their grievances further.  Above all, they are not to retail their troubles to relatives and friends.  If either or both are out of the city during their separation she keeps in close touch with them by letter.  She is quick to utilize their interest in their children as a means of reawakening their interest in each other.  The following letters illustrate her method.  The first was written to a young man who was serving a six months’ sentence for desertion; the others to the same young man after he had begun a manful struggle to “come back,” working in a munitions plant in another state and later sending money regularly to the wife, who still obdurately refused to forgive him. (The letters are part of a series of 27 which were written to him during a ten months’ period.)

    My dear Mr. Andrews:

I was ever so glad to get your letter this week and I am sorry that no one has been over [to the workhouse] to see you recently.  I will surely be over within the next two weeks.  I know you are anxious and you should have had a letter telling you about the children.  They are both all right now and the baby is out of the hospital.

We have had a nice talk with your aunt and she is very anxious to come over and see you.  We will all get together and try and plan what is the right thing to do when you come out.  I will arrange it so we can have a little longer talk this time if possible.

    Very truly yours,
    DISTRICT SECRETARY.

    My dear Mr. Andrews:

    Your long letter has just arrived.  I read it with a great deal of
    interest and pleasure.  It is fine to know you have already arrived
    and have started out to make good on your promises.

I got your cards during the week, which brought the news of your journey.  Also on Tuesday morning came your last letter, expressing your appreciation for all we had tried to do for you and enclosing two more thrift stamps for the children.  I put these in their books.

Yesterday I had a nice long letter from your father, enclosing one for me to give to you.  I am sending it on just as it is.  I was very much tempted to read it but have not done so.  The reason I was tempted was that I know it must be full of happiness to think you have made such a good start.  At least that was the tone of the letter he wrote to me.

During the past years I have worked for this society I have seen many people “come back” strong, and always it has been because they had some big motive in life and reason for making good.  But I have seldom known a fellow that had so many reasons why he should make good.  You have the confidence of your father and your aunt.  You have the children for whom you will do right.  You have Clara, whom you have wronged and whom you will have to teach all over again to trust you.  Surely all these things added to your own firm will