Show Chinese inese Girl Gives lives Life to Benefactress Ben c O OI I 1 COULD NOT LEAVE LEAV HER NOW 9 9 O 4 Servant Cares for Aged Soda Social W VID LARSEN By Ely NEA Service Writer Wrier OAKLAND OAK Cal Cat JaI Jan 2 lv Liv Living ing together In a cheap rooming house here are areS twp two women bound together by ties tes th that are stronger than blood and stronger than race Their story is js s one of the te tre tragedy of or 01 time a story of at one year that grew into nineteen years without either being entirely conscious of the passing a story 01 of devotion and bondage service and nd suffering Twenty years ago ago Irs Annie Wilcox was a rather wealthy woman woman wom worn an with wih a good position as a a. social worker connected with wih the Russell Russel Sage Foundation Although she was 71 7 years old she appeared to tobe tobe to be in the best of ot health with many years year of ot active service serIce ahead of he her Mrs irs Wilcox took took Fannie Fanni Seems a u young oung Chinese girl Into her home Fannie helped with the housework and attended the Fresno schools Mrs Wilcox ws w-s kind to her and Fannie was grateful Mrs Wilcox decided to go to Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago and asked her little Chinese companion to accompany her Fannie Fannie Fan Fan- nie ole true to the tradition of her race respected the wish of the older woman In the short space of a year however their relative positions were radically changed Mrs Sirs Wilcox Wilcox Wi- Wi Wil Wil- cox lost her position and because of ot her age could not find another Moreover her tidy little fortune was was- was sa wiped out ot in unfortunate In Investments investments In- In vestments Soon the the- money was very low The faithful servant took tool training as a a hairdresser found work and earned enough to support the two And so tho the tragedy nine began teen years ago I did not know it would he be for tor forso forso torso so long says Miss Fannie Seems Had they the known the one doubtless doubtless doubtless doubt doubt- less would not have accepted the burd burden n n net n- n th the other have accepted the sacrifice Time is 19 an insidious thing The months passed rapidly says Miss iss Seems Every act of ot kindness was a new link Unk In iso the chain of ot friendship and bondage For the last seven years Mrs Wilcox has been helpless Her fail fahl ing faculties have made her cranky 2 2 2 IF i 0 4 4 4 c cr r 5 ii 7 i f fIll I Ill stay until she dies says Miss Fannie Seems Chinese who has given nineteen years of her life to the care of Mrs Annie Wilcox 91 91 and unreasonable And the Chinese girl has given up work to be le with wih her charge constantly The two have lived lived on on on charity small gifts from Mrs Wilcox's friends in the East who remember her as a social worker And yet et when social workers of ot today visit the wretched little flat at and urge that Miss Seems escape by sending Mrs Wilcox to a home for tor the aged the Chinese girl girt re replies re- re plies ples r I could have done it once once hut but now it 1 i Is too late She has begged me flOe not flotto to leave her nd hel hen and and I wont wont Tears Icar How flow ow A. A to her almond amond eyes ees as she tells Use the story story story-a a simple story of ot nineteen years clipped from flOm her life le And Mrs Mis Wilcox withered who has inspired this devot devotion n to duty Now and then a fl flash lh of her herold herold herold old Intelligence but her her principal concern now Is is' is the spirit world word beyond I think I can see see- t. it Perhaps you can see that little Fannie Is taken care of at when Im I'm Im gone She has been faithful and true Little ite Fannie she was twenty years ago and little lite Fannie Jannie she will wl always remain to the aged woman woman |