The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-07-17

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deal to teach us to enjoy the out
of-doors.
Later, when tried to master my
own finances, he was patience itself.
Though he could never quite teach
me the intricacies of double entry
bookkeeping, nor make me keep the
kind Of accounts which he thought
were presentable, still he did great
deal to help me manage my own
money. ! owe him debt Of graft
tude, not only for many good times,
but for valuable discipline.
In the last years of his life, it
must often have been very difficult
for him to accept many Of the things
for which my husband and stood.
Yet he was always sweet to me and
ready to offer help if there was any
thing he could do of personal ma
ture.
know that none of us has any
idea of how many people he has
helped and who have depended upon
him, both in a business way and in
his private life. None of the people
who were close to him will know
how much he did for them until they
miss the little daily things which he
did so unobtrusively. / have rarely
known a more disciplined or more
unselfish character, and I am sure
his influence will live long after
him.
VISIT IN THE SOUTH
NEW YORK CITY, found some
friends staying in the house when I
reached Washington on return from
New York and two of them even
joined me at very early breakfast
before went off to Richmond, Va,
by train. Because Of some difficult
ty with pipe, we were three-quar-
tiers Of an hour late in leaving Wash
ington, and by the time we reached
Richmond, we were one hour and
a half late.
knew that Governor Darden and
some of the officers of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars were planning to
meet me. Luckily, they had discov-
cred how late the train was and all
we had to do was to hurry through
lunch. We reached the hall on time
and ! was sorry I was not able to
stay for the whole meeting.
The governor took me on the aft
ernoon plane, so we had an oppor-
tunity to talk for a little while. !
was impressed by his sincerity and
interest in a number Of questions
which are very important to his
own state and to all southern states
today.
He would like to see his state do
on state scale what the Farm Sc
curity administration does on a ma
tional scale, in making more pro-
ductive the poorer farms Of the
state. If every state would do that,
we would cease having soil erosion.
We would soon have more intelli-
gent farming which would improve
the land for the future and produce
more for people to eat and to mar
ket at the present time.
e
u. 8. BOYS IN IRELAND
I think you will all be interested
in a quotation from a letter which
has just reached me. Lady Read
ing, who heads the Women's Volun-
tary services in England, writes:
81 have just come back from
! Northern Ireland, where ! met a
great number Of your people and
visited some Of your camps. I was
immensely struck by the extremely
nice type of boy and the freshness
Of his outlook as well as the sin
cerity Of his beliefs. / do hope they
can be mediunly happy on this side
Of the Atlantic, and that we shall not
! fail in according to them the meas
. ure Of welcome we wish so earnestly
to give them and that we are so
Enthusiastically tongue-tied in CIV
ing"
z Lady Reading is a fine person and
has done extraordinary work in
organizing the British women.
I hope that in every community
which is near a camp where British
boys are training as cadets in this
country, our Women's Voluntary
services will take an interest in
their welfare and make them feel
at home and try to create better
understanding between them and
our own boys.
There is no use thinking that be-
cause the British speak English we
shall automatically be friends. We
sometimes find their particular
brand of English hard to understand
and they look upon ours as equally
odd.
COOPERATIVE ARTISTIC GROUP
The Yiddish Theater division for
the Army and Navy Relief funds
is giving a benefit at the National
theater in New York City. / hope
very much that 1t viii be very sue
cessful. I am much impressed by
the way in which the theatrical and
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