St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-21
Doors Of the Protestant Or
phan Asylum Opened to
the Public Gaze,
To Permit an Inspection OF
the Methods and Systems
in Vogue.
More Money Necessary In
Carrying on This Whole
some Charity.
Opportunity for the Wealthy
of st. Paul to Come to
the Rescue.

3 The board of managers of the Protest
ant orphan asylum held a reception at
the asylum building, corner Marshall
avenue and st. Adams street, between
the hours of and o'clock yesterday
afternoon. Floral gifts had been sent
in, and the air was redolent of per-
fume. Coffee and cake were
served. and the afternoon and even
ing passed off most pleasantly. Mrs.
George B. Young. the president
of the board, did the honors. She was
ably assisted by Mrs. George A. Hamil-
ton, first vice PRESIDENT; Mrs. George E.
Skinner, second vice pr esident; Mrs. j.
W. Edgerton. recording secretary; Mrs.
j. B. Beals, corresponding secretary,
and Mrs. S. B. Mcconnell, treasurer.
The other members of the board are
Mistresses E. II. Bailey, G. Fl. Bigelow,
j. b. Darling, E. F. Drake, w. D..
Evans. T. G. Field, j. P. Gribben,
D. l.. Harbaugh, L. C. Jones. FL. NJ.
Miller. j. II. Murphy, D. R. Noyes, E.
Z. Scribner and j. White. There are
fifty inmates of the asylum at present,
and they are all in fine health, save one
very young baby, the child of an insane
woman. Even this child does not look
badly, and the children generally look
well and happy. A sweet little blue
eyed and goiden-haired girl ran joyously
up and took thr reporter by the little
finger when he entered the nursery for
two-year olds. These little ones and the
babies have the south and west wing of
the building, where sunlight can be had
in plenty. The larger children are ar
ranged in less desirable parts of the
building, though its fine location
makes all the apartments pleasant.
The boys outnumber the girls, for the
reason that it is easier, owing to their
greater docility and gentle manners. to
obtain homes for girls than boys. The
people who adopt children from the
asylum are usually non-residents of st.
Paul, farmers being frequently among
the applicants. A couple of years ago
scarlet fever and one or two other con-
tagious diseases broke out simultane-
ously in the asylum, and caused great
uneasineSs among the managers. They
that had children at home dared not
visit the asylum.
One of the crying needs of the insti-'
tuition is a hospital building on the
grounds. where patients with conta-
gious diseases may be cared for without,
danger to the other children. The
ladies figure that $1,000 would put up
Just such building as is needed, and
they are very DESTROYS of raising that
amount. The regular annual subscrip-
lions are collected in October, and the
time will soon arrive for getting
in some funds for current eX
penses. The object of the recep-
tion was to give the general public
an opportunity to observe the manner
! of conducting the charity. Ard many
many observers there were, who went
through the different departments and
scrutiniZed everything with keen inter-
est. One thing noticeable was that
both the boys and girls had a great
abundance of toys. Benevolent ladies
are constantly sending in gifts of this
kind. In the girls department a half
dozen immense dolls sat in state upon a
table where they were holding recep-
ton. Among the visitors were noticed
the following:
Martha Clark, Mrs. John ID. Dean, f.
S. Haupt; a lady from Jacksonville, H.;
lady from Hamline; Mr.. and Mrs.
Foulke, Mrs. Smith, of Waterville;
Mrs. W. F. Sanborn, Mrs. j. E. Bruce,
Mrs. W. T. Mason. Mrs. T.. j. A. Morris,
r. HI. Wilson, Rev. John II. White and
wife: Mrs. John AmeS, Mrs. Z. w. Nc
Intyre, Mrs. DR.. Abbott, Mrs. Charles
Nichols, Mrs. A. Muir, Mrs. John Gil
man, Mrs. +. W. Davis. Mrs. K. S.
Burtis. Mrs. ID. A. MOntfort, Mr..
and Mrs. Tallmadge, Mrs. Proctor,
Mrs. Churchill, Mrs. G. W. Hallowell,
Mrs. j. A. Pepper, Mrs. l.. Alexander,
Mrs. E. NJ. Hallowell, Mrs. G. w. Arm
strong, Mrs. III. McGinnis. Mrs. j. L..
I M u u Corihnar nFc ROUu QO6 Has
kel1, Mrs. Furness, Mrs. Couch, Mrs.
and Miss Squires, Master Patterson
White, Mrs. II. Helm, Mrs. S. E. Cootey,
Miss Ella Tibbetts, Mrs. j. Gibson,
Mrs. J. l.. Noyes, Mrs. A. E. Whitney,
Miss Wilson. Miss De Coster, Miss Ma
han. Master Karl Harbough. Mrs. Rob
ert Christie. Mrs. J. B. Hubbell. Mrs. E..
D. Fuller, Mrs. A. B. Robbins and Mrs.
Woods, Merriam Park; Mrs. Z. l.. East
on, of Saltwater; Mrs. ID. f. Vail, Miss
E. E. Haghson, Mrs. j. w. Bishop.