Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-04
MRS. CHAMP CLARK -
THE HOOVER MOVEMENT.
McGuffey's Story OF "Three Boys and
Three Cakes''-BilIy, Blind Man,
And His Dog.

: Washington, d. c., Sept. 27.-The
Washington Times prints the follow
ing editorial contributed by Mrs.
Champ Clark:
1t is said that the original Saxon
for our English Lady meant loaf
giver, and it would, l think, be a fit
time to give the word its ancient
significance. In these days of siren
uous food conservation the loaf-giver
is a person of dignity. However,
can say that 1.-The waste not, want
not" slogan is no new thing for me.
l we'll remember the impression
made upon my childish mind by les
sons in McGuffey's Reader, and none
better than the story of "The Three
Boys and the Three Cakes" and it
should be reprinted and circulated
everywhere to teach the children of
the present generation how to get
the most enjoyment out of life's
blessings and to learn that the prime
secret of happiness is to contribute
to the happiess of others.
For the benefit of those benighted
souls who knew not McGuffey l will
relate as we'll as 1 may from, memory
the story of "Three Boys and the
Three Cakes" which illustrates the
meaning of the Hoover movement.
There was a boy named Harry
whose mother said to Betty, the
maid:
Betty Harry has been a very
good boy and learned his lessons
well. l think we should send him
cake"
with all my heart" said Betty.
So she made him the cake and stuff
ed it with raisins and citron and 9TH
er good things and sent it to Harry.
He was delighted and he ate it all,
never giving his schoolmates bite,
in consequence was very sick and
had to have the doctor ad take lot
of very bitter medicine.
There was another boy in that
same school named Peter. Peters
mother sent him a cake. He said he
would not be like Harry and make
himself sick. He would keep it a
long time. So he ate some of the
cake and put the rest in box, and
every day he would slip up stairs
and get a piece and put the remain
der away for a future time. But
after a time, 10, and behold the mice
got into his box and ate most of the
cake and rendered what was left un-
fit for service, so the boys were all
glad and pointed the finger of scorn
at Peter, and his mother sent him no
more cakes.
Now, there was in that same school
a boy named Billy, who, when his
mother sent him cake called all of
the boys onto the playground and di-
vided the cake, giving each of them
a piece and then took piece himself,
and, perceiving that there was some
Vi itO CdhS lClly lOlNl luC bOyo lloN
they would keep the rest for tomor
row, but an old blind man, entering
the lot at that moment, Billy went,
without saying a word, and handed
the remainder of the cake to the
blind man, who divided with his dog,
and said, "Thank you, good child"
Now, if 1 understand the Hoover
movement, it means we are not to be
gluttons like Harry, nor hoarders
like Peter, but to be generous and
free-hsnded like Billy, who shared
with his friends, remembering that
the Lord loveth cheerful giver, and
he that giveth to the poor lendeth to
the Lord
No matter how RICH we are in this
Worlds goods we can't take anything
out of it, but when we make other
people happy we lay up treasure in
heaven, where neither moth nor
| rust doth corrupt and where thieves
do not break thru nor steal"