IwasonalecturetourinOhioinApril，1908，whenonenight，asIwasstartingforthehallwherethelecturewastobegiven，mytelephonebellrang。
``Longdistancewantsyou，’’theoperatorsaid，andthenextminuteavoiceIrecognizedasthatofMissThomaswasofferingcongratulations。``Thelastdollarofthe$60，000，’’sheadded，``waspledgedatfouro’clockthisafternoon。’’
IwassoovercomebythenewsthatIdroppedthereceiverandshookinaviolentnervousattack，andthistremblingcontinuedthroughoutmylecture。
Ithadnotseemedpossiblethatsuchaburdencouldbeliftedfrommyshoulders；$7，500ayearwouldgreatlyaidourwork，and$4，500ayear，eventhoughdividedamongthreeofficers，wouldbeamostwel—
comehelptoeach。Assubsequentlyarranged，thesalariesdidnotcometousthroughtheNationalAssociationtreasury；theywerepaiddirectlybyMissThomasandMissGarrettascustodiansofthefund。SoitisquitecorrecttosaythatnosalarieshaveeverbeenpaidbytheNationalAssociationtoitsofficers。