San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-17
ORPHANS HOME
TO BE RECEIVED TOMORROW
Description OF the BuiIding-Its
Contractor-What Becomes
of the Orphans-One TO
BE Married.

| San Pedro Avenue, near the Spring,
is the home of the forty-five little IN
fortunate children who have bee
cooped up In the small building fI
the past four and QUE. half years, n
more. They are now with their mat
ron, Mother Reese aud their tw,
nurses, installed in their new
home at West End, just finished
by contractor BOelhaue aud ,urne,
over to them Monday. The house I.
au ornamental as well as substantial
building con tanning three stories
with six rooms on each floor. Ii is o.
white pressed brick, and finished In
side in native colored pine. The work
inside and out Is of the very best and
shows there has been no Sinking OF
the specifications, every thing being
finished In the most careful manner
Mr.. BOelhaue has personally superin
tended every inch of progress made
and certainly his care is now reward
ed by the hearty appreciation he has
| received from all VINO have inspecGed
the building. Beside putting in sew
| eral extras not called for in the con
tract, tree of charge, he has donated
them the elegant corner stone to be laid
tomorrow aud furnished Gaeui bnre-
wagons and teams tor moving ami
| aided them also in placing the furnl-
Gure, ETC., on arrival
The building on its first floor cou
tains the committee room, where the
executive department meets weekly
he school room, family sitting room
kitchen, stnreroom. dining room.
The second floor contains dormitor-
les, one on each side of the matron's
room, linen room. two bath rooms,
etc. The third floor IL the same.
Each floor contains two bath rooms,
and the whole building Is judged ca.
pable of accommodating easily sew
enty five children, while il they be.
come Over-crow,ted, the roomy attics
under the roof will be prepared as a
fourth floor. which will increase the
capacity to 100.
The building is surrounded with
barrsd windows on the upper floors,
roOmy galleries and balconies, and q
neat fence surrounds the large lot,
which will be used as q play ground
At present there is some difficulty
as to securing water, ten cents
per barrel tor water hauled
daily being now charged A fine els
tern, douated by Mr.. +. +. Collins, Is
In place and as soon as q good rain
falls the water supply will be ample.
In q conversation with Mrs. Chabot,
one of the workers of the Home, she
was asked by LIGHT reporter,
What becomes Of the children and
where do you get them?"
- Ia<e hi a. 4
ing or abandoning Them" the lady
replied. "There is poor little Grip.
pied girl dragging herself on hands
and knees. She will never walk
Her parents cruelty and deliberately
abandoned her. What becomes of
them? Well, the girls are raised,
taught to sew, cook and work, and
generally are then given away to
good families who adopt them. We
could give away Is or 20 now if they
were large enough. The boys, when
they get to be IL years old, usually
run away and 1t is hard to keep them
We have been compelled to make q
rule not to take any more boy orphans
over the age of eight years"
"Do guardians select their wardS
indiscriminately?" asked the re.
porter.
Mrs. Chsbot-"Oh, no, orphans are
preferred and are quickly taken. The
abandoned children have the worst
time. Nobody wants them and" shs
added, sadly, mo one wants
the children of consumptive parent s.
| no matter how robust the little ones
appear. One OF our girls Carrie Smithe
who has been with US during the four
and one-half years the home has beer
established, Is now . woman of II
years and will be married Wednes
day today to a well-to, do young
mechanic of the city. She is a good
girl and will make him good faith
full wife and helpmeet"
The new home will be dedicated to-
morrow afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock, by
the laying of the corner stone wi b
impressive ceremonies A suitable
niche In the wall Of the last wing has
been made for the stone and 1t will be-
nut In place with the following cere
monies:
Invocation, by DR.. Dodson, Baptist;
reading scriptures, Mr.. Roberts,
Christian; address, Mr.. w. w. Pen
son, Methodist; prayer, Mr.. Preston,
umberlaud Presbyterian; benedic-
ton Rev. Hutchinson, Episcopal
| After this the MasOns will lay the
corner stone with their beautiful cere.
mony. All friends of the cause are
invited. The motor car leaves corner
Of Houston and North Flores street
| at p. m.