1890 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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oftentimes been pained to be obliged to feel 

 that women, more than tneii, perhaps, were 

 in the hiibit of looking down u|)on the hotel 

 girls and the hotel waiters. I have some- 

 times watched to see some of our line well- 

 bred ladies look up to the waiting-girl and 

 thank her, or give her a pleasant smile when 

 she came into tlie dining-room. I know 

 tiiere are at least some among our leading 

 spirits of the VV. C. T. V. who are in the 

 habit of doing this ; but the number is far 

 too few. Now, dear friends, both men and 

 women— yes, both boys and girls— you who 

 read these pages, will you not help me to 

 bring about a reform in this direction? I 

 know there is such a tiling as making, oc- 

 casionally, a foolish and ignorant girl feel 

 ''set up "because she is noticed. I know, 

 too, there are some of the waiters who have 

 put themselves away down in the scale of so- 

 ciety ; but, never mind, dear brotlier and 

 sister; it will not hurt us, even if we do get 

 hold of the wrong one occasionally. 



Our pastor told a little story of a great 

 general, who, after a battle, started out 

 with a tin cup and pail of water. lie said 

 that, even if he were not a surgeon, he could 

 give a wounded man a drink of cool water. 

 Finally, as he was preparing to give some 

 water to a poor fellow who belonged to the 

 enemy, the man managed to muster up 

 strength enough to pull out a revolver and 

 try to shoot tlie general. He missed his 

 aim, however, and the attending ollicer was 

 going to make short work of him for his au- 

 dacity in trying to shoot him who was offer- 

 ing him a drink. 



" No, no !" said the general to the olIi(;er ; 

 "don't shoot him, but give him a drink of 

 water." This illustrates the spirit we need. 

 Don't mind ingratitude. Keep on giving 

 the cups of cold water, even to those who 

 have attemj)ted to take your life ; and a cup 

 of cool water is oftentimes a pleasant word 

 and look to the one who waits on you. 



Perhaps some of you will say, " Why not 

 give it to the colored brothers, or waiters, as 

 well as to the American women i"' 



IJy all means, do so. I can tell you, how- 

 ever (as I have learned by experience], that 

 you are quite likely to encourage them in 

 begging ror a quarter or even a dime. IJut, 

 dcm't be troubled, even if they do, and don't 

 give them the quarter or the dime either. 



A day or two ago there came some vari- 

 ously shaped cards through the mails. They 

 were to advertise one of our horticultural 

 j)ubIications. Now, I hope the brother who 

 has charge of the advertising depaitment of 

 this periodical will excuse me if I take him 

 to task a little. The first one (on a " dia- 

 mond " shaped card) reads, " If you want to 

 get rich and wear diamonds, advertise in the 



." The next one (on a " c/w/> " 



shaped card) reads, " If you want to heat 

 your rivals, and get on top, advertise in the 



• ." And the third one (on a" spades " 



card) reads, " If you would bury your com- 

 petitors, advertise in the .'" 



I presume the above was sent out for fun, 

 as a piece of pleasantry, and may be I am 

 doing wrong to find fault with it; but I am 

 afraid there is too much truth in it. I am 

 afraid there are boys and girls both, who 



crave riches and diamonds, that they may 

 make a display over their less fortunate 

 brothers. And I am afraid, too, that there 

 are those in business who really wish to 

 beat a competitor and " get on top," as the 

 card expresses it. Now, dear friends, and I 

 want to speHk to the younger ones too, is it 

 true that you want to get on top of your 

 rivals? Where would they be? howji in 

 the mud? And would you, that you might 

 get a little higher, sink them deeper and 

 deeper? Wouldn't //^rir anguish disturl) you 

 at all? May God forbid that any such spirit 

 should ever iind a lodging-place in any 

 American, either niaii or imnian. And, finaj- 

 ly, does any one wish to see his competitor 

 buried? I sometimes get into a strife my- 

 self, and I am very anxious to come out 

 ahead ; but may the Lord help me that 1 

 may have enough of the Ohrist spirit in my 

 heart — enough Christian sympathy, so I fan 

 never have ain/ peace or pleasure while my 

 rival is sujferiny because ol' misfortune, or 

 even because he makes mistakes and blun- 

 ders which I have been enabled to avoid. 

 Oh let us hold fast to the words of the Mas- 

 ter ! Let us hang them about our necks. 

 Let them take the place of the diamonds 

 that wealth can give. And may we have 

 no comfort nor enjoyment in exercising do- 

 minion or authority over those whom God 

 has seen jit to place round about us. 



KKOM THK OTIIKK 8IDK OK THE FENCE. 



Friend Hoot: I admiro your Tobacco Column; 

 but our friend In a rcccait ipsue Buys he isKliid there 

 will be no tobacco stnokc in heaven. Do you think 

 tobacco Ktnoke will keep us out? Our friend inti- 

 mates he would not use it. Is there any thing in 

 the ten commandments forbidding it? Our Savior 

 said, " He that is without sin among you, let him 

 cast the flr-t stone." Finally, would it not bo as 

 well lo show a little more charity, one with another, 

 and not so much of the Phaiisce's " God, I thank 

 thee that I am not as other men are "V 



8. R. Austin. 



Araityvllle, Long Island, Jan. 1'.), IH90. 



Friend A., there have been several criti- 

 cisms in regard to that one letter in the 

 Tobacco Column you allude to. I felt a 

 little sorry nfter it came out, that it was al- 

 lowed to pass. Still, a good many people 

 think it was none too severe. Suppose we 

 put it this way : Tobacco smoke i." exceed- 

 ingly offensive to me ; and when I am out- 

 doors on the sidewalk, and somebody .just 

 ahead of me turns his head and pufi's a 

 great lot of foul smoke in such a way that 

 I can hardly get out of it, I can not well 

 help feeling indignant ; and if others feel as 

 I do, can we really blame them for longing 

 for some place wheie, at least in the open 

 air, we can have a little respite from such 

 treatment? 'J'o such people, the hope, at 

 least, of the joys of heaven will be in hav- 

 ing perfect immunity from such smells or 

 such treatment. Now. it may seem hard, 

 and perhaps uncharitable, but I really can 

 not believe that people who have so "little 

 regard for the feelings of others as to push 



