XI 



THE TERRIBLE TEMPTATION 



Febmary 10. Why is it that so many people think 

 that charity consists in giving away merely what 

 they cannot use instead of the article the recipient 

 needs ? For it often seems to me that in the eyes of 

 the multitude, it is not until a thing becomes useless 

 that they think of passing it on. 



This miscellaneous unloading of trash upon the 

 hospital reached such a pass at Christmas time that 

 the managers, many of whom were leaving to winter 

 in the city, appointed a Committee of One with 

 Power, to handle the problem. I am It, and my 

 name is Committee for the Reception of Donations 

 Other than Money, a title as long as the duties are 

 various. 



The old way had been to have the gifts sent to the 

 Superintendent's office, thence being distributed at his 

 discretion, or in the case of books, pictures etc., often- 

 times to allow visitors themselves to do the giving. 



Murmurs of the lack of tact displayed had often 

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