nu.l orjfnn mill toeiii* n * Kreal help
both nt home null nt church.
MiiM 11 im ». tho somewhat >> 1.i• • r thnu
Mm Mattson, i« young *.. "ll
t«r 1 nrtly into the Itfe o( both Kirl*
null boy a. The girls fell in l'»v«
with her nt once mnl the very tirat
liny made the remark “She aeema
like a mother to us ” She ia n dram
nti.’ render of unuaunl abidty, which
accomplishment is much appreciated
by nil of ua
Both of these matrons nre jolly and
full of fun. In the words of the
children “they nre happy Indies,"
and both nr.' folly capable of (>er
foruiiiiff the work the Master has
called them here to do.
Mrs M. J. Erskine was a very wel
come guest at the Orphanage.
We fear this will be the last oppor
tunity we will have of entertaining
her for some time, as she expert* soon
to return to the States
Through the kindness of Mr. Thom
as the Orphanage has been connected
with the Radio Station and Kodiak
hy telephone. A cable was laid from
the station to the Mission through
the lake which intervenes. The more
we use the telephone the more we
wonder how we ever got along with
out it.
In the interim between tlie going
of the former matrons and the arrival
of the new, the Supt. the only official
loft, was obliged also to go to Kodiak.
He could not take the children with
him, as there was a heavy rain storm,
neither could he leave them alone.
Tn this dilema Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
of the Radio Station kindly came to
h'said and stayed with the children.
Malena and blue berries this year
vvre an absolute failure • »n account,
piotmhly, of the vary wanu weather
in July. We did not get enough e
ven fur one meal for the children and
none at ail to can
The run of aalniou this season has
been very heavy. We have nina bar
rels salted for winter use and »»ver
l.jO quarts canned. Our smoked »>al
inon however i* a complete failure.
But we have some very fine smoked
herrings.
Cabbage, cauliflower, turnips ami
radishes have Buffered greatly this
year from root maggot. We thought
we had found a way that would at
leant greatly reduce, if not entirely
stop their depredations on cabbage
and cauliflower, but it proved un
availing.
We would be glad cf information as
to how these pests may be prevented
from working such havoc.
Two children have been received
recently—Praxcia and Sergay Pes
trikoff, whose mother died recently
and whose father cannot stay at home
to care for them and at the same time
earn a living. Praxcia, or Sarah as
we call her is 8 years old and Per
gay is 6. Neither of them speak
much English.
The first Sunday Sergay and Sar
ah were with us, the children had
ice-cream for dinner. It was the first
experience these new comers had had
with this food. Expectant eyes were
on Sergay. and they were not disap
pointed. With the first mouthful
he dropped hisspoouaudcried “abah!
abah!” hot, hot.