Life — June 26, 1902 — page 22: what you’re looking at

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OME, let us fare together Into that clear blue world, The tide that no fate can tether With the sails of our souls unfurled. Let us drift into any weather ; Come, let us find a path, Such as the mermaid hath With pebbles and shells impearled. We will float down the foam-swept spaces, We will hide by the crystal walls ‘Till they creak on our cool, moist faces— {With a rush as of waterfalls, Or, like tears, in Love's tempest driven— Love with us, there alone ;— Half the world for our own And the whole of Heaven ! Beggars, we may not borrow ; Spendthrifts, we cannot pay ; Butcome! There's no bright to-morrow ‘As dear as our sure to-day ! Look! nota cloud to shade us, Nor a boat sail that's near nor far, nd we are as God has made us, Woman and man we are, Come! for the world’s ways grieve us; Hot are the burning sands, ‘The hours and the days bereave us ; Clasp with me gladsome hands And go by sweet height, and hollow, Where never a milestone is To point the way to the bliss Our sure feet find and follow ! We will buffet the waves and beat them, Rest with them, cheek to cheek, Rush with them, meet them, greet them, Flee from them, when they seek, Lips, with their passion glowing, Living, loving anew, Shall we spare them a kiss or two, From our hearts’ wild overflowing? ‘LIFE: Nay, if we leave behind us Loads too heavy to bear, Fetters that strain and bind us, - With the rags that we used to wear— Out of Life's fret and pain, Taking the way that is nearest, What matters it, Heart, my dearest, If we come not back again? Madeline Bridges. Kickers’ Column. To THE EDITOR OF LiFe Dear Sir; Perhaps you will permit me, a stranger, a word In your paper which I highly esteem, The tendencies that are active in Lire count among the best the Anglo-3axon culture has to boast of,ands reference to your paper has ever been a good argument of mine against any adversary of the Engilsh.speaking world. Look at Lire,” I would say; “tt promotes what's good, and {t combats what's Ignoble." And still I stick to this opinion—only there may be errors. Iregret that you are against vaccination, and seem to Join the number of those who try to stop the wheel of progress, which must turn and turn and never ought to be allowed to rest. No 1n- stitution whatever, how bilssfally it may have worked afterwards, has ever been introduced without opposition, Of course, what extsts ts imperfect, bat the idea and the results of vacci- nation are good ones. Things seem to lead to the belief that one day will find usin arms to fight premature death succesafully ; then Edward Jenner's vaccination and the modern serum treatment will be our most eMcactous weapons, In Namber 1012 yon published # pleture on vivisection, with the question: If this, why not this? Let me give the plain answer: Because of the difference between man and animal. If oxen and pigs are killed to make food of their flesh, why not men? As to vivisection In gen- eral, | approve of your attitude in this; ever go on melting the hearts of the people by revealing its horrors, 80 as not to abolish it entirely, bat to restrain the practice of this necessary and impor- tant branch of sctentifical searching to the indis- pensable minimum, and 10 confirm and extend the use of administering morphine and chloro- form to the animals to as farn degree as ever possible. Iam, dear sir, sincerely yours, Rudolf Knaur, Graz, AUSTRIA, May 19, 1902, Eprtor or Lire. Dear Sir; “An Adtatrer,” who speaks in your iasue of May 28th with indignation at the mere thought of being forced to accept another religion “tn place of Christianity,” seems to have singu- larly failed to grasp Its primary principle, and to be {gnorant of the last great command of The Founder. (I refer to St, Matt. xxvill, 19 and 20.) From @ Christian standpoint it admits no argument. The shirking of certain responstbill- tes makes one the more responsible, Oplntons—such as those expressed by your Christian (%) Admtrer—are #0 contradictory that one 1s reminded of the remark : * Thank God, I am an Atheist.” Yours very truly, Oranoe, N, J. V. P. Clarkson. Anti-Kickers’ Column. IFE PUBLISHING COMPANY, Gentlemen; When Live ts assailed by its critics It certainly Is right for {ts friends to come forward and express thelr opinion, and it gives me much pleasure to do so in reference to the subject of the “ Progaostication on Miss Stone,” ‘And to your tntensely bright and justifiable com- ments on the letter of the Rochester “ Kicker" in the last number of Live, [ wish to say ** Good." Personally I betteve that an Immense majority of your readers are in entire sympathy with the original article tn question. Yours truly, Chas. G. Bill. Untonvitte, Conn., June 4, 1902, | To the Editor of Live: in corrotoration of your attitade on the missionary question, | en- close this extract from’ “Prosperous ‘British India,” by Wultam Digby, C, I. E. (T. Fisher Unwia, London, 1901): * ‘ Why is India, spiritually, so little recognized, and the world, as a consequence, deprived of the advantage which the recognition would, bring? Chiefly, I think, because of the existence of the socleties for the conversion of the heathen to Christianity, Whlle Christlan missions are sent by all the churches to India it will be tmposaible for more than @ select few to realize that Indian spiritaaltty may as assurediy be an expression of divine essence as are the faith and good works of plous men in the West who believe that the Holy Spirit of God san abiding and helpful in- fluence to them In all thelr thought and action. AS a hindrance to thelr proper recognition as men of character and often noble life, the Chris- tian miasionary societies of England interested 1n India have done the Indian people almost irre- mediable mischtef.* Very truly yours, Wm, Lloyd Garrison. Bosro, May 23, 1902, Epon ov Lire. Dear Sir; 1 wonder If the troops tn the Philip- pines and their friends at home appreciate the wit and humor of your pictures and anecdotes of the war, If they don't, they lack the saving sense. I can assure you that all your other readers are enjoying them immensely, especially the subscribers to,te Anti-Kickers' Column, To show up the Jhost barbarous treatment of ‘an enemy the history of the civilized world has yet recorded 1s. of real merit—a work for which your expéflence and your honesty and fearlessness especially ft you. And you may be sure of this, that/for every unworthy citizen of the Republic hd would hide the sores from the public gaze, thee are untold thousands who wel- coms your Jygt and fair criticism of what is nothing sh @ national disgrace. No one “a: that if you keep up the good work, tile longer public optaion will be ryheagtnacn & pitch of indignation that the re e troops and the abandonment of what you rightly term “a calamitous course” must be soon ordered. I must congratulate you on the great spirit you display In offering to your readers an even stronger picture of crnelty and barbarity in the Philippine confiict than in the South African war. An Old Subscriber. May 29, 1902. comicbooks.com re