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watching his every moSemcGt. ~ IS
true. she thought. For these long
They, had reached the house before he
had brought himself to a realization Of
the situation. Then he said;
,ooii,.hh hope ,p You haven't been thinking
II have only been thinking" she said.
that We should not forgot-fnrget her
so, that we should go up-up there. like
Together" he asked.
Yes, Why not"
why, dJn't know" he said, nut 1t
just why; but let's rot so together"
H. an instnn, she had reasoned that
he had been going To taat lonely li;uo
cemetery alone, ana ri ipai shrlh' ~
had paid tribute wilGout hcr knowlcls' ::
preparing the ev"lirS meal. H. d.d not
follow, as his custom had boa, 70 hep
or get in tn" way - -" lttle kitchen.
but sat Ly nimsclf IN their pest rao,A.
thinking over his ~" ami he's and
hers AS he sat ho recalled IA" other
great moment OF his s'rusE!n WIN no
same question, and no" he Ic.t Suslty
that he should have 80 soon forgotten
the mound IN the little cemetery and
the woman whose body lay 1ni =, He
was thinking along in tatS v,.n VII,
he wen, out to supper. Hs VII" Fnoh
TO him Of other Things, ana seemed To
be- willing to cAangc she 9uhi"rr nut he
was moody ana silent. Ihai mig H. AZ
bedtime, he went away Ly a.mselt, and
sat alone in 'or llt'le room. ShH a.
not cry as women 10 when trpy are
weak: bu, in her strength ST." ctlru-
lated on the present ant the future.
Shr calmly reasoned il upt, aul Ia uH-
ing about Il from every pl'nt Of view,
she could only see picture Of
Rratch"i lif,. She had the chance poem
In her hand, and two or three times Snr
read its Ave stangas through. rne last
one was the worst:
Loves perfect r7Ncr may never bloom for me
For me, MS wife; I'r, al | Gear her san
WHO les forever mute 1a Y-'i'- hill.
III, hearts one love- Would God that ] were
she
II wonder when he goes?" she
thought. Surely she knew how all OF
his time had been spent. but she must
have been deceived. In this state OF
mind she fell asleep When she awoke
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were put about the hsadstones. an
these two went home-to her home

were put about the hsadstones, and
these .sH two went home-to her home.
,y as tbsy yu reacbed ea, tho fronI M a. sSEn, Ec
house. The man stood in silence. The
empty basket dropped al his feet and
he looked away from the woman who
impulse, he turned, and grasped her
hands in his and held them, in sp te Of
struggle that followed slight no S,
from within the house.
Let me CO. she whispered, with cN-
c!tcment. Some one will see"
lie did not answer. but af;cr another
moment of silence he dropped the small
hands that were now llVid from the
pressure, that he had Involuntary
gwen. That was an awkward moment,
but the woman was the first to recover.
and. opening tho door. she indicated that
H." should enter. Their" was 10 one in
the broad, front hal, ana she drew a
ci2.r out OF the, adlo, n!u,; parlor, and,
a he seated himself, absently, she
drop.'d upon one u tho si,ps that lot
to the floor above. She started 70
stead, he began to tell her of the strug
gle OF the night before, ending the con-
fession by bringing. the patched picture
from his pocket lie reached over aud
a. t without word;
- feel easier now" he snid. " and I
want yen 70 forge me; Some DAY I
perhaps, and ask you TO be my wife
y take her place in my lonely heart.
May -"
She had been expecting such a ques-
ton, but not in couple with such con-
fess.on, She was ddzed by II all, aai
the only thing she could do was 70 fol-
low him 10 the door. and, as he press |
her for an answer. say yes with her
lips, while her heart said no
BLESS you" the man mugmurcl
You have made me very napry. Good
by"
II WAS a year and a woCk from this
dey that He and She stood before I. q
minister Of thoir church. 1t was called
good match In the town They had
known each other for such a long time
that 1t did not seem possible that thera
dinner to a few friends the two went
away on a little Journey to the city-as
hight OF heart as II neither had ever
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HNDI6 "7elp Wanted
AW ~ IT, i'm the 1895.

