A LEAGUE OF KINDNESS.
pro THE EDITOR OF TEE "SPECTATOR.") SIB,—I have lately been reading a good deal about the Boy Scouts. The work they are doing for the defence of their country is but a part, perhaps a small, although valuable, part, compared with the invaluable work done to their race by the rule they have of doing at least one kind act daily. I am tolerably high in a large office where there is already a most considerate feeling for one's companions. We all enter quite young, and so gradually get to know each other, perhaps almost too well. The object of writing this letter is to suggest, for men like myself, some kind of League by which those who join should bind them- selves, as in the case of the Boy Scouts, to say some kind word or do some kind act daily. It is easy, for diplomatic reasons, to be polite to those above one, but as the higher your position, the less criticism you hear, so the duty of the proposed members should be to look for opportunities to be kind and sympathetic and to assist those who are, as a, rule, younger than themselves. May I venture to ask for your valuable opinion as to the feasibility of starting such a League P May I also be allowed to assist to the best of my ability those who have had experience in such matters ?— For the present I sign myself
YOUR CONSTANT READER.
[We are glad to publish our correspondent's letter. His idea is decidedly attractive, but we cannot help thinking that the rule of " one day one kind act " is too mechanical—En. Spectator.]
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