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Eudora, Kansas, Dec 23, 1901.

Mrs. Stanford,

Kind Madam: I write this
to you in the hopes that it may be to
one who will help one who is unfortunate.
My husband was ordered to the Philippines with
his regiment, the 28th Inf. I have never heard
from him, whether he ever reached there or not.
I am left without money, with two babies, the
oldest only 3 yrs. old & no way to support them,
as the youngest is only a few months old & no
one wants a woman with children, to work for
them. I have thought sometimes it would be
best for me to adopt them out to people who could
give them a good home & would be kind to them,
but a mother's heart dreads the thought of having
to give up her babies. If I had the means to do
so, I should much rather keep them & do for them
myself. My object in this is to ask you, if out
of your plenty, you would be willing to give
me such a sum as you would think would
give me a chance to help myself, so I could
do by my babies as I should like to? If you
have ever had children of your own, I am