Chapter III (3)

The box was some happy weeks in growing. Dollies after being dressed by patient little fingers, hopped into it gladly as if to say, "Just think of me going to comfort a little sick child. I am _so glad_ to go." Cunning little wooden barrels and boxes that were manufactured in that Maine village, rolled and tumbled in too; toys that looked as if then their whole mission in life were to amuse hospital children, tucked themselves into all the nooks and corners until I can whisper to you all, dear members of the Pansy Society, _there wasn't a bit of room left_.

Oh, what a rich box! The dear little girls, those four members of the Pansy Society who believed in making others happy _for Jesus' sake_, put the precious box on the cars all nicely addressed to Boston. It travelled and travelled till it came to my hands; and then it took a wee journey to the hospital where it was opened by the good head nurse, who is superintendent of the wards.

I can do no better than to give you her words in the letter she stopped in her busy life to write me concerning its arrival. She speaks of the reception of the box, "that your little friends from Maine so kindly and lovingly put up for the sick children, and can I trouble you with one message of 'thank you'? Our hands are full, and all playthings are appreciated. One of the dolls has fallen to a little girl who has recently been through a very serious operation. She clings to it night and day, and as she is too sick to have the out-of-bed children play with or about her bed, dollie is quite sure to be long-lived."

Only think of the blessed mission of that one doll! That the suffering child away from its mother can "cling to it day and night." O, children, is there any sacrifice too great to be made to have the blessed privilege of comforting Christ's little ones, and helping them bear their sufferings!

Dear Minnie, Lottie, Sibbie and May, your "box-full of happiness" will never cease growing. It has made the little hospital children happy, and your own hearts warm and tender with the love that is like unto Christ's. May this New Year bring to you and to all the members of the Pansy Society many sweet, loving thoughts and desires toward making others happy. This is the best wish of my heart for you.

MARGARET SIDNEY.

P. S. Will the four little Maine girls please send me their address? The old one has been lost, and I want to write them a letter.

THE PANSY SOCIETY

P. S.

THE motto of the Society is "Pansies for Thoughts." What kind of thoughts? Oh, sweet, good, pure, unselfish, hopeful thoughts, such as Pansies, beautiful Pansies ought to inspire.

Now "who may join?"

Every boy and girl who takes the PANSY, and is willing to promise to try to overcome his or her faults, to encourage every good impulse, to try to conquer some hard lesson at school, to do anything that shows a disposition to help the cause of right in the world. Any one who will say from the heart: "I promise to try each day to do some kind act, or to say some kind word that shall help somebody;" honest effort will be accepted as much as if success were gained.

This promise must be dated, and will be copied into the "P. S." roll-book.

The most important of all to remember is our whisper motto: "I will do it for Jesus' sake."

"FOR JESUS' SAKE."

Whatever He will own, the "P. S." will be proud and glad to copy on its roll-book.

Then you must write a letter to Pansy (Mrs. G. R. Alden, Cincinnati, O.), saying that you thus pledge yourself, and you will become a member of the Pansy Society, and receive a badge.

Now, about the badges.

The officer's is of satin, trimmed with gilt fringe, and has a gilt pin to fasten the badge to the dress or coat. In the centre is a pansy in colors--above it the words, _Pansy Society_, and beneath it, _Pansies for Thoughts_.

The badge for members will be the same as the officer's, with the exception of having no fringe and a silver pin.

And the PANSY will help. As it has always been glad to encourage those who are struggling up toward the light, so now it reaches forth its helping hand to those little ones who will rally bravely around it, to the work of putting down the evil, and the support of all things good and beautiful.

So many of you have little brothers and sisters who want to join the P. S., and who of course do not need an extra copy of the paper, that we have concluded to receive all such, letting them pay ten cents each for their badges, if they wish them. Understand! If you are a subscriber to THE PANSY, and have a badge, and have a little sister who would like a badge, write at her dictation a little letter to Pansy, taking the pledge, telling of some habit which she means to try to break, and enclosing twelve cents in two-cent stamps, ten to pay for the badge, and two to pay the postage for sending it. Her name will be enrolled as if she were a subscriber. The same advice applies of course to little brothers. Send your letters to Mrs. G. R. ALDEN, Chapel Street, Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, O.

It is also asked:--

What makes an officer of the Pansy Society?

You are to endeavor to organize a club of as many members as you can. Each one forming such a Club or Society will receive the Officer's badge, and become President of the same. The local Society may contain as many members as can be secured.

