Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-28
oH1LDREN,s DAY.

| A Red-Letter Day for the Orphans and for
the Orphans Eome-The Exercises.
| day right roYssly spent was that in the lives
| of the children of the Orphans home of Fort
| Worth yesterday. It was the entertainment
rendered them by the Spring Palace employees.
| in which they were assisted by the ladies and
| many others,
! AT 10 O'Clock in the morning the hackmen of
the CITY, who deserve great praise for their hand
| some act, drove the children in their carriages
| to the grounds. Ii was q strange sight, and one
that does the human heart much good in this
| day of selfishness and personal greed to behold
! lot Of children, fatherless and motherless,
| without wealth or position, riding in state to
| Palace grand that stood awaiting them with
warmer welcome than did ever await any king
| on his triumphal march.
| they were escorted into the building and, after
resting while, were taken on the band stand
| and introduced in few neat and very appro-
| pirate sentences by Mr.. 4. B. Burbridge, who
| paid a high compliment to Mrs. Belle NJ.
| Burchill, to whose motherly care and tireless
labor in their behalf, they and the citizens OF
| Fort Worth, are SO deeply indebted Then there
was singing and recitaLions by the children,
| which the audience appreciated highly for its
| pathos and delightful simplicity.
After closing the exercises on the stand they
were taken up stairs where they were presented
| each with little glass tumbler, which was
| engraved his or her name, together with cut Of
AT one O'Clock dinner was ready for them in
the east wing OF the building on the second floor,
which epieares say was feast 1T for king:
most pathetic incident Of the meal Ras The
repesting of the Lord, g prayer in concert by the
children for grace. So simple and beautiful,
yet impressive, was this that scarcely q dry eye
was seen among those present.
Mr.. Burbridge made short and feeling ad-
dress that was much appreciated by both the
little people and the members Of the party, and
when dinner Yves finished the children were
taken to the Edison photograph department
and listened to the music as reproduced BY this
most marvellous of human Inventions They
were highly entertained by the sounds received
through the little tubes they hung in their ears
and many were the original and humorous
marks expressed by them.
The entire list of attractions on the grounds
were made free to the children, and hugely did
they enjoy their ride on the merry go-round.
Clusters photograph and others OF interest and
pleasure were visited.
At2:S0 Wilson Gregg, ESQ.,, being introduced
by Acting President Burbridge, began BY ex-
planning the very interesting occasion; and then
said that the peerless S. s. Prentiss in his great
words, There lies beyond the sea an island
famous in story and in song, and whose harp,
ES ms BDt 70 eas ~ Its %sa3
almost touching.
The speaker then referred to how the inno-
cence and artlessness OF little children should
affect us, and how much more so the helpless
ness OF one without father or mother. he con-
tinued: The good book tells that the saving
spirit Of one who has unselfshly
hood, or even stood between the cruel arm and
the dumb brute, when it wings its flights and
appears before the great white throne, no mat
ter what may have been his faults, the recording
angel will drop tear upon the biots Of life and
erase them forever
A brief history OF the benevolent home was
given in substance as follows: In September
1881, the w. @. t. U. of this city began to con-
slider some arrangement and provision for the
carrying out the idea on the Both of the same
month there was established in oommodious
second Streets, through tSe snSness A Of the tbs
owner, Capt. M. B. Lloyd, reading room with
dormiiory for boot-blscks, under the direct SUI
peryision OF Ars. Belle N. Burchin. The read
ing-room was comfortably furnished and sup
piled with sufficient and excellent reading mat
ter, being requested at ali times by many Classes
The dormitary wes devoted to the numerous boot
blacks OF the city VIII paid five cents for lodging
and each meal. Later On night school
spring many urgent applications ms "i for
girls rendered change Of quarters
necessary; and in July, isss, the present build
for 5000, was moved into. After removal. con-
nection was severed with the Women's Christian
Temperance Union. and the movement was led
by Mrs. Burchin and an assistant. The ch arter
was filed on December Is, lSSS, and since which
time the institution has been called the Beneso-
and a superintendent and an assistant SUI
perintendent, all Of whom are chosen from the
members OF the corporation the latter being
writing to pay TO the corporation certain sum
OF money monthly for one year, not less than
tifty cents per month, and who is not in default
incorporation was to establish upon
firm basis a benevolent home In the
city OF Fort Worth, wherein, shall be received,
maintained, instructed, educated and taught
occupations OF industry, during their minority,
or for such time the rules Of the association
may prescribe, all poor, helpless and destitute
white children OF both, or either sex, as may be
placed under its care" It is provided that the
corporation shall be purely benevolent, with no
capital stock, and can have no shares, its sup
port and maintenance to be derived solely from
voluntary contributions; and it has been carried
On exclusively by charity, at first By the aid of
raw prominent citizens, whose names deserve to
be cherished, and latteriy by regular system
the contributors being classified according to
their promised regular Hcntbly payments
Tbe Institution row owes no debts, and
there IS something over $500 in
is treasury "a tribute 70 its good
management A sad and singular coincidence
may here be recounted- a. mznifesting perhaps
the hand OF an inscrutahls Providence. A
stranger last year bought foreign draft at the
Fort Worth National bank, and left instructions
that in the event Of any unexpected contingency,
the amount. $500, should be donated to the
BeneTblent Home. BE was not seen afterwards
and re1e II was learned that he commit
tee suicide in Dallas. That sum, with the nddi-