The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-07
Week End Echoes

1t has been my custom to print in our
Helping Hand Corner every few weeks
letters that win remind our Cornerites of
the good they are doing and of the appre-
citation which is called forth by their deeds
of kindness. These epistes we term
''echoes." This week l am once more
sharing this feast of good things with
my constituents who so ably and gener-
ously aid me in all my efforts to help the
suffering, to cheer the sad, and to pro-
vide for a few of the many wants of the
poor. Our first letter will cheer the hearts
of all who read ii. Many of us remember
the request for mandolins for the little
street boys of the Archer Road settlement.
The suggestion they were to have some
musical instruments was a magnet that
drew many small lads to the settlement
house. When this request for mandoins
was made through our Corner there was a
prompt response. But | leave G. A. A. to
tell in better words than can l, of the
result of her appeal:
Il am in receipt of the letters YOU for
wafded to me from your office in reply
to my request for mandoins. ! certainly
appreciate the offers Of four mandoins,
and the helpful spirit has encouraged me
more than / can express. ! am going for
these Instruments preparatory to having
makes me feel | might call on your Cor
ner again some time in the future. l am
writing to each one who responded to my
appeal G. A. A."
81 desire to thank you for your trouble
in publishing the letter written by Mrs.
T.. f.. requesting an ear trumpet and a
black skirt, but | am sorry to say that Mr..
j., aged Sc. passed away, dying In the in
stitution i'm which the destitute pair were
trying to make the best of what was left
them of life. have taken Mrs. j. out
of there, and am now taking up sub
scription to put her into good home |
thought your readers might be interested
in hearing of her and her poor husband.
MRS. II. D."
We are interested and saddened to hear
of the sorrow that has come to the desti-
tute widow You speak of her poor hus-
band" All, poor no longer nowi The gain
is all his. We are thankful that the lone
ly woman has found such friend as tue
writer of this letter has proved.
And now for our other "echoes':a3as
THE actresses | asked for came a few
days agoa Thank you for them. | shall
write to each person just as soon as pos
sible. haven't many quilt pieces on hand
Just at present, but have the promise of
some more, and think there will be enough
to go around. May L tell you we sent
boxes in three different directions last
week? We sent Miss Fl. good sized
box of nice books for her little library.
We sent Mrs. A. large box containing
one nice comfortable, two woolen and one
cotton Guilt tops. Blocks for another quilt
were also sent The blocks were pieced,
ready to be put together Also WOODEN
dress two cotton dresses. and wooden
skirt and some short lengths of new goods
that can be made up into waists or dresses
for the little ones. We sent package
by parcel post to Mrs. r., who asked for
pieces for a woman rs years of age. This
package contained new material for a
quilt-red calico and white muslin-and a
lot of dark blue calico pieces and scraps
of muslin for another quilt. She wants
to sell these quilts and get money to buy
clothes. The package reached her safe
ly and I received such nice letter from
Mrs. r. thanking the women of our clas
for their kindness to the old lady. So,
you see, we make good use of the ad-
dresses that you send us. AT present we
are soliciting magazines. religious papers,
Sunday school quarterlies and bright col
ored pictures to send to mission stations
of the south and west We expect to ship
two barrels this week, one to Kentucky
and one to Tennessee. Really, I am proud
of our class. and especially the mission
ary committee, of which | am chairman.
We spent Friday of last week sewing
for the children at the orphans home. We
made such pile of garments Our class
furnished the material for them. We go
out twice year and sew for the chill
dren. Again | thank you for the. ad-
dresses. l may ask for more later
NELL B."
.'Some time ago | secured an address