, 1870-06-03
AN INTERESTING EVEET.
Re-opeuiug, Affer the Enlarxcmcnt, Of the
Home for the Frfendless. Last
Evening.

The rc-openlng Of the Home for the Ft1endleas.
after being remodeled, raised, and enlarged-whic
occurred on yesterday, Was, In ali respects, one
the pleasantest occasions ever witnessed In Ch1cs
60 As everybody knows, or ought to know, th
Homo Is situated On beautiful Wabash avenue
No. s11-snd, as II now presents ITSELF is one OF tn
finest institutions In the city, and, In its extern,
| appearance, Is no mean ornament to tho souther
| part OF the city. The Improvements have bee
completed at q cost Of $4,000, and IN a manne
that confers great credit upon the managers O
the enterprise. No charitable Institution In tn
city u tnoTc worthy Of encouragement and sup
| port than the Home for the Frendless~ Its obJec
| Appeals e eyery lover OF his Kind It l.
here inst the little homeless fnenless strayllpRs
whom chance strands on tns bleak shores OF life
| are neurhhed, sheltered, aud taught to beeom,
worthy men aud women Of their generation. tn,
measure q care bestowed upon the helpless Is III,
truest test OF a peoples worth, and the home, q!
now conditioned, does honor and credit 70 TIL
liberal hearts and purses Of Its supporters.
- As one entered the home yesterday, II seenet
Ike Eteppf1g into flower garden. Hundreds h2t
contributed to The effect, And every NOOK and cor
ner, table and stand vas covered with wreAths
scured with garlands. During the day, tho cdl1ce
| vas hled with callers to inspect the Improve
ments, and With the evening visitors came bY the
hundred, and literally crowded the structure
| which u OF no mean dimensions, being nye stor1Rf
high, with front Of sixty feet Wabash avenue,
and depth OF eighty feet, running along Nine.
lion served IN the dlning-room.
me evening soctable, az It WAS called, WAS pre-
slded ;ls over By Hon Thomas Bryan The proceed
dell. Then followed hymn. written for the occa-
sion BY Mrs Marcy. The music was led BY Prot,
e y. Wyman, the entire audience participating
Nj. Bryan then delivered the opening address,
i was short, but to the point He expressed deep
TssTcf & At the absence Of the intellectual anvil
cd many brilliant sclntslatioIa
The TIC Kev: J, Morrison Reid, D. p, was then in-
to rejoice a. the completion Of the enlargement
Of the home. 1t had cost money. But what
the yal1e Of money further than the good
eots, but good dea1 for crackcr. Golden eagles
could be changed into angels when contributed 10
such noble purposes as that given for the building
present structure was a faiE type OF Ch!caso's
growth. Bnt q few years ago 1t stood almost on
the prairie, and was TOO large for its purpose But
now It Was In the heart OF the city, and, Hike the
city, had more than doubled in size. Ut. Reid
closed with some touching remarks about the lit
tie ones and drew beautiful pictures Of the life OF
freely, for. as Christ had said "ye that have Kyen
unsothe least Of these, have given unto Ac.'7
The Rev. Vim. A Bartlett also made short hut
some Inquiries about the Home. He knew that ii
held sweet kernel, ,shut he had notEnown how that
kernel grew. Some institutions we're founded on
noble truths, hut were conducted With iron hands-
he waS glad to say that love only dwelt In the
Chicago Home for the Fnendless. The little 1ow-
efs gathered mere were tended Ike the fra1l twigs
already IN deep root He believed this Home WAS
the oa-shoot Of the churches, It proved that onr
churches were not merely great stone Aea All
mons. The Chinese and the East Indians have them.
The statesman would tell them that no State could
live without them he would not urge the sup
good It will do, but because We owed 1t to our
selves. No city could do without them They