"I've been thinking," said Tom, "that we're going to need money to work this undertaking through successfully. How are we going to get it?"
"But shall we need any to speak of?" inquired Margaret. "Fixing up our old clothes won't cost more than we can meet ourselves out of our allowances. I'm going to ask my Aunt Susy to let me have some of the girls' old things. The girls will be delighted; they're the ones who have the plain clothes."
"We'll fix them up with ruffles and bows before we send them away," smiled Helen.
"Why can't we ask everybody we come across for old clothes?" Ethel Blue wondered.
"Grandmother Emerson would be sure to have something in her attic and I shouldn't wonder if she'd be willing to ask the ladies at the Guild if they'd contribute," said Helen.
"Do we want to take things from outside of the Club?" objected Ethel Brown.
"I don't see why not," answered Margaret. "The idea is to get together for the orphans as many presents as possible, no matter where they come from. We're serving the orphans if we work as collectors just as much as if we made the clothes ourselves."
"Right-o," agreed Roger. "Let's tackle everybody we can on the old clo' question. We can ask the societies in our churches—"
"Why not in all the churches in town?" dared Ethel Blue.
The idea brought a pause, for the place was small enough for the churches to meet each other with an occasional rub.