Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-12-02
FTltZ's Turkey

school carrying packages of food and
clothing. This was in response to an APP
peal Of the Relief society asking dona-
tons from the school children for Il
thanksgiving offering for the poor of the
city
For nearly an hour stream of chill
dren had been pouring down the base
ment steps of the Harrison school, and
for half that time Mickie O'Connor had
been serving as receiving committee in
the small room assigned to the storage of
the donations. 1t was plain to everyone
who knew Mickic that he was not today
in his usual gracious frame of mind; the
truth being that lie G.sapprovcd of the
whole donation business. This was not
because Mickie lacked Kindness of heart
his name is sufficient guarantee of this
but because, being the son of hard
working and Sclf-reSpccting parents. and
reared with the strictcSt ideas of indie
peudence he felt Il boundleSS contempt
for all recipients of public charity. More
over iu pursuit OF his tayortc study Of
human nature. he had SAT OH the court
house steps on relief days watching the
coming and going of applicants fer the
CityS dole. and had seen little to alter
the opinion which his CONGRATULATIONS ON
thc subject OF charity mad evolved And
now as ii nenred time for the gong TO
sound. and the rush OF children h9d Iii
mUShpd To few stragglCrS, and MickiC
had time 60 look around on the really
large donation piled about the wallis oil
the room his discomfort grew.
IF the folks that deserve il was to
Kit il 'twould he different muttcrcd hc.
1t was understood that pupils were not
10 converse within the building, never
thcless Miclsie had received many wills
pered comments on the different douu-
tons Now came II boy who dropped II
bulgug sack upon the floor.
There. Mike" he said, in stage
whisper. lis all that's left of the apples
my mother started me with I've eat all
could of en- an the road And
Mickie. thinking 80 many the less for
snme lazy loater tomorrow" offered no
rcbuke.
Another boy followed who tossed a
square parcel to Mickie with, what
d'you think my mothers seut!'
Soap" returned Mickie promptly.
Sure. Ma said that crowd Mt the
courthouse tomorrow would have more
need of soap than Of turkey" Mickey
nodded grim approval
Then two misses from the seventh
grade appeared. What have YOU
brought, lielcn?" whispered one.
One of my old Sunday dresses, re.
turned the other. And what do you
think MAY. mamma took al the rrim-
ming of it, She said it wasn't right TO
encourage vanity in pauperS. But don I
you think that poor girls have as good Il
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ana why shoul" II huf' thehl amy
more
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ivy o'I"' I" w I'a" IuS, :" ~ Nil'uI !.
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winters iacket II was overlooked last
spring and didu' get in with the moth
patS' 50 II was V'"'2 u'''' 'ai "i','
grandma spent Two nour5 h'rl'u'"E u.
0u1i' nonsense. vance '''F 20 N"' Is
on my cape "'h air9 ~, S"T won ~.
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more OF envy OF 81 o"Sequ'o"S''eSS III
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