Then, of course, you will plan for your Society; how often it shall be called together, and what your rules shall be; whether you will sing, or visit, or work, or have a literary society, or read a book. The only thing you call on the members to positively promise is that each will try to overcome some bad habit, and will take for the whisper motto the words--

"FOR JESUS' SAKE."

Each member of the "P. S." is invited to write to the editor, Mrs. G. R. Alden (Pansy), Cincinnati, O., how far the trial has proved a success, how many temptations have been resisted, how much progress in any direction has been made, etc., feeling sure of encouragement and loving help.

THE PANSY has extra pages each month under the heading, "The Pansy Corner," in which Pansy holds monthly talks with her correspondents. There is ample space in the corner devoted to interesting items connected with the Pansy Society; also letters from its members.

Mrs. Alden would also be pleased to know how the members are getting on--what they are reading, studying, talking about, etc., and whether the badges are helping them to keep their pledges.

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All the above, neatly packed in an Alligator Shopping Bag and sent Postpaid, for only =$1.00=. Among the 100 Perforated Stamping Patterns are Golden Rod, 5 inches; Bunches of Fuschias, 4 in.; Pansies, 3-1/2 in.; Butter Cups, 3-1/2 in; Clusters of Forget-me-nots, 3-1/2 in.; Love-lies-bleeding, 4-1/2 in.; Bachelor's Button, 2-1/2 in.; Barberry, 2-1/2 in.; Strawberry, 4 in.; Wild Roses, 4 in.; Daisies, 3 in.; Calla Lily, 4 in.; Pond Lily, 4 in.; Tulip, 4 in.; Sprigs of Jessamine, 3 in.; Thistles, 6 in.; Lily of the Valley, 4 in.; Moss Rose, 3 in.; Cat-tails, 5 in.; Daisy and Forget-me-not Border, 6 in.; 4 Scollops for Skirts, 5 in.; Spider's Web Corner, 3 in.; 4 Sprigs of Ferns, 3-1/2 in.; 10 assorted Crystal Etchings, (new); also Peacocks' Feathers, Girls, Boys, Bees, Butterflies, Grasshoppers, Spiders, Flies, Dogs, Owls, Bicycles, Roller Skates, Storks, Crazy Stitch Patterns, Lace Stitch Patterns, Borders and many others ranging in size from 1-1/2 in. to 6 in., also a Complete Alphabet, entirely new. These patterns are all new, designed =expressly for this outfit=, on heavy parchment bond paper, and are handled by no other house. =THE FANCY WORK MANUAL= is a new book by the well-known authoress =Madame Worth=, and contains full directions and instructions for Kensington Stamping and Embroidery, Kensington, Lustre, Metallic Flitter and Irridescent Painting, Colors of all the different Flowers, Ribbon Embroidery, Wax Work and every description of Fancy Needle and Crochet Work. It contains over 200 Original Illustrations and is the most complete book ever published. =THE SATIN BANNER= sent with outfit is 9x18 in., stamped ready for embroidery or painting with a beautiful design of Golden Rod and Thistle, which, finished in colors on the red satin background makes a lovely and striking effect. These with the other articles named above, in the Alligator Shopping Bag, make the most complete outfit for Kensington or Fancy Work ever offered. With this outfit any lady can beautify the home at no expense, embroider ladies' or children's clothing, or make a snug little sum for herself by doing stamping for her neighbors. Many ladies are supporting themselves by doing Kensington Stamping, Embroidery and Painting with an outfit not as good as this. So confident are we that this outfit will give PERFECT SATISFACTION that we will =cheerfully refund money= to any lady who is dissatisfied on receiving it. This outfit sells ordinarily by single piece at retail for $8.80. We will send it =post paid for only $1.00=, and pack it in a nice shopping bag that you can use with or without the outfit. For our responsibility we refer to any Bank or Commercial Agency.

Conn. Manufacturing Co., Hartford, Conn.

SPECIAL COMBINATION OFFER.

The =WIDE AWAKE= one year, and the =Detroit Weekly Free Press= until Dec. 31, 1886, will be mailed on receipt of $3.60 for the two.

=THE WEEKLY FREE PRESS ALONE IS $1.00 A YEAR.=

The _Detroit Free Press_ is one of the best, most interesting and purest family papers published. It should be in thousands of homes where it is not now taken. No family will regret having subscribed for this choicest of papers for the household.

BABYLAND AND THE WEEKLY FREE PRESS,

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A combination that will afford instructive and entertaining reading to a whole household for a year.

