Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-02-07
THE ORPHANS.
Their Bank Account still Increasing in
Size.

Their Bank Account still Increasing in
Size.
Some people more given to Boosting and
tibbing than telling the truth, are often re-
curing to the beginning, or the commence
ment, of the appeal for the orphans and
taking credit where credit is not due. To
do charitable act is simply doing ones
duty, and to brag about what one has done
in this direction robs the gift of half its
merit" for then, Pharisee-like, it is 1.-THE
rendering of aims TO be seen of men," The
orphan fund has grown TO immense pro-
portions, and the individual VINO of his
penury gave a dime is entitled to as
much consideration as those who gave
hundreds out of their abundant store The
idea of getting up this fund came from the
lady management of the institution, and
those noble-hearted women who have
cared for the little ones for years are entitled
to all the credit that is now sought to be
filched from them by a local paper for no
other motive than that of advertising that
journal. The truth of the matter is this :
The lady management of the Asylum re-
Quested the RECORD UNION to suggest the
necessities of the institution, on the night
of Wednesday, January 18th, and on the
next morning the following notice ap-
peared in its local columns:
The Board of Directors of the Protest
ant Orphan Asylum request that the public
be informed that there is need of assistance
at the asylum, owing to an epidemic OF
measles having broken out in that beney-
client institution. The funds of the asylum
received from the State and private charity
just about meet the current expenses.
There are now thirty-two cases of devel-
oped measles among the one hundred and
fifty children of the asylum, and it is feared
that they will nearly all be taken with the
disease, as there is no hospital attached to
the refuge where the sick can be separated
from the others. On Sunday there were
twenty four cases, and because the sleep
iDg-rooms were not fitted with stoves, all
these sick children had to be placed in one
insufficient room. However, stoves were
speedily procured, and now the sick ones
are made comparatively comfortable.
Special nurses have been employed, and
the children have good care. But the Di-
rectors would gratefully receive bedding,
beds, clothing, delicacies for the sick, IN
derclothlng, and, indeed, any thing-money
lncluded-that will aid them to meet the
expenses and needs of this emergency
Before noon on that day help began to
pour into the asylum and the bank of D. o.
Mills, and has continued ever since. On
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work, and both papers, and other public in
nuences, have done good work in aid of the
orphans. But the press deserves no special
credit for having done its simple duty to
the city, the institution and the people.
This much has been stated to show
the public that the ladies who orig
mated the idea. and who called to their aid
the city press, should not be robbed of the
credit by the latter.
The fund now amounts to Sc, 5SS 10. The
following contributions have been handed
in since the last report of the RECORD
UNION: W. r. Strong q Co., $50; ]. w.
Barrett, 81; W. Wylie, 81; T. Coulter, 81; C.
B. Strong, 81; John H Plat, 81: George
Eaton, 81; Elmer Davis, 81: NJ William
son, 81 II. Martin, 81; A W. Epson, 81;
Elmer Myers, 81: C. F. Fobes, ST. Friend
ship Council, No. IS, o. c. F., SO; F. J.
Colmes, Pleasant Grove, Suffer county, 81:
Miss Rosa Hyman, popcorn girl at Folsom
masquerade, 81 %; Mary Fuller, S.; Hattie
Ruhl, % cents; Eva Ruhl, % cents; Exempt
Firemen's Association, $25.
When the returns for the sale of tickets
for the musical festival and dance are all in
1t is thought the bank account will reach
ct Least 5000.