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NOVEMBER 30, 1906
The Commoner.
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SOME POST-THANKSGIVING THOUGHTS
-Yesterday's bountiful Thanksgiving
dinner isstill a most pleasant mem
ory, and the echoes of the happy
laughter, the merry jest, the bright
quip are yet lingering in your ears.
Of course ypu have ample reason
for being thankful. Everybody has.
The well-to-do because of their good
fortune, and the unfortunate because
they are not worse off. But while
you were enjoying your bountiful din
ner did you give a thought to the
thousands of God's poor who ar- starv
ing aud struggling in this land of
abounding plenty? Did you give a
thought ,to the thousands of helpless
and hopeless . little children doomed
to a life of slavery in mill and mine
and factory, deprived of the playtime
of youth and. denied even the joy of
dreams: of a rosy future? Did you
give a thought to the thousands of
hopeless and sad-eyed .women sewing
In the tenements In aii almost vain
effort fd,keep body and soul together,
by honest effort? As you leaned back
in ypju?; cjomf potable chair after your,
hearty, .dinner did you pause to reflect
on thVfac't that while you were eat
ing, .moe than two million little chil
dren under fourteen yeqrs of age were
workingjin gainful occupations in this
great country of ours?
"O, my children are in no danger I
I can provide ior themlVv -
Perbaps, but it m'ay come to pass
that the conditions which forced the
children of other men and women into
the mills may force even your chil
dren, or your -children's children, into
the same mills.
Or, perhaps, you silenced the voice
of conscience by saying to yourself:
"Q, 's-one of the proprietors of the
big mill I am entitled . to credit for
providing1 a place where the children
may earn, a livelihood."
Or, perhaps, you lighted your per
fecto cigar and as the fragrant smoke
curled upwards you said:
"O, 1 am in no wise responsible
for- those evils, so why "should I worry
myself about them?"
But -are you' free from responsi
sands who have less than they need?
"O, socialism!" you exclaim.
Not at all.. Just plain humanity.
Once upon a time a rich man sat
at his banquet board, surrounded by
obsequious servants, and fronted by
the choicest-of viands and the rarest
of vintages. Suddenly there came a
knock at the door.
"Who's there?" queried the rich
man.
A rich man once visited his mag
nificent, stables and watched, an old
groom currying a 'favorite horse.
"You have worked for me a long
time, haven't you Sam?" queried the
rich man.
"Yes,? sir," replied the groom. "Me
an' this hoss have worked for you
seventeen years."
"Ah, and I hope you bave been well
treated, Sam," said the employer.
"O, I ain't complain' none," said
Same. "But me an' th' hoss was sick
at th' same time, an' 1 noticed that
while you. hired a doctor for th' hoss
you docked my pay for th' time I
lost."
. Perhaps you followed your Thanks
giving 'dinner with a drive behind
your horse. Did it strike you that
perhaps a thousand people within a
score of miles of your home envied
your horses. Did it strike you that
envied 'their happy lot in having
enough to eat?
"What-' business 'is that of mine?"
you ask.
That is practically the. same ques
tion that Cain asked, my dear sir.
"Honestly, now, do you believe that
you have a moral right to hold more
than you need while there are thou-
"This is Care," was the reply.
"Away with you!" shouted the rich
man contemptuously, as he continued
his feast.
A little later there was another
knock at the door.
"Who's there?" queried the rich
man.
"This Is Want."
"You have no place here!" shouted
the rich man. "Away with you!"
Brighter flashed the wines and
louder rang the laughter of the rich
man. Suddenly there came another
knock at the door.
"Who's there?" asked the rich man.
. "This is Misery," was the wailing
reply.
"Away with you," shouted the rich
man. "I never knew you, and 1 have
no place for you!"
'. Up went the gleaming goblet, and
the rich man quaffed the rare wine
as he laughed at the idea of Care and
Want and Misery invading the portals
of his mansion.
But suddenly the door flew open and
In stalked a gaunt form, unannounced
and unheralded.
"Who are you?" gasped the af
frightened rich man, "that dare,.enter
my house without permission?"
"I am Death," was the calm re
sponse. And the rich man made neither mo
tion or reply.
