Show I What 6 l Makes Bolsheviks I I CORRESPONDENT takes two clippings from The Telegram k pastes them together writes across the top What C Makes Bolsheviks and mails them then to this office One clipping is a little tlc story by Peanut Pietro in which he tells of a des destitute tute family here There is a mother and four little children facing dire want The father died a victim of influenza It is made plain that the father had been a good upright and useful citizen but necessary family expenses left the exchequer practically empty when death came The other clipping r relates lates testimony given by Clara Baldwin aldwin Stocker whose son is seeking to have her declared incompetent Baldwin It is She inherited millions from her father Lucky recited that in addition to much property she received m In n cash Out of this she spent thousands of dollars for for a private car other thousands for a yacht thousands for a country home and additional thousands for a seaside home horde half a million for diamonds diamonds I I picked licked out the largest Tiffany had she testified testified- and land the balance went the same way There is not an an iota of testimony showing she spent a cent for charity gave a dollar for forthe forthe forthe the cause of art or education or expended a penny for the uplift lof humanity It is of record from the testimony of one witness that she was seldom sober after i 11 i o'clock in the morning t f So the correspondent puts the two written pictures together i and asks What makes Bolsheviks The parallel gives the answer but the answer does docs not square true That little family of which Peanut Pietro wrote has not turned Bolshevik and never will The tiniest tot and the loyal mother are true Amen Ameri- cans believing in their government and despite adversity strong jin in their faith of the Almighty's goodness So while we see sec injustice in our system of civilization and realize that the undeserving often seem to reap rewards while the deserving suffer we cannot put putdown putdown down our finger and say there exists the cause and there the cure N The causes are many and complex The cure can only come when f we reach that stage of development where we all can extend the awe charity so perfectly exemplified by Christ the Savior to the weak I fas as well as the strong th the rich and the poor the mighty and the Straggler I The parallel illustrated by the the- two clippings creates sympathy Jor for the one derision for the other And yet which is the richer Why the little Salt Lake mother of whom Peanut Pietro told us would would not trade one of her four babies for all the millions Lucky Baldwin ever amassed she would not trade the memory of her husband for all the mansions and tawdry diamonds that Baldwins Baldwin's money has provided for his drink besotted daughter No mon money moneys y ts s not everything and money alone or the lack of it cannot i explain in full what makes Bolsheviks |