The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-03

MS Is tne ncd0lihc VI stS
pages of The Sunshine Bulletin for the
current month. From among great
deal of useful Information and sugges-
tion to Sunshine members ana al ON
ers who are interested IN the interna-
tional Sunshine Society l quote the Ut
terances of Mrs. Theodore f. Seward:
who is the President General OF
the 1. g. s:
There are few In this sordid and
material world who are. seers. who see
yieions and dream dreams. II there be
such among you, cherish them. as they
are the ones who lift humanity to
higher plane and bring Heaven near
The Sunshine work has come to stay.
When this beautiful thought began Its
mission IT was met with fncredulfty
and called sentimental. visionary and
saw the vision OF its shining pathway
which love revealed to her, and WHO
has wrought out such a marvellous and
practical realization as 1t comes to us
in the reports OF ooda aS;. s sspI tx New
i wish 1 had command Of space and
time to quote more from the addresses
and reports made at the sixth annual
meeting of the Sunshine Society In
the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. few ex.
tracts. however. will give some idea OF
the extraordinary expansion OF this
Truly wonderful society.
From the report of the Membership
Committee we learn that the number
of branches properly recorded average
1000. embracing within their folds 800
600 enrolled members" One branch In
branch of 10000 little people organized
under the head of BE Kind to AMI
mails"
The following clipped from the Sun
shine column of the Louisiana Times
Ia. t.ex q flrn ~
how juniors may be occupied in scatter
ing Sunshine / quote II for southern
Sunshiners all over:
= The State President invited all Sun
shine Juniors to send In list OF their
glorihcation. but that of Sunshine. and
for the influence upon their young
friends. This list was sent In this
week by various children Of different ;ent
from others to do likewise.
IT ran upstairs for mother when she
was tired, to do her errands,
IT kicked three banana Feelings from
the sidewalk this week.
Il helped a blind man across Canal
Street
Il shamed some boys who were petit
ing cat with shells. and they stopped.
II put a blanket on a sweating horse
which had fallen off.
II found a cat with his paw cut
bandaged the paw, brought him home
and gave II some milk. / kept II a
day and then gave it to friend who
wanted a cat.
Il stopped a boy who was beating
Il SWEPT some glass off the sidewalk
for fear some child or lady would nave
their shoes cut.
II opened door for a child too small
to reach the knob.
II helped lame man of car.
Were not those Sunshiny things to
6n0 Grawn-nrS gain enc0urARement
by them to increase our deeds of cheer.
Send in some more, Juniors"
Let US hope that Alabama will lead
in this Junior work.
The L. S. S is indeed a phenomenal
society to have been steered to its
present prominence in the world of
philanthropic endeavor In six years.
Think CT it as we may. we must be
lost in astonished admiration of such
~ result from the thought of a woman.
Women and men alike recognize Gym
thia Westover Alden as one of this
planets great born leaders. How
heavy is the responsibility devolving
on one so rarely gifted. She needs the
thoughtful. sympathetic aid of all good
women and good men all over the
world. And she will surely have 1t.
This crusade of kindness was needed,
for the multitudes cry as they did for
Peter the Hermit God wills it! God
wills it,
From the Treasurers report 1 clip
Grand total of moneys received for
four years at general headquarters of
the / s; s.; From Alabama. ss4:sl;
| SSe.C7; California, s49441; Colorado
| $S2le4; Connecticut, s2.305; Colon, $49j
Cuba, IS cents; Delaware. $4904; Dis
:rict Of Columbia, sS2,71; Dominion OF
Canada, s210.S7; England. s13.0S;
France, SEQ; Florida, s71.65: Georgia,
s5l.43; Germany. si2.25; Hawaii, 1856
Idaho. $12:6s; Ireland, $5.74: Illinois
sS53,s6; Indiana, $1s5.S4; Iowa. $227.S4i
| Indian Territory, sl5.97; Japan. $2.4o
Kansas. S7l.92: Kentucky. $113.10; Lou
| isiana, S239.41; Maine. $370.13; Mary
land. $15046; Massachusetts,, $792 AZ
Michigan. $271.O2; Minnesota. s234.7s
Mississippi $49.61; Missouri. $245.54
Montana. s3072; Nebraska. 1890; Ne
vada. 1924; New Hampshire, $1S0.05
New Jersey. s2.217.11; New Mexico. 81,
, sea; New York, s15.2351o; North Car.
| oliEa, $7.67S; North Dakota. $6.279
New Zealand, s1,7O5; Ohio. $39s.25: Ok.
| lahoma. $10.9S: Oregon. $3.G7; Pennsyl-