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Show PRAISE FOR SALT LAKERS i Ready Western Charity Touches Heart of Visiting Vis-iting New Yorker. '"One thing that Impresses ins above ill others la the charity and hospitality of Salt Lakers," declared a New Torker who' bias been spending several months In thfs clty. "This spirit of charity Is a ready one. It does not stop to carry out red tape formalities while thoee who need assistance assist-ance are suffering. I have seen many examples of . open-heartedness since coming here, a few recent ones I will mention. -. - "A poor woman, whose case was told of In the city papers, reached here July 22, starving, destitute, with live children, one, an. Infant, dying. She made no appeal ap-peal for aid and In New York might have perished. But hers she was taken to the Culmer-Kunett apartments, where Mr.Culmer furnished her rooms, Mrs. Dupont, the landlady, did all in her power to alleviate the suffering of the dying child and soothe the widowed mother's grief, a citizen contributed $2 In cash and the Eclipse store sent provisions. pro-visions. This b indeed charity. "Another incident: A young and brave policeman who patrols East First South street, carried two little boys at midnight mid-night from the Rio Grande depot to the Culmer-Kennett apartments where they were cared for. , . "The kindness of Westerners always commands my admiration.'' " |