The Kindest People Who Do Good Deeds, Volume 5: 250 Anecdotes

This book contains 250 stories about good deeds, including these two: 1) One day, little Nancy Sinatra held a party at home, and one of her little guests accidentally knocked over and broke one of a pair of porcelain birds. The little guest was horrified, but Nancy’s father, the great Frank Sinatra, deliberately broke the other porcelain bird. He then put his arm around the little guest and said, “That’s OK, kid. Accidents happen. 2) At the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Bowery mission, soprano Frances Alda sang at a benefit. Afterward, she was pleased to overhear what some of the people in the audience had to say about her performance. One person said, “She sang just as good for us as she sang for those rich folks at the opera house.” His friend replied, “You said it—and can that woman make a noise!”