Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 January 1915 — KINDLY WORD MEANS MUCH [ARTICLE]

KINDLY WORD MEANS MUCH

World Would Be Happier and Better if Approbation Were More Freely Expressed. It Is often told that Engene Field one day wandered into a basement restaurant, sat down at a table, put his chin in his hands and gazed moodily into space, relates the Youth’s Companion. A waiter came up to him, and after the manner of his kind enumerated the long list of dishes that were ready to be served. “No, no," said. Field, dejectedly, ’1 require none of those things: All I want is some sliced oranges and & few kind words.” Whether or not the incident be true, it Is suggestive. Unquestionably, deeds weigh far f&ore than words, and yet it is almost tragic to think how much happier and better this struggling world would become if kind words were more often heard. We ail, every day. come in contact with those who are in Eugene Field’s state of mind. They are in our own homes; mothers and fathers and children. They are behind counters of stores; they are employes on trains; they are servants In kitchens; they are everywhere, and their name is legion. 1a word of appreciation would brighten the whole day and would make it easier for them to keep on} trying.