The Washington herald., 1909-05-20

leo and Cuba, viii tell OF the good work
being done Il Is in every respect
unique organization It's membership IS
unlimited. and its dues ara only the doing
OF some kind deed, the passing on OF
bit OF sunshine and happiness 10 some
one else. Any group OF ten persons wish
Ing 70 cooperate in good work may OF
ganize into a club Generally these clubs
unite, for greater helpfuiness. into State
OF Territorial associations. and these. IN
turn, affiliate with the international So
ciety.
The object OF the society. as stated in
tbs constitution and bylaws, IS: TO in
cite its members 10 the performances OF
kind and helpful deeds. and TO thus bring
the sunshine OF happiness into the great
est possible number OF hearts and homes
Under this constitution each branch pays
70 It's State society annual dues or s. ana
each State society pays 10 the general So
oiety S q year 20 help defTay the ex-
penses at headquarters This. in brief
covers the aims and the financial obliga-
tons. Beyond that each branch may DO
the work It wishes, and there are many
different avenues OF endeavOr-
A sanatoriUn at Bensonhurst-by-th
Sea, y. Z, IS conducted IN the interest OF
the society. This Is open al the year
around The New York society has also
opened a rest house next door 10 the
sanatorium, where invalids and very tired
people sit in the reading-ro0ms or on the
sun porches and get vel and strong
again. This branch has also homo FOR
blind babies, where the forIoTn and neg
lected little ones are fed and kept clean,
taught kindergarten lessons and games,
and how to make music CT simple instru-
ments. This is the first kindergarten for
blind babies in the United States
At Hot Springs. Ark-. the local Sun
sinners keep & home. primarily for gen
tlewomen. who are suffering with rheu-
n1atism and who have gone there 20 take
advantage OF the baths IN New Or
leans there IS maintained a Sunshine
Lodge for working girls. 9 helping hand
% the girls who make their own way on
small salaries o. Forest Lake. MINI,
the Mary Davis Lodge IS maintained for
summer vacations for mothers and little
children. and more than so are taken
there every summer AT Tecumseh. Nebr.
to show the diversity OF effect in one
place alone-there IS Sunshine rest
tables are placed in the depots. and a
scholarship IS provided for fl a business
college.
IN Toledo. Ohio. the Sunshine Society
maintains a wheel chair fund with which
wheel chairs for invalds and cripples are
purchased and loaned these unfortunates
fer an indefinite period. They maintain
also q Sunshine corner in the Toledo hos
pl1al. where free reading table is kept
supplied with magazines. and they main
tain a flower mission n one Of the big
stores there. At Center Point and Kerr
vile. Tex. and at Logan. Idaho. free T.
braries have been established on a small
scale. Various Maine branches have IN
deTcaken 10 support several beds in the
hospital FOR cripples. and 10 furnish wheel
chairs for any Tippies who need them.
The Kansas CRY branch IS working
among deformed and crippled children.
and tire New Britain. Conn. one looks
after the entertainment OF the folks at
the poor farm
~ La Jvnta Colo. a rest room is kept
opeu for visitors and weary workers. and
7t knoxville Te1n-. q similar institution
IS maintained. n St. Louis ten memorial
cribs are supported in the ChHdrens 8
Home. and bed in the ChiIdren-s Hos
pitai in Bostrn an exchange and free
library are kept open, and in Memphis
Tenn q home for aged men IS a u1onu-
uen1 20 the e-nestness CT members OF e
Sunshine SOCifJy. although the home has
been given 0yEr 70 a different board fol-
lowing the ctange o. residence Of the
leadinG Sunshine workers from that city
70 another. York toward some good end
or other is bdng pushed by the branches.
Boston Just BOW being engaged IN getting
together mOPy for q summer camp in the
country Whefe working girls may 20 for
vacation II Cuba the work follows the
lines Of hepfulness first laid down By
pioneer Su1shineTs in looking after old
and young. sick and poor
Ar interesting branch that has members
throughout the country. and whose mem
bers meet osly through the medium OF the
press. Iettef- post card. or small gifts, Is
called the Fourscore Club. the members
being foUfscore OF more years old.
These old ;eople make known their occa-
sional needs. OF send greetings and mes
sages to cher members through the Of
fetal organ OF the order. This branch IS
so large, and the members are 60 OLD.
that rarey an issue appears but chron-
icles the death OF some Of them.
An intaestlng feature OF work center
Ing IN tie national headquarters Is that
conductei under the name Of the Con
science Fund" Whenever any person
has mors clothes or books OF money than
she feek that she really needs or that
she deserves. she Is invited 10 send this
20 Headquarters where. according TO the
laws o7 which the order Is built. It Is
passed on" 70 some one else who needs
It A dhy n the general headquarters Is
full OF interest. A busy Office force IS
continually AT work receiving and answer
Ing Ieters that ask for everything under
the SUI from a set Of false teeth 10 a
hand egan. Many Of the stenographers
sre buy women who give gTatuitously
an hOr- or TWO after or before their reg
ular Oiice hours for this work. and other
stenoEapheTs and typists are girls who
are Learning on the machines belonging to
the oSces and who are allowed to DO
some o. the society's letters for which.
when The work is acceptable. they are
paid scents each. Many hundreds Of let
ters must be answered every day.
Eve@- day express wagons. private con-
veyanses, and hired vehicles are bringing
boxes and barrels and snaller. packages
to the society's rooms. and busy women
and drls unpack these and then begin
the god work Of distributing the things
70 ths people whom they think deserve
them and need them. Here q barrel IS
being packed with clothes suited to q
man of medium size. woman and a
bog 81 seven. with few theological
books tucked in 20 III up Z Is 70 go to
> straggling missionary in the West An
othes IS 70 be filed with books and peri
Ddic&s and become the nucleus Of a Il
braET for a mining tovn-after II has
gone by train and BY wagon trail over
man miles Of mountain country. An
Dthf barrel filed with chndren's clothes
goes 70 q settlement IN the South An
oshE Is given over 10 odds and ends NJ
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