The Helping Hand.
To the Whittier Library Chapter, of Milwaukee, Wis., belongs the high honor of contributing a greater amount to the School Fund than any other, namely, $124.25. Not only so, but its contribution swells the amount sent by Milwaukee to such a figure that it enjoys the honor of having given more than any other city in the Union. The Whittier Library got its high honor by holding a two-day fair. Its receipts were $143.24, and it kept its expenses down to below $20, as you can see. Fourteen Ladies accomplished all this, and their names are: Mattie Tomanek, president; Luella Eimer, vice-president; Margaret Mitchell, secretary; Hildegarde E. A. Eimer, treasurer; Lenora Loew, Mary Kuenzli, Rose Faber, Helen Lorenzen, Mabel Diedrichsen, Alma Kuhn. Delia Volktman, Annie Voss, Erna Lasché, and Emily Burke. The Table thanks them warmly, as it does all who have helped the Fund, as follows:
| Amount in money, last report | $1165.32 |
| Amount in foundation materials | 400.00 |
| ________ | |
| $1565.32 |
We acknowledge from Walter S. Goff, Walter G. Sill, Richard J. Drake, G. W. Hinckley, Leverett Belknap, Junior Christian Endeavor of the First Congregational Church, Philadelphia, Ralph T. Hopkins, Albert W. Atwater (on account of entertainment), N. D. Morey, D. G. White, Mary T. Porter, Helen R. Ludington, Wade Hampton Chapter, of Spartanburg, S. C., A. C. Banning, Hubbard Marsh 2d, Martha H. Evans, Allen H. Wright, Kirk Munroe Chapter, of Harlan, N. J., Alonzo S. Darragh (on account of entertainment), Loving Kindness Circle, of Bangor, Me., Ferdinand Jelke, Whittier Library Chapter, of Milwaukee, Wis., Ralph M. Stoughton, Phœbe and Harriett Waterman, L. S. Howard, John R. Dewitt, George E. Riegel, Rupert S. Holland, Miss E. G. Bowes, Robert Louis Stevenson Chapter, of Cincinnati, Frank R. Semon, Robert W. Palmer, M. B. Lawton, and Maud C. Wiggins
| 170.11 | ||
| ________ | ||
| $1735.43 |
On interest for us, which we are to have July 1, if we do well meanwhile
| 300.00 | |
| ________ | |
| Grand Total | $2035.43 |
| ________ | |
| Amount the Table set out to raise | $3000.00 |
The Robert Louis Stevenson Chapter's gift came from a parlor entertainment, consisting of jokes from comic papers, illustrated by shadow pantomimes. The members number five: Homer A. Wessel, Jun., Hugh H. Bates, M. L. Bates, C. E. Hoffman, and J. H. Bates. Its contribution was the neat sum of five dollars.
The Table is earning, not begging, this Fund. Won't you help it to get the balance? It is to build a school-house for some poor boys who have none. Why not raise something in that garden of yours? Or pick some strawberries? Or contribute what you earn one day?