Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-12-05
1T IS NOT MORTGAGED.
what is Being Done at the Or
phans, Home.

phanS' HOmes
EDITORS HERALD-In q report pub
lished in Sundays Times of the new
Sectarian Orphans Home building there
occurs a mistake which the managers
wish to correct. There is not now and
never has been mortgage on the prop
erty. That there shall never be depends
upon the generosity Of the districts ben
efited by the Home.
The institution should have been called
the Southern California, instead of the
Los Angeles, Orphans Home, as chill
dren are received from San Diego, San
Bernaroino, Santa Barbara, Ventura,
Kern, Tulare and San Luis Obispo coun-
ties, there being no other asylum in the
southern part of the State receiving both
boys and girls. In our county We have
cared for children from Anaheim, Azusa,
Compton, Downey, Ell Monte, Ingle-
wood, Lincoln Park, Monrovia, Norwalk,
Newhall, Newport, Pasadena, Ravenna,
Santa Monica, Santa Ana, Savannah,
San Gabriel, Tustin and Westminster.
When all of these places are relieved
of The care of their orphans, is it not
simply Justice for each and every place
to bear share of the burden of expenses
connected with this care?
The State for these children makes an
allowance of 20 cents a day for half
orphans and abandoned children, and
271a cents day for full orphans. Those
familiar with the cost of maintaining a
family will see at once how far this sum
will go toward providing food, fuel, light,
clothes, etc., for each Individual. Be-
sides these items the dwelling has to be
provided, kept in repair, furnished, and
taxes and insurance paid regularly. Last,
but notleast, comes the wages of matron,
assistant matron, nurse, second assistant,
seamstress, cook, cleaner and laundress,
besides extra help in times Of general
sickness or an epidemic. This amount
of help is positively necessary, as 105
children were moved into the new Home.
Little help is to be had from the chill
dren, as the average age is only 8 years.
Few are much older and many younger
To-day there are fourteen children in the
nursery, all under years of age.
The managers, each and every one,
give their services cheerfully and freely,
asking only in return such support from
the public as the Home desires, and
always a reservation of criticism without
personal investigation.
The cost of the new sewer, grading
Alpine street, retaining wall, moving the
old frame houses and building the per-
manent brick Home, has been something
over sos 900. OF this sum all but about
$1,000 has been subscribed. Will not
those who have not paid their subscrip-
tions make an effort to discharge their
debt to us by the first of the year?
Will not those who have not sub
scribed send in their names at once that
we may know for how much we may de-
pend upon them?
The greater part Of the many thousand
dollars expended in the eight and hall
years since the founding of the Home
has been donated by the generous citi-
zens of our own city. The county of Los
Angeles has donated something, and but
little has come from other counties.
This is an unequal arrangement, and
we now call upon every city and county
in Southern California to respond to our
pressing need.
With $1,000 more than the sum al.
ready subscribed, Southern California
will have free of all debt substantial
and commodious Orphans Home, with
a capacity for 200 children in the two
stories already finished, and with third
floor that can be finished to accommo.
date 100 more. Can not every city and
town for whom we assume care and re-
sponsibility make US a donation? Lei
those whose hearts respond to the needs
of these helpless little ones make a cal
through their local newspapers for 8
meeting, and then decide upon some way
debt. A concert, social, fair, lunch-ir
tact an entertainment of any kind will
meet with ready response in place Q
any size, if the object is the care OF chill
dren bereft of their natural protectors.
Which locality will be first to respont
to this appeal? :.
Questions in regard to the Home or it,
work will be promptly answered ii ad
dressed to MRS. FRANK A. GIBSON,
Sec L. A. Orphans Home, 2l6 Court
house street, Los Angeles.
A CRYING NUISANCE.