Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-18
lh|CEsTRY UNEssENT|AL
q F0|!R HAPPINESS IN LIFE
leAtricc Fairfax Discusses Problem
OF Girl Who Has No Family
Tree.
REATNEss is NOT INHERITED
abraham Lincoln, Napoleon Bona
s partc and james j. Hill wore
Peasant and Farmer Boys, Who
Climbed to Top of Ladder.
ny nEAruIcE rAlnl,AN.


am my own ancestor said 4
famous Frenchman when questioned
ssf6bout his ancestry.
There's n magnificent wisdom about
sshis reply. I've always intended writ
Z ting bit on the topic. and now in
tstoday's mail along comes letter
= giving me the impetus 10 say MY say
81 on subject hear my heart
6 1T doesn't matter where YOU start,
Tits where You so that counts
q From the point OF view OF aristo-
:acrat!c lineage. Who was Abraham
s41incoln, Napoleon Bonapartc and
y Names J. Hill2 Sons Of the people.
,the nobodies who strive who make
1.-the somcbodics who arrive.
ss But before we gcneral.zc, lets read
y the stor:T of our own day--the letter
Y of the littlc girl who wonders II she
q hiss right 10 marry the man she
fSsloves without bringing 10 him a fam
lily tree rooted in fine soil.
Adopted Girls Letter.
ct am little Miss Nobody of 81,
ScominE from God only knows where,
sgoinS God only knows where. When
III was a little tot l was adopted by
&my foster parents. not for love OF me.
Sbut because they were an elderly mar
frie1 couple with no children of their
own. So off 10 All asylum they hicd
themselves and picked me OUT much
Sas YOU wuuld-weN, an apple on
4turnip. They took me home and there
Il am Yet; Hut they neglected to
4 reckon with the fact that something
more than food and clothing and four
iwalls make II home, that sympathy
1 and understanding are necessary in
8helping Il young life to grow and de-
syelop:
ALLOWED out 10 play. TO attend chill
sdren's parties or have good times
:tlike other Riddles When rradu.
lated from elementary school ] started
In IrNg
-didn't change. ! wasn't allowed any
,irecreation.
Couldn't Leave Parents.
! made ready to leave l;nt
took me in when avery one else had
scast me aside? | couldn't 20 away
5and leave them in their old age. So
II stayed on, though many night ]
INVENT to sleep SobhinE for my mother
fand for a comforting word or a touch
isof love. Still know that have too
simuch to be thankful and grateful! for
II II am not bitter toward the mother
Nwho bore me, and l pray To God for
5hcr every night.
sshas come into my life-the ccntlest.
hssincerest, the sweetest love that ever
fscnme into the life Of girl. Ny
3him happy and be good wife to
Hlhim.
..But have the right to allow
j marry me- considering What am?
< Would I be doing him wrong? My
hheritaEe and all that pertains 10 1t
y has driftcd into oblivion. VIII there
sShim unhappincss and trouble? | am
"a founding. No one has ever known
sanything Of me. My mother deserted
;NIne. and what does that indicate? Is
1.-THE love and help / stand ready 30
give the man | marry cuough-havc
Il the right 10 let him take my chance
I with me? Just one Of many"
s.Thc Sins 0f the Fathers"
j t Who will question .his girls right
20 all the happiness life can bring
her thirsty soul?
n merciful God not be omulated 10y
merciful society and the debt
II her mother only suffered. shall
the child who Is her Immortality be
ftdoomed also 10 suffering?
ssSF Child, child! Don't YOU know that
who loves YOU your own sweet
tstfSsrndiant, understandings heart. Your
Stmind. your beautiful soul.
EL You long to make the man YOU
K Move happy: You appreciate his TEN
fttoerness. What could anyone bring
ifSihim rarer than love and apprecia-
Lineage. the heritage OF race. Is
:$Ecnly drop in the bucket OF the
essfnturc. The Inheritance YOU can pass
ESon TO future generations Will he
&footed in YOUR own nature. You've
beauty and appreciation in
|Ssft- You have II thoughtful mind aud
ia seeing eye your heart IS attuncd
Stto the exquisite things OF life. Per-
;,Sshaps this 'nay be in part your hcrl-
5SaEs from your little dead mother
ssPerhaps it is Just a.i. cXpr1ssion of
your own sturdy Ha-t G.isty soul.
go You have much to give From n
flpractical point Of view YOU ought to
6 inake splendid wife And see how
stthe. words of Browning bless your
lGpesires:
y For God above Is great TO grant
fEs:as mighty To make. and creates the
s@qOVe reward "a low.