St. Paul daily globe., 1892-05-07

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- bring even fleet
ing comfort to
one in need OF it, is too small 10 lAtIi'
consideration. 49,,
As nearly as can be learned; there
are seven societies in 81. Iaul; soine
denOminatiOnal and some attached WIN
a total membership of about 2Uu; me
largest society, albeit not the WealthleSI
Inv onv means calls itself the Cup OF
Cold Waters" and many are the cool
ing draughts administered 10 thirsty
travellers on life's dusty highway by
the LOVING hands of these young women
and Young men, who, in this particular
society, are for the most part employed
during the day. There are hfty-tWo
members in the
soup of Cold Water"
each contributing. by the laws of the
national society, the magnificent sum OF
five cents per month TO the nome treas,
urV. and 10 cents per YeartO the central
council at New York. Even as great
Ills from slight causes grow, so great
good from this slender income IS
wrought. a clear-eyed young Kings
Daughter told NE all about their work
Yesterday, and now am telling you ID
turn: for tie man or woman who mas
message for the world that he fails to
deliver is debtor to his fellows.
81 scarcely know what to speak of
first" said this young woman th0nght-
fully, ''for our work extends in so many
directions. But | suppose you want to
know, first of all, what we are doing
here in our own city. We visit poor
families, Or persons reported to be III
distress, and. if we find them worthy,
relieve them rs far as lies in our power.
If there is doubt as to the char
acter of the people seeking relief,
we 20 to Mr.. HutchinS, who knows al
most all of the very poor III the city,
and thus we are able 10 avoid lmposl-
ton. Some Of Us carry flowers 10 the
sick, some make toys and dress dolls for
the Door little mites of humanity who
otherwise would know few of the inno-
cent joys of childhood. And you have
no idea how much suffering there is in
even city like st. Paul, whose poor
are so we'll managed.
At Thanksgiving Time
and Christmas we give good dinners, or
rather the material out of which good
dinners are cooked, to many poor pee
pie. and we do not forget those who are
farther away, either Last Christmas
and shipped it to Faith Home, in the In
dian territory. large industrial nome
with school attached, which is carried
on for Indian girls. a short time before
this we sent a similar box down 20 Ten
nesSee to aid in the industrial work be-
ing done there for the class known as
the poor whites" We are especially
interested also. in the work of the Alien
university, at Columbia, Tenn.
s'Shut-Ins''
take up the attention of quite number
of US. You don't know what "Shut-inS"
are? Well. they are invalids for life,
who are absolutely dependent upon
others for the small enjoymentS that go
toward making their imprisonment en-
durable. All over this country, East,
West, North or South. go our cheerful
letters to people we have never seen
and never expect to see in this world.
We write about every conceivable topic
that we think can possibly interest the
one to whom we are writing. We don't
waste valuable space in giving them
advice. nor do we preach" " in the gen
eral aceepiaIiOn Of The term, but we try
to make the kindly act of writing pleas
ant, gossippy letters a stronger
sermon than any that could be delivered
from those same pages. Some time since
we furnished bed in St. Luke's hos
pital that WaS named the Jessie Dyer
bed in remembrance of one OF our
number who is now a real Kings
daughter having finished her work on
earth and gone 10 her reward. The con-
cert given night before last was for the
purpose of endOwing that room at the
hospital in her name: but we failed to
accomplish this object, though we
brought to st. Paul one of the most emf
nent pianISteS of the times. The audi
ence was not large enough to fully pay
our expenses; but l suppose we have
no right TO complain, when 4 company
of musicians
Like the Marine Band
of Washington loses money in this town.
One more branch of our work is to
write letters of encouragement to mis-
slonarieS in the foreign field, telling
them home news to cheer the weary
hours and brighten the dropping spirits.
In short, we all do what lies next to us,
without regard to the branch of service
in which the kindly act belongs. There
is only one requirement tor member
Ship.the applicant must be lmOued with
the Christian spirit that manitestS itself
first in the desire to do good to his tel-
low man. No one but a member is en-
titled to wear our little solid silver
badge, which you see bears the initials
of our motto, Il. H. N" ! have often
made delightful acquaintances IN trav-
cling, through the medium of this little
silver cross, which carries truly fra
ternal meaning, and which is worn by
every Kings Daughterin the land"
Our ChiIdren's Department