Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1913-01-24

International Sunshine Society.
Delaware Division. Pres. Cen, Mrs.
Cynthia Westover Alden, 90 Fifth
avenue, New York, N. Y. State Pres.
Mrs. G. W. Dorsey No. 2OO1 Jefferson
street, Wilmington, Del, Phone 2421
ID.
Next Thursday evening. January
80. the quarterly meeting Of the Della
ware Division will be held in the Sun
day School room of st. Andrews
church, corner Eighth and Shipley
streets. All branches and members
at large are urged TO be present, for
mer members and friends of the So
ciety are also Invited We know that
the faithful few will be there. Arc
you among them?
When the meetings. called to order
And you look around the room,
You're sure to see some faces
From out the shadows loom
That are always at the meeting
And stay till IL is through,
Those you sure can count on,
The always faithful few"
They FIJI the vacant offices.
And are always on the spot,
No matter what the weather it.
BE it cold or awful hot
II may be dark and rainy,
But they're the tried and true
The ones that you rely on.
The always faithful few"
There's a lot of other members
Who come when in the mood.
When everything's convenient,
Oh. they do little good
They're a factor in the Sunshine,
And are necessary, too;
But the ones who never fail us.
Are the always faithful few"
II il were not for these faithful ones
With shoulders at the wheel.
To keep the good cheer" moving,
Without a halt or reel.
What would be the fate Of Sunshine
That has so much to do?
IL surely would go under
But for the faithful few"
All Sunshine members deeply SYM
pathize with Mrs. Assn in the loss OF
her father, whose death was recorded
In this column last week Father
Sunshine, as he was affectionatcly
called by those who knew him best,
was a splendid example Of Christian
manhood; his kindness and frmness
in his dealings with the miners and
Indians I'm his early lite in the Rocky
Mountains, his gentleness and consid-
GRAFTON for the igno .ant, the weak
and helpless, his perseverance i'm the
principles in which he believed devel-
oped in him one of Natures noble
men; for many. years. he took the part
Of both father and mother 10 our
president-general, in her he cultivat-
cd the beautiful philosophy of Sum
shine, which she has carried forward
in founding the largest philanthropic
organization in the world. THE Inter
national Sunshine Society" truly
Prof Westover was the father Of sun
shine. and though we mourn, we arr
grateful that he lived long enough to
see so many hundred people adopt
and practice his principles, through
the influence of his talented daugh-
ter Mrs. Cynthia Wesaover Alden
We acknowledge with thanks So
from one friend and 81 from another
to apply on the account for the arti-
fetal leg for the boy we mentioned
t IN tulS Column his fedAeS balance
OF 49, Does anyone else want to help
on this part of our Sunshine "busi-
ness"2
We have many calls for crutches
and wheel-chairs. If any one has
crutches not in use please send them
10 the State president that they may
be loaned where they are badly need
cd
A woman is wanted to go just out
side the city for five or six weeks for
general housework In this family
the mothers health is broken down
and It is hoped that a few weeks res
will restore her. Phone 2421 d. OF
II ID. and A.
A young woman would like a posi-
ton as seamstress in a respectable
family. She is refined and has a
good education, and would be useful
In a family where there are children
She is thrown upon her own re.
sources as she has no relatives now
She Is deft with her needles For in
formation phone 2643 D., or 2431 d.
A middle-aged women desires a
position as chambermaid or waitress
or light homework She must 20
home at night to an aged mother
Phone 2431 d.