Show roses cover up variety of sins taking as her text getting etting with it a woman writer of 0 note delivers the following short sermon which we think our readers will na mit bit contains some food for thought 1 I dont think id like to see ray any of these met mei RO go to the penitentiary A girl said that about a gang cans of fit kidnapers who held her captive in a basement for forteney twenty nine hours until they collected from her father a ran som bom of 1000 they broke into her home and forced force her to go with them they shackled her with handcuffs and kept her in a basement they filled her father with terror with threats thre itis 0 of her fate it if he did not pay they robbed him of and she would not like to see any of these men go to the penitentiary why A veil they treated her with the utmost courtesy and ove of them brought her a bouquet if i f roses so that she would harbor xio no III will most of us would regard as a fatuous optimist a man who thought he could prevent ill III will ort on the part pan of a girl he had so injured by bring ing her roses but it worked he got away with it aud and in less extreme cases peo pie ar are getting away with it every day and probably some of us who are loudest in our questioning as to whether that girl could really be so idiotic are ourselves playing the fool for some one who covers up impo or abuse by bringing us ua roses mow how many social parasites live on the bounty of friends and get away with it by sending them roses literally or the kind whose fra rance arance Is that of a delight delightful rui p person erson aliby and charming battery natt nat tery cry and we wa know that there tire lire husbands hus binds who allow a borran coir nn to work and plan nod skimp anil deny herself out of au all proportion to necessity it if they ars ar sharing ani and ret get away with K H by sending her ro roses ses on occasions or telling her how beautiful or wonderful she Is 19 and there have bep ani daughters too who used the same fame system with I 1 a foolish parent and got away with it oh yes the sending 1 of roses rosea covers a multitude of sins they get away with it 0 bell ell service |