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Show Lintaiegchow-i Saaatuag, dctiam ?eb.5! , 100%. sent o d$ a. r • t iiy dear Mioses and iepaew® and L i t t l e Friends, 111 xi you wao helped f i l l the two boym lh- Liaising last f a l l , will want to know something ah< 9 i t n the scrapboodSj dolls and other things that y; Tientsin when the boxes got there, and I opened on* package that was to be seat to Mrs.Perkins. Thars was a dark-haired doll, soaring a brown plaid dress but opened them whom 1 shook her, ku I looked at ! a l i t t l e girl had said to me a few d&vs before* &]. g i r l but an American g i r l # ash she had said* "It. is 1 ix&d any doll but a veidf l i t t l e one, aha she go I thought what pleasure this doll would give her dresses for her, and of vital gyod care the doll *ou!d have, So tile box s'&s s a i l e d up ag^ia, this doll "*' net in i t , but earefu aiay waiting for Ghristaas. A'very aloe l i t t l e l e t t e r has leae, ing about, ill© trse this g i r l ana her brothers h&d akiiyimn i y d the p r e t e s t s -that fore on i t . She thanked tie for* leaving and said she already had made her & d^ow hat, and t&at ghe da hlosg quits iaisel|«5? I £#i days a l t e r we reached Llnt&iag, a/ad fta-d opened the1 l i t t l e graadchildrea of the military o f f i c i a l, ?*II*8 acres a. the s t r e e t , called with their nurse\ .afraid ol ugj and talked about the pictures on the fa s t o l e s and tie funny ch&ir that docked. When 'he;^ ?*& hoa@ we gave, the l i t t l e fee$ who is seven, a piotui »ut- to .on® 'ere at of 'the bos e s s . She h&.d nor eyes shu o dm\ 1 thought of what She s&s hot & Chinese . i s three years SSIECS * drakee right away*® j of how she would auks hi a if put tell-* Q t Ilk a g f the doll ting fiiey ITBB in ike sra &ot at all about dke 1 ••MS •o g Lan aiM his t i e s l a t e r , a doll- She w&s a doll with, yellow h&ir &hu Hue efts l i t - ^fe@ ohljgf pd9ple the doleir of e th^skes i© for eat froi soae nothing »,"bout aftd she wore a red s i l k dress* Mr.ead Kr.&.Sllia ^his l i t t l e girl $ver saw wnose miv is any*here k#r d o l l ' s , and she thought, the color ver.$ p e er the doll auite pr©ttilyf f and I told her i t was a l i t t l e girls, in Am©Tic&. Bh& in only f i m , 2nd .' Aaerica, but ®h© liked the d o l l . They looked at her brother It icra#~ book, aid poii&ted out the fortes* and SOWS, aid t r e t e , and o&rta^iEd . s h i l d r e n . The# wort most i'atereated in the ehiidrem. I . s t i l l hawe to if t ad loot Of »| time ttu&fiag GkiMte, ajfcd ' to h&we mo hospital $§l, so not' aen| sled people ooae to 'o*a t r e a t e d. l i t the day a l t a r ft n^m b^ok from Hieaiala, a S&R brought hit l i t t i® boy of thr@i, fros & t i H t f e alios ***j to ise if tfca *for@iga doctor" could cure hia. There tag an abscess onhis back that hs had had lor four lontas* 1!a@$ had pagted black p l a s t e r s over this *Vte*4jae poisoii nould not get out*" But it m.% aot because o! the abac^&skh-a tag brought^ i t I®*© l o t hi© ay©i» fiia father said tinU tie chili. W | - 4eaten a gr^at deal ©I aedicine " but his ayss o a l | get w@r«, and "t&en tfce Ohin^ie doctors ted run s^ediig into' thea, but ofen tkat did aot i'«ake th@a veil* One s u ^ i n lid told i t s own story, and Hie hope for. thm other eje » i ver| a a a i l . W@ did what we could for the l i t t le f a l l o w . His father brought hia to sase us every day for e**r.lf two e&k@* By that %im the abscess was healed, but the eyes were s t i ll iind and i l i e f i ftill be. It fas cotton that some of you sent, that v/&g used for his dressings* Sonetiaes w-nen he cried f i t k the gain, a l i t t l e piece of Hai»cidss and Lowell2s camdyr helped hia sot to mlm, i% so aueh. |
