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Show THE SUNSHINE SOCIETY , By Frederic J. Hukin ...... Orgra nired optimiam deaJiag with problem of practical philanthropy i repreaantad im tha thirteenth annnal convention of tha International Sua ! hine aocietv, wt'ich bejrin it aeaaioaa in New York todav. This aocietv iow ha more than 1,000,000 mam Kara in tha Uaitad fltata and other eountrie. and. in nam her, is tha large rhilaa thropie orgaaizatinQ in the world outside out-side of tha church ee. Tha preaidant general, Mr. Cynthia Weetover A Id en, expr eased tha aim and parnoaas of th society when she aaldr "If yoo have a good thing your aalf which too do not need, pass it on." Tha society doe a vast deal of general charity work along the nana lines, but it chief huainens is the co ervatton of waste sunshine, so to peak. Perhaps you have something about your house that ia no longer of use to you, that- i only in tha way, that you are preserving merely becanae you don't rare to destroy it, but that you never will need. That negieetad thing, that nuisance, perhaps, may mean in creased comfort, even happiness, to soma person whoee need is greater. To and educated ao that they need not be dependent In the future. The delegates to tha convention now meeting; will go out to tha Arthur home to a mortgage burning." which will catebrata the fact that this home la now free from debr and haa a modeat Income to help par Ita running run-ning expenaee. There la a amaller home for Mind bablea In .New York City, where the aocietv caree for temporary caaee. Sight la restored to huadreda of blind children by tha skilled epeclaltat who ar constantly In attendance upon tha cases of tha Sunshine society. I The shuttn department Is a prominent feature in the work of the Shmahlna society so-ciety which was primarily established for tha purpose of cheering Invalids and sufferers. suf-ferers. The postofflc addresses of thou-sands thou-sands of shuttn Invalids all over the world are given out to the branches of the Sunshine Sun-shine aoctsty nearest them. Cheer In letters, let-ters, a-lfts and visits are only a smsll part of the benefits the sufferers derive through the Influence of the Sunshine society so-ciety and numerosja letters ara received esch day at the office of the International Interna-tional society. M Fifth avenue, New Tork City, tent If vine; to the appreciation with which these attentions are received. Tha fourscore department la another Interest In-terest In feature of the society' a work-The work-The addresses and birthday dates of ladles la-dles mora than 70 years Old ara record ed with as much Information as may be had about each one. These old ladles receive aihniit tha same ttatnt Inn ma the ahutlns. As a result each succeeding; birthday brings mora remembrances than anv before. be-fore. Soma af these fourscore- ladles ax vary Interesting and themselves work aot rvely far the benefit of tha Sunshine society. so-ciety. Tha first two articles sent for the mammoth baaar In New York which la another feature of the big convention, were contributed bv ladles In the fourscore four-score clsss. one being U and the other s years old. The broad phllsnfhropy of tha Interna-ttoral Interna-ttoral Sunshine society has appealed to every clasa of people and no organisation haa received mora hearty support from the public press. Many periodicals In America, and England run a sunshine column col-umn regularly. In which la recorded requests re-quests for aid and donations received. Tha reports of the work of the local branches ara published In thte way. Each local branch may have a special phllsnthrepy adapted to the needs of the town, ff some great calamltw afflicts the town the Sunahlne society Is prompt hi Its rescue work. If there Is areat poverty the aocietv alleviate it so far as poeelble in a manner which wIM nAt kBF a k. avMsttlHimi tsf that hsknak- take toat tarnf oat of roar way and to placa it whare it will add to tha cheer and comfort of anme other pot-on pot-on 'a lif, that ia the bueineaa of the International 8nnehine society. Tha convention in New York will ba attended by several hundred delecataa from all parts of tha United State, and Canada. Ita boeineea meetings will be interapereed with numerous receptions and entertainmenta. including a muei-cal muei-cal production of "Joan of Are," by a epeeial company supported by a chorua of 200 voices. The proreeda of thia entertainment will ba applied to uses of the international eoeiety. "Do all the good yon can, to aa many people aa you can, wherever joe can. however you can, whenever you ean," ia