Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-04-01
THE RICHMOND DBPArcH-sUNDAY APRIL l. 1888
although the society has been organized

although the society has been organized
only two ysars.
In January of this year branch or
eanlzation was established, known as
the Kings Sons, and through their
efforts already q missionary chapel has
been built in the city Of Baltimore,
whose rector is 10 be supported entirely
by the Kings Sons.
As for the kind of work accomplished
by this remarkable sisterhood, it is too
varied and extensive 10 be recorded In
detail. There are Tens that visit the
sick. Tens that supply the hospitals
and homes with flowers, Tens that sup
port foreign missionaries, Tens that sing
and Tens that sew, Tens that endow beds
in hospitals. Tens that provide pleasant
country homes for deserving poor, and
Tens that simply "bridle their tongue
and "endeavor to 1--we in love and charity
with all men" all SIN His Name"
The cash girls in Macy's ore known as
"the little doorkeepers, " whose unique
motto is Lord. Keep Thou the Door OF
My Mouth -; and there are Heartsease
Tens OF little children who cultivate
pansies for the hospitals. There are the
Quiet Tens in schools, and the Courteous
Tens, who claim that Kings daughters
should ever display the manner Of the
court; the Old Maids Tens Of help
full unsppropriated blessings, and the
Old Lady's Ten, whose youngest
member is more than eighty years old,
and whose oldest member donned the
silver cross on her one hundredth birth
day the Faithful Tens in guilds, and
Lookup Tens in deaf mutes' homes
and even in the Home for Incurables
the patients waiting for death have or
Canized themselves into a Considerate
Ten, who shall endeayor to make their
nurses labors as light as possible. One
Of the young ladies' Tens in Boston
sent loads OF sand to the tenement
yards in the city for poor chill
dren 10 play in, and the gradu-
ating class of fashionable boarding
school calling themselves the Continuing
Ten have adopted little girl, and intend
TO provide for her and give her sll the
advantages of culture and education
which they have received. Musical
Tens of the most cultured and gifted
ladies in the city devote their talents to
the entertainment of the poor, and also,
through their use in charitable concerts,
accumulate funds for the support OF
various missions, thus bringing into use
the talent of the wealthy for the benefit
Of the poor.
One of the Kings Daughters, Mrs. X.
II. Townsend. of New York, has built
an annex to Bellevue Hospital, called
the Cottage, at an expense OF $4,000,
and other Daughters of the King have
furnished it with all the luxurious APP
pointments found in their own beautiful
homes. Carved in the stone walk Is the
legend "In His Name" and when
Bishop Potter laid the corner stone OF
the building the trowel was decorated
with purple ribbon, while the keys OF
the building, when delivered to the city
commissioners, were tied with the royal
color.
A touching tribute was paid to Mrs.
Townsend by little girl from the South
who had enjoyed the beautiful surround
ings SO kindly prepared for these charity
patients When she was dying she asked
that the cross of the Kings Daughters
which she wore, together with a piece OF
gold which she had earned writing lit
tie story for 81. Nicholas, might be
given to the kind lady who founded the
hospital.
The Kings Daughters are found in
greater numbers in the cities and larger
towns than IN the rural districts, and IN
the West and South they are more album
dant than in the East, owing to the pre-
vious establishment of Edward f. Hale s
Ten Times One Clubs. The rapid
growth, harmonious unity, ceaseless
activity, Varied and unique charities,
and sympathetic cooperation OF this
history of any organization known.
Within two years it has girdled the globe
with the CLEAN of its silver crosses "lr
His Name"