Mrs. A. Hansen who has been at the poor-house at Dunning for more than a year has come to Chicago to visit friends. She complains that the food at Dunning is poor, and so she came to old friends on a visit to get a taste of some good food again.

Mrs. Hansen came from Christiania, Norway, and is 86 years old. Her husband died ten years ago. She has been in American thirty-six years and has no children or other relatives. In spite of her advanced age she is healthy and vigorous, but cannot do heavy labor.

During her husband's protracted illness she provided for him and herself by sewing at a tailoring shop. Now her eyes are dimmed, and, in addition her hearing is poor.

She requests that her compatriots in Chicago come to her aid in a small way so that on her return to the poor-house she might have a few pennies to spend as needed or as she might choose.