Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-07
NEW HOME ron DAY NURSERY.
Interesting Exercises Mark I'M
Opening OF the Institution.

| The new home Of the Belle s. Bryan
Free Nursery and Kindergarten was
| opened yesterday afternoon with impress
! siva exercises. Rev. DR.. Tudor opened the
meeting with fervent prayer for the
! continued usefulness of the school ana
| for the welfare of all the noble women
connected with its founding, with espe-
cial mention of the public-spIrited wo-
man whose name the school now bears.
"Blest Be the Tie That Binds was sung
by the visitors and children In unison.
Rev. Mr.. Goodwin. of St. Johns Episcopal
church. followed with readings from the
eighteenth chapter OF Luke, beginning,
Suffer little children to come unto Me,
for of such Is the Kingdom of Heaven"
The little children OF the school, who
stood IN the front parlor, sang a hymn,
with Mrs. Morris. their teacher. leading.
Their fresh young voices sounded very
sweet and clear as they sang. Their hear
ers clapped 4oudly when the hymn was
over, and the rosy-cheeked little girls OF
3 and 4, followed by their older
sisters and brothers, filed out into the
flower garden behind the house. one lit
tie girl did not go out with the others. She
had fallen asleep. with her head nodded
against the chair back and her curls fallen
over her eyes
Mrs. Haryie Blair sang with an accom-
paniment by Miss Smoot, a beautiful
song, "Open the Gates of the Temple"
Her voice had never sounded more glo-
riously full and clear Rev. Mr.. Il. T.
Sweeney read the report of the work OF
the Day Nursery and kindergarten from
tho days of it's commencement up to the
purchase OF the new house, on the corner
Of Nineteenth and Grace streets.
ADDRESS OF MR.. JONES.
Rev. NJ. Ashby Jones, OF Leigh-Street
Baptist church, was introduced to make
the special address for the occasion In a
few words he supplemented the bare facts
OF the report with an eloquent exposition
of the aims and work of the nursery. He
said in part:
Since the magic hand OF woman first
touched the wounds of men and hor voice
carried It's first message of love and
comfort, there has been no woman's
work which deserves more help and adj
miration than the founding Of free
nursery and Kindergarten. The women
who were Its founders have translated a
noble theory into noble action. They
have raised up a safe shelter where a
mother may leave her baby when she
must go out to work for the daily bread,
and where the child may grow up with
strong body and undimmed eyes to
choose his way on the rocky path that
lies before him. They have not only help
ed the helpless; they have helped them |
to help themselves In warning against !
the great army Of criminals society has |
said eve must make laws that win /
leave 1t hard to go wrong and easy TO |
go right; the cancer of vice must be cut |
of our system" Laws have been made |
and crime still hourishes; the cancer has /
been cut off, but the roots are still left |
TO poison the system. Charity, that should |
be breakwster against crime, has often
failed, too; because it has bred pauper-
ism. The wisdom. then. that the man
ayers Of this institution have shown in
giving the parents a share in the support
)f the school and in encouraging them
N their works, shows all the brighter
'or the contrast with injudicious work
md wasted efforts. And /, for one shall
always be glad when have the privilege
IF aiding in any work to build up the
Day Nursery and Kindergarten.
Rev. DR.. j. William Jones gave the
after which the numerous
suests, VINO had been in the large play
'ooms and hall on the first floor of the
lew house, were invited tC inspect the
fright, airy sleeping-rooms on the second
loor, Where fresh paint, pictures, and
little brass cribs with white covers,
made everything look very attractive
The large yard adjoining was visited
n turn, and especially pleased the chill
ren and their visitors