New-York tribune., 1905-01-03
SUNSHINE DINNER.
Nee Years Treat for Mothers
Circle of the T. S. S.
-ne Golden Rule learn well by hsart
To c7Ii6e thee on lies way;
Ana from its pTsceTts ne'er depart,
Scr from IT'S truths & eT stray.
Eliza l.aRrenca

Scr from It's truths e'er ttrey.
-(Iliza Lawrence Jones.
This was the verse which. printed IN Old English
On white card. accompanied by New Year wishes
Of Hrs. ?. T Frost. the president was handed to
svery Mother with a capital Nd she entered
the Methodist Episcopal Church OF the Saviour,
East le-hundred-and-ninth-st., yesterday after
noon for the New Years dinner.
Not -hat The mothers who make UP the Mothers
Sunshine Circle Of the T. S. s need any reminder
Of the Golden Rule. They remember it at least
once a week when they meet TO sew for the poor
and needy, and il was JUST because they remember
81 50 well that the officers and friends OF the circle
gave e complimentary New Years dinner yesterday
FOR them and their husbands.
Anybody who happened into the big paTlor Of the
church about / O'Clock would have of
women sitting down one side Of the room and row
OF men sitting down the other side facing them.
Dividing the temporarily separated couples
stretched long table set out with a tall vase Of
palest pink carnations and great dishes OF brilliant
fruit, and nesting among all this magnihcence were
dishes OF cranberry Jelly white celery. olives. bon
bons, sweet pickles. picked pears and goodness
only knows what. Every j a while the small
dishes were puuCtuated by dish OF cold ham or
6 gravy boat.
Overhead were graceful festoons Of sunshine yel-
low crepe paper coming from the four quarters of
the room and meeting overhead in q sunshiny New
Years bell Miss Geuevievs Frost was responsible
9or the charming decorations.
At 4.5 o'clock Mrs. Frost olaPped her hands a
started for the other SIDE and with unerring pre-
cson picked out the womenfolk who belonged TO
them It was like the beginning Of the cotllon.
While every one stood back OF ms chair the DoX-
ology was sung. then the Rev. Dr. James S. Stone,
the pastor invoked the divine blessing, and after
that all the chairs were pulled out with pro-
oigi0us scraulng, and the dianer began
Il was a .efe-y cinfef, 700. 1ils turkey coulc not
have been JulcCT nor the mashed potatoes mere
Ike snowdI-fIs. nor the stufhl-s more aromatic
VITA sage ana thyme AnG lh-Ie was real cNeaIn
for the coffee, and ice cream and hcnemada eal2e
70 ~ oA S-sI. -1I-es Ia = hIaLa, 1llss -tpE--
beth korn Miss GeneNeve frost and Miss Chal-
iOtte Eeimer the young girls who waited the
big table and its ninety guests had 10 work hard
WheedOn. who has been only three months IN this
vale Of tears, was present OF course. Jimmie IS
great social success among the Mothers Hester-
cay ne was IL great request EVERY Mother wanted
20 hold him, he was handed about like a bouquet
ot hoWers or q sweet little poem. To the Mothers
be Photographed Jimmie was photographed along
with the rest A room had been set aside for the
Accommodation OF the children whose parents could
not come without them. Here Jimmie" held court,
surrounded 10y MS eight fond brothers and sisters,
Tnents of the season from the Mothers.
Lhese members OF the AotheTs sunshine Circle
have a lne way Of doing their work. If they hear
and s-et her lp some mourning If fbey hear aP
come other mother who needs clothes for her baby
they al 20 home and look over their own little
1auy ouos and get together a pile Of small clothes
ot sunshine Sometimes IL is one kind Of sunshine
sometimes another.
look as II Z January thaw had struck it, Mrs Frost
mace her little speech OF welcome. at the same
tLe last year. The Rev Mr.. Stone also spoke and
kltIe Mas singing by al and much pleasant chat
tss-seC e.-ty oI inc circle and Deaconess Mary Z.
...55falt treasurer. The Mothers-there are about
lhlIty OF them IN the circle-are going TO take as
.5oloen HLe' stanza. which was written as a
ese sReaI greeting 70 them by Mrs. Jones, Of syra
'~S+l "4 eL4e syracuse 7. ;. 5. branch.