South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-10-29
SUPPOSE NOBODY CARED.

You VIII hear this phrase frequently during the
coming week and you VIII il oftener on the
printed appeals Of tho Federation for Social Service
That Is the high sounding name for the men and
women who are interested In not only relieving
the load OF human misery which IS a part Of all
communities but are very definitely directed
towards the day when all want. all Illness all suf-
faring shall PASS away
Faith hope and love and the greatest OF these
is love" written the greatest Of facts cen
turtles ago by one who drew His inspiration from
knowledge Of all things.
That love. not the maud.n sentiment which some
times masQuerades upon its name but the real sent-
ment Of kinsh.p with all human kind. prompts the
effort which viii be made this week to raise the
needed funds for the varied enterprises supported
by this city
Cali them charitable. phranthrop.c OF what you
Will and YOU finally reach the conclusion that after
an they just neighborly and keep alive the old
spirit OF neighbour ness which existed in less
rIex and complicated mode Of life
In the old day the call Of human suffering was
very personal and was given personal answer.
thing possible in a city Of a hundred thousand.
that day the farmer left his field to help the
man who owned the next farm if illness came. The
housewife hurried to help when word went out that
sickness had come TO the near neighbor.
The child who was orphaned found kindly well
as a stranger was as carefully guarded as the daugh-
ter OF any family.
In that day few mothers went out to earn her
living and II any did she was restricted to the
profession of housekeeping and took her children
with her
Life is a different matter today. The cities have
made It impossible to keep alive the personal con-
tact with all suffering it happened that there
is a need in this community for the nurse who Will
so into a home in a time Of need when there is
no money TO hire one.
There IS a need for the day nursery where chill
dren Of mothers who are by necessity bread winners
may be left.
There is need Of hospitals to care for the sick.
Of orphanages as Ravens Of the fatherless and the
neglected of retreats for girls who have mis-
takes and Of homes where the girl may find
roundings and companionship that will keep her
from making mistakes.
The appeal is one that measures your old spirit
Of nelghborlincss and the committee has done well
in raising as its slogan the significant words sup
pose nobody cared"
That brings picture from which the most
thouehtless might wen draw shudderingly away.
That would mean a world Of brutal chaos. in
which each and each woman thought only Of
self
Il would turn back the pages Of history to the
day or early savagery. and retrace every forward
step taken in seven thousand years
If nobody cared no one would be either safe or
happy.
If nobody cared the world would be a dreadful
place. without sunshine and without a smile
Think it over this week when the various COM
mittees call for the necessary subscriptions through
which eieve 1cies Of mercy. recognizing no one
as strange az TO no cry of need. viii represent
you in their aaIs.son OF ne.ghborliness.