the alocan of the working members of the aocietv. That means that tha charitable work of the organisation or-ganisation ia not of tha cold and calculating cal-culating kind too often met with, but that it is tha very milk of hnmaa kindness. kind-ness. The Sunshiaera endeavor to help particular persona, rather than to alleviate alle-viate the suff "rings of a vaguely denned de-nned clasa. Believing that every human hu-man being desires to help his fellows, this aocietv tries to point out how that help may be given ia a practical fash ion. For instance, an invalid chair that haa been used for awhile in a well to do family when some one haa been ill, ia reacued from tha attia and given to a crippled child to whom that chair mm all tk Ai1tmTmmm Wm mat. fldatiee. Often thoee moet deearvtng of aid to not receive It from the regulsrly organised cherltlee because they are too proud to meke their needs known. The Sunehlne enrletv endeavore to find auoh casee and to relieve them aecretly. The Sunshine aocietv of Altoona, Pa., durtnar the last winter distributed several sev-eral cerloade of coal to needy famlllea who would otherwise have suffered. One branch In Chlreno recelvee (trie' clothing discarded bv tnore' fortunate women, ana glvee It secretly to glrle who reelly deserve de-serve and need more than their amaM eamtnea' permit them to. provide for themselves.. Many a party dreae given In thle wav has provided more sunehlns to the recipient than the first owner ever experienced. tress prison and tha freedom of God's out of doors. Tha &unshine society haa fonnd tbooaands of cripples who were compelled to atay all the time in oaa spot because they could aot afford a rolling chair. Through appeals published pub-lished in tha papers and by various other means tba eoeiety secures chairs from fortnnata people who no longer have nse for them and who ara only too glad to relieve tha suffering of their more sorely afflicted neighbors. When electric lights were installed in yoar home, for inatanea, what became be-came of tha kerosene lamps t If yon live is s community where there ia aa active branch of the Sunahlne society yoo may be ears that thoee discarded lamps went to brighten some humble home where there waa so money to bny good lamps. For auch ia the busiaees of the organised optimiete who compose com-pose thia society. Bedding, table linen, discarded fur-aitnre, fur-aitnre, clothing, books, magaxiaea, pic turea all ia grist for tha annahiae mill. Gifts of tha simplest sort are received and distributed ia spots where they will mean mora sunshine is some cloudy life. Then, too, tha society maintains a umber of rest homes, hospitals and other "cities of refuge" for the unfortunate. un-fortunate. Tha largest of tha rest homes haa recently been opened in the eld Starkey seminary buildings on Lake Regeea, New York. Tha state government haa furnished over 150 rooms here, and the Sunshine society manages the place. This beautiful rest home ia open to anyone desiring a quiet, peaceful place to epead a vacation vaca-tion at a cost of only SS a week. The society maintaiae several other institutions insti-tutions where comfort, quiet and good eheer may ba aeeured at moderate prices. Weetover lodge ia New Tork ia especially es-pecially adaptea to convalescents. It has a complete hospital equipment aad skilled nhysiciana aad trained nnrsea are in attendance. While these institutions insti-tutions are sever without emergency esses, which are paid for bv aome friend or eome breach ot the ftunshise aocietv. other guests aad members par a moderate price. Were it not for the Eay. department it would be irepoesi-le irepoesi-le to care fer tha number of emer- fency casee af which so far sot oae aa bees turned nwsy. The estsblishment of habtea' homes has been undertekea many -of the lor at brsnchee of the eoeiety. In Leevenworth. Kan., a home eetehllshed bv Mrs. Cerrte Nation for Drunkerde' erivee le now being uevd by the Sunshine noclety for destitute desti-tute bablee. No drunkerde' wivee were willing to go Into the home, but under Ite ehelterlng roof a large number erf little lit-tle babies nave been cared for until serine ser-ine nent homee could be provided for then. The aunehlne eoeiety le cloeely of-filiated of-filiated with the child reecue movement, end hes given sunshine to menv n rhlld-leee rhlld-leee home by bringing to It eome little one who needed loving cere. One of the moet tmportsnt Institutions of the aocietv Is the Arthur home for blind bablee. New Jersey. This home le designed for little ones who are hopeleeelv hltnd. They will be cered for end trained |