;aSned ndus anG Wen, sG5G his hG%s s% either
dm, THAI ngst n,t,ur. sitting With the dead
he thought it all over. lie thought
of the thousand qualities OF heart and
mind that had made the wife Of his
i,fs and soul. He closed his eyes and
felt her presence and heard her speech,
and putting out his hand hers seemed to
rest within his own br aad, willing palm.
For long time-hours. perhaps-he sat
there, and then. when he got up from
his chair he saw by a strange chance,
picture Of the other woman in another
par, Of the room, As he looked the
BY degrees he took courage, and pick
ing up the two photographs he laid
them side by side. Only for moment he
grasped the portrait Of the living woman
and tore It INTO bits that were flung
into the black. unused fireplace,
he exclaimed, and the empty room
echoed tae, woris back to him SO
strangely that he started. at Is my
grief, not hers-my remembransr, not
peated his words,
But the morning rarely keeps the
pIedses Of the night: When he arose.
sun filled the room. The first thlns that
caught his eyes was the photograph of
the dead woman, and then he remem-
bered. lie looked over into the fireplace
and saw the bits OF paper that were
once her picture.
II was foolish" he said slowly ana
then, before dressing. he went over and
picked up ell of the bits, and, sitting
down, he did not move until thev wrre
together again-pasted on a sheet of
cardboard. After the mucilage was dry
he took the Joined photograph and pu,
II In the pocket Of one of his coats-nest
TO his heart
II was late that afternoon WHOM He
try cemetery. walking slowly and IN 81
lence. They had found the grave OF the
wife and friend already more beautiful
had not been neglectful. and II seemed
that over this mound, OF ali others, her
riffs were scattered with lavish hand
So the little punches Of plucked roses
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met more than schoolboy's sorrow.
In less than month tho long neg
lane had taken on new appearance.
There were flowers about the place
again and n late vine was on its way
above the door that for two seasons
had felt the unbroken rays OF the Sum
mer sun, People noticed as people VIII,
.hat lie had taken on contcnted ap-
pcaraacc. How soon we are forgot
ten" chattered an old gossip, and
othcrs echoed 1t as they talked OF tho
happy pair. on" day, six months after
I'll" wedding. She chancod To read n
poem that brought "a new and unsus-
pcctcd terror to her heart. These were
the stanZas
wEat thol she lirth mute on yonier h!ll'
TanuyA IVY green ani shu"y cg!lHtere
Have held ker IN loSIEs fold. through many a
Her quiet grave. fear h.r-fcar her SIN,
lie loved her Oh e A., tApag' ne ho,d me FAST
Ana scar my llrt -. h hl',ls h"5, ''.",,
. ~ touch u mine r,"y make hsr lIia Gogiets,
For mss hrs' o,c Is oronrimes his las.
The seeds OF suspicion grow in shallow
soil. From this cnarce poem, one after
another circumstance came back to the
suddenly inhamcd mind until a torrent
OF terrible thought drove the young
wife almost to q -spyraucN. Then she
fuuuGatiOn that had not q fact In its
structure, she deliberately planned 10
test her husbands dcN oi.oa. That even
ing, when sh" met HIM At the gate with
the kiss that he alw AVS SAID was the
subject OF all his daytime thinkiag,
shc was so quiet that he asked, as they
walked arm il arm together up the cin-
der. rusc-hncd path. If anything had
gone wrong.
mo" size answered, softly, but Two
b, an thinking OF something serious"
whether your preserves Will turn
out right" hc laughed.
The look that she gave in response
was SOLDERING. "No,hing like that" she
went ON calmly. 1T is about-about-
her"
She watched for some effect, and she
saw It, lie started and paled.
why. dearest, what-what
But he could say no more, In an in
slant she-Ihc other wife--came back TO
him. feeling akin to that OF the ter
rible night eighteen months before was
aroused. and, unconsciously, he dropped
the arm OF the woman BY his s!de-his
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ception Mission, Pilgrim Chapel. So
ciety for Improving the Condition OF
the Poor. Home for Friendless Women
and Children. the Kings Daughters and
other organizations working for the re-
lief OF the poor in Brooklyn.
\ committee of ladies from the 1m-
maculate Conception Non-Sectarian
Mission, comprising its President, Mrs.
J. W. Prcndergast: Mrs. J. Walker.
Mrs. +. kerrigan, Mrs. J. J. Hild, Mrs.
j; Hennessy. Mrs. 7. Crane. Mrs. 9.
Cullen, Mrs. Sprague and Misses h.
Farrell and NJ. .McGuinniss. aided the
work by carefully observing the rule
excluding all we'll children over six
years Of age and instructing those who
distributed tickets that each mother
and each child must present ticket.
They accompanied the excursionists
and attended their charges. relieving
the managers very much.
There will be another special ex
cursion for Brooklyn children Thurs
day. Aug. 8, to Sylvan Beach, and still
another on "Wednesday, Aug. H. when
the babies will be taken to Oriental
Grove, Eugene Bucks beautiful play
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The good done by the Sick Babies
Fund through the outings on "The
Evening Worlds" Floating Playground
given to the smaller children Of the
tenements and their sorely-taxed moth
ers cannot he overestimated. A day on
the water. with the cooling and invig-
Grating sea breezes initiating the lungs
so used to breathing the impure and too
often fetid atmosphere Of the great hives
where hundreds dwell in a block; day
of freedom for the mothers from the
kitchen, and the worry and care Of the
family does a world OF good for health
and spirits. Most Of the little excursion
lists will get but a single outing. OF
course, but when the physicians in at
tendance on each outing fnd q severe
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Workers at White Plains.

