The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-02-17
1t Runs Through
My Mind
BY POLLY J. HANST
An Editorial %

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band-seeing that | was completely
blank in mind, that | would do his
editorial if he would do my column
Since | have a wonderful way Of
making bargains around this place
and nearly always coming out on
the big end, it never occurred TO
me that on this bargain l might
come out on the little end
Maybe you know just what !
mean. Have you ever thought
thought out loud, why doesn't the
editor do this or that When it's
suggested that you put it in writing,
you go limp?
According to Webster, AN edi-
torial is an article in a newspaper
or magazine giving the editors
views or those of the person or per-
sons in control of the paper"
Well, this one will be little out
of order-for these are my own
views.
What This Country Needs Is
Not original, l know, but each of
us can have his own ideas.
Less Prosperity, More Charity
1t almost seems that the more
prosperous we are the less we think
about charity. Now I'm not think
ing about the kind of charity that
goes out in a lump sum when the
income tax is all figured and one
finds that he'd just as well give it
to the church as to let the govern
ment have it.
I'm thinking about "a degree of
kindness that prompts one to do
for others. When a neighbor is out
of potatoes and another has more
than he needs-pass them on-just
like many of us do our Out-groWn
clothing; without the slightest ex-
preston of I'm looking down my
nose at you.
Sometimes l think we've lost the
art of charitable giving. It's no
wonder many folks would rather
face board to ask for help than
to go to a neighbor and say, Can
you spare a bag of flour"
My father and mother knew how
to do it-so did yours. They took
care of their needy-in a quiet sort
of way They nutured sclf-respcct
instead of killing it.
In these past years we have been
so prosperous that we've almost
given up the idea that anyone can
be in need. Like cleaning woman.
who for many years has gone into
homes, remarked that everywhere
she goes, closets are damned full
of clothing.
The thing TO do said an elderly
woman, is to pass it on while its
decent to pass on Forget the zip
per and beautiful buttons. Pass
them on too.
Pass on the Spirit
| have Mrs. Harry Friend, leader
of our church circle, to thank for
some of my charity spirit this year.
We had family to help a bit be-
cause the father was out of work.
Fine people, worthy, hard working,
but with II children it would be
hard going even with a JOB. Not
many Of us would hold up without
one.
Mrs. Friend, after visiting the
family, reported to her group.
Now she said, there were a
couple of the little boys who didn't
get enough to keep them warm and
decent-and that little three-year-
old just fell in love with her
has just got to have a doll"
Not only that, Mrs. Friend saw
to it that the doll had wardrobe.
You knoW-we felt so close to
that family that giving was real
JOY. In going through clothing it
WASH matter of what was out
grown, but new attitude sprang
up which was: 1T S just not right
to keep that garment to be worn
once or twice when the child can
get lot of good out of it
Yes, I'm more afraid of prosperity
that will develop selfish people
than | am of Red Russia or Red
China or the H-bomb,
After reading this over believe
it's more preaching than editorial
izing-so I'll Just take text James
1:26.
Oh-go on--you look it up
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