The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-02-14
APPRECIATES KINDNESS
Bob Burdette. One of the Worlds Geaf.
est liumOriSt,, Touched by
Message

! NdSc lIpiH tut niue OF oOu(n l)a-
k ia to the senate of California.
The message thawed the wires,
stlnging with the frost, as it fol-
lowed their trail over prairie and
mountain, through blizzard and
SHOW wrath a message from a
most Christian people to neigh ;
boring people who, let us hope.
will now try to be more Christian.
heholdlng the beauty of the Christ
ian fellowship which loves them
that persecuteS IL with sarcastic
eXaggerations and climatic com
parsons. a Christianity which,
having the rare opportunity of TAX
lng away It's chafii'ng neighor's S
coat lii stormy weather. rather
sends lis own cloak to It's shivering
/ torneEter, all 'unaccu toned to
butfalo-robe weather in its Mexican
d Q climate.
\ Il read the message Of South
Dakota, the warm hearted, 10 shiv-
erinI California You read it in.
that Great Religious Daily Of the
west, the changing, the illimitahle
southwest. The Times. read every
where, b"liev d aud beloved every
where; The Senate of Sou-h Da.
kota desneS to convey to the peo.
pie of California is regret and
sympathy FOR the great 10 S they
have sustained by ,he freezing of
citrus fruits" "
Now, when | read that message
OF the Sandalwood. my mind went
back over the files Of tie California
papers, the voices of the people of
this State Of the perfect climate
and the faultless sunshine and the
! qnadro-centural frost. | remem-
hertd how tie South Dakota cv
clone and haiIstorms and blizzard
ard SnOWdrift and duetstolms were
carried In stock in the cold storage
Jokeroom of the daily papers. along
Wl'h the bales of mother-in law.
mule, best girl 5 father. milk man :
pump, and sleeping policeman
jokes And wien the story of
The storm OF any season went into
PRINT, about he only sympathy we
attended to the Dakotas was to add
W by don !Ou come TO California
and live III Il Christian climate -
and now. the SandalwoCd State.
haVlng this rare opportunity TO
Nmlte us on the other cheek also.
good and plenty, lays its hand with
soothing tenderness upon our chill
claims. 1t lubs the frosted ear
and 1t Is q gOodly ear Of Califoi mia
dlmcnlOns which are always IN
excess OF anything else on earth
with the handful Of healing snow,
~c00pnd flOm one of It's own sandal
scented drifts. 1t thaws us out
with the breath Of sympathy. We
tldn t deserve one little bit If this
kindness, and our gratitude Is
made richer by the surprise.
1t may be that South Dakota is
also human, and that in this tender
message Of sympathy there is the
subtle reminder that they have
npa'd all about oar sudden change
81 climat" and trust that it may | {
ollowed by C responding change
Of he art. 1t may be that this is {
gentle way Of notifying us thar
hey have placed the California
freeze OF 1913 on file and nav
craven the same in the archives o.
! South Dakota for future reference
IosSibly even such a near future a.
next summer. But no-perrisl
the unjust su picion. IL is sug
5estion Of meanness to small for
State SO great.
Let Us rather accept the exrres
sion of sympathy even as tenderl ly
aS it is given. Let us lay on ou
aching, frosty and burning fros
bite the healing oil Of the Sande
wood, and the next time we hra
f! OF Il cyclone or illZzard i'm SOrtI