The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1905-02-17

When Mrs. Mabel l.. Ayers removed
from Detroit to Chicago, the. work she
had so successfully carried on was, in
measure, suspended. But the real
philanthropist, the man or woman
whose sympathies are alive to the suf
ferings of others, is ever passing a
kindness on, and so it has been during
this interval Of silence. Workers have
been busy.
The Detroit Sunshine Society held
its annual meeting and organized with
the following officers for the coming
year:-Honorary president, Hon. VIM. G.
Maybury; president, Mrs. G.. E. Cation;
vice president, Hon. VIM. Livingston;
secretary and treasurer, Mrs. IL. f.
Clark.
No greater tribute of praise could be
paid to the society than the ready and
generous cooperation which has al
ways been so fully giveni it by ex- Mayor
VIM. c. Maybury. BY nature a phil
anthropist, his sympathies go out to
the afflicted and distressed, and his
purse strings are always loosened to a
pitiful appeal. In electing him honorary
president, the society manifests its APP
probation of the noble and gener-
Gus support and cooperation it has re-
ceived from him.
The vice president, VIM. l.. Living
ston, is equally in sympathy with the
work, is not only leading citizen of
Detroit, but is widely known as one of
the Oldest publishers in the state.
The new president, Mrs. G. f. Cation,
has devoted nearly all her time for the
last three years to sunshine work, par
ticularly to that of the hospital and
flower mission. and is familiar with
every detail. She devoteS her time to
this great philanthropy through love,
and no better choice of president
could have been made.
The secretary and treasurer, Mrs. H.
f. Clark. has been identified with the
society almost since its inception, and
support. On taking her new offices she
will bring it to a system and order, and
at the same time command widespread
influence in the city and state.
| In looking over the multiplied public
benefactions, it is not too much to say
! that no other has aroused, in individ-
uals, such a spirit of loving and giving
as the sunshine work. Men give, we
men give, children give. Each one
catches the spirit, and by the time
Christmas rolls around thousand un-
tried will have learned for the first
! time how much more blessed it is to
! give than to receive.
This year the Christmas work started
under more favorable auspices than
ever before For the headquarters
Breitmeyer, the well-known florist, do
mated the use of his new store at No.
1894 Mama ave. for one month, q. w.
! Zanger, the owner of the building, gave
! free steam heat. the Edison illuminate
ing Co. put in electric lights and >. &.
| Mumford, the manager, pledged money
to pay the expense. Added to these
noble gifts, James Schermerhorn, edi-
! tor-in chief of the Detroit Times, open
! ed his columns to further the interests
of the work and did everything in his
power to help make the holiday season
gratifying success.
The Christmas work in Michigan, in
consequence of the new organization
was carriedton most successfully.
| Every little one that had been report
ed to headquarters as worthy a gift
was promptly attended to, whether it
lived in the state of Michigan or not.
Gifts were distributed where they would
carry. good cheer to the number of
thousands, ranging from card bearing
holiday wish to barrels of clothing
and household furniture. Long live
Sunshinel A lady whose home is in
Detroit, tells me that people there are
"just carried away with enthusiasm for
sunshine work"
-
Mrs. NJ. H. Alden, of 1000 Thompson
street, Saginaw, lis state organizer for
Michigan. The school children of Sag
NAV have adopted blind baby as an
liact of Christmas love, and Mrs. Alden
has been appointed guardian to the
little one.
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