Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-09
PUTTING ONE AND TWELVE TOGETHER

/ \ young woman recently visited bust
ness and professional offices in Mar
! shutdown in Very business like
fashion considering that she was look
ing for donations. She protested TO be
a dea: mute In the T.-R. office she
made the rounds OF the editorial offices
scattering cards which stated thar she
was endeavoring 70 raise sufficient
money to enable her 10 learn to operate
q linotype ard requesting that the re-
cipiant Of the card give her whatever
he pleased. As stated her system was
peculiarly business like. First she
scattered the cards neglscting no OPP
portunity in the building from press
room to the linotype battery. Then she
came back gathering up the dead and
wounded. She was unable TO give the
name Of any person who knew her IN
Marshaltlown or in nearby towns. She
wrote in reply TO questioning that she
lived in Cheyenne and was on her way
to Washington.
Now al noon that woman stepped
into the Marshailtowu State Bank and
changed s12 IN subsidiary coin into
bills. Putting one and twelve together
the inference is that she had picked up
the small coin during her business like
canvass Of the forenoon
Nos this young woman-whose early
youth was over and who seemed TO be
close to thirty-may have been e deaf
mute all right. she may have started
seeking the small sum that would en-
able her to take course at limo
type school and she may be still OF the
notion. However, if it should turn
out that she found the present solicit
tation SO successful that she can
change si2 of small coin into long
green bills every half day she may find
the labor and waiting unnecessary
Long before she lands in Washington
she could buy the school and the limo
types and brick block to put them in
and a lot of other things folks crave
mare than a linotype operators job.
Whether or not she was honest or a
faker the s12 in small change Illus
| trates easy picking either way. Men
gave her dime or quarter because
she might be all right and they
| wouldn't be out much if she wasn't.
J r. f1r
| tive and business like charity seeker
with system like that 70 gather in a
| half days hard work. 1t was the
| tribute paid to systematized and in
dustrious panhandling. 1t was an Illus
| tration also of how easily we give up
small sums to whoever asks with a
| tenn. And it suggests that when the
system of asking has been polished to
a fine point and brings enough dimes
and quarters to make an inconvenient
burden every half day that it has run
ahead of need and has become a profit
able business.
Charity is a beautiful thing but in
discriminate giving lis its worst foe
This looseness of the business man and
citizen who passes out his dimes an6
quarters 70 those who have studied
how to get them dulls the edge Of rea
charity 1t induces state of MIND
that finds 1t hard to differentiate be-
tween real need and beggar's graft anc
assists to classify all asking as beg
ging.
When the outside seeker for dime.
and quarters solicits you call up ths
mayor or the Marshalltown Club l
the charity seeker can not explain
and satisfy inquiry he or she has M
right to your dimes and quarters. Ant
remember that there is always a neet
and place in your town for dime!
and quarters and dollars to be handled
and distributed where they will re
llieve suffering and want by those VIII,
investigate and know where the none,
is going.