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Show WHAT THE Fnt8H AIH FUND DOES. Iloli CI.IMrrn 1. ll?k l t Ih ! Kaaalor Tin ,(.r I erfel the Trie. la thorn lii tlio fortnight's oullng for tho poor anything more than n, merely pleasant holiday! What good cnu no-cruo no-cruo from tubing n child out of Its wretched home, and after two weeks of comfort and decent living tending It Imek lo lla old rurrouudlngal Ono robiMer wrltcti "It will only make tho child discontented with tlio surround Inga whero flod placed lihu " I contend that a great gain lias licen made, Ityou can only puccced In miking tho tenement homo child thoroughly dltcrmtcnded with his lot. There Is soma hopo then of lilt getting out of It nnd rising to n higher plane. Ilia now hfo ho ecca lu tlio country, tho con lact with gout people, not nt nnn'i length, but In their homeai not at tho dinner, fiart or entertainment glrcn to Mm whllo tho giver ttunda by and look down to aco liow ho enjoys It, and remarks on lilt forloninppea ranee, but brought Inln tho family and gltcu n sent at tho table, whero M uno boy vrroto home, "I can hire two plecm uf plo If I want, and nobody tayt nothing If 1 tako thrco pieces of cake)" or na rt little girl reported, where "wo liavo Iota to cat, nnd so much to rat that wo could not tell you liow much wo ret to wit" Thla la qu'ilo h different kind of service, serv-ice, ond haa resulted hi tho completo transformation of many a child It hasgono luck to lla vrrctcliedncM, lobe sure, but In lmndir.lt nt Inslancea nlamt which I liavo jicr&nnally knonn It his retumeil wllli head and heart full uf now wnya, new Idcoa of decent living, nnd haa aucccif ully taught tho shlfllns lurrnla tho better way, Ono little girl talked ao much of her trip and described tho country llfu In such glowing terms that her father enmo to Inquire where It was lilt child went, adding, "I should think It was licnvenfrom tho way alio talka about lt"-ltov. WUtanl Parsons In Bcrlo-ner'a. |