The record-union., 1898-04-29
is A MODEL INSTITUTION.
THIRTY-FIRST YEAR OF THE
ORPHANS HOME.
How Parent1ess Children Are Pro.
vided With the Comforts
OF Home.

At the annual election Of the Prot
estant Orphan Asylum Association,
held this week, the officers chosen We're:
President, Mrs. T. A. Snider; Vice
President, Mrs. c. Z. Paine; Treasurer,
Mrs. William Schaw; Secretary, Mrs.
r. c. Irvine. Managers-Mrs. d. ID.
Whitbeck, Mrs. w. f. Briggs, Mrs. f.
=. Thomson, Mrs. r. P. Burr, Mrs. II.
H. Earle. Mrs. Charles Bonte, Mrs. Z.
L. Carr, Mrs William Wood
Mrs. Irvine, the Secretary, read the
thirty-frst annual report of the Board
of Managers. for the past year, which
shows the institution to be in very
satisfactory condition and fulfilling its
worthy mission. Following is
THE REPORT.
We are gathered here to-day to listen
to the thirty-first annual report of the
Sacramento Protestant Orphan Associ-
alton. For the long period of thirty
one years has the work instituted by
the association been going increasingly
on Through all these years, though it
has often been a grave question as to
how expenses were to be met and the
absolute necessaries provided, there has
of the home have been closed to help
less ones who craved admittance.
Charitable women have given of their
time and of their means to assist in
the management of the institution;
generous people have contributed lib
orally toward it's support, and have not
wearied of giving; others have spoken
the kindly word and evinced the warm
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more material support; physicians have
attended the sick, coming at all hours
and caring as tenderly for these de-
pendent ones as for cherished children
in luxurious homes; former inmates
grown to manhood and womanhood'
have returned to thank the managers
for the care and training that set ther
feet firmly in the right path
1t has been no easy task to PROVIDE
for the mental, moral and physical
training of so many children; TO con-
slider carefully how to so guide these
little ones who have come from homes
often of want and misery sometimes
of shame. that the future might hold
something of life's sweetness and JOY
for them. and that they might go from
the sheltering walls of the asylum with
fixed principles Of right with hapl's u
Industry and probity, and with ambl-
ton to faithfully fulfill the duties oL
life But through the untiring energy
and conscientious care Of the manage
ment aided by enthusiastic instructors
in the schoolroom, devoted SaboaIh-
school teachers. competent matronS'
and carefully selected assistants, we
feel that the efforts of the asylum have
or a
least a fair show of success. Nearly
1900 children have been cared TOT our
inc the existence of this institution
some of them for years.
AT the commencement of the pres
ent wear we numbered ia inmates
Since then fifty-two have been adj
mited and thirty-nine discharged ledN
inc at present 137. OF the number
discharged, twenty-seven have oeeh re,
moved by parents. and twelve placed
in homes, one OF the latter' d ii'''e
girl. being adopted.
The year has not passed without con-
siderable sickness. consisting of Group
colds. rheumatism and some Iilaiai %
fever but we have entirely escaped the
scourges of diphtheria and scarlet fe-
yer that have brought sorrow to sc
many homes in this city. We attribute
our immunity from these diseases u
our action in confiing the chlldreT
strictly to the asylum grounds during
their prevalence, realizing now gfea'
a disaster it would be should an cpl
demic of either appear among our many
inmates Our intermediate SfadeS
kindergarten and Sabbath-schools, be-
ing all on our own grounds, made TINS
seclusion practicable. At the present
moment all are in perfect health, witt
the exception of two little ones who
have been recently admitted, ana WhC
evidently brought the seeds of disease
with them. One has malarial fever
and the other tonsilitis. Both are or
the road to recovery.
The year just passed has been a very
busy one. Necessity has compelled
large outlay in improvements which
while it has placed the establishment
in excellent condition, has been heaVA
drain upon our finances. Three block;
of street-K, Eighteenth and Nine
teenth-have been improved at a cost
of 81 .S91 20. and three blocks of ce'
ment sidewalk have been laid, costing
$500.
The very necessary addition 10 oul
place, consisting OF pIluSC
ing the K and L-street buildings Oh
the upper floors, has been bullt at al
evnanse of S516. a high board fence
separating the play grounds of the boys
from that of the girls has been con
structed; also, a boys washroom, open
ing from the boys playground. inns
entailed an outlay, with some necessary
repairs to plumbing. of $40. These eX-
penditures alone amount to S3,3U' 80
q sum which the managers have Tor
tunately been able to meet Wlthou'
calling on the public, but when mas
been a severe drain on our resources
and which it will take US many months
to recover from.
The schools are situated on our own
grounds. and all the children, with the
exception of five, attend. Mrs. Bas'
sett has for many years been Princl-