Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-11
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Dear Children:-Your Interesting letters
and other efforts are coming in every day,
and we are very glad indeed to hear from
you regularly and so pleasantly. You all
see from week to week how we are trying
to please you and meet your wishes, but
we want to do still more. VIII you not
each one of you-write and tell us what you
like best so far as we have gone, and tell
at the same time what more you would
like to have US do to add to your pleasure.
Y ou may rest assured We will be only too
glad to do it.
If you know of any children, here else
where, who cannot get this page we want
you to let us know, giving name and adj
dress with the voucher of some older per-
son that there is no way for such children
to have the page unless it Is given to them
If we can, will have our Junior Sunshine
and Children's League members take care
of them. This would indeed be true Sun
shine work-paSSing on to others a pleasure
you are enjoying-and adding to their hap
pinesS-juSt as your president is planning to
add to your happiness by passing on to you
many kindneSSeS shown to her for this work.
She has no message for you this week ex-
cept this in reply to questions asked her:
All you need to do, children, to join the
Chidren's League of Sunshine Juniors Is
to write to The Star office to % 9Th ave
nue. for badges and pay your dues by pass
Ing on to another a kindness of some sort
The Childrens League pledge is to pass on
such a kindness daily, whether il be but a
kind word.
THE central fund is raised by gifts from
independent members and in various ways
To this fund each branch contributes once
year the returns of days effort in the
way of a fair, cake sale, etc, as you will
see II you read the weekly reports care
fully.
TT is intended that the children's perma-
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for calls, but it is to be kept in the hands
just yet of local branches. That is, you
must keep your funds yourselves until your
president tells you where to send them, I'M
less you care to send them to headquarters
e5 9TH avenue, New York city, where the
parent society will take care of them until
needed and acknowledge the receipt of
every contribution. If you send any funds
there address Chlldren's Fund"
There are many independent workers in
this movement who contribute, so you need
not wait for the organization of branch
TO become a member. Simply write to
headquarters or to The Star for a badge,
and your name will be enrolled and Mrs.
Hogan will be notified of your membership
While this is being done your president
will complete her plan for your active CO.
operation-here. there and everywhere
with others already at work in this field.
Yours sincerely, DOROTHY DAY.
JUNIOR BRANCHES.
The Junior Sunshine Branch at Patterson,
La, has forty-fve members. and the St
Mary Optic, published there, is a sun
shine paper. y little shut-in was given a
ten days outing by these little sunshiners
during the summer. This band of children
has an honorary roll of adult members,
who pay 30 cents a year dues. This money
is used in the work of the branch. Commit
tees are formed for different kinds OF work.
A member appointed for the purpose calls
on any members who have been absent from
two meetings of the branch 20 ascertain the
reason.
A little girl twelve years old living in
louisiana placed a cast-off hat on the gar
bage box in front of her home and was de-
lighted a few moments afterward to see
that some one had taken It, Next morning,
to her surprise and pleasure, she her
nat on the head of the garbage mans mule.
and on one side the bunch of daisies still
chung. She was happy, thinking her hat
was scattering sunshine.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.-The Junior Sun
shine Branch OF Nicetown, composed entirely
of children. is less than a year old. having
organized in February last. During its short
life this branch has scattered lot of sun
shine. and the members must have been
kept busy at work. judging by the report
sent in. Miss Emma y. Ray. president
writes: We have sent out fifty-six bou-
quets to the sick in the community. AT
Easter we sent out seven ported plants, and
have made a great many calls distributing
the flowers. We have taken two years
subscription to the Christian Herald for
children In West Philadelphia, and large
bundle of them to the hospital there. We
have sent large number Of Sunday school
papers to another hospital One of our
members sends his Sunday school papers
each week to a relative in the country, who
never gets any good reading matter But