12There was a house in whichthere was nothing but cold stove.;,in dread of a fi re which might hap·.pen. The owner of the house wasa miser. She often said:"Thert' are walls. ceilings andt>Vl'n n roof to this house. Therearc weather strips nailed to th,!doors. and a douhle set of window,to kt..'ep out the cold. Besides, everyncvicc is tilled with putty nnd agood cont o{ paint has closed upeven the pores of the wood. ' '''hatmore do you wnnt ?"But her children cried an·1begged: "Oh mother, why don't)'1)\1 make a little fire at Icm.t in theplay- room ? It is so very cold thatwe arc almost frozen to the bone ..But the stingy mother was notmoved by thei r entreaties anrlsimply replied :"There, now, be quiet. O f whatusc is a stove? You arc young andhuve good. fresh blood in yourbodies. Do not stir the air, sit d osetogether and you will warm oncanother. Winter will not last long.and when Spring COllies you mayenjoy yourselv es in the fields.Don't expect me to burn up coalsim ply to warm up the chimney.No, no, you l11ust be satisfied withthings as they are and then YOIl willenjoy the warm Springtime all themore."She, however, wrapped herselfup in furs, put on thick woolenstockings and stuck her feet intonice warm feIt-slippers. Thus comfortablydressed she strutted aboutthe roont and scolded or advised thed lildren."\Vhy," said she, "I don't know1'IUI ~ IIOCULIft IUGASDnIwhat is the matter with you I I fecireal warm and comfortable."Not only was the room cold andcheerl ess, but the children were inrags and the skin peeped thTU man\'holes in their clothing. They suf ·fered much and cried bitterly, butth is did not move th e old lady topity.One dny the eldest boy had ;tsplendid ide. H e called hisbroth ers and sisters together andsa id:"Why should we freeze? Ourvery soul s will freeze if we standthis much longer. We will die before Spring appears. I have a goor!plan, but if I carry it out alone,mother will punish me severety, butif you will all agree to help mc,then WI! will be warm."" \Ve want to be wann I We don'twant to freeze to death! Show ushow to get warm I" So the differ·('nt children cried out."Let us chop up all the chairsand tables and set th em on fire inthe stove and we will be warm andI;on lfortable.""Hurrah! That 's what we willdo !"They were so cold that they weredesperate. They did not care whattheir step-Illother would do tothem. Soon the wood was sputteringin the flame and the childrenci nl1ced around in glee.Oh, isn't this fine," lhey said.';'Ve will call moth er and tell hershe may wa rm hersel f also."Who knows what a parable is ~And what does thi s parable teach ?Bulletin01 tt..IHT£lHATIONAL SOCIALISTJUVENILE ORGAHIZATIOHSAustria.A n organization of 300 memherswas fo rmed in Bosnia.Germany.A pamphlet, entitled "TheBourgeois Juvenile Movement,'1has been published, A similarpamphlet will soon be necessaryin every conntry.Italy.Comradc Baldoni was sent toprison fo r 2 % months for publishingan article against the military.Spain.T he juvcnile. societies arc subjectedto much persecution. Inspi te of this they are growin g andat present have a membership of2.000.--Was Lincoln a Socialist?W e all know about Lincoln;how from poverty he struggledupward until he became one ofthe world's most famous men. H ehad a great heart fo r the workingclass, and in many of his speecheshe showed how this coun try andits people would gradually beowned by the ri ch. H ow propheti che was !Altho he was elected a Republican,there is hardly any doubtbut that he would be a SocialistIf stich a party had been in existencein his day.-Russell Gibbs,Ballston Spa, N. Y.--" Mamma, did Moses have dyspepsia?""What makes you ask that, mydear?" ,"Because the Lord gave him twotablets, our teacher said."1'.Do not be cowardly. U...: ,!friend to th ~ we ak, :t lld 1,)\,\jtlsti ce.But it wo uld be cowardly if yOI1ft'a red da nger whi ch could be metand turned aside. or if it thrcatcnl'dsome one else, wholll yOIl cOllld!,a\'e by be in ~ co urageous.. lust think how dreadful . VOIIwo ul d feel, if yOll werc skatin,l!un the ice and urokc thru. Tlwfirst thing yOli would do would iw'tu try to crawl out again, bill iiyOI1 found you could not Ut) it.tlll'n you wou ld cry for help. No\\just imagin c how you would bl'trightencd to death to see cver~one of your friends runnin g awa~and lea vi ng you to drown.Remember, that just as YOIl'wo uld feel, so others woul d feelif yon we re a coward, where yO\lcould save somebody frol11trouble or even from death.THE LIT'1'LB SoCIALIST llAGA.IllBThe worst kin d of a coward,!Lowcn'r, is the moral coward.I 'l'fhap~ )'011 do not understand\\ hat is meant by that. You arca moral coward if you fce l'l ... hal1l ('d that your fat her is poorand (an not dress you a .. well as"tl1\' 1" hoy:-o or goirls arc dressed. [tI ( is not cowardly if you rUIlaway when some great dang'I.'rthreatens you. Fur in st:l.ncl'. i '\' 0 11 met a w ild anim al in Ilh may lIot h...: your father's fault~"oo cJ s. it wo ul a he certain deat hthat he is puur. On the .::ontrary,.1'1111fo r you to show your comag'''': b y should tlg-ht l'vcrythi ng' thatstandi ng still if yO Il were not ill Illakl's hi m poor.possession of a loaded g'u n or ilY U II arc a lIloral cowar« ii youyOI1 we re not a good marksmanknow Ihat you arc TIght auout"lIll1cthing, but because other peo·pic arc ridiculing you, h'ar to sayIt woul d not bl.' COllT
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