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money, but the fruits of their individual 

 industry. 



ORPHANS SEND THEIR PENNIES TO PRO- 

 VIDE A TREAT FOR THE WOUNDED 



Whereas a "fellow-feeling makes one 

 wondrous kind," suffering and sorrow 

 make us supremely sympathetic, as at- 

 tested by the following letter to the 

 Editor received from Mrs. Cynthia A. 

 Mann, secretary of the Children's Home 

 Finding and Aid Society of Idaho, at 

 Boise: 



"I saw in the July number of the Geo- 

 graphic Magazine that your Society had 

 two wards in American Military Hospital 

 No. i, Neuilly, France, and that it cost 

 $600 a year for a bed without any extras. 

 I want to do all possible in my little way 

 and encourage the unfortunate wards in 

 my charge (I am teacher in our orphans' 

 home). I paid them for pulling weeds, 

 and they saved their pennies and earned 

 nearly $4.00. I told them we would send 

 $10 for an ice-cream treat; and I wish 

 to feel that I have maintained a bed for 

 at least ten days, so please find enclosed 

 a draft for $26.50. Please be sure of the 

 treat, for our little ones feel that they 

 worked very hard. Two of them blis- 

 tered their hands. We weighed the 

 weeds ; one little 9-year-old pulled 25 

 pounds and earned 50 cents. Some under 

 6 years pulled a pound. 



"If the boys Over There could know of 

 the love and ardor of their affection they 

 would enjoy the treat doubly. I have 

 made four scrap-books, which every one 

 pronounces very interesting, and I spent 

 much time, thought, and labor to make 

 them worth while for the entertainment 

 of our dear lads while in hospital. Wit, 

 humor, patriotism, sentiment, valor, devo- 

 tion to home, country, and truth are il- 

 lustrated by picture and story. Some old, 

 old gems ; others new, grown out of the 

 times. I wish to send these to your 

 wards. How can this be done? Would 

 you be kind enough to write me. I wish 

 we might hear from some of the patients. 

 It would be a great day in The Children's 

 Home. And what a memory to have for 

 all time, 'We sent the soldier boys a treat 

 and they sent us word they got it and it 

 was fine.' " 



true service by college girls 



At the opening of the autumn term of 

 Flora Macdonald College, Red Springs, 

 N. C, the president, Mr. C. G. Vardell, 

 wrote to the Society saying that the 

 faculty and student body had read with 

 deep interest Carol Corey's article, "A 

 Day in the Geographic Wards," and that 

 they would like to support a bed in one 

 of them. He added that the young lady 

 students, instead of taking the amount 

 from their allowance, proposed to earn 

 the money by doing the work around the 

 college which housemaids had been do- 

 ing, and thus show the real spirit of their 

 purpose. In reply to a letter heartily ap- 

 proving the plan, Mr. Vardell wrote, on 

 September 25 : 



"Your very kind letter of the 21st has 

 been received. I read it to my student 

 body last night and they received it with 

 tumultuous applause. They are gladly 

 doing this service, and I call it real war 

 service. 



"How shall we remit the money to 

 you? Once a month, if you say so. If 

 possible, the students would like a small, 

 inscribed placard at the head of the bed. 

 Will they be allowed to make scrap- 

 books and provide small things especially 

 for that bed? They want it to be just 

 the best bed that ever was spread in any 

 hospital and are prepared to do all they 

 can to make it qualify as such." 



The remittance has been coming to the 

 Society regularly on the first of each 

 month, and over one of the beds in the 

 Geographic wards there is framed today 

 a neatly printed legend, reading : 



BED MAINTAINED BY 

 FLORA MACDONALD COLLEGE 



THE TRIBUTE OP AGE TO SACRIFICING 

 YOUTH 



Pathos, industry, devotion to our coun- 

 try's cause and to our soldiers' needs are 

 reflected in the many letters which have 

 accompanied contributions of afghans, 

 pillows, pajamas, bathrobes, slippers, 

 comfort bags, and many other useful arti- 

 cles for the equipment of the wards and 

 to convey a touch of "home" to the 

 youths who are suffering from nostalgia 

 as well as bodily pain in a foreign land. 



