Wichita eagle., 1888-06-13
KINGS DAUGHTERS.
o the Editor Of the Eagle.

| To the Editor Of the Eagle.
| Within recent years a new royal order
has been established in America wholly at
variance with the old idea of royalty. tax
ing as its corner stone words spoken by a
| Cling of long ago. He that is greatest
among you let him be as the younger, and
| he that is chief, as ne that doth serve.
| am among you as he that serYethn
| How did this society originate, and to
whom shall we ascribe the honor of found
ing its Indirectly to Edward E. Hale, the
| distinguished Unitarian Clergyman of
| Boston. His notices ''Ten Times One are
Ten his sin His Name" his Look For
ward and not Back. - Lend a Hand.'' have
caused the hidden growths of sympathy,
the slumbering seeds of kindness in the
human heart to spring UP and blossom
all around US.
The attempt OF Henry George TO prove
"that all men have been created equal"
and the cry of the miserable as depicted by
| the powerful pen of Helen Campbell in
her Prisoners of Poverty" have also en-
tered as factors 1t is a significant fact
that this society was organized in New
York and mostly of ladies of wealth and
culture-noble women who met for the
purpose of entering upon some definite
work for the good of others. The one OBJ
ject emphasizes first and last .'to bridge
the chasm betweed the rich and the poor"
Anything" they said, however small or
simple, that helps another human being
to be better or happier is proper work for
the Kings Daughters We quote the
lovely and true story which the New York
Sun set going on its rounds some weeks
past.
''In January, 1856, circle of ten ladies
adopting the system of Edward E. Hale's
Ten Times One clubs constituted
themselves central ten around
which should crystalize other tens or
workers; not assuming any authority or
responsibility over them, but simply TO
form a nucleus around which they might
cluster, and form which might radiate en-
couragement, advice and guidance. The
name Kings Daughters" was taken,
small silver cross tied with royal color
was adopted, the simple watchword sin
His Name" was chosen. The notices of
action selected were: Look forward AID
not back, Look out and not in,'' Look
up and not down." Lend hand" The
society had no constitution, no code of
laws save the one general regulation that
whenever any reasonable request should
be made in His name it should be
granted without question or delay. Ten
thousand members have now enrolled
their names among the Kings Daughters,
although the society has been organized
only two years 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 en-
dow beds in hospitals, tens that provide
pleasant country homes for deserving
poor, and tens that simply bride their
tongues and endeavor to live in love and
charity with all men, all in His name
There are the quiet tens in schools, and
the courteous tens who claim that kings
daughters should ever display the man
Ders of the court; the old maids tens of
helpful, unappreciated blessings. and the
old ladies' ten, whose youngest member is
more than eighty years old, and whose
oldest member donned the silver cross on
her hundredth birthday. One of the
young ladies' tens in Boston sent loads of
sand to the tenament yards in the city for
poor children to play in. Musical tens of
the most cultured and gifted ladies in the
city devote their talents to the entertain
ment of the poor
A society of Kings Daughters has re-
Gently been organized under the auspices
of the Unitarian church, by Mrs. r. A.
Sankey. 0-
The members meet once a week, on
Wednesday-hoursf from two to five The
time is partly occupied in sewing for the
poor and working for church fairs. The
members strictly endeavor to keep in view
the purpose of the order Gossip has been
banished from their midst and they aim to
confine their conversation to topics that
will instruct, elevate and refine. Feeling
deeply the need of more intimate ac-
quaintance with the great men and women
of our times it has been decided to begin
the study of THE Life and Times of En-
erson." A half hour will be devoted to
reading and another half to discussion on
the same.
with this movement which has
for its aim the uplifting of
humanity irrespective of sect, creed or
color, are cordially invited to join the
Kings Daughters and work with us.
Human needs know no sects. The great
truths uttered by sages and prophets of the
past and present time are being heard by
the masses. CAN mankind are brothers
and Ito the good and perfect man is born
low, as he now lies in evil and weakness y
The society meets today at the residence
of Mrs. Packard, corner of Lewis and To
peka avenues.
We look for large increase of mem
bers. Those who desire to obtain further
information may correspond with Miss G..
II. Libby, is Washington Place, New \ ork
City. The secretary of the organization is
Mrs. NJ. L. Dickinson. $40 West 59th street,
New York, to whom names and addresses
of all bands should be sent. The president
is Mrs. Bottome, also of New York. N.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.