A Novel Way To Help The Poor

An English "odds-and-ends-sale" has In it some features worthy of imitaüon for this side of the sea. Over there Buch sales are held in country towns and villages, and it is the poor of the parish who are the patrons. In importing the idea it would be best applied In the mission districts of a city and in parishes of large towns. The affair is literally what its name indicates, a sale of odds and ends that have become cumbersome rubbish in some establishment, tmt which in others are still able to afford an appreciated service. Crockery, pictures and frame3, old lamps, knick-knacks of all sorts, books, magazines, old music, and, of course, cast-off clothing, and boots and shoes, -all or any of theïe things, with others -which suggest themselves when an attempt is made to gather them up, will contribute to the stock of this jumble market. It may be held in a church parlor or some village public room to which the buycrs will feel free to come, and a festivo air should be imparted with flowers and other simple decorations. In planning for the sale it is advised that amplc nolice be glven to contributors, that tbeJr coüections may accumulate gencroualy, and also that the retouching glue-pot and assisting screw or nail or EtitchC3 may do their work before tsiie flay appointed. In collecting it is wise to reject nothing offered. Articks that appear valueless will flnd purcnasers sury-risingly soon. Very low prices, of course, rule, and tactful saleswomen are necessary. Light refreshments, not more than tea, and wafers, perhaps, may 1-e served, if desired. The sale is more to show kindness to the purchasers than a means of proflt to the promotors. Still both ends are gained - in England, at least.