The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-20

L gave MIN OE6dQ anu NOuAN AHA'I 49,
But Charity. astounded. babe me wait,
Until her minions should Investigate
who knows" said she; This man may
His soul mi may not be worthy of dinner.
STAY. then. until try the Third Degree,
He may not be quite right" said Charity
SO all that day the twin of gentle Hope
Put my beggar meath the microscope
At night fair Charity emerged aglow;
He was all right. she said
He died you know
Persons who have devoted their lives
to helping others are the themes OF
stories every one has read \ young
woman disappointed in love turns to
settlement work; Wild young man
wears to atonement by the doing of
good deeds and thus herOines and
heroes are carried through interesting
and inspiring pages But Miss Kate
King and the King brothers of North
Topeka offer no such explanation for
lives devoted TO the helping of others.
''Oh. I guess it is in the blood Our
father and our grandfatherS before Us
did the same thing" said Miss King
when pressed for an explanation So
it seems that the good one does lives
after him From Topeka, Kan back
TO Glasgow, Scotland. is a long way.
but what the ancestors Of the Kings
began in Scotland, the Kings are now
TT was in a tennis club back in
London that we, ourselves. first be
came active in behalf of others The
court was in Victoria park Members
of the club discovered they were
musical St Marks church is located
in that park and back of the church
and in connection with it was u large
hall with a seating capacity of seven
hundred The members of the club
gave concerts and with the money we
three hundred children of the neigh
borhoOd- Twice a week We made the
soup in a big kettle in the hall and it
was mighty good soup, too" said Miss
King
Pioneer Charity Workers.
Organized. scientific. scrutinizing
charity has been weighed and found
wanting by the Kings. who are To-
peka's pioneer charity workers. The
three Kings, kilmaurs W. King. Miss
Kate NJ King anG T D Maxwell
King. after having been active in the
organization of the Associated Char
tiles. which was the forerunner of the
Provident association the Kansas
branch of the American Red Cross so
cfety and the Foster Humane society
the same lines they followed when
they first arrived in Topeka twenty
three years ago After having tried
the new they have returned To the
There is no bitterness in their
criticism of the charitable endeavors
Of others
We simply have different ideas
about how charity should be con-
Quoted" is the way Miss Kate King
expressed it.
There must be 4 grace in giving.
The grace is worth as much as the
gift 10 a poor fellow down ard out
who needs encouragement as much as
he needs food and clothes II only
a crust of bread IS being given. it
should be given with the proper grace.
and not like something thrown at a
dog Whenever charity IS given
through the machinery of a cCmpIi-
Gated organization, a corporation. the
process is soulless- The grace Of Civ
ing has been destroyed
The Kings act on TIE theory that
when help is needed, It should he
given Immediately IuvCsti ga ting can
be done at leisure The Kings do not
worry over applications of charity
They figure that while a few i'm
posters may receive more than thew
need, that it is better that they should
than that one needy person should
suffer by waiting They recall the
case of one man who died of starva-
ton right here in Topeka while his
King carries in his pocket the above
poem pasted on a card
They Act independently
The Kings are independent in their
charity work. They are responsible to