The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-21
GIFTS TO THE ORPHANS
$I,5OO IN CASH SECURED WITH
 PROMISE OF MORE.

Goods and Other Necessaries Given
 Record of Past Years Exceeded-BriSht
 Scene at the Asylum om mittee Ban- quet and Election of Officers.
 Donations of money and merchandise for the New Haven orphan asylum were considerably larger yesterday than they have been for several years before The fine weather aided the committee in getting at the hearts and pocketbooks of nearly every one, and when the harvest of charity had been fully garnered it was found to amount to $4500 in cash, with pledges that will bring the sum up to $5,200, while eleven large trucks were loaded with groceries, dry goods. and other necessary articles which generous donors had given. The work of the general committee was | most earnest and praiseworthy, and NGll lllGtllel tile JeSullS MIlCll ll lSciP l ed. The way in which every family, | store and office in fifteen wards was canvassed for contributions by the col- | lectors was scientific hustling of the | highest order.
 The happy faces of the little children at the asylum on these donation days | is always an inspiration for those who devote their time, money and other tal- ents in their interests. Large numbers of people visited the asylum yesterday, | where they inspected the pleasant | quarters of the children, listened to the | exercises of the children and went away | happy themselves.
 1 The exercises, which consisted of | songs and recitations by the children, were very creditable. About SIS in prizes were distributed among the chill | dren. The donations were brought to | the asylum about 4 o'clock, at which time large crowd of visitors had as-
 sembled there The children, all of
 whom were in holiday dress, completed their. days enjoyment with supper, at which more than the usual amount
 of cakes and sweetmeats was given | them.
 l In the evening the members of the | donation committee met at the Repub- lican league, bapqueted, cracked jokes at the expense of each other and talked
 seriously as to the methods by which | the work of the committee can be made more effective.
 1 Professor Chandler of the nominating 1 committee reported the following nom- 1 nations: President, John T. Manson;
 vice president, Samuel H. Read; treas urer, George H. Ford secretary, James | E. Wheeler; assistant secretary, Ed ward I. Atwater. The report of the I committee was accepted and the corh- mittees nominees elected.
 Frank Bushnell, Hon. N. D. Sperry
 Professor w. E. Chandler, J. c. North and the officers elected were called up
 on for short addresses by President
 Manson and responded in a happy vein. | All spoke in praise of the work of the
 committee and of the pleasure they had
 themselves received in aiding in the
 work. The sentiment expressed by MT
 Bushnell that men should be willing to
 give time for this work was heartily seconded by Congressman Sperry and
 Professor Chandler.
 Mir North said that he felt more | than repaid for what he had done by the thought of what aid the asylum had been to one bright and successful boy whom he met in Newtown the past
 summer MT. North thought it might
 be advisable to still further divide the work of the committee so that in some
 of the residential wards there might | be a collector for each block.
 1 Several of the ward committees were also called upon to give of their experi- ences and recommendations. MT. At
 water thought that as far as possible
 the same collector should be assigned
 to his old territory, as people got &C.,
 customed to looking for him.
 A vote of thanks was extended to the | Republican league for the use of their
 house, and it was voted to have music
 at the banquet the next year.
 The general sentiment seemed to be
 in favor of continuing the banquets as
 a pleasant feature of Donation day
 HARD WORK CONTINUES. | Vale University Eleven Profited by