The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-09
Request for Reading Matter


 T have five children and would be thankful for any reading matter that might help me, or my oldest boy, 1s years old, to get used to life in a strange city. My son would be glad to call for magazines or other reading matter than can be spared to us.
 MRS. C. A. F."
 May I ask members to look into the case submitted to us and relieve the horrible sense of loneliness that besets the stranger in a strange land And will sympathizing mothers contribute of their abundance of reading mat ter to aid in the benevolent work: The writer has left the home in which she was born and where she had lived for 35 years to seek family fortunes in "a new place. "A stranger, and ye took me in'-that is, into hearts and homes.
 Three Needy Families
 Dear Cornerites: Knowing your ex- ceedingly generous hearts and the vast good you are doing, I submit my little tale in the hope that through you l may obtain clothing and ,edding for three unfortunate families. The first consists of mother. daughter and three younger children--a boy of 12, boy or l0. and girl of G. The elder girl IS the entire support of the family since the death of the father, except what the mother, who Is a delicate, can oo now and then with her needle. The support of this little family, the elder oausnter, Is now in a sanitarium, being treated for incipient consumption. The L. .e clothing; the bedding is wretched. The nurses feel that the only safe thing 10 do would be to turn the poor stun which they have. The second famll, consists of father mother and six It, tie ones The father is now in 6 sanltarium, incurable His death is a matter of time. The rest of the fam fly have been infected, the little giri of 13 is advanced. The children range as follows: The eldest boy. IA. is work ing; boy of 12, girl of 10, girl S, girl 2h, baby five weeks old. The mother is ST, is small but energetic She scrubs nights downtown, and did until awhile before the baby camc Clothes and bedding are much needed in this family. It is as critical as in the first case mentioned above. The third family consists of a husband, who is at a sanitarium, where they hope to arrest his trouble. The mother, 26, is manag- ing to get along with the help of charities. There is boy of 6. girl of 12. and boy of 10. All are sadly in need of clothing. The explanation oc all this plea lies in the fact that I am not a wealthy woman myself, and have given all I can from every available source at my disposal. I hope now to interest others, and shall be grateful for anything you can and will do. The need is a pressing one. I hope it will interest you and that you may be able to locate clothes and bedding for us MRS. J. M' Not a wealthy woman" perhaps so far as worldly goods are concerned, but rich in good will toward her kind and in good works, of which we do not hear now for the first time, and of which we will learn more presently She is a regular laborer in the field she finds ripe for the harvest All she tells us here may be accepted as the result of careful investigation and in- telligent conclusion founded upon that investigation. Who will lend a nand in the undertaking she has set before us? | It is big contract, but we have grap- pied with more formidable odds.