Show Js J's WOMANS WOMAN'S TRAGEDY BLAMED TO THOSE r f A WHO W HO FAIL TO GIVE GIVEt Jt M i L I 1 F By BETTY ETTY BLAIR BLAm t- t 11 not the weight of j jewel wel or plate or or the fondle of ot silk or fur s the spirit in which the gift is is' i ri rich as s the gif gifts of ot the wi wise c on ones s were And we weare a are e not told whose gift was gold and whose t the gift of myrrh I Iv v Dear Miss Bla Blair r. r J I am a subscriber to The rite he Telegram and read with sad interest the tory of ot the little woman who took her own life lIte and nd that of at her chilI children chil chil- I dren ren In ja a n nearby city because of poverty sickness and loneliness Iii Ij The e. e eother other day as I 1 waited In a popular department t I of one of ot our attractive stores thinking of ot the fl tragedy of this little hub woman I I listened unwillingly I to toa a conversation that ran ian thus ll f rw l Dj B n Ou Oh I I. am so b bored red with dubs clubs and bridge and j Li social duties dutie in general I cant can't find ind a maid that Is 13 lU tl worth nn anything and maids mal I are demanding more II I money these days day Imagine that I have knitted d 1 U F I myself two dresses dressell already a A. hat and flowers for tor formy I II r my mink coat oat And I just go Igo fr from m one thing to 4 another bored bozed oh so bored I 1 I think I need a long Jong f vacation of The conversation then changed to family affairs and as I waited there my own thoughts at first resentful toward the world in general turned to such uch people as this woman an represents in particular cold cold mercenary selfish greedy with haughty minds of ot little lenn learning ng seeking material things all nil worth so little when weighed i in the scales of i intelligence Yarn tarn and pottery diamonds and clothes social sta standards all nil roll roU into insignificance e as as time rolls roils o on Friends part Small Jealousies jealousies' and outward show prestige and power for far a aday day old are age and we go on on down the thc way y of ot the long caravan What Is it all air about if It we can 4 gain no spiritual al side of ot life Even Eyen the tho ugly u side of lit e can be made beautiful if it we change this ugly scene into one one of ot joy peace and d confidence J. J c J A Kind Word d l All AU this lit little le mother needed Was Wal someone who cared a kind word a ft little praise a smile all costing nothing And nd a bill from tram or the s selfish purse t for r food and 1 she would have believed life was vas go good d again gain and have carried r ed on T Those s sho who ho can a give are are bored to to tears with wIlh having r r nothing to td d do u under er the sun sun but with a very vety good pInion opinion of s self lr rn mn Nevertheless less I I. would that tt I 1 hadt had t s th tho tEo o wherewithal to give to th the worthy orthy on ones HUMILITY Tb The trag tragedy d of the mother who Jellied herself and her children deeply i affected thousands of pe people peo r pIe rich and poor alike aUke In the he trem tremendous effort being made to I care care e f for fr r just such cas cases s it Jt Is pitiable i ble hIe bl that some arc overlooked But I 1 w wondered wandered as I 1 read your Jett letter r if It we arent aren't aU all prone rone to pass I the blame for such a tragedy to the e shoulders of the other fellow y There Ther are those of c course urse V who o are I entirely ely self centered and who are therefore ore always bored ore but these can be found among rich and poor and middle cl class alike e. e i t MANY y GIVE MUCH 1 There nere are arc the rl rich li who give giveand E and nd give munificently and whose gifts are never made known to the public There are the poor who o could give a kind J word ord a little lIttie praise e. H mile a all aH costing nothing who wh take the attitude e that they are a too p r to give ve 4 1 Give a according g t to your o r means mean and amid God will make your your m means ans ac according according ac- ac cc c- c c cording to your our giving wrote Ene one po poeL t Another said One must must be io know the poor luxury of giving Jj And nd s still m another There The e is a gift that Is is almost a blow blow a and there ba Is a kind word ord that is munificence I So much is therein the way of ot doIng doIng do- do Ing things Give what you have t to som someone someone one it lt It may be better than thany y yo you t dare to think wrote our our own r L Longfellow 14 point is II this that the matter of giving whether jt be in kindness S or orin in material things rei rests not with th the rich or the poor ioor bu but with the theS S individual I wonder if passing so much o of th the bu burden den of at giving to toUncle Uncle Sam Slim isn't making us all forgetful for for- t of our obligations to each other 0 th er eras as members meMbers' of ot of the th human r race c S THE TIlE PErrINO Q QUESTION S I N 1 S Dear Miss Dear Miss Blair i. i s 's So many times I h have ve wanted to write writ to Hearts Heart's Haven and S S a cay something to these thUG boys boys' and S girls but you al always ays give such good advice to these young peo peo- pie When I read the letter from Undecided I l' made de' de up my mind tor ta write this time and indorse indora all U that you said ag against promiscuous pro pro- j petting S I would like to say saYa a R word to U the e. e mothers too I often wonder if lt parents teach their children childrenS S t to live decent respectable lives I and nd th that f their sons BOns should reI re- re I pc t tand and protect the girls Promiscuous Pro Pro- 5 petting brings lots lots' of of ot trouble in In- Inthis this world One has only to think of ot the n number i ber of f READERS ATTENTION Hearts Heart's Haven problems are aro discussed in drama forni form Mond Mondays ys and Wednesdays Wednesdays Wed Wed- ys at 4 p. p m. m over Somo Sorio of these maybe may maybe maybe be y yours urs so dont don't fail t to listen in n. n I I unwed mothers mothers mothers' in this city cUy alone to realize how much How many many fine y young ung girls I there are who started out to have havea a clean good time who had h j experiences ex ex- that made them stay slay at home thereafter rather than go goIn goIn goin in for the petting thc they found toun boys demanded They get the idea that boys just wont won't take girls any any anymore anymore more moie more who dont don't go l in for petting and necking It makes mothers wonder vonder where the decent boys all allare allare are thes those days ays OTHER MOTHER OF THREE Thank you Mother for y your ur S Interest in writing We Ve are sure many a a- young ayoung man has referred his gentlemanly instincts In to his mothers mother's training and to his tat fathers father's ers er's advice When mothers become alarmed over the situation atlon surely something will bo be done to minimize mint mini mire mize the amount of ot promiscuous petting T There ere ar are so many excel excellent excellent excellent lent books written on the question Young people demand more more than Dont do it it because its it's wrong r for a reason th these se days To Su Sukey The poem for which you asked is th the famous T To the by Rudy Rudyard rd Kipling I am am indebted t to t the e S Senator rom groin groinS S s Sandpit for tor jogging my memory Y You may find the poem in n library of tho the late poets poet's collected collected collected col col- col- col poems |