TO Tue EdItoF.
Incosed hni postal money order for SO. This
sum was raised through the efforts OF Lillian and
Flosss Foster, d White Plains Westchester
County. y. Y. aged nine and ton years, who
conceived the idea OF getting up a lawn party
for the benent of the little ores OF the metropolis
who are so greatly In need OF a days outing
on the water go their little lungs may be In
hated with pure air and their fral bodies In
vigorated with the breezes Of heaven. free from
contamination with the poisonous vapors ever
arising from the crowded city. Lillian and Flossis
Foster. assisted by Edna and Mamie Rankin and
kitic Foster. cold ebout 100 tickets to thcir
friends. big and lttls. and by this means coll
lected In the neishborhood OF S., the balance be-
Ing made by the sale Of cake, candies Ice ereaIa
&c. at the lawn party, which vas held on
Monday afternoon and evening at the residence
OF John Foster. in this village. All their little
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"Our Mite TO the Mites"

Our mite we sead to the babies
babies once were we
With mamma bending DER us
or holding us on her knee,
To ease the pain and cool the brow
When air she could not mad
But now God air the babies get
Thanks TO your efforts Kind.
To help you In 4 little way
To the Fund we send our mite.
And hope disease and sickness.
In this simple way to fght.
Please ind inclosed s. the receipts OF q lero q
ade stand held at ?l5 Jay street brooklyn. by
Miss Josie Drehcr, IL: Miss Mabel Brlt,on IL;
Miss Mamie Drcher. 10.
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Yorkvilie Workers.


To the Editor.
A reception by the Trilby Circls composed ~
boys and girlN was given on Thursday night.
July %. at Columbus Hail. ts3 Fltst avenVc
which netted the handsome sum Of sliSi which
We lncloSe Th9 hall wss kindly donated by "a,
proprietor, Mr. Paul Roth. With best wishes
for the babies. We are
Sarah Crcenhald, julia IICrsherv,
Minnie Muller, Martha Cohen,
Joseph HerEbcrg
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roDklyn.

