Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-07-03

OF tooth brushes 20 such an asylum or
hospital than TO buy one for the most
highly-bred pup that ever uttered a
"bow.wow."
| have known a great many maiden
ladies' in my lifetime. some Of them
sweet sixteen. and some OF them Just
as sweet at sixty. They were in all
respects most esllmable persons, full
OF kindly sympathy and cheerful as
the birds that sing IN the summer
day, without a particle OF bitterness
bred from disappointment in the
matrimonial or any other line. Yet
/ always felt sorry for them, and tho
more sympathetic, bright and con-
tented they were, the more my pity
grew. No II is true, my lamentations
were not always for the spinsters
themselves, but divided itself into
their account and that Of some man
who had missed the inestimable bless.
ing Of lifelong companionship and
partnership with them. Nay, my stock
OF sympathy was segregated into a
dividend OF at least three parts, for
my pity went out 10 the unborn chill
dren who might have been cuddled 70
the tender breast Of one of these
women, and known the sweetness and
the benefit of her kindly and wise
| guidance.
And let me tell you. some of them
had too much humanity carefully cul-
tivated under Christian influences not
70 find an outlet for their sympathies
and love, and It was not lavished fool"
ishly inhumanly on puppies or kit.
tens.
Now. Miss Jennie Crocker is no
doubt not the least in the world like
Lady Clara We're de We're" In pride
Of ancestry or OF money. While she
has nothing in her ancestry to blush
for, It would make 'the grand old
gardener and his wife" smile broadly
to hear one Of the Crockers INDUCING
In pride of long descent" On the
other hand, she has plenty of the
wealth which constitutes too much OF
the patent of nobility in democratic
America. Yet, as l say. she is not
known TO manifest any pride on this
account
But like Tennyson's Lady Clara,
would 1t not be better for the Lady
Jennie TO teach the neighbor boy to
read and the neighbor girl TO sew than
to waste such frivolous attentions on
the aristocradc puppy and pussyf
Now. It may be that there are no chill
dren to teach to read OF to sew. But
let me warn Lady Jennie, there are
thousands of them who would reap
great benefits in being provided with
tooth brush and taught the proper
use OF It. If, moreover. doggie Is
provided with manicure set and q
tooth brush you may be well assured
his fare is too luxurious for his health
and too costly for Christian charity
in a city where there are so many
miserable little souls unprovided with
proper dress and often hungry fol
lack of food.
Makes for Class Hatred.
Miss Crocker and her whole class
are menaced every day in the world
in their material interests by grow
Ing socialism, increasing daily In its
intense bitterness and class hatred
These rich people are often menacec
in their person by the hostility Of
some. of those against whom the cur
, rents Of life run too strong to be sue
cessfully resisted.
There is not tinge nor touch o
socialism or sympathy with socialism
in my makeup. If there is anything
| indulge a sentiment Of hatred to
ward this is It. But do see that JUS
such conduct as this young woman i
guilty of (and l used the word guilt!
with due deliberation) encourages tn
growth Of socialism, and fosters tn
, class hatred which is making life OFT
en- dangerous in other cities like New
I, York, and 1t always makes the man
l agement Of large Industrial enteI
> prises difficult in the extreme.
For the sake Of the love of the Al
!, Father who made US all, and loves u
all, for the sake Of our common hu
manity and of our own families, 10
this friyolity in the foolish care @
, puppies and cats go tor-and let Il
: expend our sympathies as we'll as GU
money on the care Of the destitut
waits whose present life is miserable
: and whose future life to the countr
,, may be dangerous.
Lar EpplfehNaCa
t Glory be, Miss Croker confirms tn
l. views set forth above on the infuenc
It Of heredity and the ethics concernin
e puppies and babies.
r After the foregoing was write
n comes an announcement that this Sci
l. sible young lady has ordered her ker
mel Of thoroughbred dogs sold, an
n that she Is about to eschew "singl
g blessedness" and share all the swee
q ness of her personality with youn
v bridegroom who l sincerely hope ma
It prove in every way worthy OF
D. Croker bride.
o AS the daughter of the late Colon'
4. Crocker, Miss Jennie should be quit
e like all good little girls who as th
X fairy tale tells us are made Of "suga
d, and spice and everything nice" BIZ
II she is only half Croker, and Their
n in again "noblesse ohlige." He
mother was the daughter Of the LAT
1 D. o. Mills, and If there were eve
d anything better in the line Of humal
n ity among the pioneers than the NIL
ID family It was good indeed.-G. v
ID Burton in the Los Angeles Times.
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