Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 259, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1917 — HER HANDS MADE BEAUTIFUL [ARTICLE]

HER HANDS MADE BEAUTIFUL

An Old Legend That Reveals That the True Source of Beauty Is In the Heart. There is an old legend concerning three young women, who disputed as to who had the most beautiful hands. One dipped her hands Into the pure running stream, another picked berries until her fingers were pink, a third gathered roses until her hands were made sweet by their fragrance. An aged woman, careworn and decrepit, leaning upon her staff, came, asking a gift, but all alike refused her. A fourth young woman, making no claims to beauty, ministered to her needs. The aged woman then said: “It Is not the hand that Is dipped la the brook, fed wfflT berries, nor the hand garlanded or perfumed with roses/that is most beautiful, but the hand that giveth to the poor.” As she thus spoke, her mask fell off, her staff was cast aside, her wrinkles vanished, and she stood before them, an angel of God. ... It matters not whether the hand gives in money, or in kindly acts; in sojne cases, money would be quite useless, while kindness is