The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-12
A SILVER WEDDING.
A Very Pleasant and Notable Event
Twenty Fifth Anniversary of the
Jewish Widows and Orphans
Home.

tho history Of that great and noble charity. tho
jewish Widows and Orphans Home. for It was
tho twenty. ffth anniversary Of the institution
and on It Was celebrated tho silver wedding Of
angelic charity and manly zeal"
| Preparations for TIE great event had long
| been In progress, and the result was an enter-
| tainment which was appropriate TO the occa-
sion. and exceedingly ebi ,yable.
| The geutlemen having the aff ,ir In charge
had spared neither palms nor expense to secure
tho comfort aud provide for the pleasure Of tho
many guests who had bsen bi idsn to tho fssti-
val. A large canvas )vered flag. deeked struet-
ure W th etage at one end. had been erected
| In tho yard Of he home and tho yard ltseif had
| been carpe cd.
| It would appear that all who Ind been Invited
| tfeuded for there was an | msnse congregR-
tiou present when at II O'Clock the stnge curtain
rose and the euttrtninment commenced.
| The raisipe Of tho curtain di played picture
| which will bo remembered by MI who saw IL.
| Ia he foreground sat the fficers aud mum
bar OF he mefnbera and putt roilB Of tho asaocia.
tion. and l. tho b'ekgronad to the right, nnd
| left were grouped the little ones whose lives
| are made bright and happy by Tho association
! Little mites uf loddins pratters many Of
| them were. wenieringly ga5iBg on tho many
| faces turned botn admitiugly aud pityingly 10.
| ward thsm.
Suddenly and unexoectedly another curtain
| la the roar OF the stage went and diselo sod
ptetty tab eau of the Angel Of Chatity with Ii
paren tltse nth one on 81 hor fide oil her
| The sngel tMl-s b Gumpert1 lttdt pg the or
| thnns by tho bhnd. adsanesd t. tho from Of tho
| sage. and In beautiful and Impressive lan.
guage petilinnsd Tor Divine favor and bless
| ings on the home and those who supp orted It
A song Of we,coms by he children tollowet
during which the angel and her charges re-.
| cd.
After selections from he Chimes Of Norman
dy by he orchestra In attend nGe,
REV. JAMES X Gu1HEIM WAS INTRODUCED
us he orator Of the OCCASION
He dslivered an eloqusnt AMI Interesting ad-
dress OF whieu the following Ia ~ syu psis:
Tho reverend gentleman la opening his re-
mat ks spoke OF tn eharnetsr Of ths jubilee L.
was he celnbrtttpn Of the lay Ing Of the corner
Stone twenty five years ago OF the edifige dsdi-
ca cd to charity. Twenty five years era In
II human life. In hat time children grew Ento
mnnhond and manhood desc7n cd into old age.
| AID 1t WAS Jnet as much an epoch Ia the history
OF an HsSbCa ION.
lie r, fsrrsd to the ancient Biblical lubees
which took rlace In every nfy years, waen the
children of Israel gathered together and gave
| thanks for liberty, and for oil tho goodness OF
the Almighty; e., Similar emotions. 4. he said to
the oldsn time mus agttate the hearts Of all on
this occasion. Year after year they bat
Work already Accomplished and to pro ,co
vide for it's continuancs la tho future.
Tbs interest { 1T in the ins tuition was no
longer confined to this city aud State; 1t had
spread ysr the entira 5uthern t1aM Y, and
singo messengers had bseu addressed to very
many sgcieties. communicating the glad tidings
OF the twenty fifth annivet5ar and Inviting
them to Join. heart aud soul. iu the jubilee,
| OF all the duties OF mau the cara of the or
phnns Ia he lDUr3 nsafIy divine. Those little
on, s who have NJ father her, a1em nearer to
tho Father In heaven AS lifa departs and the
sparss fy ward the stroke wnieh sewers the
link which binds the orphan 10 the fhther OF
| earth forges a now link. which blIds to tho
Father divine. He who humhy strives to show
one of Gods tr,butes: to be mercful 10 fhe
| helpless and father 70 tho fHt herless: and
gathers the paren lsss little ones into his arms
manifests. the spirit Of the + ,tber and makes
| easiy understood the saying that man Is made
| In the Image nf God. II displays spirit no.
