Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-14

week for helping me in outside work; an
other has toys to give and still another has
clothes and books to send
4. You may work alone and write to me
on the first OF each month, telling me what
you are doing or planning to do to help
others. You may also write and ask for
help.
8. You may also work in clubs Of three or
more, call your circle by name, as. for
instance, the Helping Hand Star Circle.
elect a president, secretary and a treas
urer, and have your president write to me
on the first Of each month telling me the
result of your work and sending the list
Of membership.
file of The Star Saturday edition, 81 year,
and study the league notes for suggestions
for their own work.
Z. The monthly gifts and honor badges
are awarded by your president for credita-
BILE effort used on The Star page or for the
best monthly reports on the leagues ac-
complishments Send to Box 2O5, to the
children's secretary. Names of givers and
recipients Of league help are not to be print
ed on this page, but they may be mentioned
in the reports sent in. as no one sees them
except your president and her confidential
secretary.
g. Members Of any age are welcome
Adults may join and gather together
bands Of young helpers. and relieve the
central work by carrying 1t on In their own
way. simply reporting to Box 2O5 once a
month, and holding a tenth Of all funds
collected for emergency calls.
8. All associations engaged in work for
children, as, for instance, the Junior En-
deavorers. may affiliate by applying for
membership either by letter or through our
coupons printed in various children's pages
throughout the world. and by reporting the
establishment of a Children's League chap
ter OF their own association.
10. When a call is issued on our pages for
help outside Of local centers, immediate re-
ports should be sent in, telling how this
call has been answered.
II. The ten honor Star Circle badges re-
quired to win silver Chidren's League
badge, or twenty to win a gold badge, will
be awarded monthly, after the reports Of
monthly work by the league circles have
been received. A record is kept at head
quarters of the number of honor badges
sent to each member.
League Notes.
Frances Van Dyne should report member
ship list name Of circle and an account Of
work done. as she was the first to form
Star circle. She says she loves to read the
childrens page and would not know what
to do without 1t. We are glad to hear It,
and will be glad also to hear from her
again.
A letter from Texas says:
Although way out here in Texas my
husband and I have our Saturday Evening
Star. and from the first page was great
ly interested in the page for the young
folks. It has hurt me that the so-called
chdldren's pages in = . . should be so
unsuited for children, so exciting, etc.
My daughter Of sixteen years Of age avoid
ed them, and felt sorry about them on
account of little children, and she loves all
of them. Now it is SO different -
We tell you Of this letter so you may
know how far away we have friends watch
ing our work. Are you not glad dear chill
dren, that 1t Is 80 different" We
certainly love to work together as we are
doing without having any necessity for
things that are unsuited to US or too ex-
citing. We are Just having good time
while helping others to do the same. Is this
not so? 81.
CHILDREN,S IEAGIIE EDITOR