Inclosei please md 81 the proceeds OF an
enfcr'a nmen' he'd hy Miss Julia Gordon ago
ten Miss Ethel Kelly, age ten. Following is
the programme:
Welcome song, hy the little ones; poem
Hang the H'hy's stocking" Mary Burrowes
aged hve; song, Emmi Kemmler, six: poem
birds In the Tros" Anna Gordon. SIX; poem
MOLLY and Her Dol" Ethel Kelly ten: poem
"Blossom'." sadie Reithmln. nine; sonE GerdA
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Ws send yau 81, the proceeds NJ fair held at
MrA Ihorps. as Central aNnue. Jersey cltv
Heights We horc 1t viii F!vc as msh pleasure
10 the SICK hshioS a. It raNo 10 the children IN
collecting II for 50 worthy a cause
Lille IfNIn, Hlsn he Y. Brinkerhon.
Drsss SpNLirk
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Please hnd inclosed 81 made by q fair conducted
by Mamie Ennis, thirteen years old I,ottls Doh.
twelve wears Old. and Rosie Nicao.s thirteen years
old. We hone this will hcneht some baby with
hest wishes 70 them from the three little play
mates rNalis,a street, Brooklyn Fair held at
$50 N ldison street
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Inclosel nj, "se fNi 81 proceeds ~ stand in
front OF ol5 list One Hundred ard Fifteenth
street Though IA small amount hope Il will
cheer som. little tot We remain, with hest
wishes OF succesa to the "Sck Babies Fame"
Clara se!Sns. ~. Johanna Fisher II.
Residence OF both 2l6 East ll5th street
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lnclosed please md 81 IL. the result Of the
labors Of the undersigned In making ami Dis
posng Of pnwheels on East sixty fourth street
Elsie Fox. Gertie Fox,
Sylvia Fox. Slas Haas.
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Inclosei please hnd check for 81 90 collected At
small stand at 12 East Eighty-fpurth street,
Hoping It will help some llttle tots, we are
Mamie Fisher. NAV Curlev.
Annie 1t rpod. Nellie Curley.
Maggie OToole,
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AZ fs'r held on the corner OF Firh avenue
ana Bergen street, nrooklyn from 3 30 until y 30
we made - 30. We take great pleasure In send
Ing IT 10 help the sick babies
May kershlw. II. Il I'm ave-
Annie SOwlan. IL. 81 5th ave
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lnclosed please hni 81 which vn have collected
In few DAYS We hope th,s Will help the ri, Il
babies Some OF the Thirty fourth street kids
AlbeTt Zimmerman. Herbert Zimmerman,
Joseph MtkcnnA Charles Mckcnna,
Charles HuEHel
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1nc'csed you viii nni t2.6t which was collected
~ Two litle slr's who held fair In ono Hun.
dred and Fifteenth street, between FIRST and
Pheasant avenue We hope th.s small amount will
help some poor ilt,le sufferer.
Annie Reilly, Flora Ioes,nthaL
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ENTERTAINER NTS.
Garden md Lawn Parties Given for
the Fund.

