Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1920 — EXPERT CARD WRITER HEADS WORTHY CAUSE [ARTICLE]

EXPERT CARD WRITER HEADS WORTHY CAUSE

There is « little movement -of interest and heart appeaPwhich is ratpidly gathering momentinn in the city. ' , A few days ago Charles Wager, of Genoa, 111., came to Rensselaer and set up a little booth on Washington street where he quickly attracted the attention of passing pedestrians. Mr. Wager is an expert wrjler, writirfg name cars for which h? ’charges a small sum. His ob- ; ject, however, is not entirely of a mercenary nature, as was learned when he presented the local charity board with $25 which is to go toward a fund to be subscribed for the purpose of sending Albert Albin, the little crippled son of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Albin, to St. Louis to have his crippled foot straightened. Mr. Wager has followed this practice for quite a time and has succeeded in aiding cripples in various cities by his unique method of raising funds. He is known as “The Little Man With A Big Heart.” He is said to possess real estate which amply provides for him in a financial way and is not forced to travel about the country to make a living, 'but follows the practice simply to aid his unfortunate fellow beings. His movement is one that the citizens should get behind and help along. A little donation on the part of each citizen will make a fund sufficient to provide for an operation on the little boy’s foot Surgeons have stated that there can be no doubt as to the success of such an operation, and no more noble work could be performed on the part of our people. Mr. Wager was in Remington a few days ago where he headed a fund for Peter Knochel, a crippled boy of that place. Upwards of S4OO was raised during his stay there and the geaj of SSOO has no doubt been reached by this time. It is thought that there will be no difficulty in securing such a small sum here and the parents of the boy have consented to having the operation performed. Get behind and help the fund. Your subscription is payable to any member of the local charity board, of which Abraham Halleck is the chairman.' The following account of Mr. Wager’s visit to Remington is taken from the Press of that city: Last week we gave a write up to the fact that a subscription paper was being circulated for the benefit of Peter* Knochel, the young *boy who is crippled. There is a little story back of this that is interesting. It seems that Mr. C. H. Wager, of Genoa, Hl., a card writer who makes the various towns, hit Remington last week. He came from Fowler here, and while talking to a bunch of men, stated that at Fowler he had headed a subscription paper to buy a brace for a little girl, which was soon taken care of, and that if there was a case worthy of it he’d do the same here. Trustee Porter spoke up and told him of the boy and his 'condition and stated that he, Porter, would head the subscription with SIO.OO. Mr. Wager then said, If you are so much in earnest about st I will put down $50.00.” But this was objected to by those present as they did not want a stranger to do it all. He then subscribed $25 and made the stipulation that when the fund had reached $475.00 he would put In the other $25 and make it even money. The cause has gone forward with a vim and this week they have reported $377.00, and it’s still coming in. „ , . • , Everyone can afford to give something, be it ever so little, to help this most worthy effort.'