\lL Needless to add, young Wherry got much government pub- 

 lication in the next weeks. 



But this paucity of the printed page was but a portion of a 

 general need for the material that was to be chronic for all the 

 Wherrys. How to keep mere life in the body was a problem 

 over which not only the parents, but the children were long 

 to puzzle. A missionary's salary could scarce cover a wife's 

 needs and here were seven children to boot, with five of them 

 girls. Their anxiety would find expression in almost every let- 

 ter. The subject of a hat's retrim to a different style, or the 

 revamping of a sister's party dress for a younger, would be the 

 substance of more than one epistle. In his second year at college 

 the father could send this praise to his boy: 



Your letter with its clear statement of accounts came to hand. 

 I congratulate you upon your economy — not only because it 

 shows your sympathy with me in my endeavor to give you all 

 an education on my very slender income but more because the 

 practice of economy now will be worth thousands to you in 

 after-life. 



I have not found the money rolling in here as I had hoped 

 & sol do not know if I can send all of the $20.00 . . . 



To increase the family income young Wherry was going to 

 work through the coming vacation. The father wrote: 



If you go canvassing, you will need not only an outfit but some 

 money for travelling expenses. I will try to supply you. The 

 experience is worth more than the money. You may not suc- 

 ceed financially but I hope you will. If you do not, you need 

 not take it to heart. It will only show you that that is not in 

 your line. It is worth while finding out what we can't do as 

 well as what we can. Teaching or tutoring would be pleasanter 

 for a long vacation but such positions do not turn up every 

 day. 



When you travel avoid two or three things: (a) avoid going 

 out at night with any fellows however fine looking — they are 

 usually bad fellows who think entirely too much of both wine 

 & women, (b) avoid displaying any money you may have 

 about you, & (c) avoid accidents in travel. 



The "canvassing" to which the boy turned was of the 



