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Common Sense m tk Home
Edited wMarion Oakland ^
COMMON NEIGHBORHOOD NUISANCES.
THE other day I was the victim of one
of the commonest and most unpleas
ant forms of neighborhood nuisances.
While the occurrence did not take
place near my home it was an inci
dent which might have happened there, al
though a trolley car was the scene of this
particular experience. Just after I had
taken my seat my ears were pierced by a
loud scream from a 3 year old boy sitting
directly behind me.
“I will get on the other seat! I will!
I will! ” he yelled.
“Be still!” said the mother. “You
can’t have that seat. The lady has taken
It.”
” I don't care! I will have It! I will!
I will! ”
" Stop that noise! ” orders the mother
angrily. “ Stop it! Do you hear me? Stop
% it. I say! ”
* “ I won't! T won't! ” I want the other
seat! ” persisted the boy.
There is no need in going further with
the repetitions which lasted for blocks be
yond. The child continued to shriek, cry.
and fight, the mother kept up her com
mands and her scoldings while I sat re
straining with difficulty the unhallowed
longings to take hold of the child and ad
minister discipline of the kind he evidently
^ needed badly.
This illustration of a neighborhood nuis
ance is nothing unusual. If I have in
* stanccd it I have done so merely as an
example of the sort of thing we are forced
to endure in our vicinity on public con
veyances. on the street, in shops and places
of entertainment, as well as In our homes
when these adjoin the residences occupied
by parents of unruly children.
*r*
y ells at Daylight.
" May I come ami spend the night at
\ your house tomorrow? ” asked a friend
of me on the telephone recently. " i am
worn out for lack of sleep.” She went on
to explain that the 2 year old child in
the house adjoining began crying at 4 or 3
o'clock every morning and continued it
steadily until after 7. The partitions were
so thin that it was impossible to exclude
» the sound. My friend was a business worn
* an; she had no chance to make up lost
sleep by a daytime nap and the constant
disturbance was telling on her nerves.
*' 1 suppose the parents get used to it,”
she said wearily. ** If it were mine I’m
afraid I d want to choke it. It's not ill
and is quite old enough to have learned to
stop crying when it’s told. If this sort of
thing lasts much longer I shall have to
break my lease and move away. 1 can't
stand the strain! ”
I have called the noisy and' unruly child
one of the commonest of neighborhood
y. nuisances. Hardly one of us but could tell
mournful tales of the fashion in which he
has disturbed our peace, sometimes by
disobedience and cries, sometimes by yells
apparently emitted for the pure joy of the
vocal exercise, sometimes by unmeaning
and unnecessary racket. Perhaps it is-be
cause I am only a woman that I cannot
comprehend the desire of the young of the
species to hammer with a stick upon the
fence, to bang on the covers of the coal
holes, to shout and howl for no cause what
soever. I grant the rights of the child to
his share of amusement and diversion, but
I hold to the belief that he should follow
this with some regard for the comfort ot
others besides himself.
* *
Dogs with Private Criefs.
But neighborhood nuisances are by no
means limited to small children. Even
as I write I am conscious of the almost
incessant barking und yelping of a small
dog. I don’t know the cause of his dis
tress. It may be that he has been shut in
ami wants to get out or that he has been
tied up and longs to be loose; he may have
private griefs for which he is seeking ut
terance; it may be that like the whooping
small boy he is expanding his lungs and
exercising his throat for simple pleasure
in the experience. Whatever the cause
hunger, thirst, ennui, or exercise—the re
sult is the same—the annoyance of all with
in reach of the sound waves he starts.
About his owners 1 wonder, as l do about
'the parents of the howling children, how
they can stand it and I api forced to the
conclusion reached by my friend—that they
must get used to it! Yet 1 am quite sure I
would never reach the point where my own
child or my own dog would not worry me
more by the noise he made than he would
any one else. I would suffer vicariously
for the others who were objurgating the
disturbance, as well as on my own account,
and I am swayed to the conclusion that
1 must be In a singularly small minority.
