The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-08-13
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Its BEGINNING, History, Object, Meth
ods-Not Charity-An Inter
change of Kindly Greetings.


ty is duly Incorporated institution
under !hc laws 1T the state of New
York, havil" headquarters at 9G
Fifth avenue. New Worry City, and
with branches in every state in the
Union. and in several foreign cuun-
tries
I" the questions SO often asked,
"lI"w did Tie Sunshine society oriyi-
natc"' "What is its object %
"What has il accomplished - and
"ll"w d" .y"n It" the work - lhc fol-
l"win" ;;M>wrrs are matte: Duiin.: the
holidays several years ago. the prcSi-
dent -"rnriHl WIS he recipient Of Il
nnnhrr "f carts from hrr rr-Workrr<
ON he New l"Yk Recorder a: well Us
from outside friends. On Christmas
day She protected. and said that while
Sh" en- ni"yrd the gifts. she would have
hal infinitely more pleasure in their
receipt If the 'l"n"rs had not written
their Enln"> ON them. This statement
h"rrlird her audience. VII" with one
accord exclaimed:
"What! You woultln't give your
presents away. would yon?'
'Why not. - was the reply. "What
do y"r Il" with yonrs?' \ laughing
investigation soon developed the fact
that tn" wnStr-baskri WAS the ulti-
mate destination Of most Of the cards
received. Some spent few months
tackled nn the wall. until fly-Spcrkrd
and diSr"nrcd; others were used as
hook-narkS until lop-ravrd: then all
were illr"wn away without having
given IN additional ray of sunshine
c'pirnt.
"Supp"Sr YOU take the history Of
one pretty trn-ccnt card that came to
me Il year a"o' said the president
general.
"lt had an exquisite little poem on
IT. and | rn. nyrd it 50 much that I
thought at once Of an old uncle who
would appreciate il, and forwarded it
I" him. lie, rs thought he wnull.
did enjoy it. and 50 much that he i'm
mcdiatrlv recalled another old friend
to whom it would appeal with special
force. S" he copied the poem. and
Sent thc card ON. This recipient found
the sentiment 50 sweet that she, too,
felt called upon I" pass ii on. and be-
I"r" the seven days. holiday was over
ihc card had carried It's Christmas
message I" six different people. OF
course this is an exception, but still
il is IN example Of the infinite posi-
hllilirs Of Il gift. If accepted in the
true spirit. and then passed ON, civ
in" each one the double delight of
giving and rccciving.'
The cards which had afforded the
text for the little sermon were then
spread out and their possibilities dis
cuSsra. Here was n dainty one with
great cluster Of royal purple pansics,
it might have been sent on to her if
it hadn't been marked all over. Again
II group Of cunnin" little puSscs that
"wnuld have been Just the thing for
a little invalid child who needed
amusin".' but that. too. was carefully
marked with the name Of the sender,
and thus spoiled for passing ON.
Inspired with this idea of ScnAin"
ont rrmcmhranccS that might be null
tipiirA fnur-tnld n new set Of cards
was "ivrn by the staff tn the PrcSi-
dent General VIII" Immediately sent
them all ont again. The thauks re-
ccivrh fer these cards were So pretty
that an item WAS made of it in the
New York Rrrrr,lcr. This rauSrh fur
thcr correspondence and resulted in
Il club for the exchange of friendly
"rcctin"S. The name "Chat' was
nt first chosen for the column. hu, in
time the membership crew 50 large
that n club badge and the mott"
"Gnnd Chcrr' were selected AMI the
name "Shut-in' Given to the Sorirly
on january Is. 1896. the name Of ihc
society was changed to the Sunshine
Society and in February. 1000. WAS
duly Incorporated under the laws Of
the state Of New York. From ,hc first
the organization has enjoyed n truly
phenomenal popularity and growth.
Object
The object is to incitc lis members
to a performance of kind and helpful
deeds, and thus 10 brin" the SunShin,
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