Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-03-06
Tom Titus Almost
Indian Giver
BY JANE OSBORN


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sTHAT Miss Perkins was calling
l. again." announced Tom Titus at
the Omega Chi fraternity house, ad-
dressing some of whom were gath
cred around the large fireplace In the
main hall just before dinner. "You
know, she's the old girl that wants
our old clothes. Miss Perkins-Jane
Perkins-ouchw
No one was especially interested,
nor especially concerned. The name
suggested to them all a rather dried
up spinster, of which the college town
had plenty. This particular one hap
ened to be interested In an Industrial
mission. The mission, she said, need
ed all the old clothes 1t could get.
They sold the garments at a very
small price to the men who applied
for help and shelter. Sometimes, she
said, all the men needed to get back
on their feet again was decent suit
Of clothes. It was hard to get old
clothes. And 1t had occurred to her
that the men at the fraternity houses
would have lots Of clothes to discard
before they were really at all badly
worn.
No one thought enough more about
It to get together anything for the
industrial mission. Then one after
noon at about five, when Tom Tltns
was reclining very comfortably before
the open fire, Miss Perkins drew up
in her hivver and with jaunty self
assurance walked to the front door
of the fraternity house and rang the
bell. AS was the custom, Tom Titus,
being nearest the front door, opened
it and straightway he knew that this
Jane Perkins was a very welcome
number.
She had come for the clothes, she
told him. The Industrial mission was
her pet charity. She and her grand
mother, she explained, had not lived
in town long and they felt that they
were fortunate to have such an In
teresting cause to work for.
I'm mighty sorry" Tom Titus told
her, "that we haven't anything ready
.a.., hut Tn, curo MO will hovo fo-
n.n..o., Co. 49,, coll or sboII or
~ ~ otHou ~non hr,no tbom
o ~ ~
.,1,n an s,,,,od yoro hr,oh+,v opd
Tom found himself smiling rather
eagerly back ut her.
o.. sho hod come ho oxnlo,rad
and likewise assured the brothers, one
as III thot a. ,ros tho,r drt,, 20 nro.
d"ao aomoth,ng or otbor FOR The hun
AZ o. .ho ,nSustr,oI r,,ss,on
11,o', DECD ,,,os rosnons,h,o +or
49, nao,,oao thot fol,owod but no nov.
a.. ,vopld have thought of II if n had
80. hoor thot Tor, ;ps,sted that Rod.
49,, shou,d donate bis oId ro,ncoat and
,.,c' ,-ooond noir ~ sboes not to mon.
.,or OH tho necLtias no owned but two
mi al, biS ,y,ntor undergraduates m the
a.nso "yor.ro sanIorn Tom fold
hin .voruI soon no earning money
,,,I 49,, non INV mora hv tha fine
..i,.on oono, ororndn
So the bundle was assembled Rod.
nov tooL unon his shoulders the task
of nocking n nm and the next after
&C.,, Ton, woitad 70 oiva ~ to Miss
no~,,;ns whom She called He asked
90 ho oould mot 90 with bar m the
ntesion--so no could holm carrv tbo
h,,,,,o ana haforo bo bod Lei nor
no hod dotod be- nm for tho noxt Sat.
IL, n;oh, house donco
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snr,n1, srit-tha onIv sniff ba ownod
hns,d,, tho ono no wos woor,po ana
L. .uvoIo--hod d,sonnoorod froy, ~.
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MI, was an onnortun,tv thouoht
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