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Show " 1 J .1.1 Hi ' 1 1 ' . " 7tcc3 Yocntcn Aro Staling Out RIht. i' Tbe-Telegraro ha received the following letter from a subscriber in that public-spirited Utah town, Wilford; ' i j ; Wilford, My H 1903. To ths Editor pf The Telegram: ', J I note with pleasure in yojir edition of the I Pth the final adjustment of debt on Miss John- Bon'a home, I shall be always and highly pleased to rea'd a paper which la the expo- (i nentof"applied Christianity The chari-table chari-table effort you have so successfully demon-; demon-; strated. stands out In fine relief as a "Quad erad demonstrandum" of a rital question and j one pporj whjcrj statisticians are so divided, . I vii.:. "Is the world growing better?" We i are led to believe, taking the jioble consum-; ; niation just published into accord, that surely J the world is not retrograding, to say the .' least-: I now desire" to attract your attention v to a little oversight in the matter of dona-; dona-; . lions. I refer to the mite sent in by Milford . school. My plea is for the litle ones. The t cbildren-i-lod ' bless them the"- lingering ' I coolness, of whose chaste caresses ' inspire ! wjthin us the grander possibilities of a noble and powerful execution. A cpuple of tots having read The Telegram approached me on the subject and by all means let them have due recognition. Their work, though small, - was nobly done,. Trusting that your paper ' will always be as popular in pur little town as at present, I am very respectfully, r , . A LADY MACCABEE. : The Telegram is in hearty sympathy with "A Lady Macca bee's" plea for recognition of the school children in connection with the Johnson fund.. It was these little philanthropists who made ithe plan to save Miss Johnson's home the splendid success it proved to be. The example in generosity which the Milford -and Provo children set older . Utahns aroused the latter to a realization of their duty as charitable citizens, and from that point the success of the fund was assured. Too much cannot be said in praise, of these little philanthropists. They, are starting out on life's journey with the right Bpirit. Such children are these youngsters of 3Iilford and Trovp cannot fail to make ideal citi-iens- The people'of Milford and Provo should be as proud of these bright, generous young Americans ' as The Telegram is. ' - - . . |