The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-09-12
.Tbe Kings Daughfer.r

nue. lady Wore on her corsage small
Maltese cross of silver attached to a bit
of purple satin ribbon. The gentleman
meaning of the badge. She answered, sit
means am tue daughter of king.
'The daughter of king" repeated the
young man.
'Y es," the lady replied. 81 belong to
an order Of Christian women called the
Kings Daughters, and the cross and
ribbon is our badge. On this side the
cross are the letters 81. II. N" meaning,
Gin His Name" and on the other is the
year of the formation of the order, 1886"
This modest sisterhood numbers among
its members hundreds OF the prominentso-
ciety girls of New York City.
Mrs. +. Bottome, who has there given
Bible readings for the past ten years,
found that some outlet for the Christian
energy aroused by her work was needed,
and called a meeting OF her oldest and wis
est friends to consider what to do. They
met for the first time, a little company of
ten, at che residence of Mrs. Bottome, on
the morning of January 10, 1886. They
decided to organize themselves into isis
terhood of service" adopting the Rev.
Edw ard Hale idea of 'teu times one is
ten" They specified no particular line of
work, but eomprehended their whole de-
sire and all possible futn re service in their
notices:
Look up aud moi down,
Look forward and not back,
Look out and not in,
Lend hand,
And since Christ, their elder Brother,
lived these notices for their example, they
took FOR their watchword, ain His Name"
The 'King's Daughters" are responsible
only to the King, and hence there is no
needless organization to cumber their ser
vice.
Each ten chooses its own work and its
own way and time of doing it, One circle
of ten visits sick children in hos pitfalls.
Another has undertaken to teach ass
of poor working girls to sew and cook.
The musical ten sing in hospitals at sick
beds or in drawing room concerts for the
benefit of the needy.
Another ten aids the home and foreign
missions, and still another chooses the diff
ficult duty of trying to help people to tell
the truth.
One little circle of ten determined to try
to bring some light and JOY into the lives
of the shut-in invalids, and are now CORES
pondng with the sick ones, sending books
and other reading matter, and sometimes
worsteds and silk to be woven into pr city
forms.
fashionable boarding school resolved
itself into tens, the girls pledging them
selves not to speak uukindly of any school
mate or friend, and to assist each other by
little acts of kindness whenever possible
The principal of the school has since in =
formed Mrs. Bottome that the whole at
mosphere of the institute has changed
Circles have been organized in Maine,
Massachusetts,, Pennsylvania, Georgia and
Florida, and even England has taken the
idea up now. Mr.. Moody's school at
Northfield and Smith College has resoly-
ed themselves into tens and wear the cross
and ribbon.
Miss Helen Could, daughter of the mil
Honairc, is one of the workers, and this
summer did work among the village girls
near her country home.
Not long ago woman, whose fortune
reaches far into the millions, was buying
at the counter of a large dry goods store
Noticing that the one from whom she was
purchasing wore a purple ribbon and bit
oil silver on her breast, she said sis not
that a badge you wear?'
"Oh, yes,' quickly replied the girl, Il
am Que or the Kings Daughters.
The lady opened her cloak and on her
own breast lay another silver cross on roy
al ribbon.
"rhen we are sisters, she said aud held
out her hand across the counter.--M b.
B, in Tie Cleaner.