sville, Kentucky.
When she was small, she was just as lively and happy as any other
little girl; but one day she suffered from a terrible accident and
from that time she was helpless. I am going to draw a picture of
Jennie's crutch to represent her suffering and her helplessness. [Draw
crutch with brown, Fig. 54.]

[Illustration: Fig. 54]

"Have I said she was helpless? Well, this is what I mean: She could
not help herself, but she could help others, and this is how she did
it: For several dark, painful years Jennie Casseday suffered and
waited--waited for something which she could do to enable her to send
some ray of light out into the world which would brighten other
hearts. One day she read in the New York Observer how a young girl
school teacher, who lived in the outskirts of the city of Boston and
was employed in one of the down-town schools, was bringing brightness
into the homes of many poor people by taking with her large baskets of
beautiful roses and lilacs and snowballs and many other kinds of
flowers from her suburban home and giving them to the children whom
she met. It was a simple little act, but the reading of it by Jennie
Casseday brought a transformation in her life. I wish I knew the name
of this young school teacher in Boston, but I can't give it to
you. But it was she who gave to Jennie Casseday the thought for which
she had longed. Jennie's suffering was almost forgotten in her
planning and determination to raise flowers and give them to the sick
and the needy in Louisville. Her friends soon learned of her plans and
there were many willing hearts and hands to help her. Under her
guidance the Louisville Flower Mission was established, and it soon
proved to be a great and growing blessing. It had been doing its
beautiful work for four years when Miss Frances E. Willard, head of
the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, visited Louisville. There she
heard of the mission and the noble young woman who founded it. Miss
Willard visited Jennie Casseday in her sick room, and when the
conference had closed, Jennie had been placed at the head of the
Flower Mission department of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union,
which was at that time brought into existence. This was in 1882, and
Jennie continued in this great work until the time of her death in
1893. June 9 is observed as the Red Letter day of the Flower Mission
department of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, for this is the
birthday of Jennie Ca