wholly earthly, for through It's earthly form there
| Al Ines n lau, biont b'am which Is AL heavenl,.
| The rays Of tho sun are beyond the 6c0pe oil
scieuCe. but they make their prosence tett. and
| thus III an unmeasurably higher degree. the
| source Of divine light beyond the scope Of hu-
| man Intelligence shines and makes It's pres
enes felt through aud amid all the surr und
| Iug5 OF m N. aud i!lumin them with bright.
which permehtes the harris u all who care Tor
| the little oruhans. Thore who have chldrep,
| he said, can best understand mo-, l. Is easy.
though. to love our own: bat to, cherish, the
children OF others Is more difficult duty.
Wnen we, cherish our own children We listen
t. he voice 4 or w1en a h % n pg
we laten to the voice which Is OF hoaven. No
wonder is 1t. then, that it Is a voice
der is t. then, tn4t among a people IKE
| our-. to whom the law OF love waB first given.
| there should be u home for h, Darsntiess and
helpless, such as this 1s. 1ntsllgently man.
aged aud gene ou5ly supDOrEed"
lhs SD ,aker th n went on to say that when
he heard narrow minded PERSONS talk slight
iugy of small charities and quo tlOn the he-
cessitY OF them. he thought OF the Hai con8e-
duences wht h would have ref ultei II this logic
nad prevailed twenty-five years ago when a
small baud OF men fou lded q home for q faw
orphans sudd My bereft. and a few unprotect-
II was after the fearful epidemic Of 1858 that
| the want OF an as lum for tho Jswlsh Wldo NJ
aud orphans began TO be felt. Tho e brew Be-
nevolenJ Association had done WILL but they
/ Have
people; they could not .upuly he education,
The moral training aod the no 20 ,itd I'm 1enee ah
hs'1ssIoy Is aspyeceden ealna % Meyer M Simpson and
the present president Of the a7soctatlon took @
| the initiative; weekly meetings, Of committee
of seventeen, extending. ov1r three months
were hell In the rooms Of the Howard Associa-
ion, aud ID speaker we'll remembered the de-
lied the Or ceediugs. Under the auspices OF
this committee OF seventeen, the association
January 1856 the home was dedtcate1 with
appropri.te, ceremonies. Hon. I. Jonas. the
present Uuited States senat II. bsing the ora
tor Of the OCCASION, When the homt, was first
opened there were thirteen Inmates. includtng
two waits who had been literally picked up on
the street, and VINO had neither kith nor kin.
since that day 4s2 principally ornhans. b I'd
b,en admitted. andlat present there We're l07 in,
mates. There had never been any sec tonal
for admission. The claim Of heiples ness were
-uff1eent to decide the board Of dtr.ctor5
| The tnma es had come from Alabama: MlsSls-
sppi Tennessee. South Carolina. Missouri.
Ohio. New York aud from Poland, Germany
France. Belgium, Holland, England, West
i Indies and Canada. There has been 40 limit
to the aid. Cases have n.t beeu unfreqnent
whore the new born infan found the fostering
care it needed within the home and thus in
course of time the capacity OF the original
premises were found insuttai Mt and in March
1876, additional ground was purchased aud 2
new wing adied. To give al idea OF the mag
ntnde of The CHARITY the speaker stated that
$3.50 600 had been required Tor tho SUPPORT oil
the home since its INCEPTION being an average
annual expenditure oi sl4Bca
In 1875 he order B nai Birth Of district No.
contaminated q union with the ass 3cteion bl
which the order obtained the faculties neces
sary to carry out its objects OF protecting fh'
widow and caring for the orphan. and stability
had been added TO the institution. ~.
TIE reverend gentleman then spoke in httlns
terms of those VINO had In lie been acfiF-ly con
; nected viii the association and who had passet
away while still engaged IN Its good Work. an
In conclusion he rea the final portion OF al
address delivered by himself on the eighth G
, August. 1856. on The occasion .of ne laying {
' nf 70 in which nA mrs