New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-28
SUNSHINE RECEPTION.

SUNSHINE RECEPTION
No Individual invitations will be Issued Tor 'ne
good time that Brooklyn Branch No. proposes 70
have on May 81 at the First Reformed Churen'
Bedford AVE. and Clymer-st.. Brooklyn put eve'y
r g. g. member will be cordially welcomed Inc
Hospitality Committee will be ready TO receive al
Sd. M Let every one come. II only for httle
while that all may become better acquainted Win
each other. Mrs Nellie g Furman; uhe ~
requests all members to wear their pause''
MY GUESTS.
They come to me in dreams by NIGHTLY day
From soundless slences Of that great Ire
Which ever lies beside our common way, .,,
And leads to Gods deep peace beyond our strhe'
Across a sea OF bright and shining foam:
Like sunshine falling thro' great drifts OF dark
Like winged voyagers from the SKIES OF ho'he'
They bring weird sweet music from sfs ar.
They tell OF lands where stormy winters cease,
TIL down nv clouded sky there shines a star.
And all my soul Is wrapped In perfect peace
They teach me how that sorrow, pain and loss
Bear blessed fruits Of love 70 cheer the world;
A heart Of sweetness holds within 1t furied
Will carry blossoms sanity. pure and white, 49,
How all lfe's bitterest draushts are turned 10
And nGes ali our darkest clouds are crowned with
light,
They wake my days with summer song Of BIRDS
They M my heart a6Sy sc the S fllnsn wor as'
i"'' Mrs. E. Alice Bradley.
Miss NJ l. Hedenberg. president OF the East
Orange branch. has issued call for an important
business meeting for tomorrow, May 49, 1t will
be held at the home Of Mrs. Maui. No 2 Pater-
son-st East Orange at p M ana i to rase
fund to carry on the Sunshine work in Orange VIII
be discussed
Miss Efle A. Pease Of Crab Orchard. Neb..
writes that her mother has been stricken with
paralysis and is now lying helpless The Presi-
dent-General hopes that many evidences Oh sym-
pathy will reach this afflicted daughter
To have suffered much is to be like those who
know many languages-to have learned to under
stand every one and TO be understood by every
one-(Mme. Swetchine.
PRACTICAL SUNSHINE WORK.
The Home Garden branch OF the T. 8. g., OF
which Miss Anna Ruddy is president. has MEM
bership largely made up OF young girls from the
teuements. and Is designed TO bring sunshine into
hidden corners where ordinary everyday sunbeams
seldom find their way. Recently the members gave
a reception at the Home Garden. No 42i East one
hundred and hfte-nth-st. to forty children. Tables
were set in the playroom. where sandwtches. cake
and coffee were served. A generous portion OF cake
was sent TO an aged T. 8. s. member who had been
longing in vain for months for a piece OF cake.
Her delight. Miss Rudy says was indescribable
Games followed In the large yard. whore lilacs
and other flowers were in bloom. The members
wore badges and the society coors. The flowers In
the yard are for the exclusive use OF the society
and have already found their way into more than
one dark spot where the SICK ana sunerihs are 10
A more extended account Of the active and en-
iished soon, and 1t may serve as q suggestion to
many others to work along similar lines.