1 wish some thoughtful reader of these
remarks would try to explain to me why
we have such a weak sense of neighborly
responsibility along the lines 1 have men
tioned. By what process does one arrive
at the point where she can turn over and
go to sleep, no matter how weary she may
be, while she knows that In all probability
her child’s wails are robbing the neigh
borhood of rest? How does the owner of a
dog adjust himself to the situation of leav
ing a howling canine to bark or whine or
yelp himself tired (by the way, did a dog
ever do that? I think I have known them
to keep it up for hours at a stretch, ap
parently unwearied) with no thought of the
dwellers In the vicinity whose nerves are
racked or who are held from needed slum
ber by the sins of his pet?
* #
Pervades All Classes.
Back of what I likvo called neighborly
responsibility seems to be conspicuous
through all ranks and in all occupations of
society. You can understand the conduct
of the knife grinder who blows his horn or
rings his bell under your window regardless
of the rest or work he may be interrupt
ing. just as you can excuse the yells of
the itinerant vegetable or fruit vender who
cries bis wares raucously along the street.
These noise producers an; working for their
living and their calls and Hangings are
part of their stock in trade. Without them
you would not know their goods were
offered for sale. You can even tolerate the
hanging of the beaters on rugs on the roof
or in the back yard, because you know
tlie cleaning must he done and it is being
performed in the only locality that presents
itself.
But what good is gained by the unneces
sary honkings of an automobile which
wake the echoes of your street at mid
night'.’ Why should the collectors of ashes
and garbage make unnecessary noise In
the discharge of their duties? And to come
within the house and in touch with those
who are supposed to have gentler ten
dencies, why should persons of like nature
with ourselves keep so-called music—either
vocal or Instrumental—Ruing- at an hour
when ordinary, every day folk are sup
posed to be asleep?
* *
They All Played and Sang.
A couple of summers ago 1 was so un*
fortunate as to have to spend two or three
weeks in a city apartment which backed
up to within thirty or forty feet of an
other apartment house. It was hot weather
and the windows were ail open most of the
time. There were two or three flats to
every floor and the buildings were seven
stories high. Perhaps I pus mistaken in
stating that there was a pianola, a victrola.
a piano, a mandolin, a violin, or some simi
lar instrument of torture in each apart
ment and that every one was on a differ
ent key and that all played at once, but
my remark was not so much exaggerated
ss one might think. During the daylight
hours there was an occasional grateful
cessation of noise, but soon ns the sun be
gan to fail the alleged musicians took up
the wondrous tale and kept it up until I
f< It 1 was going mad.
They all played, they all sang! Of course
no two chose the same tune and they con
tinued their Instrumental labors or their
vocal performances with a cheerful disre
gard of the efforts of any one else in the
vicinity. To this day I cannot comprehend
how they stood it and l have never been
sure why I was not taken from the apart
ment to the psychopathic ward of somo
hospital.
Again I ask for an explanation of the
want of neighborly responsibility? Did the
players of Instruments find that their own
noise deafened them to that of all others?
Did they have no consideration for those
who might be disturbed by their attempts?
Did they reap so much enjoyment from
these that it was worth the possible dis
tress to every one else’ If any one can
rise and explain 1 shall be most grateful.
H« *
■Some Zones of Quiet.
For some time there has been In certain
of our large cities a movement on foot
for the suppression of unnecessary noise
and in many ways the societies have dona
good work, lam told that It is largely in
consequence of their efforts that quiet ha* /
been established in streets near hospitals,
that the needless tooting of horns or clat
tering of wagons has been eliminated from
localities where they might do positive
harm to invalids. The managers of thu
society have also endeavored to check tho
over-much blowing of whistles and steam
sirens and ringing of bells. The business
committees who have charge of the
churches possessing clock chimes atop
those early in the evening and do not start
them again until late enough in the morn
ing to prevent Interference with a reason
able amount of sleep. There is even a law
which undertakes to regulate the beating of
carpets, the noise of the knife grinder and
huckster and other street sounds which
may be deemed not strictly necessary.
But when it comes to the front door-« «
and the back door—of our houses and apart
ments such surveillance ceases. You may
invoke the assistance of the board of health
to check music at uncanonlrul hours or
the noise of dogs and cats if you don't ob
ject to getting yourself on unpleasant
terms with your neighbors. But 1 have
struggled In vain, on my own behalf, and
for the sake of others, to induce parents
to quiet a screaming child or oven to close
the windows of the room in which th®
child w aked the midnight echoes.
ib lb
A'oivcs of Another Pattern.
