13
e B e es. Ho m e Magaz i ti e P ae
Occupation
It Might Have Something to Do with the Calendar
Drawn for the Bee
by Hal Coffman.
Booker
Washington
Pioneer in
Education
THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23. 1915.
ny ELLA whkklkk WILCOX.
From Good Housekeeping Magarlne.
There must In Heaven be many Industries
And occupations, varied, infinite.
Or Heaven could not be Heaven. What lovely tasks
The Mighty Maker of the Universe
Can offer souls that have prepared on earth
By holding lovely thoughts and fair desires!
Art thou a poet, to whom words come, not
A dumb composer of unuttered sounds,
Ignored by fame and to the world unknown?
Thine may be, then, the mission to create
Immortal lyrics and immortal strains
Tor stars to chant together as they swing
About the holy renter where God dwells.
Hast thou the artist instinct with Bo skill
To give- It form or color? Unto thee
It may be given to paint upon the skies
Astounding dawns and sunsets framed by seas
And mountains, or to fashion and adorn
New faces for sweet pansies and new dyes
To tint their velvet garments. Oftentimes
Methinka behind a beauteous flower I see,
Or In the tender glory of a dawn,
The presence of some spirit who has gone
Into the Place of Mystery, whoso call,
Imperious and compelling, sounds for all.
Or soon or late. So many have passed on
So many wUh ambitions, hopes and alms
Unrealized, who could not be content
As Idle angels, even In Paradise.
Surely God has provided work to do
For souls like these, and for the weary rest.
lo you ever stop to think about the
life beyond this earth plane The old
orthodox Idea of a heaven where the
resurrected spirit, robed In trailing grflr-
sat playing on a harp and singing
irough eternity, has passed
mnnts. sat Dlayl
rriMnnnl tlirou
away.
Stout of us V
know that it was an Im-
tvnniniA in, anil tnnr aurri an exmipnra
would be very wearisome indeed. Ad
vanced thinkers and seers have given ua
food for thoiiRht and wo have come Into
i ho consciousness of a larger and more
beautiful llfo beyond than that which the
olJ orthodoxy taught ua.
Communication between the world be
yond and this world is to millions of
minds an established fact. To many
others lt seems ah Increasing possibility.
One who claims to have brought a moa
ns g frcm the world beyond, says: "The
problem of life Is surely to avoid the
waste of straying Into devious ways
which do not help you forward. It Is no
use In spending life In developing a sense
that will not be needed hereafter. Over
In this land to which all of you must
I come the objects of existence are so dif
ferent that many who come here have
an impression or Danarupicy. j ney nave
spent their life In accumulating treasure,
and so the deposits' In the bank on earth
cannot be drawn here and they are un
done." .
But one thing Is sure. Every longing
which tr hare to b useful, every unsel
fish desire and emotion, every ambition
to create something beautiful, every wish
to add to the comfort and happiness of
the world, every feeling of love and sym
pathy and pity and compassion, every
longing for a happy home life all that
la Immortal and is helping to build our
mansion not made with hands that l
laying up treasure In a celestial bank and
we will be able to draw our checks when
we arrive there.
Whatever you are wishing to do that Is
worthy and beautiful and helpful you
will do eventually under happier condi
tions than those which now surround you.
Do the duty which lies nearest you now
and do It cheerfully, but keep the ideal
of what you want to do In mind and
know that you shall yet realise it.
Bequest of Andrew Freedman
A Needed and "Beautiful Relief to Human
Distress." .
By CHARLES H. PARKHURST.
Among tho suffering poor there are
none who suffer as much as those who
avo once been In circumstances of af
fluence. Tney not only miss tho com
forts that were tho accompaniment of
their former condition, but they are likely
also to experience the estrangement of
many of those whom they had been ao
custoraed to consider as friends; for. In
a highly conventional state of society,
much of what Is called friendship has
Its price, tike material commodities, so
that If one has not the money to pay tor
it one can't have It.
At this point the remarkable bequest
of the late Andrew Freedman comes In
as a partial and very beautiful relief to
human distress. The bequest is excep
tional In its character both as to volume
and design. The income from the seven
millions bequeathed la to be applied to
tiie erection and maintenance of a home
for aged people In indigent circumstances,
without discrimination as to race, creed,
or sex. The trustees are, however, lim
ited In their selection of candidates for
the benefits of the home to those "who
have been in good circumstances and, by
reason of adverse fortune, have become
poor and dependent"
It Is gratifying to be publicly Informed
that no attempt will be made to break
the will. The possibility of becoming
partakers In so large a fund offers great
temptation even to the moat affectionate
relatives of the deceased. To attempt,
however, to thwart the purposes of a tes
tator, after he is gone and no longer
able to make sure the execution of his
wishes, is a daatarly trick, and la so
often practiced that large benefactors
would do well to distribute at least the
bulk of their property before they go.
The gracious consideration of Mr. Freed
man Is furthermore shown in his instruc
tion that special preference shall be
shown to aged and Indigent couples, and
that the institution shall be so managed
as to give It the character of a home and
to make the Inmates forget, as far as
possible, that they are dependent upon
some one else's benefaction. The endow
ment Is unique In this respect that It
does not duplicate any Institution al
ready established.
rsinmrtcnu,m, or tho gathering of
our entire western continent within the
bonds of a common sympathy. Is an
idea comprehensive enough to match the
capacities of our own American mind. It
la an Mea more difficult of achievement
than Panslavlsm or Panteutonism. be
cause of wider racial and linguistic dif
ferences. It Is a result, therefore, that
cannot be relied vpon te work Itself ut
by any process of natural evolution, but
one which will need to be deliberately
fostered and brought about as the fruit
of practical effort.
