Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-07-20

: 70 De one OF the llubSl lit Crs "a proper y
owned by the sect on this continent, ant
in every way well calculated for tn;
puTposes for which il ia intended. It il
situated in the midst of four ard hal
sores Of land, beautifully laid oUt. The
} structure is three hundred and sixty fee
, ,opg in front, and two hundred and sixty
feet deep. The asylum is four stOTie:
high and has seventy rooms, including
l. school room, chapel, offices, superinten
% DENTS apartments, sleeping, eating anC
= cooking rooms.
The dining room, kitchen, laundry
' wash rooms and store rooms are ia the
basement, and are CommUdiOus, comfort
able apartments. On the first floor are
The reception rooms, play rooms, secre
tary's Office and superintendent's office
The second story contains bedrooms, hos
pitRl, wash and bath rooms, wardrobe
and linen rooms. On the third floor are
the school room and reserved apartments.
Gymnastic apartments will be erected in
the yards.
THE PROCESSION.
; The procession was considerably de-
Iayed on sccUunt OF more persons being
present than even the liberal prepars-
tons could accommodate. At about
three O'Clock the body moved, il the
following order:
Detachment of Police under Sergeant
Goodrich.
Germanis Band rs pieces
Solomon Sloss, Marshal.
Solomon Lodge $50 mem.
Banner OF the Order.
s. A. Tuch, Marshal.
MontefioTe Lodge.
Abe SW8riZ, Marshal.
Hebrew Library Society.
! Ihirty-eight young ladies representing
the lodges ia the district, in coaches
beautifully trimmed and furnish
ed by the American and
United States Express
Companies.
/ The Mayor and members Of the Common
Council in carriages.
/ Delegates from the District Grand Lodge.
j. Frank, Marshal.
/ Members OF the Press in carriages.
/ Ladies, invited guests, committee of ar
engagements, and trustees of the
Asylum in carriages.
The route OF the procession Was from
/ Rouse's Block, along the square to Onta-
/ rio street, up Ontario to PiItsburg street,
! thence TO Kiusman street and The Asy-
/ lum.
At about hslf-pAst three the procession
! reached
The GROUNDS.
Over the gate was a semi-circular
/ board about one foot wide, bordered with
oak leaves festooned IN = continuous
wreath and fe5toOned with flags. Upon
this were the words:
Jewish Orphan Asylum"
A short distance along the walk in the
yard a piece Of white canvas wac
stretched, decorated ike the sign ut the
gate, and printed upon it the sentence:
Welcome 10 the Orphans Friends"
On the front Of the building were two
large and several small fiags. Between
the second and third stories, over the
door, is marble tablet on which is in
scribed the following:
ORPHAN ASYLUM.
l. o. b. b.
District No. ?
1853. 1858.
Over the door was arranged a niece of
white canvas cut in the shape Of q heart.
bordered with and supporting festocns Of
leaves. 1t bore this sentiment 10 Ger
man characters:
Seid geRruesst,
Water und Mutter den
Waisen sein, bringst der Liebe
lOhnend sire ben, selbst
c.n rechter Mensch
Zusein und der
Menschlichk eit
zu leben.
THE PLATFORM.
After the procession reached the en-
trance to the ground the company i'm
mediately proceeded to the front of the
east wing Of the Asylum, in the shade of
which platform had been temporarily
erected for the speakers. This stand
WAS elRborstely ornamented with fes-
tOons OF green leaves and little flags. |
On this platform were seated the follow
ing officers OF the Grand Lodge OF B'nai
Birth: J +. BambeTger, Of Louisville, |
Ky, q. \. \ - Liebsehu;z, nf Gin
cinnati, @. A; l.. Sehloss, G. b. H: a. |
Abrahams, OF Cincinnati, q. S; l.. !
Abrahams, of Cincinnati, 6. T. The
following trustees A. Aub, of Cincin- /
natl; William kriegshaber, OF Louis |
Vile; l. Bush, of ST. Louis; +. Brod |
wig, Of Cincinnati, and A. +. Frank |
land, of Memphis. The following cler- |
gymen Rev. DR.. Wise, OF Cincinnati !
Rev. DR.. Mayer, of Cleveland, and Rev. |
NJ. Cosn also his Honor, Mayor Buh- |
rer and eighteen Of the Council of Cleve- |
land and the following guests from
abroad Messrs. b. +. PeiXOtto. of New
York Simon Wolf, Of Washington, ID. |
Z aud +. Flint, superintendent Of the !
G. {. G. r. r. At the rear of the |
stage sat Miss TheTese Aub, of Cincinnati. |
and thirty-eight young misses, repre. |
senting the lodges of this district. All |
were dressed in pure white, and each
held IN her hand small dag having on !
II the name of the lodge she represented.
Resting against the wall Of the build !
ing at the rear OF the platform WAS a
beautiful blue silk banner, trimmed with
silver and gold bullion, presented by the |
Jewish ladies OF Cleveland to the Asv-
lum. Upon 1t were the following words |
in gilt letters:
Won ISRAEL'S TOECHTFRN
IN
CLEVELAND,
o. 1866" A
And these words in Hebrew characters
" b mai b. TiLh." |
Under the trees IN front of the stage 1
were extempOrized some board seats /
which accommodated but small portion
OF the vast audience in attendance.
THE EXERCISES.
At about half-past three Mr.. Abraham /
Aub, chairman of the Executive COM
mittee, to whom the purchasing of the |
Asylum had been entrusted, called the At
tention OF the audience and introduced /
Rev. DIR. Mayer, Of this city, who made
an eloquent prayer in German.
Prayer was then offered and the bane-
dictiOn pronounced by Rev. DIR. Klee-
berg, Of Louisville, after which the Asy-
lum was thrown open for inspection.
A photograph of the thirty eight
young ladies was taken Immediately
after the Inauguration exercises.
After rambling through the Asylum for
awhile, The assembly dispersed at about
hslf-past five, to meet again in the even
ing at the Rink.