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Show Lintsin^c-, it lac. 19, 19lG My daar family, nan you see that I have a ssaaMaMl*, you will think that I have become very aristocratic, but the true HQptanatiok is that I nave baooa* very ri&matio. Mat so v©ry rheumatic afUr all) But stkan russ Sill* so nicely offered to write for me, I could d; hcthing bA cico^t.C Miss 11 l is may fea*e cicely allafa^ to writ** but she did not expect to «ri4e nicely). My rheum ti aw is only a alight atiao*, f Lu an,(p3. *^d l i such tatter uiaa two days ago. I want to tell you about Wm birthday, it Ike breakfast table, v* opened lay presents,admired the photograph* ©f the dear l i t t l e children, A* the o^iaty akirt thai Lucy sent, and ate some of Hesters jelly on oar pan-canes, Te tad already aa aired the comfortable, bnt 1 amitta until tigkt to sleep under I. t» j j is so pretty and reminds ate of the caar gisi.ro. I ***! tojwapital pfafata moh the llialo ieaan, her talper,ay ^~i~<w-nurse and I lead in tun*, I* have nad very responsive toman *» IN hospital this month and it has been a real pleasure to teach thea. After prayers, I saw a few of the most important patients,the* hurried home, to get ready for my birthday party. Tho invited guests were the hospital helpers. This year they had not been told that it ms ay birthday",because last year tkaj insisted fm giving ie presents which they coaid i l l at* ford. There had men a long discussion when ordering the feast as to whether the chief neat dish should be duck, oriish- the former costing ten cdfefcs more than the amount agreed upon. *fc cotTab. 01 taelf* cents apeece. That i s very l i t t l e considering tlmt we had several kinds of c&nay, nuts,smoke ne at, sausage, shrimps,, smoked Fidgeun, cabbage, yams, rice, fcee kinds of fish, chicken prepared in two ways,pig's feet, sea slugs, ioius seeds, sweet aumpiings with nuts in t . i,t*Kderieis aavetiered in gravy, and at least five other Meat dishes besides plenty of steamed broad, fe would nave had tea, bat they forgot i t . The'old preacher sat at one end of tne table, and ajfte* the blessing which was properly, long,and I sat at the other end,and did my best to act a pjtopa* feesi***« Since we were ail aeU acquainted,no one aM afraid to eat ail k* wanted. The taa l i t t l e children mte came with their anthers unblushingly passed their dishes for mor*, - a l e the groan paapia noticoly waited to be ***** to oac. a «*re at the table about an k,ar and a half,and bet^eon course la,d time for oleasant taolo talk. But this was not the onljr party of the day . Before we left the table,the other guests began to arrive. Miss Bill* ano I^s&it out invitations to twenty seven babies and l i t t l e children of the church, and ofcouroe these laattatiaa* incin,o. ttalf .others. It was the regular afternoon for the woman's prayer meeting. After the meeting m which Mr a. Ellis talked of tka coming of the Christ Child,all gathered at our new nouse. Tho Chinese,too, have a custom ej house -waraiup,they call it a kettle-warning. That is what these parties night have been considfirod. ft* cnildren were mm* attract! ve,froa the fi ve-year ^olds,in their gay best clothes to tne near l i t t l e babes in orss,the youngest of whoa wm* not yet a month old. The first thing we did m$ to weigh them on th* a ew scales that just came for tne hospital. The authors chatted ana oomoared ba« oies for naif an tat*f. Then Mrs. Villa 9**c ttas a l i t t l e talk on how aofners aro Vomers ****tki1? with G,d. 8 l l a d o a k a s a i l d | # a f, j r r e f r e ^ ®mU* Before they went uono,o..oh child «as given an aoron such as th*y ^ar,ana a oaB cent pi*** * w m m , N d# Tmm jf | f c M § ^ ^ ^ ^ .roii these Loroy sent two year a a_. "hoy * 3 ^ appreciate them. As they ,entr home thanking us far a pleasant time, an felt it had ^^U^t ~L,^. *~ •*• ^ * - ^ * <A4A?AC. ^*~*-* ?j <*-v oc^UL , 5 t^«-t^. |