The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-08-31
The Clubman's
View
BY JOHN PALMER
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Copyfsht issa Western Newspaper UaIsn
selfish old millionaire. am ~ Huh !"
grunied Edgar Applejohn. as be
smoked his dpllar cigar In the club
window. well. let nr put II 20 you
straight. Jepson. I'm as charitable as
most men, ! hope. and when ! see a
case of real distress Ill open my
pockets wide. Hut my experience Is
I've always been fooled That's why
I've drawn my purse strings tight"
He shifted his cigar from one side of
his mouth To the other.
you see. Jcpsnn." he continued.
the Charity Organization society
takes care of the really deserving
eases. and sub-Idlte thcm--ye-. you'd
be surprised II you knew how much
! contribute every year. And I have
helped deserving eases too. Hut no
body's going To- impose on Edgar
ApIleJohn agnin 10 this land 81 work.
forall."
That's all right" answered Jep-on.
but what the organized charities
don't cover Il cases where the deserv.
ing poor arr prevented from applying
for aid by reason u pride. special
cases. too, where the ordinary rules
don't apply. ] know of one such
case"
Tell me" Applejohn grunted.
Picture woman. young pretty,
with u gentle. refined. modest man
ner She loved and loved too trust.
fully. The scoundrel abandoned her
and disappeared leaving her with the
child boy whom she idoliz.s.
lie i now seven years old During
those seven years the mother has lived
for him alone. She worships him. She
has great ambitions for him. dreams 10
sending him to university. and all
that. az course thos. dreams will
never be realized Hut still. they give
her happiness.
"for seven years. Applejohn"-J-p
snh laid bis hand impresslvcly on his
friends shoulder. that mother has
toIled for her boy. She has taken In
washing. and believe she silll earns
her living at the tub In fact. she
washes Tor my wife. and that IL how
the ease came Under my MOTTO. She
l. proud. but she has sunk all pride
for her boys sake. and thankfully ac.
,epts small dolcs"
u, sounds too good TO be true" said
Arplejohn.
1T N true" Iepson insisted. "She
lives In mlserahl. frame house In
the pporrs, quarter ~ IN. town Her
hoy attends the public schools and IL
always well dressed. lie Il n bright.
Intelligent child
IL that case II genuine" said Apple
john. "ill pay for his education wher.
ever the mother wishes, and help her
secure employment IL a better nature.
Educated. you say'
"She Is refined and educated"
Then lead the To her" said Apple |
John.
wait one moment. There Il one |
thing agains, something % which |
have not told you. Through no fault |
o: her own this poor girl Il ostracised |
she IL the victim IL social laws In |
whose making she had no share"
Its damnable. :" snorted Applejohn.
whose sympa,hi.s were thoroughly
arous.< whats her nameT'
LIME"
Lizzie whatf''
II don't know" Jepson confessed
"She has sunk 50 low that she appears
20 have dropped her surname. And
she never complains. She goes about
her work smiling. cheerful. and happy
as the day IL long"
How far does she live from herey'
About two miles"
Lets take taxi" said Apple
John. and while he put on his over
coat Jepson surveyed him with a cyni-
cal smile.
In the taxi Applejohn turned to his
friend and said;
"Say. this Isn't one Of your infer
nal practical Jokes. IL II. Jepsonf"
1.-The facts are exactly as I have
stated" rcturged the other coldly
Then. by heck 7" swore AppleJohn.
humping his fist upon his knee. "if
that girl Is suffering as you say
through no fault Of her own. It's dis
grace To modern America.
Little more was sail. ana presently
ts~ taxi drew up before frame
shanty In the poorest section 81 the
town They got down. Jepson
knocked AZ the door. and "a reflned
looking young woman opened II and
stood smiling at then. From within
came the prattle ~ a child.
"Er-thls Il my friend. Mr.. Apple
John Lizzie" said Jepson. lie IL In.
terrstrd In you. and"
Applejohn's eyes were popping out
ct his head lie thrust "a dollar into
the girls hand and lied. Back" he
yelled Ia the taxi man.
And as Jepson clambercd In and the
c,sD rolled away. he turned 20 his com.
panlon with q savage snRrl.
you fakerl' he yelled why didn't
you say at first the woman was
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