Address D. LOTHROP & CO., Boston.

LE PAGE'S LIQUID GLUE

=UNEQUALLED FOR CEMENTING= WOOD, GLASS, CHINA, PAPER, LEATHER, &c. Awarded GOLD MEDAL, LONDON, 1883. Used by Mason & Hamlin Organ and Piano Co., Pullman Palace Car Co., &c. Mf'd only by the =RUSSIA CEMENT CO.= GLOUCESTER, MASS. SOLD EVERYWHERE. Sample Tin Can by Mail, 25c.

BARNEY & BERRY

SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
40 PAGE CATALOGUE MAILED
ON RECEIPT OF 2 CENTS]

IT IS CREAMY AND DELICIOUS. NOURISHING AND STRENGTHENING AND OF RARE MEDICINAL EXCELLENCE. SOLD BY DRUGGISTS.

JOHN CARLE & SONS. NEW YORK.]

BABY'S BIRTHDAY.

A Beautiful Imported Birthday Card sent to any baby whose mother will send us the names of two or more other babies, and their parents' addresses. Also a handsome Diamond Dye Sample Card to the mother and much valuable information.

=Wells,
Richardson & Co., Burlington, Vt.=

=Mentholette= the true Japanese Headache Cure instantly relieves and cures Headache, Toothache, and other pains by simply rubbing. This curious remedy used in Japan for ages can now be had in Drug Stores for 10c. a box, a larger size, called MENTHOLINE, is sold at 25c.

The British Government awarded a Medal for this article October, 1885.

Dundas Dick & Co., 112 White Street, N. Y.--By Mail 10c.

BEWARE OF IMITATIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE DANGEROUS.

=SHORTHAND= Writing _thoroughly taught_
=by mail= or personally.
=Situations procured= for pupils when competent.
Send for circular. =W. G. CHAFFEE=, Oswego, N.Y.

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FOR 10 CENTS.

The _St. Louis Magazine_, edited by Alexander N. de Menil, now in its fifteenth year, is brilliantly illustrated, purely Western in make-up, replete with stories, poems, timely reading and humor. Sample copy and a set of gold-colored picture cards sent for ten cents. Address T. J. GILMORE, 213 North Eighth Street, St. Louis. THE PANSY and _St. Louis Magazine_ sent one year for $1.75.

A GREAT OFFER.

Recognizing the superior excellence of the _St. Louis Magazine_, we have arranged to furnish it in connection with THE PANSY at the low price of $1.75 a year for both publications, the _Magazine_, under its enlarged and improved condition, being $1.50 a year alone. Those wishing to see a sample copy of the _Magazine_ before subscribing should send 10 cents to _St. Louis Magazine_, 213 North Eighth street, St. Louis, Mo., or send $1.75 _net_ either to THE PANSY or _Magazine_, and receive both for one year. Sample copy and a beautiful set of gold-colored Picture Cards sent for =Ten Cents=.

THOUGHTFUL SANTA CLAUS.

"I'VE traveled through the sleet and snow,
Across the country high and low,
To fill the stockings small and great
That here in line my coming wait.
In creeping baby's tiny hose
The india rubber rattle goes;
A handsome doll, with staring eyes,
Will much the little miss surprise;
And what will more delight the boys
Than musket, drum or bugle toys?
And now, before I climb the flue,
I'll bear in mind the mother true,
Who works so hard by day and night
To keep the clothing clean and white,
And in her stocking, long and wide,
Some cakes of IVORY SOAP I'll hide."

If your grocer does not keep the Ivory Soap, send six two-cent stamps, to pay the postage, to Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, and they will send you _free_ a large cake of IVORY SOAP.

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Transcriber's Notes:

Punctuation errors repaired.

Page 74, extraneous word "a" removed from text. Original read (We must _make_ a way to a)

Page 78, "word" changed to "world" (bit in the world like old)

Page 87, "thoir" changed to "their" (relieve their pent-up)

Page 90, word "the" added to text (the mantel and in)

Page 94, "quils" changed to "quills" (his quills were always)

Page 98, "recieved" changed to "received" (received for wanting to)

Page 99, "Christain" changed to "Christian" (she had come to Christian)

Page 6, advertisements, "are" changed to "care" (care of an aquarium)

Page 8, advertisements, "choolboy" changed to "schoolboy" (of schoolboy life)

Page 9, advertisements, "otherhouse" changed to "other house" (handled by no other house)

End of Project Gutenberg's The Pansy Magazine, January 1886, by Various