Evening journal., 1913-02-25

International Sunshine Society,
Delaware Division
Pres. Gen, Mrs. Cynthia Westover
Alden, 90 Fifth Ave. New York, N. Y.
State Pres, Mrs. G. W. Dorsey. Jr..
S0O1 Jefferson St, vii, Del. Phone
2421-D.
| find the gayest castles in the air
that were ever piled. far better for
comfort and for use than the dungeons
I'm the air tn are daily dug and cav
erned out by grumbling, discontented
people.-Emerson
Many men owe the grandeur OF
their lives to their tremendous diff
culties.-Spurgeon.
We are forming two new branches
this society in Wilmington, one for
young ladies between II and 25, the
other for older people. Sunshine is
non-sectarian, and we will be glad to
receive application into either OF these
branches. The following lessons from
our Manual will give some idea for
what our society stands:
Render: People complain, that they
have no time for anything, yet they
unto the moment is the duty which it
brings to mind
Members: Whoever would not have
the present hour torn like blank
from the book of life must use it. for
it passes, never to return.
Read: BE glad. then, because the
hour gives you the chance to work,
to play, to love to look up to the
stars Of night or to bask in the sun
shine of noon
Mem: The chance to study hard.
to think quietly, to talk gently to act
frankly.
Read: The chance to listen to
babes and to sages with an open mind.
Mem: Thinking often of your
friends. seldom of your enemies, yield
ing seldom to your repulsions. often
to your attractions and your admira-
tions
Read. Coyeting nothing that is
your neighbors except his kindness
of heart, his courtesy, his unselfish-
. ness
Mem: Satisfied with the oportun-
tiles Providence has given you. but
not contented with yourself till you
have made the best use of them all.
Read: Despising nothing in the
world except falsehOod and meanness,
fearing nothing except cowardice,
seeking nothing save to do the right,
as God gives you to see the right.
Mem: Realizing that the one who
aims only to make thought and
actions tell for good has time and
energy enough to make a red letter
success out of every day.
Read: Feeling that personal sor-
row is the mere rust of the soul. that
activity will cleanse and brighten IL
Men,. Squaring yourself for use
In the full knowledge that no stone
that may fit into the wall is left tc
cucumber the highway
Fourth Lesson: Methods.
q. What is the Sunshiny way OF Civ
ing?
A. AS one equal passes the salt tC
another at table, kindly. courteously
without the spirit Of patronage, with.
out the feeling of having imposed an
obligation.
Q. What is the Sunshiny way Of re
ceiving?
9. As one equal receives salt passed
to him by another equal at table
grateful without ahseqniensness, cen
fident that the giver has done nothing
that the receiver would not have done
had the conditions been rewarded.
Q. But, suppose the gift meant life
instead of starvation, warmth instead
of freezing, to the receiver, does thai
alter the case at all?
A. Not in the least The Almighty
as Host. has furnished the table fol
all of us. To be near the salt is L
have the duty of passing It. To as
sumo that such service demands hum
bic acknowledgment is to affront the
giver- and to dishonor the maker o
the feast.
O. How does the International Sun
shine Society seek TO emphasize the
right way of giving and the right wa.
Of receiving?
A. BY having no initiation fees, NJ
dues except kind acts, which th'
poorest may pay as easily as the rich
est the humblest as well as the mos
exalted
Q. What is the practical effect o
this plan?
A. Since all are equal. the receive
never feels a loss of self-respect; Sun
shine may take the from of food q
out-grown clothes, or passed-on toys
\ or money N an emergency; or IL ma.
take the form Of giving a new inter
est in life to the weary, the suffering
the sorrowing who are rich in world
ly goods. Within the limitations O
the society the great problem of mod
ern charity is solved, the self-respect
ing who would starve rather than as
aims are relieved, and in later pros
perity they help others in the sam
way.
Q. Is the creation and management
OF relief institutions computible wit
this line of effort?
A. It is, if the institutions are or
ganized with the same idea in view
and are informed with the same spiri
of kindness.
Q. And what is the world-call of tn
International Sunshine Society?
A. Be good cheerfully. in all thing:
do good cheerfully TO all people: hel
as best you can to make life bette
worth living for everybody
Some OF the things the society doe
to carry out the above ideas are a
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