Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-19

the Old Church school, Hoorhelds, just of l Dale street. The outer room was packed, | and the society's old inspector, who is a l Liverpool ex-police inspector, and knows | the ins and outs of every family receiving | these payments, was acting the part of | bulwark against the surgings of the crowd. 1 We passed into the masters room, and | were in few moments joined by Chap | lain Gsussen. Captain Stubbs and myself | paid out the money and checked against | each payment. The old inspector kept | the children and their mothers in line, and | got their school certificates ready. Then | as each one came in the chsl lain re-exam- ined the certificates, and a running fire of comment resulted. showing that the eIact status of each child, the condition of its health, the occupation of its mother, and the general welfare of the entire family, were matters of actual personal knowledge on the part of these officials.
 GAL, Robert, glad to see you- Folks wellP "Thankee, sir; yes, sir" Good. Tell mother to come Monday for the clothes and boots. Next" "Mrs. TolmieG" a salaam civilian iliI" 'sYes, sir; with the throat, sir" "DoctorG" i'Oh, yes, sir, thankee, sir" "Au right. Williams good boy. Take care of him, Mrs. Tol- mic" "Bless God, so he is; thankee, sir" "Bella Bathgatel And you. too, Mrs Bathgatel Yes, the child is an honor to you in that suit. How'd you get time to do iti Next" "And here's Sarah Bettly.
 Well, Sarah, all alone to-dsyf' ''Yes, sir, thankee, sir. Mothers 8 job O scrubbin' 'n' couldn't come" "All right, my little girl Hold the money tight for mother"
 Richard Rowlands-Richard, little bet
 ter work at school, or we'll have to cut you of, Richard" ''Thankee, sir" 'sHelioa,
 Tommy Rallies! Growing to be a man,
 aren't youl Only three months more on
 the list, Tommy. Tell mother we'll have
 Gracie in the orphanage in a few weeks"
 'Thankee, sir; got place, sir" Good boy, Tommyl Next" And so it goes from one to three hours. But the strug- glss; the battles for existence; the blessed help this little help is to them all; the eyes suffused with tears; the choked words of gratitude; the pinched and pitiful efforts to come there clean, patched up and de- serving; the dolorous, dreadful hours in these fstherless homes behind all this woe ful procession to the alms-giving; are enough to sicken and sadden strongest hearts.
 l have never in any country visited a charitable institution 80 we'll adapted to it's uses, and where there was such 6 splen- did and universal evidence of one having | entered the atmosphere of a Christian uOlue. 1uc uEsI was an Olu structure in Duke street. The present one was completed and opened in 1874. It is situated on unenclosed ground, granted by the corporation of Liverpool, surrounded by the sylvan groves, impid streams, | mimic lakes and yelvety lawns of beauti- full Newsham Park The buildings com prise the orphanage itself. a tive-story edi- | flee of gray brick with stone trimmings, l as sweet as a new-laid egg from cellar to garret, one of the handsomest chspels in England, a commodious and beautiful
 sanitarium, and ivy and rose covered parsonage.
 The discipline and regime are faultless They comprise regular family worship and | religious instructions; safe association of | the sexes, who take their meals and at | tend chapel in company; a thoroush sscu- | lar and commercial education; and regular | and substantial diet, including three am | pie meals each day. Health, comfort, hap | piness and cleanliness are absolutely se- | cured The dormitories are capscicus and | even beautiful. There is a basket for clothing under each bed, and each child is allowed private box with lock and key,
 where brush and comb, letters, home treasures and all keepsakes are kept. | There are teachers sitting room and & | bed-r room of each durmitory, ensuring | perfect order; and the bathrooms and l dressing rooms are perfect and complete. | Extraordinary provisions have been | made in this institution for recreation and
 amusement. The park is the great open
 air play ground for them all. For un- l pleasant weatber there are spacious in
 door rooms and gymnssiums for both boys
 and girls; and great arched porch ex-
 tends along the rear of the orphsnsgs
 open to an immense paved court, very | similar to the covered promenade you will
 find at the entrance to the quadrangle of
 Eton college, and much on the same plan
 as that of the ancient English monastic
 cloisters, which always opened into a beau
 tiful court or garth. Here also, perhaps
 to a greater degree than in any other simi-
 lar institution, the combined elements of
 drill and music have been utilized. The
 bearing of these children is e1quisitsly
 manful and womanly. The theory and
 practice are that children can be interested | in maneuyers and drilis, and all manner | of dispositions rendered facile and Quies- | cent under the influence of music. Sc | there is an almost ceaseless series of musi- | cai accompaniments-mus on rising, mu-
 sic at entering and leaving classes, music | at going to and coming from meals, iunu
 merable musical entertainments and soi
 rees, even music on going to bed. l have . never known of such a marked and lumi | nous pTOOI tDe QuinAnlZlIR anu cFtl | Christianiziug influence of music, and tho
 singing of these three or four hundred children is alone almost worth cominI across the sea to hear.
 There are two public services held eacf
 Sunday. The afternoon service perhaps F attracts the greatest number of visitors f During the voluntary is heard the sound
 of approaching hundreds of feet, as if th . footsteps were blended into the echo O ] one tread. Tramp, tramp, tramp, on the, . | come with heads erect, turning their eye i | neither to the right nor the left, witl , hands crossed behind them, and with tn . cleanest, brightest faces you ever any
 where looked upon The ooys enter frs a and occupy the pews of the south tran z sept The girls follow them and pass int
 the north transept aisl-s. The chaplain . | robed in plain surplice enters last. Tn
 | discipline order and decorum are marvel a ous. After a short pause, all standing, th - children sing with taste and oppression tn
 well known anthem, 1T will arise and g = to my father" These who sing have n II living fathers this side of the grave. Tn ,I ordinary shortened service of eyeuin
 prayer is then proceeded with, and in th a responses, reading the Psalms, and chant v ing the Magnifcst and Nunc Dimittis, tn
 children display intelligence and feeling , But most pathetic of all things here is th ,l plaintive Litany sung immediately afte , the prayer for thnse at sea. Your eye ', cannot but mist as you look and lister V and you can never cross the ocean agai , without knowing the real and blessed siE VI nificance of shipbosrd ''Entertainmer a Night" EDGAR L. WAKEMAS. ', Changing customs Among the Jew "a From Hsrper's Weekly.l
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