Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-31
THE KINGS DAUGHTERS
Semi-Annual Meeting Held Yes
terday Afternoon.
Report ofIseceipts ""dDiaburscmcn,~
Tho Nurse Committee A Cons
prchcnsive History of the Risc
and Pro -re-. OF the Order.


Kings Daughters of Norfolk was held
at Epworth Methodist Church at 4:3O
O'Clock yesterday afternoon.
Devotional exercises were conducted
by Mrs. S. d. Hope, of the Silver Cross
Circle of Atlantic City, chairman of
the Devotional Committee. She read
Luke. 6:30-30 and prayer was offered by
Mrs. w. r. Washington, first vice
chairman.
The meeting was called 10 order by
the chairman, Miss Margaret Roper.
Mrs. X. ~: Mapp. secretary, read the
minutes OF the mass meeting held in
February and all Intervening meetings
of the Executive Board
TREASURER'S REPORT.
The treasurer. Mrs. Wiloughby
| Cooke. read her report of the receipts
and expenditures for the pas; four
| months. which showed the following
gratifying exhibit:
Balance on hand last report soO5. OF
| COLLECTIONS ........ 1000
Disbursements for all purposes. 4s9 .os
Balance on hand .... SASS. So
REPORT NURSE COMMITTEE.
Mrs. Caldwell Hardy, chairman Of
the Nurse Committee. reported the
number of sick calls made since last
meeting TO be 376. of which 121 were
made in April.
DEVOTIONAL COMMITTEE.
Mrs. S. D. Hope chairman of the
Devotional Committee reported that
since February one circle had been
established in the outskirts OF the city
that employed one city missionary; cot
tage prayer meetings have been re-
sumed. and that the SILVER Cross Cir
Gle had been engaged chiefly this year
in the care of the sick by providing
nourishments. medicine, etc. This cir,
Gle. with the assistance OF Sunshine
circle. is endeavoring to secure pas
sage to England for n mother and three
small children who have no means to
get there.
ORIGIN OF THE ORDER.
Mrs. w. II. Terry read Il very inter-
esting Silver Cross leaflet on the origin
or the order of the Kings Daughters
and Sons. which showed that the chief
object of the organization was to bring
forces engaged in no efforts or in In
eHectual efforts at things which they
were never intended to do. into service
In some line where their abilities would
adequately meet an actual existing
need.
MEANING OF THE ORDER.
Miss Virginia Old read n Ieaflet on
me Meaning OF the Order" showing
| mat its great purpose is the develoD-
ment of spiritual life" which is n
higher type of christian living"
GROWTH OF THE ORDER
Mrs. Caldwell Hardy followed in the
reading of an interesting account of tn,
Growth of the Order" showing that
ior ten years since its organization. in
1886. with only ten members, it had at =
tanned in the ten years following q
membership npproxmating 100000. The
order exists. in greater or less numbers.
IN North and South America, Great
Britain. Germany. France, Italy,
Greece, Switzerland. Denmark and Tur-
key, In Europe, India China. japan and
in Asia. Australia, New Zealand, the
sandwich and Hawaiian Isles. in the
Bermudas and Bahamas There are
also individual members and circles in
PALESTINE and in Smyrna and missions
RES have been sent to foreign lands
and the Indians and our own vast plans
nave been helped by the Kings Daugh-
| terS and Sons
MRS. WASHINGTON'S ADDRESS.
Mrs. w. II. Washington then delivered
practical and timely address on the
papers read. taking them UP in their
regular order. and showed that the
great success which had attended the
order along these lines was not so much
the work of planning as the work of
executing plans after formulated. She
SAID he or she who plans only can never
achieve much success In closing she
ulseu the members from the various
evangelical churches to more thorourh-
~ consecrate themselves to the great
work committed to their care and
keeping.
After singing Lest BE the Tie that
Binds. the meeting was dismissed.
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