Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-27
j unior Branches,

BUFFALO, N. Y.
My Dear Sunshine President: We are
very much interested in the work we are
doing tn our sewing school,. We are doing
sunshine work, as you know. for We are
sunshine members. Mrs. Harris, the head
teacher of the school. is also a sunshine
member. Every Saturday we sing the sun
SHINE song and whether 1t Is raining out of
doors or not there is always sunshine in our
hearts and faces. We are all sewing for
some needy children down in South Caro-
lima and South Dakota. We expect to send
trunk full Of pretty things soon, and
am sure when these little children see the
pretty things. they will be delighted There
are fifty-three pupils in our sewing school
and all the busy little hands work steadily
every Saturday. Mrs. Harris calls me the
Sunshine girl because one Saturday
morning. when I was going to sewing
school, 1t was bitter cold. A little girl came
along crying very hard. She had no nit
tens on, and her shoes and stockings were
all torn. took pity on the poor child, and
thought about the verse, Have you had a
Kindness shown" etc. and 1 took the dear
child by the hand and took her in where it
was warm. and told kind lady about her
and she took the child In and said: "All
right felt so happy after did that, and
went away content. l told Mrs. Harris
about 1t and that is why she calls me
sunshine. Faithfully yours in sunshine,
FLORENCE H. NJ.
Mrs. Dora Andrae Roeder, president of
the Sunshine Branch in Monterey, N. M,
tells the following pretty sunshine story:
A poor little woman. more like a child
than a woman. came to me about week
ago with a tiny baby that had no clothing
whatever on its poor little body, more like
skeleton than a human being. Both were
almost starving. The baby was wrapped in
the corner of the ragged shawl that the
mother wore. 1t was a mere handful of lit
tie bones. I took them in and it being
about q o'clock in the morning, gave the
child some warm milk. I wish you could
have seen it literally gobble up that nour
tshtng drink! 1t Is a year and a half old
and weighs eleven pounds. The mother is
a Mexican and says its father is too, but
the baby is as white as any I ever saw. 1t
had been fed on herbs ever since 1t was
born and was in dangerous condition from
starvation. l have spent all my spare time
making baby clothes for that child. The
mother is sick. and 1 have kept her and
furnished medical attendance for her. She
Is full of gratitude. but poor thtng She Is
no larger than girl fifteen or sixteen years
old We have all become very much at
tached to the baby. whom We can see grow
almost every day. now that she has nour-
ishfng food. We call her the little sun
sinner. for she is the best baby you ever
saw. 1 give her bath and change her
clothes and put her down. After she has
had plenty to eat she gives no trouble what
ever until she is hungry again. I have
taken complete charge Of both her and her
mother, who 1 think will be great help to
me when she is well. My little daughter
thinks the baby wonderful child and takes
great interest in making clothes for her.
She can not eat alone yet, but within the
last two three days can kick her little
legs like other babies.
OUR STANDING OFFER FOR AWARDS
FOR CREDITABLE WORK.
Twenty-i five or more awards of books and
best work sent in weekly on the following
subjects. The efforts may be sent in at any
time. Awards will be made each week and
be sent by mall to the children whose ad-
dresses are printed each week as having
received the awards. Experts will be called
upon for judgment and the best efforts will
be reproduced on tins page from time to
time. The subjects are:
Photography any size or subject.
Drawings or paintings Of any kind.
Jingles or poems
New puzzles. original anecdotes and
original stories. the latter to be not over
200 words long.
Fill out the coupon below and send 1t
with your effort for the prize. Try for one
prize only each week, so that all may have
a fair chance. Do not send stamps and do
not roll manuscripts or pictures.
Children's Sunshine League Pledge.
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Children who do not want to Join the
league should cut off the top line when
sending in their coupons