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Show 31 r. lVanamalcrS fountain. The Postmaster General tells this story roucrrning himself: When Bethany Sunday School was lieing built a few years ago, the trustees found that they needed more money than they had at first suppose!. The building was goln; up in good shape, but at otie cf their meeting they discovered they had made no provision for thu ve ntlla-tlon ntlla-tlon for tho main room. All the people who had given were discussed, discuss-ed, and it was decided that they could not be called uion again. There was only ono man, a wealthy marble dealer, who had refused aid, and no one had thu courage to attack him, as he was not only miserly but violent. At but Mr. Wanamakcr, w ho was cno uf the trustees, offered to go In pel sin to tlie nIarblrJ-tlcalcir add present a picture pic-ture of children suffocating la a Sunday School for need of air. He went to the old gentleman's ed which was in his marble yard,fJ as hepassel in he noticed a twelve-foot twelve-foot iron basin, which in former darshaJbeena flue fountain, but the running of which the marb'e dealer had stopped when lie bought tho place, as the w ater supply drew too heavily on Ids purse. Mr. Wari-amaker Wari-amaker presented the car "Not a cent, sir, not ri cent for such frivolltits," said the marble-dealer. marble-dealer. Mr. Wanamaker was daunted, bat as he rose to go hi eye caught tlie shafts of marble outaldf. "If you do not wish to give money," he begau, with a wicked Intent of arousing the old gentleman's gentle-man's Ire again, "you might send over a block of marble. It rould be sold or might be used some way In the building." The marble dealer was. furious. He saw that his visitor was making game of him, and was about to make some violent answer, when he happened to see the iron basin without. "Hm," ho chuckled, "there's that old fountain out there. Iv'e tried several times to give It to draymen to sell for old Iron If they would cart it away. You cau have tiiat for your Sunday-school. "Very well, I will liave the men come around for it to-morrow-. It can bo put to better use than either money or marble." And Mr. Wananuker left the office before his surprised host had -lime to expostulates. expostu-lates. The old basin was cleaned and newly painted lwfore the marble dealer's eyes and was then taken to tlieSunday-school, where it was set up In the middle of the bis room and a grotto with trailing plants arranged in the center. Pipes were put In connecting it with the water tanr-, and a month after the marb!e dealer's gift ot what be considered old Iron was no of the mest beauL'-ful beauL'-ful fountain In the city. Mr. Wanamaker, Wana-maker, in telllngthe story,says he outgeneraled the old gentleman at every point, for the till fountain spray proved to be the most perfect method of ventilatlon-everdeTised. |
