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Show H DOING GOOD H; . H ;; I am about to make n statement which will B p ii, nit o tho lovely characters scream. Either what H ' I say Is true or I am crazy; and If I am crazy, H i send mo to the I. asylum. Tills Is tho statement: B ) Since tho beginning of time, young men havo j K been advised to bo Industrious, frugal nnd honest, B I und, In doing something for themselves, Incidentals Incident-als 1 ally do something for others, and for tho commul-HBl commul-HBl itles In which they live. This advice Is given to HBl ) irons by nil parents, nnd thero Is no moro doubt J that tho advlco Is good than that tho sun will (HHI 1 como up tomorrow morning In tho cast. No ono j absolutely no one doubts that the advice Is the ! best thnt can bo given young men; every thief nnd HBl ; loafer begs his sons to livo honorable, useful nnd HBl X industrious lives. This ndvlco s so universally JBl -j given that a good many millions havo accepted It HBl j probnbly seven or eight men out of ten. As n re- HHl i suit, seventy or eighty per cent of our men work ,, ' 1 hnrd, aro fairly honest, nnd try to save something for a rniny day. In this manner hns been built I; up tho greatest and most prosperous country on tho face of tho earth. As a result of Industry nnd snvlng, nnd acquiring experience, the men have I been ablo to engage in big enterprises, nnd thus pBVf : provldo employment for others. If a mnn is ablo JBl i i to savo only a fow thousand dollars, he at least HBl l builds a home, nnd workmen employed on It re- JBl J j celve from three to six dollars n day for their HBi ! - labor. Most of the workmen nro young men, nnd H ' j- will themselves save something of their wages, JB1 I ami tnlld .homes, or becoming experts In their HBl It trades, will build fnctorlcs nnd shops, and employ JB Is ! huudrods Instead of dozens of workmen. Thus the JB1 , I endless chnln is enlarged, nnd thus comes about ' t tho greatness of the country. Without n particle HB J ' of question, tho seventy or eighty per cent refer- BVJ red to nro the best of our population; all that our BVJ ' country is, they have accomplished by worthy en- HBJ , denvor. Ten or twenty per cent of our young men HBJ jy refuse to accept the ndvlco of their parents. They Vfj refuse to work steadily; and they refuse to ac- I "l ccpt tho ndvlco thnt thrift, honesty, temperance 1 ' nnd fairness nro best for them. These, men In tho jj ,jj ten or twenty per cent class, are in many cases, i -J supported by tho men In tho eighty or ninety per HHk 1 cent class, in almshouses, Insane asylums, jails, HHb & , or soup houses. Mi, 3 Now, here is tho surprising part of the state- HBY ' nient: Tho useful and worthy men in tho eighty HHV ' or ninety per cent clnss aro almost universally HBV v nbused by those individuals who consider it their JBV Y duty to do something for humanity. I havo never H j rend an nrticlo written by ono of these Individuals j ( which did nut contain a palpable Insult for the j honest, worthy man who' hns accomplished results. J All the "work" dono by the Truly Good Is dono j for those who have dono nothing for themselves. j f Tho men who not only take enro of themselves, HHh 1 but of others, aro nbused In overy convention; nnd H ! i" almost overy mngazlno or newspaper article you JBY . 1 see some reference to that old story about n pros- HBf ' I pcrous man being unable to pass through tho eye HBl ot a ncedlo. Men who never gnvo away anything HBJ themselves nro forever tolling of tho brotherhood HH of man; how tho Industrious man who keeps the HH wheels going round should let tho wheels stop, and HH put his arms around his brother who Is playing HH cards In a beer or billiard hall, and talk things HH over nealn.. HH Watch tho truly good, and you will find them HH always yelling for more money from tho woithy HH seventy or eighty per cent, In order that tho un- HH worthy ten or twenty per cent may be helped. HH And this Is not all: Tho truly good, UiBtcad of HH encouraging tho eheo-ful givers, meanly and un- HB truthfully abuso them, nnd say with n burst of vir- HH tuous Indignation, thnt no camel ever did, nnd nev- HH or will be able to pass through tho eye of a uecdlo I HHV a proposition I havo never heard disputed, and therefore sondor why It Is so much Insisted upon. H Among tho ten or twenty pur cent In tho shift- I, less class aro many old and unfortunato. These ' should be taken care of, certainly, and as a rblo H they arc, but chu truly good never accomplish ono thousnuilth pait or the good accomplished by thoso ll Millet, modest persons who help others every day, J 1 as n matter of courte, und say nothing nbout It. J People never hear of a enso of distress thnt they V ' are not quick to relieve It; thin is a common nnd S creditable human attribute. One of the suppressed 1 ocnndnlB of the times concerns n truly good worn- I an who was given largo amounts of money for char- K lty, by gentlemen who could not pass through tho TJ , oye of a needle, nnd this woman permitted a lot of B favorlto leeches wantonly to squnndor most of it. , Finally, tho givers were compolled to quietly re- HHR tin movo tho woman. from her high position, nnd man- B n ' ago the fund themselves. It wasn't Jane Adam-' '4 tult n tn,'' Rood still more noted. K h? tno Wi ! do not ndmlro Jano Addnms; H 1 j let mo confess my shame, and run away nnd hldo. HP I Why do not I ndmlro this worthy woman who Is R ! tho 1l01 of Chicago, Evanston, Aurora, and other Hf , j towns in the vicinity? Decnuso of that oxtra "d" H- I In her name, "Addonis" is not tlo proper way to I''' 'I '- spell Adams, any moro than "Hilly Hurko" is tho proper way to spell a woman's name. Doing good is as much Jano Adnms' work as robbery is tho life work of Andrew Carneglo. Had sho displayed ns much genius In her life work as has Carneglo, thero would bo nlmost no distress in tho world. Carneglo 1ms been ablo to annex most of tho steel business, In tho fnco of bitter opposition; opposi-tion; whereas Jano Adams has had nothing but admiration, encouragement, lovo nnd nBslstanco. Carneglo, In addition to building up Ills steel In-torcstB In-torcstB to such an extent that I hate him myself, because I havo been unable fo do equally well In my own business, has done moro good wlh his loft hand than Jane Adams has done wJtK hoT right. """ I bellove In relieving actual distress as much ns any one, but let mo make a suggestion to tho truly good; do ns much good, and more, than heretofore, here-tofore, but quit abusing tho hand that feeds you. Spoak an occasional word of encouragement for tho mon who, ncccptlng ndvlco from worthy mothers, moth-ers, graduated from good boys Into good men, nnd aro now nctually accomplishing everything worth whllo that Is being accomplished. Ed Howo In Tho Frn. ' |
