Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-21

way. simply reporting to Box 2O5 once a
month. and holding q tenth OF all funds
collected for emergency calls.
8. All associations engaged in work Tor
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.
TO- When call is issued on our pages Tor
help outside of local centers immediate re-
ports should be sent In, telling now this
call has been answered.
II. The ten honor Star Circle badges re-
quired to win a silver Children's League
badge. or twenty to win gold badge, Will
be awarded monthly, after the reports OF
monthly work by the League circles have
quarters Of the number Of honor badges
sent to each member.
If can help you decide how to plan for
any little easy way of getting up a benefit
for any purpose shall be glad to do It, II
you will write to my secretary. Miss NC
Kee. Box 205. Washington, D. c., and tell
me where you are at work.
Remember also that if you have been at
work already, as I have advised before,
saving pennies for any emergency call, I
want you to keep back part Of it for your
nest egg In the fund you are asked to have
ready all the time. Make up your mind to
give outside a part only of your fund, and
keep the rest for your home work of help
ing others and for great emergencies. where
Life is at stake Never neglect a home duty
for one far away, unless the need be one
Of life or death.
Our membership Is increasing weekly by
the hundreds. Send in your reports.
Yours, cordially.
International President General, Children's
Sunshine League.
League Notes and Reports.
Sincere thanks are sent by Miss Wright
to all the children who have so kindly
helped her boys in their effort to establish
library. Next week we will give you her
letter to read.
Missouri.
The three little Baumhoff boys are not
only the JOY and pride Of the Baumhoh
home. but are leaders in the junior work
in st. Louis which is perhaps the most Inn
portant done there. Their mother, Mrs.
Clara Baumhoff. formerly secretary and
treasurer Of the Missouri division Of the
International Sunshine Society, worked for
the development Of sunshine work until her
health became impaired and she was COM
PEELED to call a halt. She now devotes her
time to Junior branches and to newspaper
sunshine work.
South Carolina.
Charleston. A school here Is organized as
sunshine branch. Miss Hattie L. Basset,
president. That the entire membership is
imbued with the sunshine spirit Is shown
by the following report Of Thanksgiving
work, which came too late for insertion in
the January issue of the Bulletin: Three
weeks before Thanksgiving we made a
penny box, in which it was understood each
member would drop their pennies for the
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those who have not much happiness or COM
fort in their homes The day before
Thanksgiving the boxes were opened, the
grammar, primary and kindergarten de-
partments having assembled for that pur-
pose. AS the contributions were counted
the enthusiasm of the children increased
and when the total of $11.50 was announced
there was q wild shout Of joy. This is the
largest offering ever made in the school,
and Is due the sunshine work of the
children. The names Of the fortunate ones
who were to help in the distribution of this
sunshine were drawn from a hat, and
Thanksgiving day good sunshiner loaned
her carriage to these ten willing workers
to use in the distribution Of their offerings
wish you could have been with us. Gen
erous donations Of clothing and toys had
also been made, and 1t would be difficult
ceived were the happier. The day follow
Ing Thanksgiving the kindergarten children
made their usual visit to the free kinder
garten and left there their donation Of
clothing. toys and 81 in money. The name
of this branch Is Scatter Sunshine" and
no mistake has been made In thus calling it..
Wisconsin.
Lac-du Flambeau. Mrs Marie c. Perry.
president of the branch here, writes that
the sunshine idea is doing much for the
children in her school, many of whom are
Indians. They all try to live up to their
sunshine pledge and at each meeting every
child writes on a slip of paper some little
kind deed he has done. The slips, unsigned,
are collected and read aloud. Thus the rec
ord of the work is made. without ealcourag-
ing a feeling of self-approbation. These
children gather flowers. press and mount
them, making lovely albums. Last Easter
they sent to international headquarters lit
tie baskets made of birch tied with red rib
bon, filed with arbutus. There are now 1853
members in this branch. Sunday school
papers are very much enjoyed by these
little slinShiners.
Send in your own sunshine work in this
way-dear children-and Aunt Dorothy
will have them nrintad for SlIppeStiop tn