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Show The Rich Little Poor Boy j By Sophie Irene Loeb .Within the k la wan Anally decided de-cided that th llttla 1oy who' had tried both riches and poverty m happLeat In the humble home of hla parent. Thia raaa will cause many a reflection reflec-tion aa to Just what makea for happy childhood. Certainly It la not luxury. The rfrheat children are sometimes the loneliest. They are usually the lU!e aoula who long for the children of .the streets with their freedom and comradeship. com-radeship. I know a very wealthy boy who used to go riding In the park every day with hla nurse, and who alwaya Insisted In-sisted on stopping at a certain place to watch the rhlldren play. One day his mother aaked him. "If a good fairy came alonaj and aaked you to wish the most wonderful thing In lbs worM. what would you aay The rich child, without a moment's hesitation, answered, "To be one of the boys In the park." Happiness to children Is not luxury, but love love of sisters and brothera and the 'public school and the playmates. play-mates. I can take you down on the east side Into homes where the wolf cornea often. Hera food la sometime scarce and sacrifice la a necessity. And yet It Is thia very element of not having everything that la the source of Joy when the thing wanted doea coma. As a general thing, the happiest homes are the lowly ones. Happiness, after all. la relative. And 700 enjoy thing more when you know what It la to do without It. . . Diacomforta do not mean aa muck to rhlldren as they do to grownups. They are young anlmala to begin with, and the big thing In their lives la tbelr laughter. It la the clothes In whlek they can have fun that are the most beloved. The value of money aa an asset spells little to them, aa a rule. Therefore, pity not the llttla poor boy who had to return to his lowly abode. He la very rich Indeed, rich In new found parenta ha la sure ara hla very own, rich In the little brother-rich brother-rich In the very freedom that poverty brings. He will go on, never missing the money that might have been hla. Pity rather the poor rich couple who are bereft of the boy'a presence. Thia foster mother and father must mount his loss Indeed. It Is not an easy task to tear away ties that have been made by elltiajlwej baby earns, They are si indeed, for they have loat tha love that they hoped would be theirs In tha years to come. In thia connection a word to tha wise Is sn encyclopedia. There are thousands thou-sands of little children homeless, except ex-cept aa they are supported by the state and society at large; thousanda of llttla children that many couples would be bleaaed Indeed to have round about them children whoaa fathers and mothers and guardian will never reclaim re-claim them. If you choose a child of thia kind you do not run the risk of sorrow and suffering later on. Tou are aura that he may belong to you. Tou may legally legal-ly have him aa your own. That is the aafe thing to do. When you learn to love him you have no fear of future separation by the prior right of any person. And It la a good thing for lonely people to ' do. It will keep your apirtt of youth alive to have youth about you. There Is no better time than the present. If you take a child from an Institution to rare for. It relieve the burden of the community. And a little child In Belgium may be helped In It place. Alwaya when you aaaum the responsibility re-sponsibility of on It makea place for another. Tou are doing your "bit" in the entire scheme. Pity not the poor little boy with parenta, but rather him who la without. Knr happlneaa reign a much In tha hovel of the pauper aa In the palace of the peer. |