I have entered futile protests against the
pet cut which is permitted to make night
hideous on the back yard fence of my next
door neighbor, i have besought the owner*
of chickens in the vicinity to keep them
shut up until after daylight that my family
might not he aroused by shrill crows at
dawn, and in tin* country I have protested
almost to tears at the noise made by the
cows and calves in the barnyard, not only
after sunrise, but for hours before it.
What is the matter with the noise makers
and their associates? Are their ears built
differently from ours or are. their nerves
mad* on another pattern? And even grant
ing this, have they not sufficient Chris,
tian consideration to grasp the fact that
others suffer from their lack of neighbor
ly responsibility? Isn’t there place here
for a reform and an not we housekeepers
the ones who should organize and start it?
MARION HARLAND’S HELPING HAND.
. . FTER years of bard work and
kk months c.f nursing those who were
{ #"% dependent upon me have died, and
• • in the loneliness which follows I
am glad both of the work which
is necessary for my support and for in
terest in the sufferings and needs ol others.
1 therefore send suggestions in reply to
some of the letters which appear in the
Helping Hand department. 1*. C. states
that saturating the head with hay rum
will remove vermin. 1 will add that satur
I ating with listerine is equally good. To
.1. a. W. I would say that rubbing a band
of turpentine around the table, cupboard,
or other article of furniture will drive and
keep away any kind of ant as long as the
"dor lasts, which usually is several days,
and by persistent repetition of this remedy
the ants will become discouraged and leave
altogether. 1 am glad to give Mrs. L. A. S.
a recipe for chile gravy. I wish to say, by
the way, that 1 have many embroidery
patterns which 1 will send to such as will
state just what specific pattern—that is,
for what article—they need.
*• ** CHIHE GRAVY—Soak dried red pep
pers in cold water over night or for several
hours until soft; scrape out the pulp,
freeing from seeds, with the flat of a
table knife. In hot lard fry minced
onion and if liked, a little garlic; also if
liked, tomato pulp may be added. Then
add the wet pepper pulp, stir until well
assimilated. If preferred thickened, add
flour or cornstarch as usual for this use.
Salt to taste. This is a standard gravy,
used by the Mexicans to pour over al
most any meat or vegetable dish—for it is
r mistake to think they cook everything
with chile—they only add the sauce as
above made. Fresh green peppers, mild
or hot, may be substituted for the red,
v first toasting them, peeling off the thick,
j tough skin which blisters up, then mincing
and using in gravy as above. This is not
chile sauce but gravy. J. H. A.”
This correspondent shows her apprecia
tion of the truth that work for others is
the best way in which to ease one’s own
^ heartaches. I only wish I could have
printed one of the most valuable items she
gave, telling of the method by which she
had exterminated bedbugs and other
vermin, but unfortunately she used for
the purpose a proprietary article, and this
I 1 cannot mention. I am sorry and will
* * send her address to any one eager enough
to know the remedy to write and ask
about it. I am grateful to her on my own
account and on behalf of those whom her
suggestions will help.
* *
Recommends Formaldeh\)de Candle.
■ I wish to say to thoae troubled with
bedbug:, that the remedy recommended by
s health officer Is to seal the room airtight
and burn a formaldehyde candle In It for
twenty-four hours. Not a living thing can
or will remain In the room. If the man
, who wrote of the trouble he had In tl-oae
\ lilies live* near, we might be able to look
if,, him up or get In touch with him and learn
/ Just what he needs and relieve both him
", and hie family. Mrs. F. F. 3.”
I hope the writer of the letter may aee
thla offer and write for the addreaa of Mra.
F. F. 9. Aa to the formaldehyde, I regret
to sey that personally I have not found It
entirely satisfactory. It will undoubtedly
scatter' the bedbugs which are lodging In
parts of the room where the fumee of the
formaldehyde can get to them, but if they
are intrenched in the walls or in the wood
work my experience has been that after
the odor bus evaporated they will show
themselves again.
* *
Student in Agriculture.
" I would he thankful for those farm
journals offered by Grace S. 15. 1 am a*
student "in agriculture and they would
help me a great deal. If you will ship them
to me the charges will be gratefully paid.
“Joseph G."
