Evening star., 1914-08-08

The money was to enable Will Jarvis to
take four-year course in electricity, and
upon this was centered the sole hope that
the family might better its condition.
The money was burned, though Mrs. Jar
Wis made frantic efforts to save it,
When the neighbors took up the ques-
ton of rehabilitating the family it was
deemed sound policy to replace this school
fund. Under the leadership of Mr.. Brown
paper was sent around and subscrip-
tions to the aggregate of $50 obtained,
$500 for the school fund and $3.50 for re-
building. The subscribers then organized
the "Neighborhood Association and each
member was given receipt for the
amount of his subscription. A committee
of three, with Mr. Brown as chairman,
was appointed to supervise the erection
of the new house and administer the
school fund. Each member of the asso-
citation, regardless of the amount OF his
subscription agreed to give two days
work to rebuilding. AS there were more
than seventy-five subscribers, many OF
the amounts being for only dollar this
gave about 150 days of labor free. we
pushed the work to the limit in order to
save on the wages OF the carpenter. one
day there We're eighteen volunteer work
ers on the job. every man hustllnS, ana
union hours did not prevail. The way
that house went up was caution,
though at times there were so many
workers they got in each others way.
ing at our house. / have boarded him
and paid him 80 cents day for the
work he has done. and it has been good
bargain for me. But there wasn't work
enough to keep him busy more than
third of the time so instead of playing
he has been helping on the new house.
and the carpenter says he has been about
the best man on the job. Jim and Ned
got the spirit of the thing. too. and every
day they have been going over to help.
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Of things that saved the time of the
men.
Easy Plan of Payments.
The ..Neighborhood Association" is not
incorporated. but the building committee
members as agents have taken mort
gage for $3.50. 1t is to run four Years
without interest. after which it will carry
per cent. At the end of the fifth year
and each year thereafter a payment Of
500 on the principal will become due
1t is expected that Wills earnings oy
that time will make these payments easl-
" possible, but our bylaws authorlZe
the members of the committee as trus-
tees to cancel interest charges and defer
payments on principal should any misfor-
tune make the meeting of them too great
a hardship on the family. AS payments
are made, interest and principal they are
to be distributed pro rata dHioiiS the SUI
scribers.
Laying aside all question of kind
illness on our part, we feel that what
we have done was sound business
policy. The Jarvis family. due to the
courage and energy of Mrs. Jarvis, had
continued to be self-sustaining after
the death of her husband. and there
was every prospect the children would
grow up to be honorable and useful
citizens But misfortune overlook them
and there was danger all the years of
industry and self-denial might go for
naught. Even If the family did not be-
come a public charge. it's progress to-
ward securer place in life would have
been halted. The community undoubt-
edly would have lost them. and no COM
munity can afford to lose people like
Mrs. Jarvis and her boys. Without any
great risk of loss by any one. and
without any individual investment that
would be serious even should it be lost.
the family Is enabled to go ahead with
the plans it had so bravely worked
out, and at the same time to maintain
self respect. T know that ! feel might
lily gratified at my small part in an