The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-13

Tne CluD mas cOuifnitsecs WHOSc uuIrs
are to investigate the young men Of the
town and ka,p a record of their habits.
SO far as 1t may be possible to ascertain
them Every young man will have rat
ing. which will be bettered or lowered
as the circumstances justify. The black
sheep are boycotted completely. They
must become good. or go without sweet
hearts and wives.
SUNSHINE HERE AND THERE.
'.The under side Of every cloud
Is bright and shining.
And SO / turn my clouds about
And always wear them inside out.
To see the lining
Over two hundred newspapers devote
space regularly to the Sunshine Society
work ana ideas. The society may be
called a child of the press. 1t began
while Mrs. Alden was on the stan OF
The New York Recorder. under the head
of Chat" a column edited by Cynthia
westover before she married Mr.. John
Alden, lineal descendant OF the May
Flower John Alden made immortal by
Longfellow's pen of celestial fame. La
ter Mrs. Alden called her column Sun
shine andN many sick and sad and dis
EcdTtGncu ones were uCtRco 1iu Ctttci ct
by Its brilliant young Standardization.
The outcome Of that column was the
foundation of the international Sunshine
Society, In which Mrs Alden was as
sisted by Mrs. Charles II. Dennison.
President Of Sorosis; Mrs. Todd Helmuth.
Presidens-of the State Federation Of Wo-
mems Clubs. and other ladies' Of proni-
hence in the social world. Of New York,
augmented by neutrality-suspicious. and
presidents Of colleges and clergy-men
of various denominations. Now 1t has
1000 branches or more In all parts of the
habitable world,
There are no fees, no dues save kindly
acts. Any one who desires to be enrolled
as member can do 30 by sending her
or his name to the President General at
96 Fifth Avenue, New York. with only a
brief mention OF some kind deed or act
performed or meditated and resolved to
be put into deed as soon as possible.
None arc too poor, none too rich to be
sunshiners and give and receive the So
ciety's endorsement and assistance.
At the last and fourth annual meeting
Of the !. s. g.. held II the waldorf-As-
toria Hotel, New York City, on the 18th
of May, 1902, the address OF the President
General and reports of the various of
ficers Of the l. 8. s. were full Of valuable
information regarding the society's work
and progress. all of which are published
in the June number OF The Sunshine
Bulletin.
/ am happy to see the name OF Mrs.
Chappell Cory Of Alabama at the head
OF the list OF State Presidents Of the T..
s. 8. We need a State President and
State Federation of the l. s. s. of Ala
hama. Cooperation is urged 'by Mrs.
Alden and also an exchange Of Sunshine
M al
to branch. without sending all our sun
shine contributions to headquarters in
New York. Let us scatter sunshine" at
home first. then to as many distant
lands and localities as we can reach
Scatter Sunshine all along your way
Cheer and bless and brighten
Every passing day"
Beauty is a passing flower
Lives from hour to passing hour;
Only beauty OF the soul.
Masters fate and Times control"
~. J. Rooney
found the condensed story Of the life
Of Cynthia WeStover (drs. John Alden)
accompanied by a miniature portrait,
which does not do justice to the original.
She Is really rarely beautiful woman
possessing what is better than beauty
charm. The story of her life as told by
w. ]. Peck in The Ledger reads like a
wild-woods romance But is all true.
From (Capt.l Hon Albert T. Goodwin
I have just learned that the Bright Side
Club of Coosada and Robinson Springs
had on Wednesday afternoon a lawn par
ty on his lawn. preparatory to giving an
entertainment for a very popular and
oy-xrls. Inc IL Il.
a recently launched orsanization of
young people. Miss Priscilla Goodwin is
its youthful president. 1t is not as yet
AFFILIATED with the !. s. S. but is scatter
ing all the sunshine and eclectic litera-
ture 1t can in the social world of Robin
son Springs and Coosada. Miss Priscilla
GOODWIN, the active young president of
the Bright Side. though in her early
teens. displays all the tact and talent of
her gifted parents in the work of organi-
zation. Long may she live to scatter
sunshine all along her way.
A part OF the small Sunshine Library
of Robinson Springs will probably travel
soon to the Greenville Branch No. 2 OF
the Magnolia Circle I. s. s. of Alabama
at Greenville, Ala. That branch is en-
larging its work in every social and phil
anthropic direction in that locality.
There is another branch of the I. s. S,
also in Greenville. It's president is Miss
salome Wilkinson
Miss Priscilla Goodwin. Miss Eva Fra
sier and Miss Romle May Spiers. who
are the leaders in the Bright Side Club
are all members Of the Magnolia Circle
No. I, I. 8. s. of Robinson Springs. and
are among the foremost readers of the
Sunshine Library books of the Magnolia
Circle.
Master Childs Harris. the young son Of
Mr. Joseph Archibald Harris. is the most
industrious and interested reader whose
name is most frequently seen in the
Sunshine Library borrowers book of our
circle of the l. S. S. at this place.
The excessive heat of this and the past
month prevents any regular meetings OF
our Circle. but the number of readers
and calls for books is on the increase.
God he thanked for books.' said one
of Americas wlsest thinkers. Another as
wise said: "A library is not luxury. 1t
IL one of the necessaries Of life" Still
another solon. Richard de Bury says.
"A Jealous follower OF Truth must of
necessity make himself Lover Of
Books" He meant good books of course.
The children Of Robinson Springs /. S. S.
have no lack of good hooks. Our Library.
though small. is excellent and mostly for
children, and as more are needed they
will be supplied
One of our silent members, lady well
known and much beloved. has been the