Show P I The Parable of the Table I BY fly WILLIAM E S. S BARTON There was a dl day when I entered into a a. Restaurant And the Headwaiter who was a. a Person of oC Distinction whoso whose name I should probably have havo found In the Blue BlueBook Book Dook If It not In Burkes Burke's Peerage showed unto me mo a n. seat scat at a 8 Table against st Wall van And I said unto him Wh What t Is the matter matter matter mat mat- ter with that Table In front of the Window Window Win Win- dow And he said I will seat scat you th there re sir If yOu 5 on prefer And Anti I said ald i I prefer And ho seated me thero there Now NosY I 1 understood tho the thoughts and Intents intents In- In tents of oC his heart For ho he was keeping that scat seat by th the tho Window for tor Two perSons persons per per- sons who would ho bo likely to give a n. Larger Larg Larg- or er Tip than a n. man who was eating alone So I sat at tho the by tho window even though I 1 nto ate m my morsel alone which Job thanked God ho he had not don done And I 1 looked out and I ooh beheld ld a cross- cross section of ot human fife life For there pass passed cd tho the window a Child In a cab Baby and I 1 thought a loving thought for tho the little ono one and its Hs mother And there thero passed by an Hearse and andl I 1 meditated for a a. moment moment mo mo- mo- mo ment mont upon the dignity of ot sorrow and tho the perpetual need of oC comfort and tho the solemn solemn sol sol- my mystery titer of death And I beheld schoolboys pushing each ench other off oct tho the walk and laughing as thc they gave ave and took And I beheld mon men going to their labor and others wandering carefree carefree care carefree free and In no haste to move ahead And thero there rolled before mo me a a. moving show called caned Human Life LIte and I ICat sat Cat where I 1 could see It as I stirred the Sugar in my Coffee o And tho the more I saw the tho better botter I 1 felt about life UCe For In tho the main the tho lives of ot tho the men and women that passed were of oC value to tho world and their faces facea were not the faces facea of folk who wore down and out An And 1 I considered that all of ot them had their burdens but were meeting life lire with resolution and hope and none of ot them was free tree from care but most moat of ot thorn them i were either cither happy or putting up a a. good bluff And Anti tho the da day was ns brighter for tor mo me because bo- bo cause I 1 had my seat seal at tho the window And AndI I 1 said Behold thus thua will I ever seek to sit alt it where I 1 can look out on Ufo life as It lt with sympathy and respect anti and anda antia a t friendly thought And I considered that among amonI all the hundreds of at men and nd women who passed by b that day as ns I sat the window thero there was not ono one who wished mo me ill but I thero there were many who would have havo been kind to me had I asked It of ot them Now as I was as using the finger finder bowl 1 I reminded lerl myself that the waiter walter had probably been holding holding- that tn table blo to for a n Better Tip than thai I 1 had Intended to give gl Therefore did I 1 Increase my customary tip for the tho scat seat was worth the mane money |