Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-02-06 | Page 3 | How Mary Palmer Spent Her Week's Vacation Relieving Woe and Distress

1 r How Mary Palmer Spent Her Week's ; U Vacation Relieving Woe and Distress Thcro are moro ways In which a girl can spend her vacation than by going to Bouthern California or taking a trip In a flying machine. Here Is the way one Salt Tyako girl spent her vacation, and she !s better satisfied than If she had gone either to southern California or up in an aeroplane; Some time ago there came to the nt-tentlon nt-tentlon or Miss Mary M. Palmer of ."o. nsn First avenue, an employe In Walker's Walk-er's store, tho case of the distress of Mrs. W. F. Faulkner and her child. Miss Palmer was lo havo her vacation, and sho had planned ninny little things alio was to do during that nil-eventual time of rest and rerreatton. but when she heard about Mrs. Faulkner and her trouble, trou-ble, she abandoned u!I of her plans and started out to raise a relief fund. Sin enlisted tho assistance of some of her girl friends and together" they called upon a numbor of persona who were In n position po-sition to give aid. Miss Palmer tells about- their work in a. modest, "anybody-would-do-tho-samo" sort of a way. "I heard about this case and found It most worthy, and fell called upon personally to donate my little mite." she said. "I spent my week's vacation In taking up a subscription for I lie sick woman and her child, who were destitute, desti-tute, and, 'Thanks be to God, there are many good hearts in tho world.' "Everyone, with few exceptions, treat ed us just In thr most beautiful manner. Wo were not made to feel small becaune wo were wage earners, and most of -those to whom we appealed sat down and talked with us, aud seemed to take a deep Interest in what we were trying to do. And I must s;iy there urc many good hearts In Salt Lake."