The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-21

Just fer a change we are going to
give you a true story this evening, all
about Our Jim and what he has done
for US.
Jim wasn't much to look at, at that
time He had gotten to the place where
lots of folks called him old Jim or
Poor Old jim not in the way of en-
dearmert, neither for the reason that
ne was old, but simply because he had
so mistreated himself that he looked
the part He drank as much as he
could buy, gambled as much as he
could stake. had little to eat or to
wear in consequence, and was gener-
ally down and out
But we would not have known
about this had not his wife caught
sight of a mans heavy gray suit that
was brought down to our distributing
agent to be given away to any one who
needed it, and she Immediately gath
cred 1t up. regardless of the fact that
she had come to ask for clothes for
her children, and begged that she
might take the suit instead to give
Jim
She cleaned and pressed it, gathered
together from various sources a suit of
underwear, put them together into a
suit box, and when Jim came home
one Saturday night, dirty, ragged and
desperate, without one cent OF MS
weeks pay; with not one word of COM
plant, she put the box Of clothes into
his lap. He looked at them a moment
as if dazed. Refused to take them
out of the box, but got up and went
to bed
His wife tied them up and put the
box into the closet. grieved and dis
appointed
Listen to Music.
Some little time after a series of re-
vival meetings was begun and Jennie,
the Oldest of the children, was SIM
ply delighted to think that at last she
could go to meeting where she could
listen to the singing and speaking
without caring at all about her dress
But she could not go to night serv-
ices alone.
One Sunday morning she tried to
talk to her father about it, hoping that
he would say he would take her the
coming week, because after a days
washing mother was too tired to go
even if there was some one to leave
the smaller children with. which there
was not
Jim listened to his little daughter
then started to say to her that he
couldn't go. He would look fine 60
ing to meeting in overaIls, that he had
nothing to wear, but she stopped him
by dragging forth the box and ex-
claimed gIeefully:
But you have got something to
wear, papa Looky herei'
Afte- good deal of fearful argu-
ment the child won out Jim took
the box. went into his bedroom.
washed. shaved and donned the suit.
He was standing erect He had
seen himself in the little glass It's
been most ten years since I had a
whole suit like this, amt it, mamma :?
1t makes a fellow feel pretty decent
to be clean from the skin out and get
out of his overaIls once; kind of makes
a man out of him again" But he
looked rather ruefully at his mud
stained shoes that he had tried TO
clean and his old hat
Shoe Polish Did 1t.
Just you wait. papa, I'll fix you
up" and putting on her wraps Jennie
was off sixteen blocks to the home of
the distributing agent She did not
find a pair of shoes. but she got a
dime to buy some shoe polish. also
they found for her father a good look
ing cap
Jim couldn't help getting into the
spirit of the game SO he allowed them
to fix him up He went to church,
went up front and met the revivalist
He grew so interested that every even
ing found him and Jennie at the meet
ings- Finally he Joined the church
and has always since then brought