Although the farm journals offered by
Grace S. B. had been given away before
this letter was received I print it in the
hope that some of our many readers who
have similar periodicals may be moved to
send for the address of this student of
agriculture and supply him with the reading
matter he needs and craves.
* *
Cant Afford Much Music.
We are two sisters and have a fine
piano, but can’t afford much music ami
would be so much obliged if any one with
pieces that are no longer needed would
send them to us. We would gladly pay
carriage for them. Maybe we could be
of some use to some one some time.
“H. L.“
Nearly every musician has music she
could spare without much self-denial. It
would be appreciated by these girls, and I
trust they may not have to wait long for
a response to their appeal.
♦ *
Likes to Read.
*• Although 1 am not an invalid my oldest
cjild is only 0 year old, and I have three
younger, so that my hands are so full that
1 have not been inside a church for seven
years or to visit a neighbor for three years.
I get so lonely and tired at times that I
couldn’t resist writing to you. I dearly
love to read after the children are in bed
and if any of the Cornerltes have books or
magazines they don’t care for I would
gladly pay postage on them, as I am too
poor to buy them. Also if any one has a
story book her children have outgrown J
would be most thankful to get it for mine.
A card or a letter from some kind heart
would also greatly cheer me up. Let me
make a little return by telling what I think
makes a pretty and inexpensive gift. Last
summer I made my mother a floor pillow
out of W'hite India linen and cross-stitched
a basket of roses for it, using green silk
thread for the basket, stems, and leaves,
and pink tor the roses. It wa*s pretty. I
will be glad to send the pattern to any one
that wishes it. It can be used on an apron
or table cover as well as on a cushion.
“M. A. H.“
Those of us who live in towns or in thickly
settled neighorhoods can have little notion
of the loneliness which besets any one tied
dowrn as Is the writer of this letter. I am
sure there will be many applications for
her address, not only for the purpose of
sending' her the magazines and children’s
books she longs for, but also in order to
correspond and bring a breath of outside
cheer Into her life. There is no estimating
the benefit and comfort that have been
brought to our Cornerltes by the letters
sent to them from other quarters of the
country, giving them new ideas,. Intro
ducing them to fresh surroundings, and
bestowing some perception of the many
I
interests there are in the world to make
even a shut-in's life worth living.
'!*• $
Chairs for Invalids.
I have two wheel chairs to offer your
Corner; one has a handle so that it can
he pushed, the other can be propelled by
the person who sits in it If he or she can
use the hand*. 1 could not pay the ex
pense of sending them, but would gladly
give them. They b< longed to a dear old
lady who wanted worthy people to have
them. Now I have a request to make also.
Is there a bicycle anywhere for an 11 year
old boy who has to work most of the year
and can only go to school a short time?
The school is too far away for him to
walk. His mother is too poor to buy a
wheel for him, but I would be glad to pay
the expense of getting it here and a few
repairs. He is a bright and hard working
child and is in sore need of a little educa
tion. Mrs. Job E.”
It a pleasure once In a while* to accom
pany a request by an offer of a gift as Is
done In this case. So many of our letters
are merely appeals for help of all sorts,
for gifts of various kinds, that it does me
good to receive a communication from
one who offers us well as asks. I am sure
some applicants for her address will soon
come from those to whom the wheel chairs
can he of use, and I trust that there will
he no delay in an offer of a wheel for th«
bright 11-year-old who has to work for
his living as well as go to school.
# *
Wants Copies of Poems.
“ I would be pleased to have copies of
the following poems, also the names of
the authors. The first 1 wish begins:
“ ‘ I would flood your path with sunshine.
I would fence you from all 111.*
“ The second starts off:
" * I’m thankful for sun and. for showers.
The Gord makes the winter and May.’
" The third begins:
" ‘ Great old world! I tell you,
Don’t care wlmt they say.’
“ 1 would be most grateful for copies of
these. Mas. W. A. H."
I hope some one may be able to supply
the desire of this correspodent and 1 will
give her address on application.
❖ sk
An Offer and an Appeal.
" I have lots of magazines that I would
like to give away to any one who wants
them. Some of them are yours old, some
this year’s, but they have nice stories in
them and wrill be new to any one who has
not been able to get them and who loves
to read as much us I do. 1 saw a notice*
of some one who had three ear trumpets
to give away and I would like to have one
for my mother, who Is quite hard of hear
ing. I am not able to buy her one, but
will pay postage on one if it can be sent
to her. She lives with mo and never goes
anywhere. She does hard work and would
be glad of some quilt pieces if uny one
lias some to spare. I will pay postage
I FAMILY MEALS FOR A WEEK.
SUNDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Oranges.
CereaI.
Fried seal lops.
Waffles,
.Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Cold lamb sliced.
Mint Jelly.
Browned sweet, potatoes.
Cream toast.
Lemon Jelly.
Cake.
Tea.
DINNER.
Mock turtle soup.
Roast shoulder of veal.
Stewed tomatoes.
Fried oyster d1oj»*
Pineapple ice cream.
Potato flour cake.
Coffee.
* *
MONDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Grapes.
Cereal.
Boiled eggs.
Bacon.
Rolls.
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Cheese fondu.
Baked potatoes.
Crackers.
Cheese.
Jam.
Tea.
DINNER.
Black bean soup.
Stuffed beef’s heart.
Carrots ar.d peas.
Spaghetti.
Cottage pudding.
Coffee.
* *
TUESDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Baked apples.
Cereal
Bacon and fried rreen pepper*.
Toaf
Cofff
LUNCHEON.
Minced beef's heart wanned up In gravy [a left
over].
Scalloped spaghetti.
Whole wheat gems.
Gingter snaps.
Tea.
DINNER.
Pea soup.
Curried veal fn leftover].
Boiled rice.
Iced bananas.
Cauliflower.
Apple snow.
Coffee.
* *
' WEDNESDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Grapefruit.
Cereal.
Parsley omelet.
Corn muffins.
Coffee. *
LUNCHEON.
Fried scrapple.
Baked potatoes.
Toasted corn muffins [a leftover].
Canned peaches.
Tea.
DINNER.
Cream of cauliflower soup Ta leftover]*
Pot roast of beef.
Mashed potatoes.
Fried eggplant.
Vanilla Ico cres^
Co"
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THl
BRE.
Ora
Cei
Bui
Poachet.
Sally 1
Tea.
Coffee
LUNCHEI
Scalloped eggplant with ch ,
Potato puff [a lef
Toasted Sally Lunn [a
Hot glngerbrea
Cocoa.
DINNER.
Oxtail soup.
A savory stow of beef and tomatoes [a leftover].
KIciU potatoes.
String beans.
Orange roly-poly.
Coffee.
* *
FRIDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Baked apples.
Cereal.
Fishballs.
Brown bread.
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Panned oysters.
String bean salad,
gulck biscuit.
Jam.
Crackers.
Cheese,
Tea.
DINNER.
Brown potato soup I a leftover].
Baked striped bass with malt re d'hotel sauce.
Parisian potatoes.
Ladies’ cabbage.
Bavarian cream.
Coffee.
* *H
SATYR DAY.
BREAKFAST.
Oranges.
Cereal.
Bacon.
Tomato omelet.
Rolls.
Cofree.
LUNCHEON.
Liver and bacon.
Baked sweet potatoes.
Jobnnyeake.
Stewed apricots [evaporated].
Cookies.
Tea.
DINNER.
Fish chowder [a leftover].
Fried chicken.
Sweet potatoes hashed and browned [a leftover],
French peas.
Cabinet pudding.
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on all that are sent her. Mu*. A. R. B."
Another offer which accompanies a re
quest. Surely some one will be glad to get
the offered magazines. 1 am sorry to say
that the three ear trumpets ihat were of
fered have been given away, hut her re
quest may bring one to the old mother, as
well as the quilt pieces to help while away
tin* long hours which never are broken by
walks or drives out of doors. Let me ask,
by tlic way, if any one qf the Cornerltes
has experimented with the home made
ear trumi>ets, for which full directions
were given in the Helping Hand not su
long ago? To me it seemed ns if those
Instructions might assist in solving a prob
lem for those who could not afford to buy
a ready made ear trumpet.
* *
Pictures for Class Hoorn.
" 1 am writing for our seventh grade
room. We want to get some pictures,
either geographical or historical, of Eu
rope or tho United States, and will he glad
to pay any express or mall charges, or we
will call for them. 13. It. D.”
This appeal comes from a schoolgirl. I
hope there is some one who will be able
to comply w'ith her request and supply
her with the pictures she wishes fur her
school room.
