The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-06-26
THE ORPHANS HOME
The Handsome New Building
Dedicated Last Evening.
HOW THE HOME CAME TO BE BUILT
Sweet Charity's Noble Effort In Behalf OF
Homeless and Destitute Children
Sketch Of its Growth.

Sweet charity never engaged in more
noble work than that Of establishing in this
city home and day nursery for the home
less and destitute children who come into
the world through no fault of their own
and when here have q riRhtful claim to the
bodily care which humanity demands and
Christianity inculcate.
The handsome four story building which
was dedicated last evening is located on q
tract Of three and half acres Of land
north Of the county poor house.
The dedicatory exercises consisted OF
prayer. Rev. DR.. McNiece; speeches, Hon.
George NJ. Scott, Judge Zane, Heoer j.
Grant; singing by Miss Lily Snyder, Miss
Viola Pratt and Mrs Green. The reception
was held from to p. M
The reception committee consisted OF
Hyrum Johnson, w. S. Mccormick, Mes
danes j. R Mcbride. j, +. Bsmberger,
II. Siegel, X. II. Terhune, j. McVicker, a
Brown, Franklin 5. Richards, Frank ID.
Kimball, Misses Martha Locke and Marga-
ret Barr.
Refreshments-Mesdames h. F. King,
w. II. Irvine. E. p. Sears, Rachel Miller,
F. E. Houghton, F. d. Hobbs, DIR. Darte
Charles o. King.
The new building is four stories high,
the first story being built of Utah's beauti-
| full red sandstone, j. E. Grant having
superintended it at q cost of a, 600; and II
is remarkably well built for that price
A call was issued October 4. 1854, oy
Miss Elizabeth S. Dickev, Presby terrain
mission kindergarten teacher. for the
ladies TO meet to form day nursery:
| Only eight or nine ladies responded, and
met in the vestibule Of the Methodist
church soon after. The association was
formed and home on the corner OF First
South and Third East was rented. the nrst
inmate being q nameless baby. This TACT
| tended TO make the Institution resolve
| itself into an orphans home.
After a few weeks it was moved TO
house on Third East south, where 1t
stayed few weeks, and was then
removed to more commodious
house on Third South, known
as the Key sor house. Later, the associa-
ton purchased a cottage at the extreme
east end of First South which it sold three
years ago and bought the four acres where
the present building now is, and until now
have used q lath and plaster house that
was originally on these grounds.
The society has had no visible means OF
support except the voluntary contributions
of q generous public, Jew, Gentle and
Mormon, and it is to be mentioned, Is the
only institution in the territory where all
| these factions have united.
The legislature of 1856 made an appro-
priation of 8. 900 for the association, but 1t
was in general appropriation bill which
was vetoed by the governor. The only
public aid ever received by the association
was 500 voted three times, In 1896 'SS-'c9
by the city council. The building they
have now erected is simply wing OF the
plans which have been drawn and Will
PROBABLY accommodate sixty more children.
A system of endowments has been ar
ranged by which the donor of 500 endows
| bed aud has the privilege OF naming the
bed after anyone and the additional privil-
eye of keeping child in the institution.
! One hundred beds are TO be endowed, to
raise $4,000, of which thirteen have
already been taken. Anyone who con-
tributes $1,000 Is privileged to name a
whole room after anyone they please. Ten
thousand dollars IS to be raised in the last
named manner, which will be invested and
the interest used for the support Of the IN
stitution. The opening exercises will be
held at the new home, which can de
reached by the State street Rapid
Transit car, at o'clock to-mor-
row. A reception will be held between
and O. clock nd the ladies would be very
pleased to welcome any and all who may
come.
The forming Of this institution is the
! work of some few women who have set
their minds and hearts upon the work and
have accomplished 1t without any aid from
public institution or source, and the
same institution will be lasting monu-
ment to their efforts in that direction.
Those who have already contributed are
Clara Ferry, by her husband, Hon. E. p.
Ferry; Elizabeth E. Dickey. by friend
Alice Lowe. by her mother, Mrs. George
A. Lowe: combination four, endowed by
Mrs. Siegel. Mrs. Terhune, Mrs: Miller,
Mrs. Arthur Brown; Mary E. Mcbride, By
her mother, Mrs. ]. T. Mcbride; Mrs.
Frank d. Kimball, Mr. e. R. Barratt, Isa-
dore Greenwald, by his sister, Mrs. j. E.
BAN berger; Mr.. Hyrum Johnson, Clarissa
| Houghton, by her mother, Mrs. +. 4.
Houghton: Naomi lodge, Daughters Of Re
becca; Max Brown, ninth birthday offer
ing; Sam and Lou Karrick, by their
mother, Mrs. l.. G. Karrick.
Eighteen children are At present cared
for, though this number would have been
much larger had not the managers been
| forced to refuse admission to = great many
GA account Of the inadequate accommoca-
lions in the old building.