b boIn, ne would learn that human human
no n,, H,ust be considerate and humane
ness presses, or time or anvthin,
ease; ana that he is responsible 10 God
and ei hns Wns ne manages both employees
h nv nusiness-if the only .'business.'
ne sees is his own profit he desnrS,as
&c fall tenominiously FortunateIv n.a
rich on darss BODY Of employers In this
erai minded country of ours. who ~
,Eey 90 not measure up to men .i,Le
G n9. Sniios. Sir Titus Salt and Sir Peter
interes, ore a., ,b yGt men who have the
:eart not to be either unjust or IN.
k,ina TO them. Often they are really
n,nn ana considerate; sometimes wise
nilouEh TO be, generous when "tile
pinch comes; they never load camni
o III &c drops, and are at worst just and
.. ..rmo Many jewish merchants are
ioses Montefiorc. who was notch fnr
MS scrupulous eXactness in business
tesv Is his his sense OF honor MS cour-
when they needed friend, his Kene5-
Gus and noble use OF the money he
rnane. ~ 1ie a, and saron Hirsh were both
wlnso Q. Mr.. chiids,s pattern-men
Joined with the far more rare fac,,ls,.
o. spending IL with splendid intelIi,
ssnce ana generosity. In New York
Of Hebrews who stand high In those
communities along these lincs-doubts
i1Ss they exist in all our large cities:
only they are not as numerous as In
those two seaports, with that "a
Tnense trade. 80
society.s Lent.
~ IS OF lnterest-at least one feels
a disgusted recognition Of q disgusting
nSpocrisy and 1oathsome lack OF rever-
ent feeling TO read that Mrs Pen7her
.oh Smithers-sm is about to give
which mauve gowns will be d e rir,1err
and violets and heliotrope the coinr
SYcheme OF very brilliant affair. toned
r nomn 70 a ahe quiet key. out Of ,compli-
lmpions and shameful proceeding does
n n altogether represent society" but
Ms, II is certainly t true that a S "a compli-
,ient from Mrs. Smithers- Smlthers 10
lefty II has evidently impressed Lem
kins immensely It Is also true that
foci iey cant stand quiet at all; hates
means devoted to reading the Bible ar.
tending services and praying the great
a aan beautiful prayers OF the season
d der a ahs and release" Cor in
chcws sackcloth and ashes. and annsr-
emily Mrs. smtthers has not heard thar
Mhile person is at liberty to have
ioyatly and gratefully the holy memo
rial OF the Divine Love a its greatest
09ir or, a. th liberty to refrain from doing so
not warmed by the thought OF 80 Tn,,cb
love and such suffering for us1. thai
cod is not mocked"; nor that God is
s EUte' such Lent keeping gross In
or Old.
There have always been such peo-
pie IN IL, the world The Hebrew Prophet
afraid" and tells them that they nave
changed their glory for that which
doth not profit Vanity of vanities,
instead OF the fountain OF living
waters. the shadow Of great
rock in weary land the shelter from
the blast, the Sun OF Righteousness. tho
love or God Repent. lest My fury
SO that none can quench IT." "Tbv
wickedness reacheth into thine heart,
He goes to the root of the mat
ter-"Wash thine heart that thou
mayest be saved" "F'or this shall the
earth mourn: and the heavens above
be black" Shall not visit for these
Things Il will consume them The
pass away from them" Shall not
my soul be avenged on nuch?" 5ose-
phus's awful account OF the destruc-
mind. because Its people did the deed
that made tho earth mourn, and the