The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-08-07

l SID #era Gas aaata Is ae
Summer Loa aa5 larger si6s stood
sh bcaps 81 tacr hands 3ir stokes
drives orertw0 arurce tines week
sal always rta hands fall Hko "a
Christmas angel. She has been 81 far
thc last tv.o weeks. nat leaving her
room; and when her carriage appears
ascending tbo hiII the children who run
. dawn t. meet il arc disappointed be-
cause "hlrs Stokes IS aet there The
following was tie prospectus: a
house win Be- opened on Cobra aveuuc,
T0mrkiasylIle, Staten Island, Oh the
FIRST day of April where poor children
.of amy age may be bearded By the day,
week, or month, the number Of perma-
naut baarders fgr the summer being
limited to twenty-five. The house has
+ been selected with great care, is large,
airy, ana prgicctly healthy. There arc
also eight acres ofAHd, cow pasturage
aad play grounds. a physician rcsid-
iag on tho island has kindly offered bis
services; competent nurses have been
I engaged and every thing viii be done
10 promote the health and comfort Of
4 the little ones. The object Of the in.
sGtuton is two fold first as a house
fer children whose parents are in ser
I vice. second, as asummor resort where
childrcnlrom the industrial schools will
be sent to enjoy pure air and country
I liio, for one or two weeks. The time
is thus limited 10 enable a large mum
. Der to enjoy the pleasure, as not more
than City can be accommodated at one
time. Terms for children that can walk
So a month, infants IS a month, less
time in proportion, payable in advance.
Boats leave South ferry every hour and
require half an hour to Tompkinsyillc,
the first landing.
For admission and further particulars
apply daily between II m. and = p. m,
at the house Of the sole manager and
drectress, Mrs, Arson Phelps Stokes,
20 East Thirth-seventh street Drs,
Fonny and Walser volunteered their
services. The following regulations
are printed on a card which hangs in
the main corridor;
Parents are allowed to visit their
+, children on all days of the week, from
4 to 6p. m, in the summer, and from
to in the winter.
All children on entering must be
paid for a month in advance,
1.-THE parent or guardian allow three
months to pass without coming or
sending payment, the child will be sent
to some larger institution.
Not more than twenty-five children
shall be in this institution at one time,
including only ten infants.
Parents must keep the matron in
formed of their address so that they
may be notified in case ofillness.
Should a parent wish to remove a
child before the month expires, the
money charged for a full month will be
refunded.
There are children in Mrs Stokes
Mansion Of Benevolence, for whom not
a cent has been paid In fact the nomi-
nal boarders are largely the objects of
her charity. The carpeting and the fur
nishing altogether are on the generous
scale, so that poor children are having
really all the luxurious necessaries Of
the children of rich people, and more
trustworthy care. In short, Mrs Stokes
liberality follows the spirit of the
golden rule, 'Do unto others children
exactly as you would have them do un-
to yours" Mrs. Stokes comes to New
York every Monday morning on the
early boat to spend the forenoon in
giving audience to the poor who call at
her city residence. She supports a mis-
sionary, Mrs Cleavcs, a cIergyman's
, widow with two children, to examine
the cases Of applicants for charity has
given her furnished rooms and a salary
| for six years, and this summer sent her
and the two children TO Europe for
rest. The whole income Of 100000,
presented to her on her wedding day
/ by her father, Mr.. Phelps, she devotes
to this daily charity, exclusive Of her
other legaciscs. She has contributed
/ generously to the Colored Orphan Asy-
lum, and TO the Home for Invalid and
aud Helpless Colored Adults; been a
= constant patron Of the industrial
schools, aud kept an open hand toward
the Phelps Mission" Her husband,
with his large wealth, is able to second
al the charities Of his wife.
= STATE ITEMS.
A child was born in Mnedon, last week
without legs or arms.