Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1898 — A Sympathetic Stomach. [ARTICLE]

A Sympathetic Stomach.

The kind of sympathy which some people have with human suffering—a sympathy which concerns itself with the effect of the spectacle of that suffering on themselves rather than with the feelings and relief of the sufferers—is neatly satirized in this story: Mr. Coddle, returning to his office after a trip outside, drew a long face. “Oh. dear,” lie said. “I saw such a dreadful-looking beggar on the street! He was the very picture of the demon of starvation, and the sight of him had such a curious effect on me!” “What effect?” he was asked. “It actually made me hungry to look at him.” “And what did you do?” “I went and got my dinner, though it was hardly 12 o’clock!”—Youth’s Companion.