Ellsworth American., 1923-11-14
WHEN SOMEBODY CARES

WHEN SOMEBODY CARES
The greatest gift that is given to us
Is to know that somebody cares
Hardships may come as we know they
must
But stin to know somebody cares;
We can bear our share of pain and
strife,
We can conquer the hardest battles of
life;
And know that at last things will be all
right,
If we just know that somebody cares.
We can strive to the top of Life's high
est hill
When somebody cares.
We can meet defeat to be unconquered
still
When somebody cares
For the goal to strive for is not the
one
For a life of riches, of ease and fun;
But just to know when our day is done
That somebody cares.<
There's never a loss will seem as great
When somebody cares
We can bear the sorrow, the sting of
hate
When somebody cares.
Wen never think that all is lost,
Wen straighten our shoulders and
hear the worst,
And pay for life. whatever the cost,
When somebody cares.
For there seems no use of life unless
Somebody cares,
No use to struggle or win success
If there's no one to care;
For the greatest joy that life can
bring,
Is not the possession of worldly things:
But to know that Whatever the years
may bring
Somebody cares.
Marian e. Buxton.
Sent by S. J. Y.
Dear M. B. Friends:
The thought of the poem kindly
sent by S. j. Y, means more than
Just sympathy. So many times we
call it sympathy" when we say Il
am sorry for YOU and we are sorry.
Sympathy is comforting, but when
somebody cares" it is strengthen
ing. 1t makes one brace up and do
the best one can.
Once in the lifetime of the
column, | had a letter, | think from
New York state, written by gentle
man who suggested that we have
strong poems in the column. | have
often wondered what they should
have been He sent no sample.
Dear NJ. b. Sisters:
a backslider, so | will try to write
a backslider, so | will try and write
few lines if it is 9 o'clock. Isn't this
lovely weather? 1t viii make the
winter shorter, and l hope it may be
like this for a month.
All l had a card and letter from
Laura from Lynn" You know she
said she would send a card if you sent
her your address, so l did, and she
sent me St. Elmo, and such a nice let
ter. Now l have a new idea. | am go
ing to try to see if | can't get a card
from every state. That one was from
Georgia and | had one from Florida,
and one from Texas this fall, and l
have cards from Virginia, Ohio Iowa,
California and New Jersey, New York,
New Hampshire Massachusetts Con-
necticut and Maine, SO you see | have
quite a start.
l was sorry to see by Jennie's letter
that "Vashti" had passed away, l
was thinking of her the other day. l
always enjoyed her letters,
| intended to have sent card to the
reunion, but forgot it that day. | sup
pose the sisters has been busy putting
up preserves and pickles for winter
| think | have over fifty jars, but some
are very small l have five different
kinds of pickles and a few beans and
peas and mincemeat; a few jars of
jelly and a dozen or more kinds of
preserves. l thought | did quite well.
Before We realize it, THANKSGIVING
viii be here. and also Christmas, and
| won't be any more ready than l ever
am. Hoping the sisters may all have a
happy winter, l am, as ever
"Pansy."
Ellsworth. r. f D. 4.