Evening star., 1925-10-20

! telephoninG TO New York aud The
| New York representative of the Trav-
elers' Aid co-operated.
No said the father. Il don't
want TO see that boy again. Since
his mother died two years. ago ne
stays out late at night. and he won't
do what l tell him. | want him to
work in my Offices, and he refuses
Keep him. I'll not take him back
| That father is a prosperous real
estate dealer. He was finally per-
suaded to give his boy another chance
and sent money for his pa Ssage back
! to New York. Since then the boy
| has been soliciting subscriptions for
| a magazine Ito win credits for a
college education. and today he is a
| student in Columbia College not by
! the aid Of the father. but by his own
| pluck and the saving of the Trav-
elers' Aid
| \ child 6 years old-a waif in
Commentaries from Germany to
her uncle in California. and at every
change of train Travellers Aid
woman met the child, took it in
| charge and demanded a receipt from
the next train conductor and finally
from the uncle when the child reach :
| ed its destination.
When feller needs a friend" who
is better friend than the Travellers
| Aid Society?
There was midnight ring on the
| telephone of the residence of one of
the most prominent professional men
| or Washington. The wife answered
and was amazed to have the Trav-
elers' Aid attendant ask if she ha d
authorized her 9-year-old bov TO
| travel alone. She was indignant at
such a question. The boy was asleep
IN his room, of course. At least
the mother thought so until she
| looked
| That little chap had been seen
ouNlnS railroad ticket to Vermont
at ii:ao pm. and lug an old suit ca Sc
,dckins handle. He assured the
inquirer that his mother had sent
him on the trip alone, because she
wanted him to learn to be a man.
y fundamental feature of the
travellers Aid Society is that it does
not give aid without independent in
Vesugauon, nor does it give mere
temporary relief where further aid is
needed Its follow-up is usually done
| IN cooperation with other orsaniza-
,lons, best suited to the particular
kind of aid needed 1t has the fullest
possible cooperation of railroad COM
panies. hospitals and of the ImmiSra-
non Bureau of the. Department of
Labor. 1t is undenomnational. aiding
ailke all races and religious faiths.
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Away back in 1919 an Irish gold
seeker, Bryan Mulvaney, became
stranded in st. Louis while pushing
| toward the gold fields of California.
| When he died, some years later, a
millionaire gold miner, he was so
grateful for the aid he had received
in St. Louis that he endowed the ST.
Louis Travellers Aid with sufficient
income to meet all it's needs Ten
years ago Miss Grace Dodge. who was
| then interested in the Y w. c. A. in
Washington, thought that the work
which that organization was doing to
aid travellers could be more efficiently
| performed by separate organization,
! and she started the Travellers Aid So
ciety here. Today there are ITO such
units in America, including Honolulu,
| and the Organization has become in
| ternatienal
The Travellers Aid Society of Wash
ington is not independent through the
| generosity of any grateful millionaire.
| The privilege remains for all sympa-
| thetic citizens to have a share in the
| good work by contributing to its
budget. Yesterday we'll organized
teams of soliciting ladies, assisted
| by men, began canvassing for the
| $4,000 needed. The campaign is to
end Thursday next, so one will act
promptly, or miss it, The headquar-
ters are at the Burlington Hotel
Copyright, 1928, hySPaul V. co'ftns.) :