* *
Would Help the Sick.
“I am glud of the opportunity of telling
you how much pleuaure i have from the
Helping Hand department and how much
pity comes into my heart sometimes as 1
read it and know of tho luck of joy and
happiness in some lives—perhaps because
my life has always been so full of happi
ness and love. 1 wonder if there are any
readers of the corner who are ill near here.
If there are any that 1 could help with
magazines and flow'ers, or by reading to
them, I would be delighted to do so. I
would also like to add that I have a copy
of * I’m a-Wearyin’ for You/ published
with the music. The music is quite as
beautiful as the words, and l would be glad
t,o semi tho words to any one who would
care for them. Mas. E. F. P.”
Thank you for the nice things you say
about the Corner. It is always a lovely
thing to mo when those who are happy
themselves wish to pass on some of their
•heer to others. There must he some who
arc ill and lonely, and I hope they may
srae your offer and be able to accept It.
♦ *
Some Family Papers.
"I am a boy fl years old and fond of
reading. As we have a large family, father
finds it Impossible to subscribe for any
ramily papers. I would much like back
numbers—as many as possible—and would
gladly pay postage on them. It. M. L.’*
This Is the sort of request which ought
lo appeal to a large class of the community.
We always wish to encourage a boy who
loves reading, and I am sure there must
be In several houses accumulations of such
magazines as he wishes w hich would glad
ly bo sent to him. - I will give his address
Dn application.
* *
Fig Layer Cake.
" Can you give me a recipe for flg layer 1
rake, also a recipe for cup pudding* with
(rult dropped In center, the cups put in
hot water and steamed for half an hour?
J ate some at a friend's house which were
nice for deeeert and simple in an emer
gency. I recollect that they contained
Hour, baking powder, and milk, but lam
quite sure no egg. B. S."
For a llg fill in* for layer cake, put on*
cup of water into a saucepan with half
u cup of sugar, set over tho Are, cook ten
minutes; stir in one pint of tigs, chopped
fine. Cook together until soft and when
cold spread on cuke. 1 am sorry I cannot
give you the exact recipe you desire fof
cup puddings, hut I hope some one els«v
may *ee your request and send the direc
tions.
* *
Interested in Moths.
" Aly brother and I are greatly interested
in moths ami spend the time we can spar*
from our school work In hunting them
and their cocoons. We have eecroplas,
promethias, lunas, several line varieties
of the sphinx and tigers, and a few Im
perials. Have any of your readers litera
ture on moths and butterflies that they no
longer use? Wo would be happy to ob
tain such books and would pay expressage.
Could you inform ine of houses or persona
who buy and sell moths and butterflies?
Surely there must be some of your readers
who are Interested in these little creatures.
Every one who knows them loves thesa
exquisite winged beauties. AnnaG."
1 am always happy to encourage interest
In such subjects us these, not only becausq
they have always had and still possess
great fascination for me, but also because
I think most highly of the value of nature
study and of any branch of knowledge
which leads young people—or old ones,
either—out of doors and gives them a per
ception of the wonders of tho animal and
insect and vegetable life that surrounds
them. So I hope the girl and her brother
muy receive letters and books from other
students of these topics and may learn
from them the names of dealers in moths
and butterflies. I cannot give such ad
dresses on this page, but I can gladly put
my young correspondent into touch with
any one who can supply the information sho
asks.
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Appeal for Books.
\\ on't you pleaaA make an earnest ap.
peat fur books for tho little library some
interested purtles are trying to eatabllah
In our little town for the benefit of the
boys and girla of this community? The
need Is great and the benefits to be de
rhed cannot be estimated In dollara and
cents. There are many discarded books
that would otherwise be of no use that
'an be of great service, and perhapa some
philanthropists may be leached In this
way who might supply our wants In this
missionary way. Even the smallest dona*
tlon will be greatly appreciated.
“ Mhs. O. H. D.”
Such an appeal as this from a little town
should need no indorsement—It speaks fop
Itself. But I wish to emphasize the sug
gestion that there may be books no longer
In use which would be of great service
to the boys and girls of whom Mrs. O. H. D.
writes, and I hope most sincerely t#at
hey may be sent to the correspondent. I
shall be happy to supply bar addraag e*
abdication