New-York tribune., 1907-04-17
THE KINGS DAUGHTERS
The Order Doing a Grand Work
All OUer the Country.

In every city. in almost every town. in many
villages and hanllets and IN remote country dis
| tric:s throughout the United States bands OF
women are daily going about doing every known
| kind Of helpful. charitable work. They proceed
| quietly and without Ostentation. There - no
uniform TO distinguish them from other people who
sy IN crns rs az NsIasa design % bearing the letters
II H. NJ Sometimes knot of purple ribbon IS
worn with It. Purple is the color OF ROYALTY & and
are called the Kings Daughters. TheiF every deed
| is done under the inspiration OF divine charIry'
The society was organized about twenty years
man o who % was the only resident Of the general
order until her death last fall Only ten twelve
she called in her New York home. but from that
| that is not only national but worldwide in its
The objects Of the order are the DEVELOPMENT
OF spiritual life and the stimulation Of Christian
activities For the purpose OF naAins & Ihe w"iS M
circles are gathered into county or city unions.
Biennial meetings are held. and eight Canadian
provinces affiliate with The United states 9Ig9n,
Wbeeng w Va In n May ,y ig9s tn this 9s1E cd 5hP
fer the women OF this order 20 undertake. No
work Of benevolence is considered beneath them.
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Every field os effort is covered IN their daily
duties Hospitals. Industrial schools. churches.
homes for the blind. the aged and the incurable.
missions. Sunday schools. sewing circles and
pSth where the feet OF theas good %omeu tread
marking their way IKE the hoTer5 Of & spring Ing Ine
into the matter at all While many circles are
many include members of only certain sects It IS
because that IS the work that happens to lie near
any particular religious eui.
Notice the names chosen ana the spirit or Will will
Whatsoever CiEcle. the Whining Hands. the Earnest
ing Service the Willing Hearts. the Friends Of the
Needy the Friends Of the Il. Lonely and the Friends ends
women are given to memorial memo & circles, 81 t In l, New
At the Frank Bottome memorial on The East Side
there is a free kindergarten, a Sunday school. a
| iished in memory Of Mrs. Bottome's SON. ply
SSan b9 Ta9 s5s g1Ts band S % 0f WorR m has & 70 yc
tion trips to two thousand women and children In
is e served each morning to eighty little children
This big city has its flower mission circles who dis
ments. who take the wan little ones out for day day
| or two in the country. and who support floating
| hospitals for aiiRg babies in summer time
circle OF blind girls in California recently made
many gay pincushions for hospital and hed
tiny bottles with perfume 70 be sent 20 the pa
tents Another circle OF blind girls in Tennesses.
| Daughters has achieved most interesting things
in basaetry lace ace sKg aK SnG atss 6 bee %
find sale for things made eX m chsi FrG1s
large firms the Daughters have taken orders fer
mops. wash rags, dish cloths ETC. ana the & smut SMUT
ms are enabled TO earn living Oy maslns t9ess
articles Each CONSIGNMENT , bears & int aig5Tt G9
hN
h'ig in Nj Mssiss:pp visiting officer Of the order was
/ approached by young negro siri VINO said thaS
| she was a member OF circlC OF the Kings
l T1ughters composed OF other negro girls OF her
age What IS the name Of your circle?' the
| God Circle" the girl replied What unusual
namer' the visitor said kindly. viii you tell me
l about it?'' why it's this way. the girl replied
/ "yVhen any of our friends dying gather in
the room and sing softly the hymns they like best
/ until they have passed away II Is possibly the
only circle of it's kind but. knowing the negroes
love for music and the melody OF their voices. the
Singing OF oldtime hymns must be comfort 90 the
| dying.
| II was Mississippi woman who proved a martyr
/ to her little cross and its meaning. Mrs Mary
| Thompson Howe daughter Of the late Episcopal
| bshOp OF that state. spending the summer IN
/ a little pOstmistress there who could not leave her
/ post to go to the bed OF dying relative Mrs
/ Howe had herself sworn in as assistant and took
| charge of the work She contracted typhoid fever
/ while at her post and died from doing kind
vice for a stranger
/ At Norwich. Conn. the Kings Daughters have
/ recently founded home for worthy Protestant
| women. The Opportunity Circle in Michigan
| could not otherwise afford to have At keala-
i kena, Hawaii. circle OF native girls under the
| tuition OF American missionary. Is making
1 scrapbOoks to send to unfOrtunates IN the leDer
i colony. At Hotchkiss. Col. the lack OF denOmlna-
| tional .pre11dsiee was proved when the Kings