The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-01
THE POOR PASS WHAT
THE RICH GRASP

THE POOR PASS WHAT
THE RICH GRASP
| 'If life was something which only Inc
rich could buy,
The rich would hve-and the poor
l. would die
| Who is it that said: There Is
world Of difference between the hearts
of those who are rich, and those VINO
are poor?" Well, no matter who the
| author of those words was, he did not
make it clear to us just what he
meant to convey by that nystify1nS
statement Much is left to our tnas-
| nation to ravel out from our own
lnarticuIar point of view. That the
possession of wealth could change or
IcontrolA a human heart, is certainly
not a pleasing Thought.
| Are the poor more generous than
| the rich? Are their hearts tenderer,
more quickly reached? One cannot
Judge all by the few; yet, simple
straws win show us which way, the
wind blows. When girls are school,
mates together, they VOW un0ying
friendship for each other, which Is to
last all their lives through. If one
I
two very poor husbands how. about
| the compact? If one who has mar
Tried a struggling mechanic. takes her
lfbrood of children to visit her school
mate, who has all she can do to keep
the wolf from the door, she Is sure OF
receiving a royal welcome straight
from the heart. No pains are spared
to make her visit a happy one. The
ibest she has, in fact all she has in the
II. :.N~Y. TO-,
I The hostess remarks: You and the
Ichildren must have lunch right
3taways 1T is, too long to wait until the
tdinner hour. Riddles are always hun
4 CRY, you KNOW -
The better the children's appetitas
the more pleased she Is. She doesn't
stint them with cups of milk When
their little stounacirs are full, she laughs
i delightedly to see them climb on the
Ibed, muddy little shoes and all. She
lis pleased that they will take a nap
iof an hour or two Tells her friend
mot to mind the ibead-spread Soap and
water will make it snow white again.
tAt parting she urges her friend to
tcome soon again, and bring the little
brood, asking that she be told of their
looming in advance SO that she may
bake some honey -czkes, and other
J goodies in which children delight.
Later on the same woman takes her
tbrood to visit her rich schoolmate.
Here she encounters much ponp and
ceremony ere she is admitted. She
has to walt un uncomfortabfy long
thine before the mistress of this fine
II home presents herself The greeting
, between the former school friends is
, embarrassing. For one woman is
: eager and glatd The other Is chilly
!, and distant. The latter makes very
j, little of her school friend.
, Almost with her first words of greet
, ing the rich woman exclains: Dear
, me, if you had come five minutes
later you wouldn't have found me in.
was going to make a few calls which
should have been made weeks ago.
When one child after another. asks
, for a drink of water, and the youngest
openly announces she is hungry the
mistress of the house looks the an
noyance she feels. Grudg1ngIy she in
vttes them to a little luncheon. They
are set down to bakers bread cut very
thin, with just the suspicion Of butter
lon the slices.
If one child timidIy asks for littlt
milk, the mistress Of the fine home
has no compunctton in saying: There
is no milk left over from breakfast
II the children fall asleep In theil
lcha1rs, the mother is advised that sh,
shouldn't keep her children out 81
long. They need to he in their owl
homes. where they can 80 TO thei
beds and sleep.
The rich woman has no children
iShe does not understand their need
and yeagnings. The hour or SO tina
passes in chatting, is quite unheede.
by the poor woman. The rich woman
keeps an eye continually on the clock
Il ,-J-s~ era
, out for all the help I am soon t,
: meet my husband, and dine with him
at his club Though a woman ma,
he poor, it does not prevent her from
being sensitive. She takes the hint
and leaves soon after.
The invitation to come again some
time,'' she feels is not from the hear
but mere lip service. To her sister
in-law, the woman explains later on
"Of course I liked Clara in our oil
school days. But owing to our mode.
of life, we have drifted far apart iron
the old friendship. It would be pain
, full for her to see the luxury wit
, (which am surrounded-then to re
: turn to her own humble home, i
: which poverty grips on every side
! and be content. What she does nc
) see, and know about, cannot vex her.
D The poor woman passes by, all ex
a tcuseS, listening to her hearts voice
!. The rich woman grasps at every ez
cuse, to cut loose from the friends sb
knew in her years Of poverty. @
course there are exceptions to tn
;. rule. But they are few and far be
!. tween. It is neither wise nor best
try to cling to friendships that hav
: tsoared os1t OF ones sphere @Tru
a hearts are more than coronets. al,
II lsimple faith, than Norman blood"
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