New-York tribune., 1899-02-12
CONTRIBUTIONS

CONTRIBUTIONS
The following contributions have been received:
Two pairs ~ bedsocks from NJ Y G.; pretty
handkerchief-case from Miss Chesley. of BROOKLYN
q book from "Newburg y y. pictures FOR scrap
! book from J.. NJ y. BROOKLYN; cancelled stamps
| from "A Friend of the T. s s.; calendars and
! booklets from r. W. o. OF Poughkeepse. y. y
pictures and cards from Alice Sturges, Of Brnttle-
| boro. Vt package OF cards. an nvalids dress
| ng-sack. unfinished work and silk for completing
from Mrs " W. Blbcock Monclalr. y. j.; pillow
from Mrs Elolse Lytle OF Stanton. Fla: ten chill
dren's books from Lucille Foley. Montclair. y. j.;
reading matter from three T. s. 8 members and
W l.. Kinkade OF Brooklyn: doiIies from Mrs D.
Bernstein Of Philadelphia. and F. 4. Langley
West Levant Ne contributions from Mrs Theron on
Of this city; six bound books from Mrs: 'SrdeS fn
Beatrice Fink Woodbridge. y, j.. a: large coIlec-
ton without name: number OF r pre'y e6erf 6mT9
Of Nazareth Penn; Mary A. Moses. Peekskl.
y. y; F.. W, A.. Poug nkeepse n " AnTe AIS
Brooklyn: G. 9. Sater also OF Brookyn; Eunice
A. Stewart. Glens Falls. y. Y; Susie NJ. Chathed'
PENN: Penn? Anna Y. Bigiow Of this c.ty; nifty came
from The Kings Daughters OF Madison \. ,,;, -;
Miss +. Cambell. OF Morrisown. y. J.; Miss Llile
Coward Of PIanneld r. j.; F. L. b. SooEs doH sIso sno
without name
Culyer designer on paper that was beautifully
hand-decorated with three heartsease blossoms'
DON'T WORRY
II the don't shine to-day. t Will tomorrow.
II luck don't come your way just when you think
You needn't worry.
than the lord intended it to be-
IT'S often he tests your faith and trust and
shining far through gloom and mist Of poignant
grief and pain,
So do not worry.
JOHN y. CULVER
New-Yorls City
Miss Grace Eoise Nicholson. secretary OF the
Cleveland (Ohio) T. 6. 6. branch No. l. OF which
General Elwel IS the president selected and sent in
the words OF the following song. This selection
was given second place by the judges who decided
upon the club song
IF WERE A SUNBEAM.
II were a sunbeam. know what I'd do:
would seek white les rainy wo0dands ,lS, Is, through
Until every lily raised its dropping head.
II were a sunbeam I know where I'd go;
Into lowlies; novels. dark with want and woe;
TIL sad hearts looked upward. I would shine and
Then they'd think Of heaven. their sweet home and
mine
Art thou not a sunbeam. child whose life Is glad
With an inner radiance sunshine never had?
For there IS no sunbeam but must die or shine
Mrs Philo Bevin. Of East Hampton. Conn sends
thanks for Grandma Locmis TO Mrs. Metcalf. Of
Springfield. for pincushion; Mrs Robertson for
knitted washcloth and r. ". for spectacle pol
isher. II Will be remembered that Grandma is 100
years old.
Miss Hattie L. Webster. OF North Londonderry.
y. H. wishes TO notify her Sunshine friends that
she has been III for the last six weeks. and that is
the reason she has not written
Tho following selection is published at the
quest OF "A Member:
DO you think none have known but yourself all tn,
pain
or hopes that retreat and regrets that remain,
And all the wide distance Fate fixes. no doubt,
TwiXt the life that's within and the lie that's
without?
Which one of us finds the world Just he likes
or gets what ne wants when he wants II? Or
strikes
Without missing the thing that he strikes at the
first?
God means ds all to be happy. be
lie sends ne sorrows that have not some cure:
our duty down here is to do-not to know.
Live though life were earnest. and .fe will be
-tOWen Meredith.
Enjoy the blessings OF this day. II God sends
them and the evils OF It bear patiently and sweet
ly. for this day only is ours; dead to yester-
day and wc are not yet born to the morrow
Jeremy Taylor.
Selected by Mrs Ellsworth