New-York tribune., 1896-04-21
ORPHANS AT THE CIRCUS.
! THOUSANDS OF THEM ENJOY THE SHOW BY
MR. BAIIEY'S INVITATION.

There was a great and beautiful sight at the
Madison Square Garden yesterday afternoon. AZ
the annual visit Of the inmates OF the city
orphan asylums to the circus The attendance OH
these occasions grows larger every year. thousii
It Is hard to see how 1t grow much
larger than II yesterday, unless the "a
den is remodelled. There were never so many
orphans in the building before The whoe
place was given over to them and the only
plea by which any persons who were not or
phans could get in that they had come iohs
distance to the circus and could not come again
With this excuse some forty or NIFTY perhaps so'
n but with the exception of these there was NOBODY
In the house but the children and those VINO came
to take Of them.
To say that all the seats were filled does not os
any means express the situation for there were
many seats that had to hold more than one chiiu
each, and the boxes crowded far beyond ther
normal capacity The best Of care was taken OF t"e
children. The cripples who were taken TO ana from
the Garden in omnibusses. had places In the po~es
nearest the entrance so that they need not nave
to climb stairs or walk the length Of the buiidng'
AS the children came in they went down the STAIRS
into the basement and around past the cages Oh the
animals and then up again on the other SIDE anu
into the amphtheatre to the places that had Deeh
reserved for them. 1t was reckoned up tha' tne'e
1902 of them in all. The following Is par.'a'
list of the Institutions represented and the numDer
of children sent from each:
Dr. Kittridge's school, Bethany Mission, Z0o'
United Hebrew Charities. lc Hospital Tor Crppies'
1JO Phelps School, 1S0 I.eake and Watts Orphah
ASYLUM. Yonkers, 2vO; Children's Aid society S"'
Mission School 400; Protestant Orphan Asylum wv
ST Barnabas Home 1885, West Side lta.iah Ut
phans. 30: Bethany Day School 40: Miss roster
school; 800: ST. Bartholomew Parish. 5o Messiah
Home. 80; Chlldrens Fold. 100; Cripple Asylum "a
Sisters of Good Shepherd. q; Hebrew Sheiter'hs
Society. 300; Duane Street School. 1870; New-forN
Tenement-House. 90; Holy Trinity 10y; Inonlas
Rrennan's Roman Catholic School. oc' five 6ou
House of Industry 250 Bellevue Crpples. 20; Bright
side Mission 50; Mispah Chapel %: Mammalian Sids on,
sion 56 Montefiiore Home. 40; Hebrew iniants 80,
University settlement. 40; Sisters Of Mercy 20:
Orphans OF Holy Trinity. %; Juvene frotes.an' Nan
League 100: Israel Temple Har.em kindrrgaree.nn. a.
20: Educational Alliance t3 Ieisa Day NURSERY, ~
Industrial school las; Little Mothers All As'ccia-
ton $50: Germsu Industrial 10; he1rew iecHiiicai
Institute 200 and Jones Memorial. 10. -.
n Ia nliite unnecessary to say anything ABOUT the
enjoyment OF the show by the children ne rphdn
asylims of New York. II Is TO be hoped ana pc
level take reasonably good care or tne.r chaIees,
hut they do not have much money to spend on
public amusements. and Visit To the circus 10 a
hing NOT ~ be deapised neglected or forgotten
the generosity OF Mr. Bailey IN giving up whoIe
Afternoon with al. its receipts 10 the ehloyinen o
,hese children who could not see the Dig snow IN
anv other way is appreciated by thousands 10 10
,rhon II has brought q few hours or uncommon
p.easure Mr. Bailey says that ne ls goHls " M Hans
IN ornhans' day every year as long as ne prinss
bi, show 10 New-York AS was said at nrst, tne
Garden on such occasion is great ana Oe"uu-
ful sight ~. ,,, and eore i'm
portant changes have been made III the programme