Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-23
Chi1dren's Sunshine League
A Sunshine Call.

Dear Children: / going to surprise
Mrs. Alden with this letter Read 1t very
carefully Let me first tell you about the
James and Harriet Wood Sunshine Home
at Darien, Conn, where Mrs Alden sends
children for bit of country sunshine. Mr.
and Mrs Wood offered to take some chill
dren under their care once upon time
during the summer, and they liked the work
so much that they offered their house. land
and services for more work of this kind II
the society would make the home self-sup-
porting, which 1t now is doing. Mrs. Alden
is getting ready to accommodate hundred
children at a time. One of these days we
will show you a picture of this place, with
the happy children IL cares for. 1t takes =
a week to take care of one child, and "a
to take care of its mother; so If your bands
are at work you may send sick child and
its mother for a weeks outing by gathering
together through your fairs, etc, the sum
of 81. Is II not worth while to have def
mite object like this when carrying out your
own pleasure, as you do, when getting up
your little summer entertainments?
Now let me tell you of another direction
where you can turn your effort and sun
shine thought. Mrs. Alden Will have
great deal more than she can do this sum-
mer If she wants to keep WELL unless we
will help her. BY We l mean my Childrens
League of thousands and thousands of chill
dren to which the Sunshine juniors
and Star circles belong. / visited Mrs.
Alden at headquarters, 96 9th avenue.
New York city a few days ago, and
/ was greatly concerned to see her do
Ing so much beyond her strength In order
that she might save the money for others;
the money she should spend herself to save
her strength. 1t occurred to me then that
we all could aid her greatly by sending in
some of the money we can earn to the chill
drens fund. 96 9TH avenue. New York city,
txai nh mr. L
have directed shall be devoted to this pur-
pose of saving her strength during the
summer work.
There are the babies ice fund. the fresh air
work the taking out of town of sick babies,
the helping along of tired mothers of sick
and ailng children, and more than l can
tell you of work just like this, to which the
work at the Sunshine Home at Darien be-
longs.
VIII you not all organize at once and
help our other circles to help Mrs. Alden?
The first step is to decide to help steadily,
not only once or twice; second, to get Few
of your friends together, elect a president,
secretary and treasurer; third, to meet once
a week; fourth, to write to me at once and
enroll giving name for your circle, and
Will then reply and announce you In the
order / hear from you, as The Evening
Star Circle No. l, with name you desig-
nate. as, for instance, the Helping Hand
Circle; fifth to keep your funds and send
once month to any place l direct you to
send them to through this column, or to
send direct to the chidrens fund, care of
Mrs. Alden: sixth, to fill out membership
coupons and send in singly or in bulk-by
the latter / mean a circle can register on
this coupon, If members names are sent
with ii on a separate sheet.
Now, dear children, write to me as soon
as you have anything to tell me about this
plan, and be sure we will be scattering
sunshine" in the right place when we help
Mrs. Alden. If you cannot organize circles
and must work individually send your pen
MES to one of The Star circles already or
ganized, or to Mrs Alden, care of the chill
dren's fund, 96 9th avenue, New York, and
send the coupon to Box 205, Washington.
Yours sincerely,
LOUISE E. HOGAN,
Inter. Pres. Childrens League and Sunshine
Juniors.