When Felt was suffering an illness in 1889, Felt's husband Joseph requested May to stay there to care for her while he was away on a business trip. During the period that Anderson was the editor-in-chief of The Children's Friend, it published an anonymous account of the friendship that existed between Felt and Anderson; the article referred to the couple as the "David and Jonathan of the Primary" organization.
In 1889, when Felt was ill, her husband Joseph asked May to stay at home to care for her during his business trip. During Anderson's tenure as editor-in-chief of The Children's Friend, it published an anonymous account of their friendship; this piece referred to them as the "David and Jonathan" of the Primary organization.