Show TRUE CHARITY Bless the children Their hearts are easily touched and when they give it from the love of giving and not that they may be known as benefactors The bud of the infant class when she contributes her penny to the missionary i fund knows that she is doing something I for a dark infant of about her own size and she gives cheerfully An illustration of this pure upsefish ness of childhood is found on the WestSide West-Side The mother is interested in practical charity sympathetic sensible charity that goes out to find those who need help She makes frequent visits Oto the I homes of the destitute and before she I leaves a home it is happier because of her visit The other day she was telling a caller I of a visit she had made on the previous day I found the family living in a miserable I mis-erable little house of only two rooms said she The husband wasnt at home but as nearly as I could learn he has been ruined by drink The woman was fairly intelligent and she said they had once been in comfortable circumstances There were four children The oldest was a girl of 7 and there was a baby about 1 years old They had no fire and hardly a crust to eat They were such pretty children too During this touching recital the G yearold had been standntr beside h ° r mother listening very grave h Wh nIt n-It was ended she ran into another room returning presently with both hands full of pennies Mamma said she emptying the 11 pennies into her lap I want you to take my savings money and buy some gum for those poor little children Chicago Chi-cago Record |