The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-07-24
By ESTHER GRIFFIN WHITE.


That's what half the people in the
| world are trying to get.
Financially and socially.
Even emotionally.
All you need to do is to go to free
entertainment. The house is invaria-
| bly, packed.
The only free ones that aren't pat
| ronized are those given in the church
,es
However this is another story as
the erstwhile Mr.. Kipling was once
wont to say so fascinatingly.
| By the way-what's become of Kip
| ling?
Is he written out? Or merely a near
classic. Or has the public wearied of
his talking ships and performing hors
es? Perhaps Ktpling was mere flash
in the pan. A fixing literary cocktail
A poetic sky-rocket.
| But, from the philistine point of
view which is ever Grass, he was a
success while he lasted. For he paid
well-or got paid well. And that is
the measure of success.
| Not-"what is the quality of his
work."
But-"what does he get paid for it? 2"
| How much is he WORTH" inquiries
some one
ooh, a million or So"
Dear me-what a charming man he
must be-"
A silver dollar rampant on a green
back should be the coat of arms of the
average American.
For it is the goal of his ambition.
The exalted pinnacle of his ideal.
And to accumulate as many as pos
sible he will go around every "propo-
sition" he can.
Managers of theatres, in instance,
will tell you how many people will try
to beat it into the house. It's amazing
how many people think they ought to
be provided with season passes for
tending the theatre.
Railroad officials can retail stories
of similar ilk
You can hear the railroads abused
on any street corner for not handing
out free transportation to the general
public.
! And it's not always the people who
can't afford to go any place they want
| to or buy out an opera-house for an
evening if they are so inclined. For
Mr. Plutocrat is as keen about acquir-
ing pleasure and profit without heavy
expenditure as is Mr.. Impecunious.
All kinds of people are living off of
other people.
No married woman can teach school,
says a certain school board.
Why?
Very few married women who are
teaching school but that are doing SO
| for the special purpose of the support
of family.
Ten to one including some man.
There is lot of talk about the para
| site woman.
But what about the parasitic man?
That there are a lot of them you
only have to look about you to see.
The writer knows a number of women
who have supported and helped sup
port men-members of their family, hus-
| bands and otherwise, for years. Sub
hitting without complaint or COM
ment to a condition that they were
driven into. And enduring cavalier
treatment from their beneficiaries.
For you will generally find that the
person who is indebted to you is the
person who will treat you the mean
est.
| The person from whom you may ex-
pect short shrift.
Ingratitude is apostrophized by the
poets. And is the most universal vice
The ingrained human tendency to
garner in whatever is in sight that
won't have to be paid for is the handi,
cap of all charitable effort.
The dishonest beggar is the hardest
to deal with.
He whines and holds out the hand
the while he clutches his obscured but
we'll filled pocket.
Bad as he is, however, he is gone
one better by the emotional beggar.
The man, or woman, who Graves for
sympathy.