Evening star., 1924-12-04

and dinner music being broadcast
by WRC. and the fine work of Austin
Clark and Madge Beck from the lat
ter station.
have listened to with the greatest
pleasure, yet have I ever written in
to thank the stations or the broad
casters?
Just once, Ought I not to be
heartily ashamed of myself? cer-
tainly should, and am. The only con-
ISOLATION is that perhaps not :. a one
who Is reading here, and who has
listened in. too. has done much better.
We are so used to accepting what
comes over the air that we fail to
thank those who provide this enter
tainment for us.
+ Certainly we ought to broaden our
trail OF kindness by writing to the
broadcast stations and telling them
when something pleases us--and re-
framing from "panning" every little
thing that does not exactly strike
our fancy.
The chances for little kindnesses in
the daily life of each one of us are
very many, but we must be on the
lookout for them or they will dis
appear more completely than Long
fellows arrow.
Like his song, the kind thing we
do or say today we will find long
afterward in the heart of friend.
X x X K
At home the chances for commenda- =
tion are just as many as the oppor-
tunities for condemnation. Many
parents, however, fail to realize this.
what with business and household
cares.
Johnny's report card bearing Es
excites little comment in the home
circle, but just let John bring home
Poor on his department, and then
the dickens is to pay.
John" walls mother, why is il
that you get such a poor mark in
your department."
Teacher says I talk too much"
But why don't the other boys get
such bad mark, too?"
Teacher always catches me-"
That evening a most solemn con-
clave is held in the library. Father
looks omnibus over his gold-rimmed
spectacles. The defalcation of a
favorite clerk in his business estab-
lishment could not worry him more
Johnny is brought in and given a
good lecture. the net result of which
is that Johnny is made to feel that
he is pretty much of a criminal
In his heart Johnny knows that he
has done nothing very wrong. Later
in life he will realize. looking back
ward, that there was a good deal OF
bunk In that attitude of his parents
But at the time he resents it with
only dull feeling Of hurt And
Johnny is perfectly right. He has
been treated as an incipient criminal
when he should have been treated as
Il son.
He should have been taken out on
the lot for a game of ball and in
the course of that exercise a place
could have been found for a few
gentle remarks on too much talking
before the Teacher
That would win Johnny's heart. and
set him right. But as things are, he
goes back to school with the deter
mination to stop talking out in the
open. and do like some of the others
do his talking on the sly.
On street cars every day passengers
have opportunities to be kind to other
passengers. Do they take them? They
do not. They step on their toes, or
push them with their elbows.
In offices not day goes by but one
gets many chances to do good deeds
TO say kind words. to leave in the
nostrils of others the pleasant in
cense OF kindness. Maybe the world
is waiting for the sunrise, but. while
we wait. let us make the world, as
we know 1t, bit brighter on our own
account