Of all our friends, both far and near,

We beg the kind attention;

So please to lend us now your ear,

While we a subject mention.

To carry on our C. E. work,

In the country and the city,

We need more money very bad,

And hope you'll help us with it.

The committee intend to hold

On a day not distant far

A sale for both the young and old,—

A handkerchief bazaar.

So this, then, is our plea in brief:

To aid our enterprise

We beg of you a handkerchief,

Of any kind or size.