The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-27
FOR SNSHTNE OR MOONSHTNE
yOrR CHECKS WILL BE VEL
COUtD BIZ MISS ROBINSON.
Large Contributions Thankfully Accepted
Smal OIes IN Proportion, and Any body
VINO SegChes for the Sunshlneaset-
tIrmat Can satisfy Himself about II.

Nho serChes for the sunshlneaSet-
remat Can satisfy Himself about II.
\ ANY nnein this town whose name has
leen mentsned rs a giyor TO charity or
who ~ sushcted Of having some means
IL very lkel 10 receive some dag In the
mail q lottei asking for check for the
Sunshine Sediment. which is located at
lG White stree.
These letter. which have been going
regularly through the mail for several
years past, are evidently mimoographed
and are signed hUIargaret Blake Robinson,
vho. It appears byhe heading, is the secre-
tarv Of the Sunshqe Settlement. with an
Office A. I Madiso avenue. The letter
heading gives the ames ~ p board OF
managers who are lard a. find in the
directory. and also cnveys the infoEma
ton that tho Sunshine settlement conducts
A. l28 White street -clus and lectures for
boys. girls and working Fople. also reading
room. library, sewing schools, musical
evenings. children's plS hours, penny
rroyident savings department, gives legal
end medical help. entertainments TO Offset
the dance hall, gives outinRand vacations
end has weekly gospel serices followed
hy tea
The name Of the person { whom tho
'touch' letter Ia sent is geneAlly written
IN Al tho top, and the envelop enclosing
itis marked personal in large old hand
writing similar 10 that Of Miss bbinson's
sgns'ure. The letter says:
Your name has been given ~ me aa friend
Who would be Interested In tho inlbrtance
If ms subject our literature Is neer sent
o. ans one except on The recommendation Of
somc contributor. Kindly read the Tinted
matter Al the top n this letter and grht me
mo courtesy of examining enclosed booklet.
AFTER doing this YOU will understand why
sI.h prople indnrse and contribute tOour
vorE
No believe at the Sunshine Settlemnt
That not only can had" people be reclaimd,
but that people can be kept good # takenn
ttma We begin with the school Childre,
VINO as they grow older are graduated inb
wage carners' clubs. and when they MARI.
ns they do at a very early ge In the ltallat
gnrsrl We Keep them a. members and re-
tain our interest In all their family life, We
have lectures and debates on practical sub
iects. and always the regtuerating power oi
God with sectariani-nt absolutely left out.
We occupy q house formerly used by a gana
of Mulberry Bend tOughs. and We cndeavor N
make the happy social side Of our work very
arong and thus offset the attractions Of the
dance hall and saloons. Every year we help
10 destroy consumption and disease by send
Ing many hundreds to the country who could
not get fresh air otherwise. The en- loymeut
uIsstiou isa very serious one Boo our uc.ghbor-
hood this winter as many are out Of work.
uur work is lone among the respectable
worthy poor. hut We have rescue work in
tert,ls. where girls arc helped as opportunity
arises. We will supply missionaries to find
missing girls and help those needy in body
Or soul from any part Of the country, 80 ours
10 not merely a local work.
our greatest work is among the children.
We truly believe hat he who helps a child
helps humanity in the greatest way possible.
1he frightful outrages against children, t>-
pecially in the poorer foreign districts Of
New York. make our work an absolute ne
Cessity. We advise, guard and watch over
our settlement children and girls. and our
settlement boys are taught knighthood, We
need large, generous contributors, but We
want no one 10 feel because ne cannot spare
a large sum he should send nothing. Send
what YOU can. God will bless you. Our audited
annual report will he sent on application. n
gives a full account Of the work, an audited
statement OF all expenditures and contribn-
lions, and a signed statement telling land this
ia the hest tss,i what the people we work
amongst think Of the settlement.
lou will find a small subscription hook
enclosed. and il you add your name you will
help Ms carry on this blessed work. In any
case kindly return booklet.
The small subscription book enclosed
looks very much like a bank book, on the
cover of which is printed. Sunshine
Settlement. Please return TO Margaret
Rlake Robinson. secretary, I Madison
avenue. On the first page are some printed
letters over the names Of Mrs. Whitelaw
Reid, Mrs. Charles f. Hughes and H. Cornell
Wilson, secretary TO Mrs. Eddy. The letters
are dated some time last year. The letter
from Mrs Hughes reads:
u enclose check for Mr., Hughes and
myself, with best wishes from us for every
success in your work
In the spaces provided for names and
amounts Of subscriptions appear, in print.
the Names Of II. {. Prick, George A. Kessler
and William h. Vanderbilt, each Of whom
appears TO have contributed 500, followed
by the names of other well known persons
for amounts ranging from IS TO $50. In a
book recently received the names Of Mary
Baker G. Eddy and Julia Ward Howe ap-
pear written in without any amount.
Enclosed with the book is a leahet en-
titled Settlement Notes" which goes on
" say that the Settlement house is "prettily
furnished, lighted by electricity, CHEEKY
with children's voices, part Of il is devoted
to rest and minlstration, and part Of it to
the clubs, classes, game times and other
energetic doings.' There are also twelve
growing clubs, it says. outings and vaca-
tons for the sick, and happy evenings to
cheer the dull grind Of life
Any one who desires to find Miss Robin
son before sending her a check will have
a hard time, A reporter who went look
ing for her the other day started in at /
Madison avenue. Neither the name Of
the settlement nor the name Of Margaret
Blake Robinson appears on the building
directory, but the elevator man said that
he had heard the name and suggested
lnQuiring at Dom 5O33. That is the office
Ola typewriting company,
on, yes, we know Miss Robinson, said
ayoung mi who was the sole occupant
oi this room You see, we send out her
letters for her; she drops in occasionally
10 get any replies. The elevator man has
Instructions 10 send up any mail addressed
to Miss Robinson here. | think Miss Rob-
lnson lives somewhere out Of town"
From I Madison avenue the reporter |,
made a trip TO l26 White street. That is
an old fashioned three story brick house.
surrounded by tenements and stores. A
rather weatherbeaten sign over the front
door said sSupabina Sattlap,apt % AIb,,uI |