The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 23, 1900, Page 8

THE SUNDAY CALL. guest. A broad Turkish table beside 1t holds a comfortable reading lamp, all abroad you have no doubt brought back couraged from collecting. it easy reach of those bookcases. as many adornments as you could pay To return to the text of the sermon— duty on, but if you have to take your the corners make the room nowadays. 2 are shot form the decorator's scheme. A - holds center sta - grouped specimens of all th me that w files. ' The rifles that b death to Pub" them are there, too. A plcture of a hun- a Mrs. Fortmann's den is true to the creed that shoot and ef the collector. Thin, e, and ar :d him are ter harmonizes : the whole; a larger view of a wild mountain retr hint of the lonely places that a good gun may explore. ¥ Four Mttle North Amerf- |\ can foxes, as large as life, lie on the ) gives URING the last two years more to make a present to the children. that is 2 cen named for Ad- named after you. Remember my little wey than fOr any other boy If you pleass couch cover and face each other in a one person in this country. It is “dewle was the first name I thought never-endinj are, all looking ready to said tue admiral has a couple of trunks ghout naming my little boy. I will bring enap and never doing it full of pictures of theso babt sent my letter to a close. yours answer soon & i} 'y ond s, and that many Sy There 18 no kind of corner more satls- [1m by fon B 3 from hundreds of lett ve been received in “To Mr, george Dewle.” O I O iy bria. Here is one from & mother who doss not of his name. all proba s : beach last summer why didn’'t you pre- of the writers of these lettes actu- iz:‘r_?“g\o“:?grcxzu;: theflm:-l.bu:thy“o;:; pare for a beach corner in your winter ated merely by an honest desire to do {0 8 Bl preced‘““‘“ i< fome? A fish net hold a few star- homage to the admiral, but some of them “Tune 19 1900 pasing i i 5 get the most absurd notions as to the gifts which it is thought he will give to “Mr. Admiral Dewey be hung beneath; sail canyas may form Giery ‘cnild named for him. Hers is ons “Gentleman Dear Sir I thought T write factory than one that brings back memo- ries of happy outings. 1f you were at the a view » may Geo. B KNIGHT <70 4 Western, its couch and cushions fol- a good deal to do QGGG yor in one rocm, his dignity cos A COSY CORNER (N LIVING ROOM. WALTER HQBARTS HOME smers in the other. Oppo: Moor and far where Ben- imes. oc- ree crescents are Interlocked scheme is similarly carried = window grilles of the Hving- reach the len; of the upper k monot sash and are broken variously with ackets and arches, a P £3 ner of this llving room fits X bay and'is another example of shiny nook. Three windows frame s Turkish; its cushions are The co is ralsed one step the floor and a rare old prayer rug carelessly over the step, with a 1ing odder in the whole be- n the tiny bookcases @ of the couch. They ¢ in a mysterious way the space left between ths 1 and the windows huge Turkish ch; pholstered in a to the fortunate DRAPERY EFFECT IN PARLOR . MRS. FORTMANNS HOUS E S.F IN HALL. 18l BROADWAY . the brav try not t s he will be 2 years the gotten a poor Hopir 1 Mo vuiwositles of this kind: “Addre “Dear Sir: you may be suprise to find twelve cents In this letter as christmas is _ O1¢ © and my name is Edwin Avery Park and [ 270 Save Kruger! It fs as follows: am eight years old. I love to draw pic- “May the 21 tures. I have made one to send to you. “Dear admiral will you out of my head. I hope you will like It Yours truly, EDWIN AVERY PARK. faml pleas see how you would fell as follows: TURKISH GRILL WORK . IN MRS. HOBARTS HOUSE . WASHINGTON ST, ‘when he was a bout 3 days old he will be Is you said he red In a newspaper that you had fit if nesary. made a present Of $5000 to a little child “‘pleas excus bad riten bad spelin mamed dewie. Mr. dewle, If yor ~=a soine “MR. CH A— the couch's background. If you were trips mearer home you need not be dis- | ‘“Wee think what you sa Is law and gos- pell “My eys js very bad. “pleas admiral help them {f you can I now you will you are so good you will 1 " now if you can.’ GRILL WORK AND COSY CORNER MRS. SIMEON HOCKSTADTE you to let you know I have just Named my Son (Noble Dewey Miles) after one of You'd like to bring with you, and Noblest men of my Coun- Or if y vou but it Is We" d of this month now if you think you can send the Little boy a present it will never be for- I am sorry to say I am very you will Recelve this al- 1 will simply await a answer ana the strangest ‘“‘crank™ letters coming and I would like to give a present °'ET Seen in Washington has been re- to my little sisters and brothers as [ have C°iVed by Admiral Dewey. The write only twelve cents I thought that I woula 2PPears to think that it is the intentio send them to you. If you will change of Ihe»En:Hsh authorities to place Pres! them for pennfes and that way I would 9€nt Kruger of the Boer republic on the give them a nice present T live on a farm 181and of St. Helena, and that the admiral ise your judg- It is not any special ship but one I drew ment in be haf of Mr kruger the pex]xlp is &oin to put him on ailand to die from his to Another letter received by the admiral fs leav your wife pleas help the poor Boer ¥ pleas help them if you can the country May the 10. 1900 and sitie the peple is mad at Mckinly for “Mr. dewle { Take my pen in hand to 1ot help Boer while you was in batle [ OPPresse write to you in reguard to my little boy’s prad the good father proettect you fn KPOW. name. a friend of myn reqested me to rite batle and he did thank god for it pleas One of the pe to you and let you know that my baby stop the peple from takn kruger pleas if one must have ir ame was dewie. | named him dewie You can ! think you can if eny man can it abundance of poe: Sometimes the one year old the 9 day of april. my friend “1 am sixty for and { will help the Boers least indirectly, to them, but it From all over the United States th comes to Washington c ple who are engaged In pay off the debt of “the ch build a new one; from pos but certainly indigent pastors; from pro- moters of church fairs and prises held to obtain funds fo the pastor’s study, and from who are engaged In making qu other contrivances on W worked for a certaln sum eac a letter from a New Hampshire woman who wished the recipient not only to con- tribute his share but to canvass for the names of others, including the President “Dear Sir—We are making a quilt; try. ing to get some money for our church. Will you help us by getting ten names on the inclosed square (two on the large cen- ter white squars and one on each of the other white ones)? We have 10 cents a name, but if any feel liks helping us any - more we shal] feel very grateful “We should like very much to have Preeident McKinley's name on with yours. “Also if you will just put the town where you all live we should be giad Governor Rollins has kindly helped us to il out one square. “Hoping it is not asking too much of you and that you will favor us by trytog to get the President’s autograph, we re- main, respectfully yours, — If the reader thinks this lady inclosed amp for the return of her square tha reader is simply mistaken. But the pre- soribed fee of 10 cents which she men- tions is modest in comparison with that charged by the ladies of an Indlana town. It may be, however, that the New Hamp- ire folks are not making a silk quilt, as are these: “Dear Sir—The ladies of our town are raising money to pay for remodeling our chureh. We are making a silk quilt and working names In each block, and then mean to sell the quilt. I desire to stitch your name my block, and it will cost you only $. you please be sure to send me the o have your name put on our quilt? Or, if you prefer, send it to the Rev. Jakes and tell him for whose block it ts. Yours truly The lady is still walting for the 5. ting forth the funds are re sample: 'Tis all we a t And hardly any trouble \\-.'.xr. (1 7~ If you have a friend quite dear, know some one who'a coma, w ace and date— We But don't “Will you Stocking for £ greatness is that d upon him aa try which great men receive relates, happens that much that does not refer ¢ them In any way is sent—presumably as & mere sample