Rensselaer Union and Jasper Republican, Volume 8, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 April 1876 — An Easy Charity. [ARTICLE]

An Easy Charity.

“We always like to see Mrs. Edwards come in,” said a clerk in a dry goods store. “ Even if she does not buy anything, she has such a cheerful way of speaking to us all, that it does us good for all day.” How few ladies realize the worth of a few kind words to those who are weary and busy with a ceaseless round of daily duties. Nothing obtrusiveor very marked is necessary or suitable. But a true woman can show a friendly interest, even in tone. A cheerful, pleasant manner is a charm better than beauty, and can make amends for a very plain face. A haughty, authoritative air provokes resentment in the hearts of all who come in collision with it. Clerks may, from policy, be very attentive and obsequious, but there is no cheerfulness in the service rendered, and the sarcastic remark and sharp jest is sure to be passed around among them at her expense when once she is fairly beyond hearing. There is no one so high in station that she can afford needlessly to make enemies. A noble, sensible woman can do good as she goes along through the world, just by using kind tones and cheerful words in conversing with those who fall in her way in the course of business, it does a young man good when away from his home and .friends, to feel that a good woman feels an interest in him. It makes him better, as well as happier, and throws a thread of good influence around him to keep him in the time of temptation. Mothers have a duty to other mothers’ sons besides their own. If suitable and convenient, let them feel they are welcome to your parlors and your home. Many a lad has been saved from ruin by th» friendship of. soma kind., family, where he was made welcome and at home. It is a charity that requires little outlay and which carries with it an abundant reward. The after results, too, are often unexpected and cheering.— Church Union.