We would call the attention of the C. Y. P. R. U. this week to Mr. C. W. Fisher's sketch of "The First Grenadier of France," and to "Millie's Nile-Bird Hat," by Mr. Arthur Lindsley. Dr. Van Giesen's article on "Advice to Boys" contains a number of suggestions that our readers will do well to make themselves familiar with before setting out on adventurous boating and bathing expeditions. Who will try and work out Mr. A. W. Roberts's suggestions in regard to "Rustic Adornments for Lawn and Garden"? If any of you do so, and are successful, the Postmistress would be glad to have you write to her about it.
YOUNG PEOPLE'S COT.
Contributions received for Young People's Cot, in Holy Innocent's Ward, St. Mary's Free Hospital for Children, 407 West Thirty-fourth Street:
Amy L. Lamprey, 50c.; Arthur Day, Clive Day, Willie Boyle, Harry Kellogg, Willie Kellogg, Louie Butler, and Mabel W., from Hartford, Conn., $13; Children's Sunday-school offering in memory of a little boy who was sick, H. H. H., G. H. McD., F. O. S., T. W. M., C. L., L. C. G., and C. A. W., Troy, N. Y., $8; Harry Johnston, Lausanne, Switzerland, $10; total, $31.50; previously acknowledged, $1170.35; grand total, July 15, $1201.85.
E. Augusta Fanshawe, Treasurer, 43 New St.
Children: I want to ask you all, those of you who have never taken an interest in Young People's Cot, and those of you who, by your earnings, savings, and contributions, have already helped us, if you will not set to work in earnest, and let us see how soon we can have our Cot endowed. You know it will not be "our very own" until we can give three thousand dollars to the hospital, and the money that we already have is waiting in the savings-bank until we can collect the whole amount. During these lovely summer days, when you are well and strong, and enjoying the delights of the country, playing in the green fields, gathering flowers, or off at the sea-shore watching the great waves as they roll in one after the other, please think of the poor little sick children, and think of the Cot, in which I hope every reader of Harper's Young People will have a share. We want that little Cot to be a resting-place for many a poor sick child, where each one, in its turn, will have the best of care and attention from the kind sisters and doctors, and be sent home quite well and happy. It is just about a year since you first heard of Young People's Cot. We have done very well in the past year, but let us try and do even better in the coming one. You know we must never stand still, but always improve as each year passes. I want each one of you to take a personal interest in that little Cot, and to feel that you have done something toward making the life of some poor sick child brighter, that you have helped to bring some sunshine into a sorrowful little life. Let each one of us do what we can, for the dear sake of one who loved little children when He was here upon earth.
E. A. Fanshawe.