Enclosed r'esse IND 81, the pro 'eeis Of an en-
terra .nWrH' We hope II vi. help to make som,
Ok ..'. thy well.
Mahe Woefs, Alice Horton,
Adelaide Valentine. lrma Weeks
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Bersls Dixon, six. OF 2a7 West Thrty-nin;h
street. and Jessie Quinn. ten of c35 West Thr-
ty-n!nth street, collected 81 hy keeping
atand of fancy articles. George Kast. nine '3a
West Thir.y-ninth street, assisted In getting tAis
amount.
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Two sisters Ella and May Sweeney, ages nine
and seven years and James Sweeney and Willie
McGinnas. ages six and seven, had little stand
% lemonade and candy At 20 Fulton street AMI
made s.. %. They live at 10 Elizabeth piA.e,
Brooklyn.
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Sammie Kafka and Lizzie Clock sold tu,ti
fruti and lemonade TO the children az East
Third street, and we take pleasure in sending all
the money we received With good luck for the
fund we send 81. 2S.
s. Ka.ka. lis East Third street
L. Clock. ll3 East Third street
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. 1nclosed please md 81. our Joint effort. In be.
half OF your noble work from three littl1 maj Is
from 'hoo
Florence Myers rss.e Farbsh.
Eft, G-egcr,
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Hlllegud. Julia Gordon ana Ethel Kelly; duet,
MARION Gordon, three Willie Kelly. i've; poem,
Tree Bud " Nellie Gordon. eight poem" Brown 3
trouble clara Taylor. nine; duet, Julia Gordon
and Ethel Kelly.
Through the k'ri aid %! Miss Haiti. r Stone
Ge1rEe W Harrison, George W. stone and M h
ai u. Hluer h''d lawn parry on saturday
last The proceeds So. Tor the hcncnt Of
SICK hNh'cs Fund W. h"'I the lava parry a.
th' re-. lcnse q &.Gs heG.c some. 5si Monroe
stree.
Wc send yol So IS the rcmi; Q, i!tl.
musical entertainment SVEN by ctgIt liiue
chlldren or Che'er Hll' Ne 'hc Tickets were
onir two cents apiece. yul sec " worked pretty
hird. and We hote II vii help the dear n,iic
slat babies
Wesley u. ID,
Perry II. Eu1h Z
HAIRY l., Euscne D.
Marlory NJ Ethel v
Mount Vernon y. Y
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Inolosed please mad Ssl5, collected by Ger'ie
and Harry soamen assisted by Rosie siegele
Gert!e Sesmen. II. ~ High street; Harry Senmcn
., "a High street and Rosie sieseic. TO- 1874 Pearl
street. Brooklyn.
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STANDS on THE SIDEWALK.
Hundreds OF Them Every Day for
the Fund.

rnciosei please md 81 90, the proceeds OF q
stand hold at the residence 53l East Eigh =.
eighth street.
Rcbecca Hamburger, IL: Tina schwat,or, IL;
Mamie Sittfelder. IS; Lily Matthews. -
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an. Louise Ilawkcn.
Anna Lane.

lnr'osed md flcis which was collected at an
enter alnment a. iNrkvilie CaslnN. Eighty sixth
street, between Second and Third avenues II WAS
given by Martha Lanicy, Minnie Rurkncr, Iuldah
leNeng1ol, Irene Starr. assisted by Florence Ep-
sto.n. Florence Lewcngool Harry LeNcngnoi
Sylvil EP.'cn, Llulsl Frs Gin Diana Levine May
prady Nnnie Brady. Carrie strauss Nam a
Benedlct Ella Starn Vera S,arn, Jerome St,rn
Mamie MrQuade, Gertrude Worms. Minnie Appel
Meta huhi, Marie Murphy, Harry Werner. Walter
LandH't Minnie Werner Ger;ie Gadbsr, Edwin
Starn and Wafer Werner Mr.. Arthur Sarn Mr..
lilrsrhhrre ali Sldi, Sime0nson Mr.. Michael
kindly donated 800 tickets
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Irwin brothers, Circus VIII Give q
Matinee,

Another circus benent for the Sick Babies
Fund. This time 1t Is Irwin Brothers. who have
big show at Ffty-siIth street and Eighth
avenue who offer to help tho Summer charity.
The following letter explains:
To the Editor
On behalf OF The Evening word's' Frssh-Air
and Sick Babies Fund I will be more than
pieased In offering to you the gross receipts
OF the afternoon Of Friday. Aug. .. and the
entire services Of the Irwin Brothers Circus who
arc now exhibiting A. Fitty-sixth street and
Eighth avenue. / have also the hearty support
Of all adjoining storekeepers. who will kindly
offer tickets for sale In their respective stores
II accepted an early reply will oblige yours.
FRED IRWIN.
Manager Irwin Bros Circus.
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We incloss Is. which We have collected at
h1 East Eighty second street, for the SICK Iabis q
FuAI
luia Goodman, Rose Uirschfed
LiSsette Cohen, Lawrence storm
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Sadie Blood. 800 West One Hundred and Thlr-
tieth street, and Lillian Rouse, 2iil Eighth ave
nue. had . stand for two days ami maze 81
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Inelosed End money order for no hoping
this will help you In your good work
Dave Roskam, Fred Wardorf,
Able Rosksm.
Hayers,raW, n. Y
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lnrcsed you will mad s. collected by Annie,
Agnes and Mary Bond. Of % Harrison street
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Ttll!e Mellady. Mamie Feeney. Katie McCo--
mack. Mamie Thompson Annie Feeney and katie
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Please &C spt the amount Of 81 to rave some sl,s
babies which | collected MARY A. BAKER
:O9 fhs: Flity-nrst street
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A stand at 10 Greenwich avenue Tor one dl-
KEEP; BY Bertha Jones and Sadie Wiener. yielded
a.
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YOUNG COLLECTORS.
An Army Of children Always at
Work Tor the Fund.

