Boone County Recorder . by the womenof the neighborhood. They know whattheir children want; they know whattheir husbands need. And it Is veryfortunate for the neighborhood andthe library that they can baruess thehorses and can drive themselves tothe meetings of trustees and selectthe books aud tell Miss Dorcas howmany she may buy. Necessity for Harmonious Co-Opera* tlonlf the Highest Interests of the People of a Community Be Best Subserved. Cities and towns are the naturaloutgrowth of the Inborn desire in manto fraternize in a protective as wellas In a social way. Primitive man il-lustrated a
Boone County Recorder . by the womenof the neighborhood. They know whattheir children want; they know whattheir husbands need. And it Is veryfortunate for the neighborhood andthe library that they can baruess thehorses and can drive themselves tothe meetings of trustees and selectthe books aud tell Miss Dorcas howmany she may buy. Necessity for Harmonious Co-Opera* tlonlf the Highest Interests of the People of a Community Be Best Subserved. Cities and towns are the naturaloutgrowth of the Inborn desire in manto fraternize in a protective as wellas In a social way. Primitive man il-lustrated a high type of of his methods can befound in the barbarous, wanderingtrites in some sections of the worldto-day. As far as possible, he existedindependent of his fellow the wild animal, he tracked downhis prey and subsisted the best hewind. A natural law binds togethercreatures of certain types. As tntel- luto English rhyme: God bless the youll too the be the • Smk^mnokfh &£>m%&njtyk&ri, The Gentle Rebuff. Robert W. liebberd. New Yorkscommissioner of charities, concludedan address at a recent, philanthropicdinner In this wayr Yes. -immeasurable are the rebuffsthat the helpers of the poor, the seek-ers after charity for their sufferingbrothers, undergo. A frltnd of mine, a Methodist uiiii-ister in a small western town, told mothe other day of his last rebuff, a notunkind one. • Entering _t,he„ office of the localweekly the minister said to theeditor: 1 am soliciting aid for a geutle-man of refinement and intelligencewho Is in dire need of a little readymoney, but who is far too proud a mantn make his sufferings known. Why. exclaimed the editor, push-ing up his eye shade. Tin ihe onlychap in the village who answers thatdescription. Whats this gentlemansname? i regret. said tho minister, thatIm not at liberty to disclose^. Why, it must be me. said the**Iit6r. It Is me. Its me. prosper you. parson,
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