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Show • Wednesday Evening-Nov 17 1920 Dearest Papa, Are you thinking of life in Lintsing as strenuous? Well. what would you think if you could see RuthV, Florence Moulding and m< out in the moonlight running here and there trying to catch a oat! We at last hove coaxed him into the house and cornered him and Floe" took him home under her sweater! I guess frivolous is the word! but the cat seemed to think it was dangerous! The Houldings have also a dog with eight little pups and three canaries. They have asked us to take the cat while they are home for Thanksgiving. Mr Houldings Parents live at Tai Ming Fu and it is a two clays trip each way, We have not volunteered to take the rest of the manager!e You remember the /a'jjt/ ward in the hospital that the Sargent family built for a memorial for Mrs. S. Since there is no Woman Doctor the women patients are fewer than usual and it has been decided to open a home for children who are very poor and whose families have no way to care for them. And it is to be located in that building. They will plan to take twenty-five children and keep them until after the spring harvest. They estimate § 600. as the coal and will provide bedding and clothing and hire at lesast three women helpers. Do you think they can do it? Ruth V.ia on the committee and is much interested in it. Her teacher Ti'ngH.S. is a brother of the Chinese girl who was in America last year and she likee him very much. He too is onthe c. and is a great help. We went onto the street last week to look for cloth and it took four men to bring home what they bought. Blue cotton cloth-ten bolts and white more. There was some very pretty red and we thought "Judy" wo uld approve of dressing them in that! but it had on it the words Made in J,,,,(the country east of us ) and we chose home-made material Instead. Today work began on wadded clothes and the school,girls are making the stockings. I am busy daily for a couple of hours at Mrs Helliwells and feel quite proud of my first trial at washing a tiny baby, To be sure he registered his objections to water and soap,but he seems t to- thrive under their use just the same, I have done more sitting £ still and visiting these days with. Mrs EL than for a long time-so I tell her I am having a little vacation every day. Baby is six days old. and they both have made a good start toward being strong. His name is Reginald John, The red-tape of relief v/ork has taken time and yet some hundreds were helx>ed to plant winter wheat. Now workmen are being e enrolled for putting up telegraph poles and soon the Red Cross work of road building will begin too. It is for the men,and we so wish for work for women too. Mrs.Eastman has added some to the tatting school and hopes to have cross-stitch too. I had a bolt of cloth in. the attic trunk that came tfjLffl&n a box and it has been cut into 46 little childrens garments and will give work to a few for a little time, and then be used as Christmas presents for Church members1children. In the school the girls are earning tuition 7y their crocheting and sewing, I sent today some little ? for you and Hettie. I hope you can use them on your Xmas tabled and that they will be liked even tho they show that ehey were made by fingers not very skillful. The little girl who made them is one whom I have had in Primary school, and have loved ever since I came to China. Her mother too Is one woman whom I have seemed to see grow in Christian faith and dependableness. Of course you know that Dr.Alma Cooke is on her way to |