| Show TEN THOUSAND LETTERS A DAY from the chicago record miss mattio garman ol of Ka manoville noville katie kane county woo has baa been a cripple all her litto la is receiving letters by the wagon load containing cancelled postage stamps she to la making a collection in order that she he may receive medical aid an institution having offered to treat ber bar it she would collect stamps for them miss mies edna brown a friend ffriend went to her aid and atio adopted pied a novel scheme to secure beaure stamps in 16 short order it consist consists con of a chain of letters that will be cow complete when we the number fifty to la rescued rea cued miss brown first wrote lettera to three persons persona numbering aab each of the letters 1 1 each raft recipient lent was requested co write to three more person hum cum cambering cumbering boring bering each letter 2 seen wrote to another three and so on the number increasing by three in ID geometrical ratio as an the chain progressed each bach person receiving a letter is also alae requested to send ton ten canceled stamps to miss mine german garman it if the chain is completed to fifty and all responses are as requested the number dumber of stamps amps received will be i in a the to the he rules rulea of geometrical progression but the number is greatly diminished of course by the number who refuse attention to the letters received however miss mies garman a has already received nearly stamps and her mail it has averaged at least betters a day for a week or more past the little town of kane ville valle is astounded and the people there talk of nothing else |
