Show I 1 WINNING TELEGRAM CHEST TELEGRAM CHEST ESSAYS I Ii i Sarah Daft I Home a Coin Comfort art at al Last I I By Barbara Bush Westminster College Preparatory School School I II I I a Editors Editor's Note This Note This is the seventh se of a erIcs of 15 win 15 winning win win- ning c essays says on Community Chest Chat a agencies ench s that have been se selected ge- ge from the E English classes of the junior and senior hl high h schools of ot the city I was a broken down dispirited old lady My poor son On had been supporting support ing me with the little money he had but but being a sailor he fie never had much to share with me mc Then came that awful day when I learned Jimmies Jimmie's hip ship had sunk with with all on board At Atthe At Atthe the time I thought 1 oly anly ly of oC myself but now I can sympathize t h i z c e sincerely with other women who also atso lost Jost their loved ones on account account ac acv count of this dreadful dreadful dread dread- ful tul catastrophe With the little that had been left to me I managed Barbara Bush to provide for the barest necessities I Mv My fortune consisted of 2000 and being ng 65 years old I knew w that I might live many years so I must save every cent very carefully for later needs Immediately I began to look for a cheap place olace to board until I should find some some kind of work in m the Help Wanted columns I found to my joy an advertisement for an elderly lady as a housekeeper for tor a wealthy establishment I started at once for the place and reached my destination only to be informed by the butler that I was too old All AU m my pleas were in vain vain but gas as las I turned away the butler called me back and referred me kindly to a place for tor old folks the toUts the Sarah Daft Dart home I expected the place to be like a poor house Going to the address given me me Thirteenth East street I I-I I was quite surprised to see a nice neat meat looking brick building I rang the bell timidly and was admitted I I told my story to the woman who received me It H was arranged that I would be admitted as soon as there was a vacancy Three months later laterI dI I paid the admission fee Ice of 2000 and became established in my new home Now I have ample food and clothing clothing cloth cloth- ing Ins a n very nice room which I have helped to make homelike with drapes books bools and pictures from my own home There are twenty of or us old folks men folks men and women women and and we aIwa always al aI- wa ways s 's have excellent care We have ha books magazines and a radio In summer we are allowed to visit our friends for two or three weeks in winter during the cold months various various va rious types of entertainment are furnished furnished fur fur- us by d different ferent clubs and organizations organizations organizations or or- and by personal friends of or the people living JIvIng at the home The various churches of the city send speakers from time to lime time to conduct religious services Did you ask who provides all the comforts of or this home They come from Cram individuals clubs and societies and also by the kind cooperation of oC the hc Community Chest |