The daily sentinel., 1912-12-12
AND YET We WONDER WHY.


increasing spirit of unrest in this country among the
people lie wonde why He couldn't quite such
growth and such
At times all of have poncd over these things and WON
dcred why.
This morning gancing over copy of city paper
one of the big daes Our attention by three dis
patches in many columns the front page paper There
We read them all and after had read Them that Wondering
why problem concerning the growth of socialism and the spread
or unrest found Its back mind and asked ourselves
whether Persa of these dispatches might help
that query, wonder why"
There was dispatch from New York city 1t stated that
there are at least 100000 children that great city whose parents
provide any Christmas happne-at least 600
little tots who cannot have the pleasure of visit
Claus unless the hand of charity extended and many them
will then probably be unintentorally overlooked
In another column there appeared brief dispatch from Chi
cago the nations second greatest city, and that dispatch forth
that there would be suffering among the poor of that city
this winter than in many years One paragraph stated that nves
crng because they had not enough clothing their little bodies
And then after had these two dispatches telling of
desuon and and of the suffering of innocent children
because of conditions because of the high cost of
living because of the grinding of the poor by the rich we read m
another column the page about the mighty marvellous
colossal fortunes the rich of New York city have tied up
Mrs. W. B. Leeds; $s4oooo necklace of pear s. 10000
stomacher Of diamonds and cmeralds and 100000 tiara
MIS- Ebert H. Gary 100000 pearl necklace each strand
Mrs. Frank j. Gould; 100000 pearl necklace
Mrs. William X. Vanderbilt r 900 necklace of black
Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont $35oooo diamond chain 5 feet
long the property Catherine of Russia Mrs Belmont
also has 100000 worth of pearls that belonged Marie Ano
Mrs. Clarence H. Niacay 100000 diamond necklace con
tanning of the largest soltaires in the country
Mrs William A. Clark wife of the copper mine owner;
100000 pearl necklace, $4,000 in diamonds merads and m
Mrs. J. P Morgan 100000 in diamonds s. 5000 in pearls
cmcralds and rubies. FS'''
Mrs. George J. Gould; S4soooo ropes of diamonds and
pearls, and ruby and diamond necklace.
Mrs. Robert Goelct; 100000 diamond tiara
Mrs Frederick W. Vanderbilt; 100000 diamond serpcn
tine chain with rub
Mrs George w Vanderbilt; $50 900 chain Of pearls and
rublcS' and loop composed OF ~ diamonds.
Mrs Ogden Mills $25oooo in pearl and diamond neck
Mrs Bradley Martini 100000 necklaces tiaras and o
achcrs "' ""N '''''
Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt the elder $4,000 in necklaces
and other including number unusually fine pearls
emeralds sapphircs and rubies.
Mrs Perry Tiffany $35o,ooo in diamonds and pearls
Mrs. T. l. StoteSbury, formerly Mrs. Oliver Cromwell;
$5ooiS0}Go S}s2 @sehiafs. @sIii E t,,.,;.,.,,.
pearl necklace. 'N
After reading those dispatches concerning the shvcrnp
and hungry children of poverty of great and after
Could wiz ANY LONGER WONDER WHY TIE SPiR,
IT OF UNREST IS ABROAD IN THE LAND AND THE
RANKS OF SOCIALISM ARE CONSTANTLY INCREAS-
The tale of New Yor suffering children and Chagos ill
clad babes can be repeated and many other American
cities this December evening The inventory New Yorks high
society Jewel stock can be duplicated large degree in many
other American cities
We anarchist and we arc not socialist and vet
we cant refrain from asking what right Mrs Gould has with
S45oooo rope of diamonds and pearls and Mrs Leeds with
100000 necklace when hundreds of thousands of little children
this broad land of this wntry day shverng with
cold suffering from degree of hunger and with their little
he makes his rounds on that mystic night of nights.
contend thar these grand danes HAVE no RIGHT to such
wealth buried jewels when countless thousands suffer for the
want OF clothing sustaining food and comfortable homes
pehaps thus treason coming from us But those dispatches
on the front OF the city paper helped convince there
is very little for wondering why
hey answered the question for us