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Show Proof That Kind Act Is Not Always Appreciated 4 N AUTOMOBILE stood in front of a theater. It was an Imposing car of f brown leather, burnished brass and allied flags, and as its owner came out jf the theater movie and was getting aboard, two girl children asked with t imprudence that goes with innocence inno-cence and shedding teeth : "iSay, mister, give us a ride. Jinny oln't" never been in a nautymobile." v The mau paid no attention and whizzed away. They were only lads of the street, hut it would have been worth while, perhaps, to give two stepchildren of fortune a memory that might have 5 AY, MUTER I i;Mtll UHIIl .1 nu-Li:in. , Ar.d perhaps, again, have got the host arrested for kidnaping you never can tell. It seems the right thing always to do a kindly action offhand, but consider the case of one friendly man ho lives up Capitol bill way: P., iag a stranger here for responsible war work, he naturally gets a bit lonely for oldtinie friends and associations, but being also a wholesome and buoyantly healthful person, soul and body, takes all the pleasures that come his way and always does his best to pass them on. The other afternoon his car was at the curb, and, as it was inconvenient just then for the friend in the house to go riding, he humored the children next door who had been begging him for pennies, cones and the like, by taking two of them for a ride. 'When he returned after a short 'spin it was supposed that was all there was to it. but, dear me, no! The mother objected to a strange man's taking her children in his car. S?o, you see, you never can tell. |