. Beauty for ashes. No. 1, front of tenement row; dark^ damp and unsanitary-No. 2, rear of same. No playground but street, alleys,ashbins and sheds LAYING FOUNDATIONS 161 erty man. It generally fell to my lot to make thebusiness arrangements with the speakers, attend tothe church announcements, furnish newspaper arti-cles, distribute circulars, place the posters, and se-cure halls and janitors. Sometimes meeting a train,often entertainment of the speaker, and on occasionshis introduction, devolved upon me. What sympathy it gives me now for those whomust arrange with, meet, and find audiences f
. Beauty for ashes. No. 1, front of tenement row; dark^ damp and unsanitary-No. 2, rear of same. No playground but street, alleys,ashbins and sheds LAYING FOUNDATIONS 161 erty man. It generally fell to my lot to make thebusiness arrangements with the speakers, attend tothe church announcements, furnish newspaper arti-cles, distribute circulars, place the posters, and se-cure halls and janitors. Sometimes meeting a train,often entertainment of the speaker, and on occasionshis introduction, devolved upon me. What sympathy it gives me now for those whomust arrange with, meet, and find audiences for me!With what alacrity I say, Oh, dont worry abouthow large an audience youll have. Its hard to in-terest people in these subjects. The opportunity this position gave me to know thefine men and women we brought to lecture was wellworth the work. Among them were some of theleaders of our state charities conference into whichI had been drawn for several years, that yearly schoolof philanthropy whose inspiration I ac
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