So far us t'snada is concerned, we have
nothing t'i for tbst Is not already
attained. faimda is bound to us br tie
t,t atrorg attachment. There is no tonrw
any talk uf its snm xatli.n, ami we shall
go forward Into the years with no sug
gestion of reciprocal lines of fortification
along our frontles of 1,000 miles.
As soon as we turn southward the sit
uation changes. That situation Includes
Mexico and Central America, as well as
H ilr 1 '0
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m rie to oo ) 'fh ffyfivA
ny woona mrTcnixsov, l.d.
I'ART II.
Hli next venture Illustrates how de
termined he was to build both for th
future and for permanency and to tttlllzsj
every resource which was at hand. Ou
of the first discoveries on tho plantation
wbs a bed of excellent quality of brick
clay. Nobcdv In either class or faculty
had ever burned brick In bis life! but
that waa ho reason why they should not
begin.
Two of them were sent over to tha
nearest country brickyard and spent a
couple of days watching tho process of
brick burning and getting such informa
tion ss they could about the construction
of kilns. Then all hands set to work
under their direction. The clay was dug
and around and moulded Into bricks and
"rded. and when several thousand had
Icen laboriously accumulated the con
struction of a kiln waa begun.
Aa no wood or other burnable sub.
stances can be used in the construction
of a kiln. Its roof and roost vital part
must be built In the form of an arch, and
this Is a work requiring some little
knack and skill.
After several unsuccessful attempts the
kiln waa flnallly arched over, the flro
started and the burning begun in fear
and trembling. But the embroyo brick -makers
had forgotten to allow for tho
shrinkage and cracking due to the in.
tense heat,; and Just as the Inside of tha
kiln, after eevernl hours' stoking, began
to show a beautiful cherry red, there
was as harp crack and roar and down
came the. roof and carefully piled thou,
sands cf brick under It In one mass of
ruin. Another ole of brlcas was made.
Another and stronger kiln was con
tructed and anln the fire started.
They had made some progress fn the
art, for the second kiln lasted nearly
iour noura longer than the first: but Itw
weni up in smoke.
tho immense range of territory and half
a dozen distinct republics south of
Panama. Now, If Fanajnerlcanisra Is to
be anything more than a name, a policy
of Inter-relations between sll that varie
gated scuthern country and ourselves will
require to be deliberately and studiously
cultivated. Much will depend on tho
slncerety of our own motives.
We know that in times past popular
feeling south of the Isthmus has been
averted from us because of a suspicion
that our policy was to play the older
brother, or even to play the part of the
ollceman. Apparently that particular
misunderstanding haa been corrected.
Another prejudice against ua may be
aroused If it should be supposed down
there that our Idea is to exploit South
America n the Interest of our own na
tional security add as a buffer between
ourselves and other persons or as a
means of support in case of Invasion.
As an antidote to such suspicion no less
an Idea should be put forth than that of
absolute mutuality, the doctrine of a
common interest, each for the main
tenance and security of all, and all for
the maintenance and security of each.
Difference of language Is always a
barrier between nations, however close
theae relations may be otherwise. The
encouragement of the study of Spanish In
our schools would do something toward
breaking down that barrier and would
be an element of no slight significance
If there Is to be that intercourse between
the northern and southern portions of our
Continent which would contribute - so
much toward producing a relation of
mutual understanding and regard.
The republics of South America, their
modes of government, the type of south
ern civilisation, the financial condition,
the commercial activities those and alt
questions relating to southern life might
well be made, and ought to be made,
matters of study In our schools. If South
and North America are to become In any
sense part of one whole, we shall have
to know a great deal more about each
ether and establish a mutual Intimacy
of thought and feeling, or what we call
a common bond of sympathy will be more
a phrase than a fact. Along with all the
rest we ought not to let any other
powers outdo us In the fostering of com
mercial relations. 1 believe thai England
and Germany hava both of them antici
pated us In that matter.
Pelf-Interest, If nothing else, ought to
hsve prompted us to anticipate them.
Enterprising travel agencies would ren
der themselves and the cause valuable
service If they would foster tourist In
tercourse between the two sections and
draw Into channels of travel, northward
and southward, a part of that stream of
International visitation which haa been
flowing Eu rope ward. -
Fuch are some of the expedients avail
able for converting Into fact an Iden
which Is beginning to gain strong hold
upon our national mind. If the Idea la
worth achlovlng, It la .well worth work
ing for.
too.
Cheering themselves with the thought
that the third time la the luck, the daunt
less brtckmaklng crew went at their task
for the third time. And this time an.
parently pcralstence had its reward. Th
kiln heated splendidly, tho bricks war
almost half taked, and the triumphant
class In manual training went comfort
ably to bed for a much needed sleep, eve
pectlng to open up their prise package)
auncessfully In the morning.
A little after midnight, however, Itv
Washington saya he was awakened by
loud pounding at his door and a voice,
which cried In agonised accents,
"Teacher, teacher. It's ralnln' lak de of
scratch, an' the kUn am done cava lq
again."
rr. Washington says that as hs rumbled
out of bed onto the cold floor, rushed
to the door and stood gaslng out Into
the black darkness snd pouring rain, and
thought of all the labor and hope that
had gone into that brick kiln, he wa
Just about as nearly discouraged as ha
ever got.
Dut the next arch stayed humped and
If you will look on your light-hand aa
you enter the present beautiful campus
of Tuskegee, with Its fifty odd buildings,
you will see the solid, dumpy, square,
little btrck building, now used as a dor.
mltory, which came out of that fourtk
kiln.
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