Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1913-12-06
SATURDAY NIGHT
%sT SERMONS
,Ws, BY
2 REvSAMUEL
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BEASTS. BABIES AND BIBLES.

WIS pe,ched In sightseeing auto
doing the town" Get on 20 the
rubcs In the rubberncck wagon call.
ed II newshoy. One pays II price for
prominence. did not respond. 70.
mcmhered about casting your corals
before porcupines or something to that
effect. Bat the "dago' kid IN front OF
the million dollar skyscraper started
me thinking. The man with the meg
aphonc called ont the things the town
valued. The marble courthouse. built
with considerable steal" he facetiously
explained; the biggest department
store In the state. the handsomest post
office. the city park. the factories.
among them Il cotton mill employing
hundreds of women and children. and
stock farm. the finest In the United
States" you could ''e,,s ofs the floor"
! looked with staring eyes. We went
out through the residence. section on
their parkway or boulcLdrd. on either
side wealth spelled In rich mansions
and luxurious Iimouslnes. I'VE are
the richest city proportionately on the
Atlantic sea coast" said he OF the
megaphone. Rich In what? Buildings
and more buildings. wealth and more
wealth. expressed In things And-a
stock farm the best in the United
States. | can see II yet Nicely paint
ed. grass about the place. n flower bed
and n fountain. wide windows. admit
ting air and sunlight: veterinarians
and attendants In white blouses The
place looked SO clean and healthful I
forgave the hypcrboie about eating
OF the floor
Beasts. Babies and Bibles.
am philosophizing preacher with
heart large enough for beasts. babies
and Bibles. Why aren't folks worth
more than things: Why shouldn't the
gazetteer of the "rubberneck wagon
proclaim. THAT school building has the
finest lot OF children In the country"
There's n little mission that recaims
scores of men every year" There goes
pastor who helps more people up.
ward than . saloon can pull down.
ward" THAT little woman teaches n
night school for foreign children" pos
sibly my little olive skinned Italian
boy among them What are buildings
compared with people? Is not the
value of a human being more than real
estate: That model stock farm pub
fishes bulletin giving tabulation OF
some elaborate feeding tests OF cattle
and hogs. Much is said about the
'balanced ration" That same city
tried feeding emaciated nnderfed
school children. but II was howled
down. You see. 1t "pauperized' them.
Hogs, Cattle and Men.
One OF Roosevelt's last messages to
congress said I'VE ought no longer &c
ignore the rcproach that this govern
mcnt takes more pains 10 protect the
lives of hogs and cattle than human
beings" And DR. Wiley. the pure food
specialist. remarked in lecture TO the
Wellesley Woman's club In Boston not
long ago that 1t was better to be
steer than man. and a fat hog than
n woman" Across the isle from me
In the Pullman sleeper. all the way
from Denver To Chicago. rode a woman
with her child and her husband. The
man was in the last stages OF con.
sumption and spat ont Of the car win.
dow aud on the side of the coach and
only occasionally in cup am sure
on the way back that berth was made
up for some unsuspecting victim
That wouldn't he allowed with q car.
load of cattle. Ever watch the crowd
OF men. women and children packed
indccently In the subway cars from :
to y. m: The law wouldn't allow
hogs to be crowded and iammed into
cars In such manner II would re
duce the weight of the creatures:
might kill some. with the loss of hun.
drcds Of dollars. Mrs. Charlotte Smith
n social worker In Boston. says that
babies are selling from 81 to $40 apiece
while poodle dogs fetch SO TO 500 IN
the fashionable section az the Hub
Values
Men and Machines.
From my sightseeing auto that day
could see the homes Of the hands
employed III the cotton mills, They
are hardly hands" only machines |
couldn't hel? thinking of Helen Board
man The machine ls kept In litlr
hut NOT fur from the factory II Is &
wonderful machine hut Il isn't wotth
much rhsr- are So many other ma-
chimes IN tl, world rs the siln peeps
over the horizon the factory whistles
blow anil thr machine starts ont. Other
gray machines are going through TIE
early .ight o. the sam place The
are usct. % make hats What
would the world wraaut hats: In
deed. hHf~ must BE- amcs one day
the scream Of ths wh'st', = heard be-
fore closing time The treat wheels