Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-20
WAKEMAN'S WANDERINGS
AN ENGLISH SAILORS ORPHAN HOME.

Endless and Dolorous~ Tragedies Of the
Sea.
Copyright, 1891. by Edgar L. wakemanl
LIVERPOOL, Dec. Every one who has
crossed the ocean in one Of the great liners
knows all about Entertainment Night
at sea. Yet few know. save in a dim sort
Of way, the real object Of the impromptu
diversion, or have any manner of idea as To
what becomes of the large sums thus fire.
queutly realized.
On some one night Of each VOYAGE the
great dining saloon of the ship Is trans
formed into a concert hall. theater and
lecture room combined. Among from two
hundred to a thousand passengers there
are always found men, women and youths
VINO do some one little OF big thing we'll.
The witty man, the sarcastic man. the
elocutionist, the poet and the story telling
man are all on s~hipboard. Then there are
the misses or meslames who play or sing
or both. And there is always found the
rubicund clergyman. the brow wrinklei
senator or the bland. unctuous Judge 10
preside.
Again, scarcely a voyage OF the mail
ships occurs when there are not profession
~ people on board, usually the best Of
European actors, singers, iu~trumeutali.t.
ana all manner OF specialists. from dan.
~eH,e 70 iretN. who are travelling from one
continent 20 another % fIl their v4riau.
Engagements. These are aII folk with
hearts qIlCA ro respond To- ANYTHING g.nu-
lue Win charity 200 rue end of TO-. 50 THAI
with the amateur performers willing O..
uv distinguished, and the distinguished arr.
ISIS willing t1 perform. Entertainment
Night brings % programme often of very
great variety and merit.
Tie rule j. CO. make the occasion aupuf al
least partial display boo dre--. and t mia
lHrIty honor the event with costume, and
Jewels hettrlu- the most select social eaf.-
erIu-> iu any land. To the first t%r.uu.r"
lt D. ara affair ut unique interest AMI Do.
uEhf. The oldest travellers awaken from
their ordinary tI.eEttlye leruargv and u.--
mlt themselves tu ur drawn into the Drill. .
Itut saloon, after the % Of bla-e then. .
ter foyer I~ouu--r-. Even the officers a.F
stewards of tLe ship welcome she affair lie
"a relief 90 The muuJtuuy of the y0ga-.
Ana a- have taken the pains % find s
ih~ generous sums secured from tIa
of programme and rhr irreyocabI-
lection provides for one of the most r.
ful and deserving of all charities gtrH.
ally suggested by the endle-, aud Cd
Gus Tragedies of the sea.
The proceed, Of these Entertain
Night collections secured ON all -r.
ship, plying between New YORK. Plr.4
phla' Baltimore, Boston AID Llyera..
except one, are turned over 20 the office.
OF the Liverpool Seameu's Orphau iu.riru.
Iloh' winch L. almost exclusively support
ed IN this manner The exception noted
j. on the part Of the Inmau line. This line.
having American afiuitieS and being
Ia WHHa|E HIA 90
ne.ioW~ one-halt Of the sums thus collect
ed upou the Liverpool institution and the
other half upon the American Blue Anchor
charity, a kindred institution.
Every American tourist 70 Europe should
visit the Liverpool institution. Its offices
are AT Il Water street. not so ward. from 7
the steamer landing. where the secretary
Edward StubU-, X. Y. will extend
very possible courtesy, as all the officers j
Lhe ~orphanage are peculiarly grateful q
.o Americans, Tor without their cOutribu- J
ions the grand work Of this charity would 3
wholly fail, and everything possible /, e
lone by CaptaiD Stubs. Sir Jane. poole e.
he treasurer, and Rev. G.. +. Gausseu. the q
hapIain, 20 make Americans feel that they a
AVE acquired 70 personal interest in and "
e-tFl Tor the institution. know of uO u
inner place In all Britain where an Amer a
an citizen can experience the same de- u
feeling. o
The orphauage was founded i'm 1859 q, n
clutue and educate the destitute or
children of AN classes of sea- %
zen or ~eataring men. It is NOT restricted al
% any nationality, though children Of sea al
zen who have sailed five years out Of the p
"rt ot Liverpool have the preference The d'
recurrence Of such name. "a. al
.uud- Lundgreu, Schavii. ETC.. indicate. a..
De- scandinavian paternity Of many Of the ai
lIldreu. Recipients Of relief are divided tt
TO Two cfl-se,-the children admitted 10 en-
institution and those placed on the il
outdoor list" Of
Inability Of the widow 10 supD1rt these W
llldren is the only qualification. Relief or
some kind has never been refused. The de
are retained 20 the age Of fourteen. %
Dol are then sent out 20 trades and other m.
Ic%afIpu-, many securing comfortable eer- ia
az positions. The girls, if their mothers We
I'h DO, are kept iu The institution until 20
ey are fifteen, the last year being passed We
receiving training Iu adj ranches az no
'useh'li work, while school instruction M
also continued. me
-ulldreu ON the outdoor list are those Mt
hose mothers desire 20 retain them under an
owu care. u frequently baDueD- cor
there is not Iu the widowed family "A emf
.la OLD enough for public school life. OF 20.
-'i-A'f'.l.Ir may intervene. Again. "a
ere are deaf and dumb children and ma
'-e wa" are unfortunately mentally iu- ml
lacltatei from receiving instruction chi
meet such cases As these the institution acr
int9 an annual allowance Of clothing j
u boots and "a monthly allowance Of ten SuI
illngs. lknOwO Of many instances where ira
5 cash allowance pays the entire rent Du
actually keeps a roof over the desc sou
E iamIIys heads. There are no red tame as ]
Official captiOusness about this. The ech
condition OF payment Of the money is on
{ the child shall produce a certiec.,. the
DOL attendance. providing II he 80 - wit
end school. the
these two classes there are at the pres. wh'
time SO children in the orphanage and
nearly the same number on the ont Ihe
r list. An idea Of the expenditure for nor
'reat and practical a charity can be had IN
n the fact that the annual cost of main plln