I know how generous you are in subscribing to any deserving charity, and also know how many are the claims made upon you for assistance; but I will venture to ask for a subscription for our Firemen's Children's Orphan Asylum, which is very much in need of support. Allow me to add, that the institution is a most excellent one, and that we should be very grateful for any donation, however small, as there is a great deal of illness about just now, and the Infirmary is not equal to the demands made upon it. I take the greatest interest in this charity, and am doing all in my power trying to help it on in its beneficent work.
Hoping that this request will not be judged impertinent, and trusting in your kindness of heart,
I remain,
Yours sincerely,
Mary Fenton Fair,
President F. C. O. A.
272. From a Young Lady to a Girl Friend Asking for Her Photograph.
O——, August 7, 19—.
Dear Florence:—
I have just been admiring such a nice photograph of you in Mrs. Dutton's book; she said it had been taken quite recently. May I ask for a copy before you have given them all away? and, in exchange, will send you one of my last new photographs in a few days. Mrs. Dutton is very good-natured, and often asks me to afternoon tea.
Mamma is waiting for me to go out with her, so, with love,
Believe me,
Affectionately yours,
Marietta Dunlap.