The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-01
Great Kid glove sale this week at
X. K. THOMAS DRY GOODS CO
THE NEEDIESVoRK GUILD.

The time is at hand for the ingath-
erlng of the garments contributed by
the members of the Needlework Guild,
and perhaps few words from the pen
OF Mrs John w. Stewart, one of the
officers OF the central bureau in Phila-
deiphla may be an inspiration to some
or US However low our enthusiasm
has been during the long months since
our last collection, these autumn days,
Deautlful and bright as most of their
hours are, have just enough of evening
chill to start in that good little part
or our hearts, which truly loves to
make people happy and more comfort
able, the wonder ''if it is going to be
a hard winter for the poor' As we
lay aside our pretty summer gowns
and look at wooden stuffS and flannelS
for ourselves, we find our eyes wan
dering with interest to the piles of
heavier texture, suitable for some man,
woman or child, under hard conditions;
yes and who has not had the lift to
vitality which change and happiness
brings. Half consciously a song of
Thanksgiving has been humming itself
IN your hearts; perhaps some new joy
has come TO you this summer, some
fresh found ffa. some urfolo;nsg of
your own possibilities, and the song, if
put into words of plain prose, has this
refrain: Perhaps / can make the
Winters strain easier for someone"
Here right at hand is one way, and you
buy forthwith some warm flannel,
Though you have "hated to ask any
body" the task seems lighter now.
Somebody has to do it, and if everyone
did only agreeable things, the poor
would have few helpers. Some direct
ors say that they would rather give
all the garments than ask anyone"
Yes, [ think we all would, especially
rather than ask anyone whom we know
will give reluctantly. But let me tell
you something which perhaps you do
not realize. In the first place it is
better to set ten people to work in the
right direction than to do the work of
ten people yourself; and in the second
place, the gift of giving gladly is
largely a matter of cultivation, wheth-
er it be the giving of money or gar
ments, or the giving of ourselves for
the blessing and Frightening of the
sad and suffering. To solicit from ten
persons is / sometimes think, doing as
much good as to give a hundred gar
ments. You are stimulating others to
give regularly; you are putting them
in touch with the poor; you are pos
sibly involving a director to continue
along the same line of progression, till,
like the old smile of the ripple, the
good you have begun widens beyond
your fartheSt reach. The guild is a
great educator in systematic giving
giving a definite something at a def
mite time. 1t also broadens the spirit
of giving in many and teaches them
sympathy for the many friendless ones
in the great world of suffering in our
cities. If we would only let our mag
nation carry Us along with our guild
sewing, and see the joy and comfort
each individual garment may give, we
should no longer be lukewarm in our
efforts.
The Salt Lake branch will make its
annual collection of garments and
dimes Thursday, Nov. 5. We are so
fortunate as to have the use of the
room on Main street formerly occupied
by the Lace House, for the distribution.
Here the garments will be on exhibit
ton Friday andl Saturday, Nov. and
Z, and it is most earnestly urged that
the members and friends of the guild
will come to see the astonishing result
obtained when 600 or 200 individuals
contribute only two garments each
The officers will please note that the
annual business meeting viii be held
on Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
in the same room. and no further
notice of the meeting Will be made. a
full attendance is requested.