, "
If you have never given a thought
to the helpless little children doomed
to industrial slavery; if you have
never given a thought to the weeping
and hopeless women starving in their
tenement workshops; if you have
never given a thought to the hope
less ones who struggle against un
kind fate; if you have never given a
.thought to these" things as you sat at
your well laden table and gave per
functory thanks for the blessings you
enjoy if you have never given a
thought to these things, then may your
next Thanksgiving dinner stick in
your throat.
bad fto clean the stinking old lamps
ihmJ? r my dGnr' Intorruptod Mr.
tilnT Btly.wc Bllould b0 thankful
mnii n! Is Inoro,y nominal so
small that the company will not give
It a second thought. Now, considor,
my dear, what would have happened
W o court had Inflicted a flno of ono
S n d!lar8' whldl amoimt would
Immediately raised the price of oil two
?L ?me? ccnts a saon and decreased
"" wMiuiuucy twenty or th rtv nor ennr
There Mrs Bildad I You Se what an
?i?nT? U ,8 t0 ,uvea"gate all of
these things carefully boforo arriving
at a conclusion. I repeat, wo should
SmmSank,J r Ul taslsnlllcaiit
amount of the flno."
And Mr. Bildad felt so good over
tho Idea of not bolmr iroucfwi n nmmto
6f cents on the gallon for Oils oil that
ho went down town and Ipst flvo
uuttiBiu games or billiards and had to
settle a cigar bill of $2.50.
The New Rules
"Did tho now football rules have
the effect of lessening tho dangers
of the game?"
"No. They were not intended for
that"
jJWhat wore they intended for?''
"O, they were meant to trach us
to apologize after batting the other
teiiow in tho eye or caving in his
slats with a spiked shoe'
PRESENT ARMS
l- OR CHRISTMAS
Give the boys and
Brl3 what they
want and make
them happy. It
may be your boy
docs not want a
If so, he's a peculiar
boy. Teach him to
usconeproperly.Wc
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Shotguns, rifles and plitoljj
Mo meet. Send 4 cents fa
Umns for nojfjffe. and we
wO maUlt free.
Imut on Stevens. II your dealer can't
uppJr you, order direct from us.
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MU PfM Street. Cblcopee F, Mass., (J Sj.
8ome New Books
"Booster's Millions."J. Plerpont
Morgan.
"The Light That Paled."
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"Eben Boldun." John W. Gates.
"Deep Sea Fish." B. Harahan.
"To Get and to Keep."Mrs. Het
tie Green.
-John D.
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Thankful
"Well, Marie,"" remarked Mr. Bildad,
looking up from the evening paper.
"Well, Marie; we have something to
bo thankful for."
"What is-it, my dear?" queried Mrs.
Bildad, as she leaned over to adjust
the shade on the kerosene lamp.
"The Ohio court that found the
Standard Oil company guilty of viola
tion of law has Inflicted a very light
fine only $5,000." .
"I don't think we ought to be
thankful for that;" declared Mrs. Bil
dad. . "The horrid old company ought
to have been fined ten million dollars
with their bad. smelling oil and their
outrageous prices!" . .
"Now, that's' just like a woman,"
said Mr. Bildad,. severely. "Just off
handed opinion from a mere cursory
glance at the surface facts."
"I don't care a snap, Abinidab Bil
dad !" exclaimed Mrs. Bildad. "If you
Brain Leaks
When in doubt, try something.
When doubt entora hope shivers.
Christianity consists of doing, not
saying.
Some men are so Insistent on creeds
that they forget Christ
Most, women cry at a wedding, and
most men look foolish.
The man with principle should take
some interest In politics.
Thorough humility is the best prep
aration for true greatness.
A story unfit for ladies to hear is
unfit for a gentleman to tell.
A gift that depends upon its cost
for favor is seldom remembered.
A today spent In regretting a yes
terday Is a poor preparation for a
tomorrow.
When a man starts out to look tor
trouble he doesn't get enough walk
ing to start his blood to going good
Now that the frost is thick upon his
windows the average man is yearn
ing for an opportunity to make gar
den. You seldom have any trouble in
making yourself at home In a house
that is heated by an old-fashioned
fireplace.
A man who will listen to the
troubles of others is seldom Idle; the
man who wants to tell his troubles
has a busy time finding- a listener.
If people who habitually hang
around the "bargain counters" could
see some of the horrors that exist
where the "bargains" are made, they
would stop saving money at the ex
pense of chifdish lives.
Somehow or other we have been
impressed with the Idea that the se
verest denunciations of "yellow jour
nalism" come with two classes those
who have been exposed in their mean
ness, and those who are afraid of be
ing exposed in their meanness.
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