Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-04-17
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THE KINGS DAUGHTERS.
MARVELLOUS GROWTH OF A BEAU
TiFuL ORDER OF SISTERS.

MARVELLOUS GROWTH OF A BEAU
TlFUL ORDER OF SISTERS.
Its Members Ride In Carriages and Wear
Diamonds-They Also Include Hard
Working Shop Girls and Cash Girls In
Our Big Stores.
A richly dressed lady leading a shabby
little wait of q girl boarded q train at
Hartford one morning last summer andp
led her little charge through the long
train, looking in%quiringly into the faces
Of the passengers. Evidently she was
seeking some kindly person to whose care
she might consign the child, which she
was sending into the country for q season.
Seeing no face which inspired her with
confidence to ask so great a favor, she re-
traced her steps to put her charge in care
of the conductor, when q passenger beside
her, a lady, removed her wrap and re-
vealed over her heart a tiny silver Maltese
cross tied with a purple, ribbon. In
stantly the lady approached her, touched
the silver cross, whispered the mysterious
words, SIN his name,n and told her all
her need. SIN his name" answered the
traveller softly, and tenderly lifted the
child on her lap, and cared for and
amused her through the journey rs
lovingly as though she were her own.
A lady, whose. elegance of attire and
beauty of person attracted the attention
and awakened the admiration of all who
saw her, stepped out OF n of the large
and fashionable stores Of New York to her
carriage, which stood waiting at the door.
Tho wild March wind caught her flutter-
ing silken draperies, and rudely tore her
cloak from about her. AS she struggled
against it a little silver cross fell from her
pavement. A mite Of o girl with a scrap
Of shawl over her head darted out Of the
shelter of the doorway, picked up the
silver trinket and drew Its counterpart
from her own shabby liStle frock. sit is
the badge of the Kings Daughters" said
the lady, softly; fare you one, toof" She
held out both her hands with a smile 80
gentle and tender thEt it was more
precious. to the shivering little girl than
the money the lady left in her half frozen
hand stIn his name.n
Who are these royal daughters Of the
kingf What is their mission2. What is
the Specification Of the silver symbol they
wear and the potency of the mystic motto,
'In his na1nein
In January, 1886, a circle Of ten ladies
met to discuss and arrange some plan
which should unite all Christian women
In enc grand sisterhood of service. Adopt
ing the system of Edward e. Hale's Ten
Times One clubs they constituted them
selves q Central Ten, around which
should crystalline other Tens of workers,
not assuming any authority or response
1 ht1ftVy ox,a,. tlsar, Fl hrk ;v,,VlSr ~ fa,,,, *
nucleus around which they might cluster,
and from which might radiate encourage.
ment, advice and guidance. OF the va
rious narne proposed for the order that OF
the Kings Daughters was most fnvorabIy
received and finally adopted; the badge Of
the society was selected in the small sill
yer cross tied with the royal color; the
watchword chosen was the simple SIN
his name, OF the apostles of old, and the
notices OF action selecsad were:
HLook forward and not back
"Look out and not Inn
"Look up and not down.
"Lend a handss,,
The society as organized had no consti-
tuition and no code Of laws save the one
general regulation that whenever my rea-
Bonable request should be made Sin his
name" it should be granted without ques-
ton or delay.
Never was less said or written, and
never so few plans made for any work, as
the design of the society was to move
silently and steadily, and to secretly ac-
complish its purpose of bridging the
chasm between the rich and the poor, and
to unite all women engaged in any kind
of good work in such a way as TO secure
to each the sympathy and cooperation Of
all. Yet from almost every state In tho
Union, and from most remote countries
over the ~sea--India. Australia and New
ZealRnd-from people in every walk In
life, from pastors Of churches, matrons Of
hospitals, teachers OF schools, leaders OF
philanthropic societies, presidents of col
leges, fromthe bellies of Fifth avenue and
the street gamin of the Bowery come It'd
fngs OF the continual organization Of tens
upon tens of Kings Daughters, Until
$500 silver crosses have been sold and
10. 900 members have enrolled their names
among the Kings Daughters, although
the society has been organized only two
years. &
AS for the kind Of work accomplished
by this remarkable sisterhood; it is too
varied and extensive to be recorded In de-
tail. There are Tens that visit the sick,
Tens that supply the hospitals and homes
with flowers, Tens that support foreign
missionaries, Tens that sing and Tens
that sew, Tens that endow beds. in hos
pitfalls, Tens that provide pleasant coun~
try homes for deserving poor, and Tens
that simply ssbridle their tongue'' and
"endeavor to live In love and charity with
all mem all 'In his name,
The cash girls above referred to are
known as "the little doorkeepers,n Whose
unique motto Is ord. keep thou the