Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-12-01

has presented to tho Home a fine organ
fer this hall The whole building is heat
ed ty hot water and lighted by electricity.
Great attention has been given to the mat
ter OF ventilation. heating and plumbing.
The gentlemen of the building committee
have given their careful personal super
vision to these matters, and the excellence
OF these arrangements is in great meas
ure due to them, particularly to Prof V.
q. barbour do We owe the excellence Of
the sanitary arrangements and to Mr.. G.
+. Smith the remarkable economy with
which tho work has been conducted The
inside finish like that OF the other build
ing. is of hard wood. The exterior of the
building is surrounded on three sides with
piazzas and the front is decorated with
two beautiful medallions of terra Gotta,
one on each side OF the main entrance.
These are modelled after the celebrated
designs h. Luca Della Robbia, which
adorn the Founding Hospital in Florence.
Italy They are in the colors OF the ORR
ginal, blue and white. and represent in
fants. swathcd according to the old style,
and extending their hands in u supplicat-
ing attitude, as appealing for aid and SYM
pathy. They are the gift OF one Of the
managers of the Home, Mrs. A. L. Rich
ardson. One OF them was modelled ex-
prcssly for this building and has never be-
fore been reproduced in this country.
During the past year II new ice house
has been erected with q large capacity. X
was finished in time to be filled during the
ice season and proved to be so we'll lifted
TO preserve Ice that this fan we had some
TO SELL thus helping to pay for the cost
Of the construction; this will not be like
~ to happen again, however, with our
large and increasing family. Everything
about the premises is in good condition
and repair. the grounds are graded and
| laid out 1t is = great relief to us as 1t
l 49, l1.s ,l.I..
way that the piles of rubbish and debris
| which have so long distigured the prem
| ists have been removed: much of il was
| made use Of. both in the building. and in
| the construction of roadways and walks.
Never has our farm and garden been moro
wisely and probably managed than this
| gear, nor yielded more abundant crops
There has been good supply of vege-
| tables all sumner, and there is much laid
| up for winter use.
| The Home is primarily intended for Yer
| mont children, generous gifts have come
| To us from all parts OF the State, gifts OF
| money for the buildings and the enGow-
| ment fund. and OF other things for the
| help and comfort of the children. 1t has
| been in the past as a city of refuge" for
| the needy, the forsaken and the helpless
| II has raised many child from depths OF
poverty and vice and helped them to 1--we
useful and honorable lives. We receive
many messages of sympathy and apprecia-
| ton. God bless your noble institution
IS not unusual expression in letters re-
| ccivcd by us. We feel that We owe a duty
TO all parts Of the State, to one as much
| as To another.
| our buildings are better than the old
one. both from an economic and sanitary
point of view, and We hope to do better
! work I'm the future than In the past We
would ever remember that the Home /.
| for the children and not the children FOL
| the Home" 1t is not only in outward
| things that improvements may be mad,
but also in the Internal administration OF
| an institution. We hope TO have Il better
school; wiser methods In training the chill
rem; a more free, natural, healthful life ir
the Home. We look for the ''transforma
ton of the weak, helpless and unit int
the strong, helpful and efficient" and II
this way We hope to make the Home
blessing to our beloved State and to III,
world.
The Homo will he thrown open to tn.
inspection of the public some time during
the coming month, at which time Their,
will be n dedication service. on that oc
caslon we shall hope to welcome man.
Of its friends.