The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-14
SUNSHINE LAND.


/ They came in sight of a lovely shore.
Y elbow as gold in the morning light;
Inc sun own color at noon il wore,
And faded not at The fall Of night;
Clear weather or foul-'twas all as one.
The happy hills seemed bathed with the
SUM-
Its secret the sailors could not UNDER
stand,
But they called the country Sunshine
What was the secret? A simple thing
1T VIII make you smile when once you
Touched by the tender finger of spring
g. q million blossoms were all aglow;,
they covered the hills with q mantle OF
light;
And the wild bee hummed. and the glad
breaZe famed
Through the honeyed fields Of Sunshine
Land.
If oyer the sea we two were bound.
What port, dear child, would we choose
for ours?
We would sail, and sail, TIL at last we
found
This fairy gold of a million flowers.
Yet. darling. we'd find. il at home We
OF many small joys our pleasures are
made:
More near than we tfinls-very close at
Lie the golden fields of Sunshine Land
Edith Thomas in New York Weekly.
The secretary general of the Young
WOman's and IloyaI TEMPERANCE Legion,
branches of the Minnesota. Woman Chris
t!an Temperance union, Miss Louise f.
HOLSTER. is always engaged in Sunshine
work, but only recently Joined the inter
national. 1t is hoped that she will in
duce the entire union to become members.
Miss =. G. Lemke. 1910 Hague avenue.
wrote to the president general asking the
cost" of joining Sunshine. Many little
reports of good cheer work performed by
Miss Lcmke had been sent in and she
was Immediately made member in good
standing.
AS "unkindness has no remedy at law"
let its avoidance be with you a point
of honor.-Hosea Ballou.
The one who sings when troubles here,
From trouble has not much to fear
Since ii will never tarry long
When stout heart meets it with a song.
Bring sunshine to the shadiest place.
For cheerful heart and smiling face
To try the magic in a song
Then don't forget when things go wrong.
Mr.. Ralph Dickerson, of No 600 Cedar
street. st. Paul, has recently Joined the
general society.
Word mas come from headquarters OF
true need for sunshine. Perhaps there
are some who would like to write TO an
educated and cultivated but lonely lady
who lives miles from anywhere. She
has little daughter who would appre-
ciate any sunshine. The lady writes:
we have no church, no school, no so
c1ety, neigpors too far away to get to.
Can we imagine the monotony of such d
life?" The address is Mrs. J. p Grymes
Egg Bend, Aroyelles Parish, La.
81 expect to pass through this world
but once; if, therefore there be any kind
ness 1 can show or any good thing l
can do to any fellow being, let me do it
I shall not pass. this way again
Epitaph written by Edward Courtney,
Earl of DeVonshire.
Last week the international headquar-
tiers at SO Fifth avenue was flooded with
Coreopsis sent in by the different branch
es. The Coreopsis, the international
flower, Is beautiful yellow, and is a
perennial of the daisy and sunftower fam
lily. 1t begins to flower early in June
and continues in blossom until the frost
comes. The president general. Mrs. Gym
thia Westover Alden, pinned a flower
on every member who came in the Office
last Saturday to assist in the work of
enrolling members on the card system.
Are you sure they have your full name
and address at headquarters? If not
oN4iu IL III vi q POSLdi Ctlu LOT correct
enrolment.
The rarest of all the graces is not
faith, Of which much is said in the
Scripture; not courage, which the world
rates so highly but love. 1.-The greatest
of these is love" And what is love but !
the holding of ones life at the service Of
whatsoever human need may appeal for
help?'-J. r. Miller.
Among the many active sunshine men,
bers in Minnesota is Mrs. NJ. e. Merrill,
Of Rockville. Her special work has
been the care of an invalid. Last winter
she purchased a stove for a member
who could not afford such luxury and
similar deeds of kindness are constantly
finding their way where it is most need
ed and appreciated.
If you have loving gifts to make.
Do not too long withhold them
But give them now, that we may take
And in our hearts enfold them
0, crown us with the wreath today
Our hungry spirits ask it,
Wen never see the rich bouquet
You place upon our casket