THE KIND HEARTS’ CLUB 87 
“Now, who wishes to join the ‘Kind Hearts’ Club’? 
We must have some members before we can elect our 
officers and begin. The promise you make is very simple.” 
On the cards they read only these words: “I promise to 
be kind to every living thing.” Under this was a place 
to write the name of the member. 
-““ How can we always tell what it is kind todo? Some 
folks think different ways,’’ asked Eliza Clausen, the hat 
feathers still fresh in her mind. 
“Our hearts must tell us that, Eliza,” said Gray Lady, 
very gently. ‘We cannot carry rules about with us, but, 
if we have kind hearts always in our breasts, we shall not 
make mistakes. And even if our hearts do not feel for 
others in the beginning, they may be taught by example, 
just as our heads may learn from books. That is what I 
wish our Kind Hearts’ Club to stand for—to be a reminder 
that there is nothing better to work for in this world than 
that our hearts may be kind and true to ourselves, each 
other, and to God’s dumb animals that he has given for 
our service and has trusted to our mercy, for this is true 
worship and doing His will.” 
Each one of the children present signed silently and 
Gray Lady copied the names in a book, but let the children 
keep the cards, both as a reminder and to show their 
parents. 
Miss Wilde came forward at this moment and she and 
their hostess explained the manner of electing officers. 
Before they trooped out on to the lawn, even then re- 
luctant to go, Goldilocks had been made president, Miss 
Wilde, vice-president, Sarah Barnes, treasurer, and 
Tommy Todd, who wrote a very clear, round hand, 
