Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-09-21


was incorporated under the laws ~ tnc
state Of New York, with MIR. Conldin ~
pres idcnt OF couJso tho primary qurliii-
cation for admission i illness. TO be-
sufferer shut IN frum the outside world
constitutes one y proper candidate for
membership DO fhis socnty.N says thc cpii-
aitution Butthcfe ls @ character quail
ficntIon also. and pll nrnlicanis fer mcr-
bership must "soni with tholr application
u possible. thc name 81 their pn4tpr or
their physician, o. ol SOME associate iutn'
Der of iho elcic,y, ns nu Introduction"
TIL. associate utmlers aru DOT inv1lidi,
but "hcing in t.nder sympathy wish the
suffering. volunteer IN this minisity Of
love" Each associate mcmbcr volunteers
TO correspond with members In a certain
naignrl distric. aud Il expected 20 sub
scribe NJ least one dollar year.
Tho society ~ managed by nn advisory
board composed VI associate members 40
might naturally be- expected, tho society "a
largely composed Of women There ~ "A
nuns department, however, under the
direction Of Mr.. VIII ;. Mather, q Chi
rago. There Is ilOurlshing tAildrenn de-
partmcnt. the members u which are pop
ularly known as The SUNSHINE nakera."
II ~ under the direction u Mas g. l..
Lewis of Boston, and Ail juiie a. Jones
aud Miss Abhic 4. Miller Of Dorchester,
Mass.
There ~ also a department of children
associate members. which have formed
themelyes into "a baud called the Little
Cup BcnfogH 10 the kmg. Il u composed
Of Toys and girls from six 10 nineteen years
OF ago, who pied themselves 20 carry
sympathy md comfort TO some littlo sur
forcr ltii found that childruu enter into
this work with great tnthusithm, und tho
littlr cup bearers have helped many % poor
and weary sufferer to become asunfhino
mnkCr.
Another department Of the society Is tho
whcClchuir committee, Of which Miss Z
| o. Ross. OF Newark, y. j.. g. tho active
manager. lts object ig tonlloviatc Che ton
I dition OF tic shut In momhcr By furnish
| ing them. when possible, With wheel,
| chair. " hen whcelchuir Invalid diea a
| little silver plato is fastened ON the back
/ uf tho chair Inscribed, TO the memory %!
-- -" and 10 l. sent hncl. to the
committee, 10 he used hy nomr other mem
[ bcr The Kings Daughters aFe interested
| In the whccichaIr work, and iu fact mum.
Der Of circles u KingH DnughterA have
been formed among members Of the Shut
In society. Many Of tho members thorn
selyr, worl. Tor tha wheolchlir committee.
Tho library OF the society Ia one oi IT,
important feature. BooLs, magazines
and paper, are freely sent 10 inynlids In
every state In TIE Union, aswcll a. tomany
foreign countries. In Philadelphia Pass
lt-Along olub las bocu formed, which
rircuintrs periodicals among invnllda
Tho Opsn Window Is tal unme Of tho
excellent monthly publication issued By
the society.
10 h. m Interesting fact that a mission.
nry spirit has been developed In thia ,o-
,Icty, although It's members might well be
excused II they thought only Of them
selves. There is an "lnyalid's nuNiliary,"
which * now supporting native NURSE IN
the Margaret Williamson hospital at
Shanghai, China, aud Is also riislngu fund
10 enduw "a bod iu the same hospital, 20 bC
known uH She "shut,ln society'al bed. N
Another branch Ok missionary work don,
by The tocicty is the writing Of letters tC
prisoners. About i.1l1 lC,.cci have beet
sent Ia Sing Sing alone. phoy are sent un
addressed 10 the chaplain. who addrcist'
them personally TO tie conyicta. Tho nam,
and address of the writer are not, however
given to the convict. u is the trltimon!
OF the chaplain that these letters hay,
done much good.
The letter, written by inyalds 60 othc
, inyallds have resulted in muuy warn
I friendships, and the term "luttor friend
has become "a recognized phrase Ia tn
society. The organization Of the socltt,
has brought ont the fact that a hurph-
ingly large number 81 invallds have bea
"shut in for long term VI years an
for twenty-five or thirty years. One MON
D.. Der OF the society. who died last ygag. ha
I bccn confined TO her bed for sixty ycau,.
3 The condition Of such long term patient
Z Is apt TO become very dvsolatc, ~ thci
Z early friends die or drop aw ~ and the
!, ARE made TO feel that they are a burden o
those who arr charged with their cnr'
. To sch inynlds the society comes ~
. blessed boon, for II not only puts them !
i direct communication with many fcllo'
IA sufferers aud sympathetic friends, hut Oh
J, various interests Of the society give thvi
II something to think of, and thus break III
Ii dreary munotony Of their lives.
"a one Of tho best known members OF "a
society is Hiss Jennie Cassciay, Of LOui
" VILE, who has been confined to her ruoi
:, Tor twenty-five years. She has acquired
70 widespread reputation ~ the founder an
2, uatlonal president OF the Flower mission
IA. New York Tribune.