The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-02

Hall wcro present: Thoy came from all over
letters weekly from her boys. Every one il. an
is answered on u typewriter, In ter, days she
and l wrote five hundred letters, while ,travel-
creased greatly since she fell iii. Here is a letter
she got this morning from a young, man who 10
Sns OF our oi Sooa nosi;,o His sn mother the M Is q IMSe1h1 aHs
nothing to do with her boy when. he came out Of
prison. So, he came !, to Hope Hal. M Mrs; Boot,
now snys she will take him back when he proves
The letter was as follows:
my DEAR LITTLE MOTHER: ! road In yesters
days paper tina. you were much better and that
knew you were not allowed 10 read or write I
refrained from writing. but at this timo l must,
new e lie. 1 have a Very nice pos'iaion' and / am
near my mother: spent Chris,mas With her
I am glad to say it was q happy reunion. In q
s shSII. the iae past DO Forgotten. Mrs. BooIh. ! can.
h nave en- d SHsd for ef me. o y" dEossr r" Lord, 20 ) guide SHE' and N
direct me that / may DO worthy OF it all; Every:
sstaF to a sas. Il WIZ make %S ' ,%e, path R" easier Gs y for
those who follow after God bless you. and
may sfh / seG is near &c FAIR Gf y Sample SS,s qf S Sendreds of such
letters that have come to Mrs. Booth since she
has been sick, said Mise Hughes a as the reporter
how cosy ana woll-furnished Hope Hall iB.' she
| went on enthusiastically. Look at the pictures
In this booklet, which also contains Mrs. Booths
greeting to her boys. On Now Years Day every
| member of the league and every. graduate will
| receive ono. You see the house itself Is very hand.
some and the outlook beautiful. What could be
more artistic than that corner of the front par.
lures, and easy chairsf And Mrs. Booths own
room is just as attractive, The dining room you
see Is very attractive. and so are tho bedrooms.
They are not bare dormitortes with cots. but are
| prettily furnished. and each man has q little
white and brass bod. :,
"By the way, Mrs. Booth says that she likes
the old timers, the VIGOROUSLY tough cases
| among her boys, better than any others, for she
| says that when q man goes out deliberately
| from a nice homo and loving relatives and COM
mits O crime, that 1t is hard work to touch his
heart. Most Of tho old timers have never
known what love or home 10. and both appeal
| to them directly. But the Little Mother needs
| money to carry on this work for her boys, and 10
frets her no end because. through this illness,
she has been forced to abandon q tour which she
had planned. She hoped on this tour to raise
money enough to meet all bills pressing now
could take in many more IL we only had funds
for enlarging the place. Ours is not an. endowed
| home, and we have to depend entirely on the
| goodness of human nature to keep It up. be-
lieve that q good fat check for furthering this
| work would do more to set Maud Booth 8 mind
at rest and to cure her than all the doctors in
the world, for this work IL her life just az 1t ID
the life of those whom she shelters and sends
| out into the world with fresh hope In their re-
| generated hearts. There are many In this city
who could give this check and never miss It,"