, 1888-04-17
THE KINGS DAUGHTERS.
MARVELLOUS GROWTH OF A BEAU
TIFUL ORDER OF SISTERS.

Its NIembcrs Ride in Carriages and Wear
Diamonds-Thoy Also Include Hard
Working Shop Girls and Cash Girls in
Our Big Stores,
A richly dressed lady leading a shabby
little waif OF a girl boarded a train at
Hartford one morning last summer and
led her little charge through the long
train. looking inquiringly 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 aseason.
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 a passenger beside
her, II lady, removed her wrap and re-
vealed over her heart a tiny silver Maltese
cross tied with a purple ribbon. In
stautly the lady approached her, touched
the silver cross, whispered the mysterious
words, In his name" and told her all
her need. In his name,'' answered the
traveller softly, and tenderly lifted the
child on her lap, and cared for aud
amused her through the journey as
lovingly MS though she were her own.
\ lady, whose elegance of attire and
beauty Of person attracted the attention
mud awakened the admiration of all who
saw her, stepped out OF one OF the large
and fashionable stores of New York to her
carriage, which stood waiting mt the door.
The wild March wind caught her flutter-
ing silken draperies, and rudely tore her
cloak from about her. AS she struggled
against il a little silver cross fell from her
dress and went tinkling down on the
pavement. A mite of a girl with II scrap
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shelter of the doorway, picked up the
silver trinket and drew its counterpart
from her own shabby little frock. at IL
the badge Of the Kings Daughters, y said
the lady, softly; ARE you one, too,' She
held out both her hands with a smile so
gentle and tender that it was more
precious TO the shivering little girl than
the money the lady left in her half frozen
hand In his name"
Who are these royal daughters of the
Ling? What is their missiont What il
the Specification of the silver symbol they
wear and the potency of the mystic motto,
''ln his nalney'
In January, 1886, a circle of ten ladies
met to discuss and arrange some plan
which should unite all Christian women
in one grand sisterhood of service. Adopt
ing the system of Edward Il. Hale's Ten
Times One clubs they constituted them
EtANt1 Il tlllL lt4n hloAil NAlANIl
should crystalline other Tens of workers,
not assuming any authority or RESPONSE
hility over them, but simply to form II
nucleus around which they might cluster,
and from which might ldiHte encourage
Iaent, advice and guidance. OF the va
rious names proposed for the order that Of
the Kings Daughters was most f~avorably
received and finally adopted; the badge of
the society was selected in the small sill
N-r nom ff.l trftI, f1. r.-u1 g,1.V- Vl,
watchword chosen was the simple in
his namen Of the apostles Of old. and the
notices of action se'ected were:
Look forward and not back"
"Look out and not in
"Look up and not down"
LEND n hand"
The society as organized had no consti-
tuition and no code Of laws save the one
general regulation ~thgtzwheuever any rea-
spnablc request should be made "In his
name it should be granted without ques-
ton or delay.
Never was less suid or written, and
never so few PLANS made for any work, rs
the design Of the society was to move
silently and steadily, aud to secretly nc
Cnmglish its purpose Of bridging the
Chnsm between the rich and the poor, and
to unite all women engaged in any Kind
Of good work in such Il way rs to secure
~ Nst,l VIC - llltkl'A AlNl Cb-bltlbllpl III
ull. Yet from almost every state in the
Union, and from most remote countries
over the sca-lndiH, Australia and New
Xealand-from people in every walk in
4tfc, from pastors of churches, matrous of
hospitals, teachers Of schools, leaders of
philanthropic societies, presidents Of col
lcges, from the bellies Of Fifth avenue and
the street gamin of the Bowery come It'd
iRgs Of the continual organization of tc99
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1900 silver crosses have been sold and
10000 member 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, Eel that provide pleasant coun-
try homes for deserving poor, and Tens
that simply "bridle their tongue and
''endeavor to live in love and charity with
all men" all ain his name"
The cash girls above referred to are
known as "the little doorkeepers, - whose
unique motto is Lord, keep thou the
door OF my .nOuIn, ana tnere are Hearts
ease Tens Of little children who cultivate
pansies for the hospitals. There are the
Quiet Tens in schools, and the Courteous
Tens, who claim that "King's Daughters
should ever display the manners OF the
COURT" the Old Maids Tens of helpful
unappropriated bic sings, and the Old
Ludy's Ten. whose youngest member is
more thar 80 years old, and whose oldest
member Ouned the silver cross on her
Tooth birthday; the Faithful Tens in
guilds, the Lookup Tens in deaf mutes'
homes; and even in the Home for Incura-
bles the patients waiting for death hav
organized themselves into n Considerate
Ten, who shall endeavor to make their
nurses labors as light as possible. One
of the young ladies' Tens in Boston sent
loads of SAM to the tenement yards in the
city for poor children to play in, and the
graduating class of Il fashionable board
Ing school calling themselves the Con-
tinuing Ten ave adopted "A little girl, and
intend to provide for her and give her all
the advantages of culture and education
which they have received. Musical Tens
of the most cultured and gifted ladies in