KING'S DAUGHTERS.

A CIRCLE OF King's Daughters, a branch of the parent organization which was founded in New York City, in 1886, was started in Flint in 1887 by Miss Florence E. Fuller, of the Congregational Sunday School. As the society was non-sectarian, the membership lists soon included workers from all denominations, and in 1916 Opportunity Circle of the King's Daughters, with Mrs. Robert J. Whaley, as the honorary member, has an active membership of over four hundred. The society was incorporated under the laws of the state of Michigan in April, 1911. In 1912 a property on Stevens street, on the second ward, was purchased and a home, known as the King's Daughters Home, was established. The society maintains in this home a day nursery, which scientifically cares for infants and small children of wage-earning women, the number of children cared for during the fiscal year ending July 1, 1916, numbering about three thousand. The organization has also supported a visiting nurse to care for the deserving sick since 1907.

The work of the order is carried on through the efforts of its members and the free-will offerings of the public. The only general appeal of the King's Daughters is made on charity Day, which has come to be an annual event.