Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-04-07
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CHARITY
By r. n. E.41LKER

Tz0n some GVe OF six years we have
& had d riot 1T charity appeals.
There have been drives for this and
campaigns FOR ffat-sag days and ali
other kinds og dayg.
Rightly the people have responded
g.iln nromnsness ard generosity to aii
the appeals. touching The bottoms OF
their pockets occasionally when the
drives came very close together and
always giving something. however Iii
lie. they we're interested IN the cause.
The war was responsible for the
intssf Of the appeals But the war is.
technically. III least, over. and it would
seem as Il there ought 10 be d let-uD
and il sood breathing spell 50 that
potket books may recover and charities
set down 20 nornaI basis,
Charity ought TO mean something TO
TIE giyer az we'll as to the receiver.
Reai charity means giving real help.
Money II frequently long way from
being the best thing that you can give
70 a poor and suffering individual.
Il you saw man in pit and all
bis Efforts to get out we're unsuccess-
fiil. sou would scarcely be doing him
any very great service by flinglng a
dollar down into the pit with him.
For would II be the best thing 20
get down IN the pit yourself.
The best thing to do Is provide the
man way out Of mis- a,redicament--a
way 10 better himself--a way 20 get
w on a level with his fellow man.
1t was moi The amount Of money that
the Good Samaritan spent that made
his name d synonym for generous char
It's. IT was the fact that when he saw
the man who had been down TO Jericho
lying by the roadside She went TO him
anu bound up his wounds and set him
on his own beast and brought him to
IN inn and took care of Linn"
There are too many of us who are
generous with our dollars and misers
with our smiles. We spend a dollar
where Il hearty good cheer. d message
Of encouragement, d little thoughtful-
ness would do a good deal more to
help those to whom we intend to ex-
tena aid.
Charity which lessons the self
respect Of the one helped Is badly
bestowed.
a Loaf Of bread given In such way
that the receiver thinks less Of him
self than he did before he received II
is an injury rather than a help.
Better, he. had hungered a little
longer until his bread could have been
obtained without cost to his manhood.
There is a good deal of INSTRUCTED
charity in this world. We give TO suf~
ferers far away and close our eyes
to those near at hand.
We give for showroom the pocket
rather Than from the heart.
We not infrequently make conditions
worse instead of better By giving with
out understanding
DO not think tlfs is an argument
against charity. 1t is not. 1t Is an
argument for wise charity.
Give as much as yon can. Give as
often as you can.
The mite was q noble gift for the
widow, but unless you are widow do
not take that as the basis for your
contribution.
But give wisely. See that whole
some. useful and helpful application
Is made of your donations and the
world will be better and you will be
better for having helped your fellow
man.
But above all be generous Of your
kind words, Of your smiles. and Of
your encouragement. 1t is impossible
to mfsapply them. You can be sure
they are certain to help and you can
be equally certain that they will in no
instance and under 10 circumstances
work d harm.
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