EsteIls Louise Burnhnm AMI Marie Leslie COT,
collected from their friends and nel.haprs a;
hAIfisvn, y. Y. IN two dIys tC.3S.
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Your Letter viii Appear Later.

Don't he disappointed II YOU don't soc your
Letter In this column to-day There may no
hundreds OF Letters snead Of your. All will
be printed. BE patient You viii see you're
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place. on Great Neck. Long Island

SOunQ.
Send money contributions for Sick
Babies Fund to Cashier of World"
Pulitzer Building, New York City. Send
clothing to the Sick Babies Clothing
Depot, 22S East Twenty-flrst street.
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Rosie semmelman and Meyer Solomon.
stand. Ella Brill, Maggie Mack and
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We, the Undersigned. assisted by our friends
held a fair at AZ East Eighty eighth street and
realized 80 ~. We wish the babies cool pleas.
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inclossi please md .3oe. the proceeds of .
fair hcd at 81 First street. hoping II will help
some darling tots
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utlle enc. a. much good as pleasure afforded u,
= obtsinins It,
sophia schnitter. Iry Schnitfer,
Carrie Ort,er.
Vi East One Hundred and Fourteen,h street
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LITTLE FOLKS ~AiRs.
They Are Lcld Everywhere ana
Greatly Nclp the Fund.

lncl''rA please mad g. so. made At an snt.-.
tAiam'lt given by two g.ts and boy al Eg'
East one Hundred and Th,r;y-thlri street and sos
Eat one Hundred and rhrtv-tA.ri street We
all hcr' that II Will do the babies some good
Alice Meyer. -, Louise Hunt, H.
Nathaniel Barrett, q
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Ada Albertson. s5s West Twenty fourth street.
Mabel RodIn l29 West Twenty fourth stree.
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We take great pleasure In seniIng in ,osed
| amount. collected by sale Of candy. lemonade
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Baby Zahn. AGED .; Arthur Thompson. 10;
cara nreysr H. and PaGllnc Dreycr, o. had a
hi' and bihy ZShn had rt,nd In front OF her
mothers howor store at los Nfrirk street. AM
SO
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Carrie Cohn. i3 ~ is, ~.
Ids Blauman. 10. 90 ist o..
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Two Little Collectors at Bath Beach
To the Editor:
1nc,osed please and tlA75 for the benefit OF the
poor children's Fresh Air Fund which we coi-
lected In our Summer reuort Bath Beach, l.. l.
We are still trying 10 do better. and work very
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Inciosed hnd s376 collected IN front Of the
house le5 East Eishty-slxth street. We hope his
money will do some good for the sick babies.
Albrecht Bauer. Conrad Bauer,
Mamie Neal. Jimmie Neal.
Hans Meyer. Max saft
Nellie Fitzgerald. Grace Fitzgerald.
l.nnree S,nrcL
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Louise Barr. Minnie CASTOR. Florence Land,
Jennie Th!ol! and John Fox had a small fair at
go carton avenue, noir PArk BROOKLYN. and
made sl". john Fox was a hard worker lie
collected on the street In two hours g..
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Sadie Hickman Nellie Grash and Gertie Cullen
had candy. toy and Lemonade stand a. 10
hudson avenue. Brooklyn. and made s..
Inclosed We send YOU check for s2ls N. re-
Ault OF Q stand We hope Il will 40 sJne
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Lillian Donovan
Lstei,e Stern,