ierce? We aint got no flag for this here
Revolution," and Betsy Ross replied: "Yes, aint it fierce? Hold
the baby and I will make one."

I sometimes tell this with a little more elaboration but I have
given you what the boys actually wrote. Of course, it has always
been detailed in the line of a funny story and cannot be taken too
seriously.

Very sincerely yours,
JANE ADDAMS

Is it not wonderful what Miss Addams has done for the people who had
no comfort or care? Perhaps she has but kept a promise she made to her
father when she was only seven years of age.

They were driving through the poor, mean streets of her native town of
Cedarville, Illinois. She had never seen this particular part of the
town before, and asked her father many times why persons lived in
such dreadful places. He tried to tell her what it meant to be very
poor. She listened eagerly and then exclaimed, "When I grow up, I am
going to live in a great, big house right among horrid little houses
like these."

In her "big house" on Halsted Street many lives have been brightened
and thousands have found the help that started them upon useful
careers.

Jane Addams is one of the noblest women our country has had, and she
has been honored by Chicago and the entire United States for her life
of service.

A member of the English Parliament called her "the only saint America
has produced," while an enthusiastic Chicago man, when asked to name
the greatest living man in America, answered, "Jane Addams."

When in Chicago, try to go out to Hull House and visit for an
afternoon or evening. There are so many kinds of activities going on
all the time you can see what you like best, whether it be gymnastics,
acting, music, pottery, carpentery, or any of the literary or
industrial pursuits.

Later on you will want to read the book Miss Addams has written of her
experience called, "Twenty Years of Hull House."

* * * * *

"_The union of hearts, the union of hands, and the flag of our Union
forever._"

--G. P. MORRIS.

[Illustration: JOHN MITCHELL
President of the United Mine Workers]

JOHN MITCHELL

Have you ever thought how common it is for the persons who work for
others to think that they do not have enough pay for what they do? The