Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-09

the human neart
to learn why 1t behaved as 1t did-ant
does. =,
His conclusions were startling: al
sin. he decided, springs from distorted
love. II we love too little, we art
misers and cheats and thieves and
cruel, cold persons, incapable Of graft
tude and appreciation and generosity
II, on the contrary, we love too much
we are gluttons, and greedy and selfish,
violent in passions, seducers. murderers
The root Of both distortions Is, ol
course, selfishness, lack Of considera
ton for others. This was quite as true
In the primitive cave days as at pres
ent.
Why do we do so many foolish and
wicked things? Is not 1t because we &c
through life craving, and never being
satisfied: always with hungry heart!
A girl let's her heart run away with
her head, as the old saying goes: She
gets into trouble and the world pun
ishes her, and even casts her to the
rubbish heap. Yet she may have been q
kindly, simple, amiable soul. All she
asked of life was love and happiness.
She mistook the dross for the gold, but
that was an error In judgment and
knowledge, not in intention.
am not speaking, Of course, Of the
really vicious, cold -blooded person who
goes into crime deliberately. History
tells Of a few such. The majority Of
women are simple souls craving simple
joys, and their misdeeds are missteps
due largely to narrowed experience and
The primal need Of all living crea :
lures is food. Hunger Is the chief
craving. Few people are 80 unimag-
NATIVE as not to pity a starving crea-
ture. Yet the world does not recognize
the universal hunger of the heart!-
"Bunkv" says the Showsirl. "A
swell feed has got this heart hunger
beat to finish"-yet why does she
sit up all night with her sisters sick
baby and spend hours playing with 1t
when 1t is we'll? know one Of these
self-styled worldly city types who is
mad over children, and is never so de-
lighted as when she Is dressing up a
youngster and giving 1t pleasure. In
the complications and misfits of life,
she has not found good, kindly mate,
Of her own. She fancies herself abused
by the other sex. and gets her revenge
on the genus male by playing a greedy
game with all men, but in her moments
off guard, she enjoys that baby with
the supreme Joy Of woman tempo
rarily satisfied by maternal love.
Other women, worldly wise, pet dogs
and cats excessively. In a suburb OF
New York there is cemetery de-
voted to pets, where 5000 cats and dogs
are buried. with monuments and eT-
pensive graves. The owners remember
to keep these decorated with flowers
and pay the sexton yearly, and even
visit the place. At first 1t seems grue-
some and disgusting. Even a few
monkeys and little lion and a hen
and two ducks and canary are thus
honored! But on second thought the
place Is a tragic commentary on unsat-
isfed yearnings! We may condemn
the waste Of hundreds of dollars on
dead dogs when living babies are starv-
ing in all parts Of the world, but the
fact remains that intelligent, mature
men and women have loved these lit
tie brutes and cherish recollections Of
devotion and happy hours. They must
have yearned for love indeed
There are millions of spinsters who
never have known the caress of
man who fattered and delighted them
and made the commonplace world seem
roseate and In sun mist. They never