Show benevolent mr Wix hain at a meeting odthe of the ladies benevolent ne society held the other day it IV was ivis is resolved that a committee of four IOU r ladies bo be appointed appoint edlo to d canvas for donations and in the coll course N of their peregrinations this committee dropped into air mr withams Wix hams hanis office he received them thern as a gentleman ent leman should and after the asuat usual forni formalities ali t one of them began mr we arc are asking it aid for benevolent purpose 44 all ali yes benevolence is isa a bump which W I lich should bo be cultivated are you on looking after poor foli folks cs we are 91 very proper very proper you all a I have children of your own oh yes all of them arc are well fed well clothed aia and well cared for arc ire they yea sir ap That very svery proper I presume their stockings are properly darned rarned buttons in their places and they sa say y their prayers when they go to bed am I correct the women looked at each other in a shy way and find then at him and one of them said we shall be very happy for any contribution Y Cs yes I in you tou dont want this contribution for your own families eh ell no sir answered four voices voices in in chorus well I iam am somewhat inclined to be benevolent hardly a day lay passes that I dont do something for charity heres an old account of 26 against mr I know lies hard up and having a close time to get along and yesterday I canceled the debt one of the canvassers turned red whit and blue and looked out of tho window that was her husband but Wix liani know it and yesterday I found a poor forlorn looking little ittle I boy out there crying with hung hunger or and cold he ile said liis his name was tommy and lie lived at no 36 he been washed or combed for a week and I felt sad for him I was going to take him home and feed him but he slipped away to another woman suddenly looked out of the windo wand her pulse ran up to a minute but was as innocent as a lamb of ai any T knowledge that it was her boy then you wont aid us quivered the spokesman oh yes certainly I will I was simply figuring to see how much I could spare I signed a note with mr I hadit had aitto to pay yesterday that makes mo ine feel rather poor tho the third woman turn red but green but wialiam leave possibly known it was her husband lets lees see lets see I want to give you all I can spare mr on street owes me four months rent and ill give you an order on him for 20 the four women rose up they rushed in a solid body for the door they went out in a lacap some sonic were red and some were pale and all mad they tried to speak but they and as they hastened to get away from each other held up the half written order and gaspe gasped how singular I perhaps very very they thought they cou lint colwet collect the money detroit detrou free press |