The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1902-05-29
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H What has become Of tho library
pruirct that was 90 be- launched By
the Monday Ciubs There was 50
much genuine enthusiasm shown by
the members that thought they
could cnthusc the luko.warm, cold.
water members, bot II seems that Il
| died sborbin'. That Il TOO bad. The
library subject, you know, il my own
| pet hobby, among the numorus ones !
indulge myself In, aud while | am not
club woman / would have been 80
glad to have helped pull tho matter
through tbs ruis and bywRys OF dis
cOursgeuen. and opposition. You
know there are always scme people
who say right at the start, "Oh, Il isu't
worth while to do h, II will be
failure and that is enc block Ia the
way. confess myself that there IL
bsavy work 70 do, when | realize thai
sometimes Il has becu hard work 20
secure the pallry az necessary TO get
travelling library. Hut there was e
reason for that; only women we're
asked, and the great majority Of
womdnkiHd throughout the civilized
lands are absolutely dependent on ihair
husbands or fathers for every cent they
have, offer having TO account for it,
expenditure, and the pittanco ihey
would Ike TO give and do give Is
needed for something else. Hut when
the iree library OF Pennington 10 ~.
iabliahed, the men Of Pennington will 1
contribute the money 10 hundrphs and
thousands, for they caro- the money and |
will be glad TO help build n monument
TO their generosity and pablo spirit.
Every lOwH Of any size has free
library. ! had The pleasure oi going
through the beautiful bp:ldiog Of
Peoria, III. The tables 10 the readiug
room are nicely filed with magazines
apd Ii is an ideal place 10 spend an
hour or two reading.
said didn't belong 10 club, bu,
iiad made q Sunsbuer OF myself just
before Christians. bad lot OF
pretty silk scraps aad odds aud cuds
Of things that ! sent 10 The Sunshine
headquarters, and Judge Of my amaze.
menI TO find that had so paid The In.
Initiation fee into The Sunshine Society
10 do an act that brings sunshine 20
some one is all the fee Asked, aud the
only pledge Is TO pay annual dues in
the shape Of kind acts Certainly,
the burden is a light one, but let II
be said that contributions Of money
Are not to bo despised, for postage
costs money and Ia that way many
lhings are sent out. Who will staff
a Sunshine baud Ia farmingiong
il will be such excellent training for
the children during the coming tgul.
mer. To care for the little baby, to
take a few extra steps for mother, to
hUnt for fathers paper, To carry fruit
or flowers TO the SICK OF sling, are a
few acts Of sunshine that tho little '
ones could do. think as = people {
we Rro growing selfish, aud il be-
hooyes Us 10 train the rising geBer-
atiOn In = thought ior ihe Oalsiie d
world, The time comes soon enough j
y hen We reap ingraiitude from good
seeds sown, but youth is the time 10 q
reap Joy shd pleasure from good 4
leeds, aud In the sunshine Society G
hese deeds ara divided so that they 2
80 the most good. Both young aud I
bid join in good works In tins Society. n
he efforts of the State officers are II
,cntered In making Missouri the l.
,uBsbinies, State Ia the Union. and !
.oow Pennington will Join tbs happy !
,and Any Information desired will u
,e given by Mrs. c. ". Trowbridgc,
tate president, 3041 CLARK Ave, or
Yrs. +. ", Baumhoff, secretary, 34G5
Park Ave, St. Louis.
=
Tie souvenir collecting mania, to
'uG Il politely, seems to continue with
force. Now the complaint q
= from ono Of the reception rooms OF
lac State Department at Washington,
or everything that has not been
JAILED down has BEEN carried away. I
I has been quite the custom TO carry
~ table ware Of various styles from
iosels, IS a souvenir Of having dined
II Wined there. I am told that ai
famous restaurant 10 San Fran y
isec the table wAEe bears this inscrip. !.
ION "This was stolen from the Poodle
bog" so iha. the collector Is re-
minded in ioroible language that be z
as not collected bot stolen. | heard
young man boast that be not oaly v
ad spoons from every big hotel In g
no country but bad also from one an
Individual silver tea serViee. When
emonsirsted with he said the hotels {,
j tcd II, and charged accordingly.
' here NC do no, use the language of c
olite society, II is called stealing. 90
'ou remember the ruiu Of the Inn
eePer who served luncheon for Prince
Ienryl everything on the table was .
arfied Of by souvenir collectors. -
q enc Of the st. Louis papers recently
'a1 the account Of = JouBg lady Z.
resumed to belong 10 fashionable
1clely whose craze was the collecting "
glasses Of all shapes and sizes d
ONE stringent methods should be =.
lken with collectors OF this kind.
Here Is selection for the scrap Z
sok:
5aki iivs thy life A fa.i content,
Doan thy beat wi TN what Is sant. v,
Tiaou hui rSceivust what WIS meant; a,
Just hive thy Efe.