Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-07-07
TENNESSEE oRPHAs AsYLUm
A Noble charity---What It is and What It
q Has Accomplished.

In order that our people may be in
formed of the actual condition of the
noble charity for the support Of which
the series of concerts are now being given
the hrst of which was given at the Green
law Opera House last night, and which
will be continued tonight and tomorrow
night We have eollased the following
facts rom the fourth annual report of the
President of the institution, Mrs. W. NJ.
Enlay:
.IIT rHK EuMBER
of children now in the Asylum is greater
than 81 any former time-viz: Sixty-one
(6ll The number of those who have been
provided for, and who have LEFT the Asy-
lum daring the year (eudiBg May Ist) il
twenty-eight (2SE This makes q total of
sighty-niRe 1897 admitted to the benefits
Of the institution during the year..
FINANCES.
The T~reasurer's report for the year end
ing May 1st, 1870, shows the receipts
from all sources (~including a balance OF
2ll II from the previous year to have
been S9,lG5 50, Of which $3.50 80 was in
contributions from Tennessee. The eX-
penditures amounted to S9,095 so, of
which $3.50 60 were for the actual ex-
pense OF feeding, clothing, etc, making an
average o per child OF SI3S 81, The
tabulated list of the contributions shows
tbe following:
CONTRAST,
which does not speak very favOrably for
Shelby county. Davidson county, which
has sent six children to the asylum, has
contributed S49OS 80. Shelby county has
one child in the asylum, and contributed
i've dOllarsi Even this, however, is out
lone by Rutherford county, which has
four children in the asylum, and has con
tributed a single five dolls- bill-one dol
lar and a quarter per ehi!dl
ECONOMY.
The report shows tina the institution
has been conducted most judiciOusly and
economically. That q family numbering
about seventy-fve souls shOuld ave been
comfortably msintained, intending food,
clothing. salaries Of employees, medical
a~ttendance, and adequate secular and re-
ligious. at an average cost of SiSS 90 per
individual, is of itself sufficient testimony
to the practical wisdom with which AT
fairs have been managed. There are no
sinecures, no wasteful or -eXtravagant ex-
penditures, and a rigid economy without
nigardliness practiced in all departments
Of the institution. This point is presented
prominently in the report in order that
those who have 50 literally contributed
to this good cause, may see their gifts have
not been, in any part, diverted from the
sacred object 20 which they were given,
but nave been managed with an integri-
ty Of aim, and a wisdom of method, as
admirable as they are rare.
THE BALANCE
in the Treasury at the end of the fiscal
year was $50 79, but Co balance: account
even with this small sum in h treasury
is g result on which all the friends of the
may be felicitated, es-
pecially in view of the extreme
'~'stringency in monetary affairs" during
almost the entire year. 1t is a result
which many of the best informed friends
Of the institution hardly expected to see
realized.
A GRAVE QUESTION.
But, says the President, "while re-
in view of our success thus far, a
question of grave, eve vital importance,
presents itself at this juncture, for our
and prompt consideration, on
we desire to nix the earnest atten-
ion Of all the friends of the institution.
H0C shall ICE carry or the I~RStttHtloag Is
he amour OF good to be accomplished
~ ficient to compensate for the toll and
and money necessary to secur it?
e Is a question of urgent, instant mo-
nent." The auxiliary societies in the
counties OF the State, are, with a
ew most honorable exceptions, failing in
heir pledged cooperation. The system
u agencies Is &1IAQ5t. II LOU Julie EA- I
We ave no endowment funds
fall back upon, nor any other estab-
source of revenue hat can be re-
led on to perpetuste this noble charity.
IT MUST BE PERPErUATED.
Humanity demands it; patriotism de-
hands it; Christianity demands iC; and
must be perpetuatedi These helpless
.hildren appeal to all the hOlier and ten
lerer instincts of our nature. Bsreft of
heir natural protectors, they look to US
or help, and shall they look in vain9 1t
we're a stain on Our human kind, If such
institution, established for such a pur-
'Ose as this, should fail fer the want of a
ew thousand dollars annually to sustain
In this eloquent language the true, no.
Ne woman speaks out, and she closes her
epOrt with the following
APPEAL FOR AN ANSWER.
"Shall we look simply to the churches
nd in Gods name ask charity for those
whom He calls His children in a special
ense, and for whom He has promised TO
Or shall we call Upon the peo-
lie of the State, as such, and demand
7hat is due in simple justice TO these
Yards Of the people? Shall we adopt any
r all these methodist Or, discarding
hese, shall we try some other plan to be
AkZA1AGA EVEAo 2 LoN Ag II " 10 z ]
and intelligent, but also full of a
ThOle-sOuled determination"
SOURCE OF REVENUE.
In answer to this appeal it was sug-
ssted that a series Of entertainments,
etc, should be given in each of
be larger towns and cities OF this and adj
Dining States. The idea "took," and a
-Ocal and instrumental concert was given
n Nashville some weeks ago, which was a
RAN SUCCESS,
nd Melted over three thousand dOllarsi
was given in Louisville which
vas also a success, and now tho expert
nent is being tried ia Memphis. Already
,ur people nave stepped Onward to the
escue nObly. The Memphis and Ohio
Company have given free trans
,ortation TO the Agent n the children
twenty in number) to the city and re-
urn; the Street Railroad Company and
mnibus lines have lone the same. The
Iotels( one in the eity)hsve rendered
he hOspitalities of their houses. The
have given the advertising
the job offices have done b job
gratis. The Greenlaw Opera
House, lights, etc, included, is rendered
rec of all charge, and now will oar peO-
te come forward dnG eTOaOd u TO as Ut
sOst ~cdpGcltge We answer that they
TiNi Memphis never yet failed to re-
pond Dobly to every demand for charity
made for a worthy object, and we
xpsct to see the house full from pit TO
highest gallery tonight and to-mOr-