The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-10-18
ORPHANS JUBILEE DAY
TESTERDIF'S DONITIONS LdRGER THAN THOSE OF FORMER YEARS,

S4, zoo in Cash Collected and Me- chandise of All sorts.Interestinr Exercises at he
 Asylum school ROom-Several Prizes
 Awar rded-Banquet of the Donation pay i Association Last EveninG-Oh Ohicers Elect
 ed-F. A. Betts Elected Honorary Member
 --John c. North, res dent--Mr r. Bunnelfs
 Invitation.
 Yesterday was The Day" of the year at the New Haven orphan asylum on | upper Elm street, the occasion being | Donation day All yesterday forenoon the members of the committee having in charge the collection of gifts were busy seeing that everything on the sub. scription lists was picked up. Various truck wagons and grocery delivery wagons were busy at this work of love and charity, and all during the after noon the wagons were being unloadea at the storehouse back of the asylum. The donations consisted of merchandise of all sorts and money.
 At 2:30 the donation lists were turned in at the office of $. E. MerWin x Son at 354 State street, that being the head quarters of the committee. At about 5 o'clock the members of the committee were taken in carriages from the head quarters to the asylum, where an in teresting program, consisting of recita- tions and singing by the orphans, who hNyt hn nh was as follows:
 Song-"Three Wise Women" by the | school
 Dialogue-"Little Nut People" by five | little girls.
 Song" Squirrels" by the school.
 Recitation-"Two Ways" Lucy Hipe- | lius.
 song--"The Little Mothers" by five lit
 tie girls.
 Recitation-"TheS Setting Sun" by Wal
 ter Miller.
 Dialogue-"When I Am Lady by five little girls.
 Recitation-"The Letter." by Pearl Ber-
 man.
 Song-"Red. White and Blue by the
 school.
 Preceding these exercises Professor Blackman offered prayer, and State h. sulance Commissioner Frederick A. Betts, chairman of the committee, made d few remarks. He spoke of the occa- sion being the twenty-third Donation day. of the asylum and said that the children look forward to this day with as much expectation and pleasure as
 most children look forward to Christ mas. In the course of his remarks hs
 spoke of various holidays and asked the lchildren what each commemorated H. finally asked what people did or Thanksgiving day, and the children re.
 mained silent until one promising youngster spoke right out in meetin and said, They eat turkey" This con
 vulsed the audience with laughter. l After these exercises came the distiib
 ution of prizes The first prize was fol
 that girl who had been the best girl 1T
 everything during the year. The prize a $5 gold piece given by Hon. N. D | Sperry, was won by Lucy Hipelius an ? was presented to her by Professo $ lChandler with appropriate remarks. The next prize was given by Genera ! George H. Ford to the boy who hat a been the best during the year. It wa
 a 8 gold piece and neat ribbon badge
 and was won by Frank Carter. Genera | Ford also made neat little speech 0
 presentation.
 General Greeley gave prizes of g eac1 to the best boy and best girl, respec ' lively, in each of the three grades o the school. The winners were: In tn first grade, Mary Crosby and Olive Il Wall; in the second grade, Mary Win ter and Peter Heilig; in the third grade Agnes Johnson and David Johnson lbrother and sister. General Creole y spoke very comprehensively and kindl }. to the children and they appreciated 2 highly.
 l. Ex-Alderman M Sonnenberg gay V prizes of S2 each to the neatest boy an g girl in the asylum. The prizes wer Iwon by Bessie Crockett and Arthur Fit
 field.
 After the distribution of prizes Pro
 lessor Farnam in behalf of the manage y ment of the asylum thanked the men
 bers of the committee for their effort y in behalf of the institution. He spoli V of Governor Morris, who was prior IF his death one of the trustees, and (
 Mrs Kingsley, who was until recent 'e matron of the asylum. He said ths IS nearly two hundred different childre .t had received care during the year. Or "A building connected with the asylum hs | not been used for four years. This
 the hospital and that it has not bee a used is proof of the good managemer
 of the ladies in charge. . Colonel Mowry of Norwich, seceretar , of state, was present and was calle
 upon for d speech. He gave the chi dren some good advice and complimen N ed the committee on the success of : :, tefforts and on the liberality of the cit = zens of New Haven.
 t MT. Kendall superintendent of cit |, schools. was the next speaker. He spol u pleasantly to the children and in vel
 which they liked. This concluded u " exercises.
 'e Among those present were Mrs. Ge
 W. Curtis, Mrs. N. D. Sperry. Miss 5 ie san Ives. Mrs. F. w. Benedict. MI dt Champ on, Miss Ella Gilbert, Ms Car It Mrs. Punderson, General George D. Ford. Selectman Bretzfelder, Colon se Mowry of Norwich. Superintende
 Kendall. General Greeley, NJ. Some
 berg. John T. Manson, Joseph Manvill
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