El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-24

right 10 the point-'Isab belle" ne hau
vvritten-~The old firm went into the
hands Of a receiver yesterday o.
our biggest customers was caught
short in an unprecedented advance IN
steel and in trying to give MIN
chance to protect himself We were
caught ourselves-The market GOT
away from us=Weu anyway am
dead Everything viii have 10
co-I fear that practically all j nave
in the world has been swept away
,am sorry girl-but you VIII have 10
come home-AlOther and j have not
decided what TO DEBUT We viii nave
I TO give I'D our home az once and take
l \ small apartment until ] find what
can bee done'-lt was raining inst
morniug-and the murky dismal out
B look-added no encouragement OF
! hope-Theu don't you remember as
[ YOU sat in your pretty noucolI- on
] Thought OF your Dad in different
/ way than you had ever thought OF
him before-You realized that he
might need yOu-Ho our Dad IN trou pie
Your Dad who loved you sO-who
: had worked so hard for your happ--
ness and pleasure-You were young
and strong-The future was before
you-He was now an old man-lt
] would be so hard for him TO come
back-You placed your things qulch-y
and caught the first train for the me
rrouolfs-You viii never forget that
How sympathetic they were on
THOUGHT they loved you before
You KNEW they loved you now on
were 20 write them just as soon as
you got home-They were so inter
Your Dad met you at the train
How YOU threw your arms around
him and patted him--DOn't bother
about me" YOU said-as he started 20
. explain-"You take care Of mother
It cd.
II am so glad I took that special
{ course at college-There Is such de-
. mand for specially trained teachers in
{ physical culture am sure that ! can
: get a position at once and do so love
the work toO"-You will never forget
! that evening in the little apartment
{ when you and Dad and Mother planned
Z for the future-How close TO each
other you seemed
Now don't you remember how
Z quickly your father was given re-
lsponsible place at a fair salary md
r you. well you had no trouble at all
e In getting a superyisOrship in one Of
r the big schools OF the city-HoW
70 happy you were in your new work
3 How interested YOU were in all the
D lchildren-How you did help some OF
those little misshapen youngsters de-
0 velop themselves into sturdy boys ant
d girls-Tou could see the results Of
{ your work in brighter eyes-lightel
q hearts and sWeeter smiles-The teach
] ers saw these results in awakened in
d iterest-brighter minds and better les.
sons-HOw happy YOU were-How YOU
Z learned TO know individually each Of
n the children-How you did help some
e of those Door little boys and girls
{ who were some what ashamed of theil
@ ragged clothes and worn out shoe.
e. and stOckings-NOu showed them tina
o you loved them just as much II moi
20 more than their more fortunate
e fschoOlmates and il wasn't long nov
was it2-befOre there were no more
ragged clothes or worn out shoes ant
stockings in your school-You started
a campaign for a special fund FOL
these poor boys and girls
Don't you remember your Dad tax.
ing you down to the stock exchange
before the opening and Of the littl,
speech you made TO those busy mer
1T was the first speech you evei
made in your life-but your Who'll,
heart was IN every word you said
i You can hear the cheering now as IN,
, hat was passed-It was some coIlec.
ton too-ThOse chaps don't do thing!
half way-fou had to promise thai
s you would come back and make an.
other speech next term-Weu anyway
u maybe he was one Of the committed
who was appointed TO help YOU MAXI
. the distribution-but Bill came in tim,
and he came because he was inter,
ested i'm your great wOrk-and yor
knew him when he came-NOW ISM
e IT A PRETTY GOOD WORLD AFTET
70 ALI Claiborne Adams.