Scorning, rebellious in vain,
Till impelled by social custom
She resumes her mask again;
Her world must not find her sighing--
She brilliantly plays her part,
And bravely the queen of pleasure
Smiles still with an aching heart.

Nearby, but a few blocks distant
From plenty's palatial homes,
There is a contrasting picture
Of strenuous life in the slums;
A pale girl toils in a garret,
From dawn till the sunset's glow,
And the sweat-shop wolf is prowling
For aye in the street below.

Stitch, stitch all day without ceasing,
Knowing no rest or delay.
Humanity pleads for mercy--
* * * * *

--_Margaret Scott Hall._

1994

OUR WANTS.

We are ruined, not by what we really want
But by what we think we want;
Therefore never go abroad in search of your wants;
If they be real wants,
They will come home in search of you;
For he that buys what he does not want,
Will often want what he cannot buy.

--_Colton._

1995

_The Source of Wants._--It is not from nature, but from education and
habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.

--_Fielding._

1996

He cannot provide for the wants of others, whose own are numerous and
craving.

--_Plutarch._

1997

A BEAUTIFUL CHERRY TREE.

When George Washington was a boy, a beautiful cherry tree was killed in
his father's garden, by some violent hand stripping its bark. Mr.
Washington said he would not have taken five guineas for the tree, and
he would like to know the offender. Shortly after, seeing George with
an axe in his hand, he asked him if he knew who had killed the cherry
tree. George hesitated for a moment, then said, "I cannot tell a lie,
father, I cannot tell a lie. I cut it with the hatchet." "Come to my
arms," said his father; "you have paid for it a thousand times." Such an
act of heroism in telling the truth he valued more than a thousand
cherry trees.

1998

Hundreds would never have known _want_ if they had not first known
_waste_.

--_Spurgeon._

1999

He who plays with dollars in his youth, will be apt to have to beg for
farthings in his age.