Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-17
ESSAY ON ORPHANS.
.,r mrrp TALKS ABOUT MRS.
euI,s wELi-MANAGED ASYLUM.
lRE ADNORAlLLY CLEAN BOYS.
,o,x the Little Fellows Are MAN.
arcd-Rciigion and MoIasscs-ricty
nd Notwithstanding About
rndcr Dogs and Top Dogs.

We're 1t not for the personal incon-
vu.cnco il would cause my parents.
should Ike to be an orphan--not an every
oay orphan. but such a one as some OF
toss good Mrs GIN has out at her
..lum. Last Sunday ] visited this in
,l.t.uon-for / love TO see good. healthy
l.gs especially when some one else has
a.. care and responsibility of them. There
ILL. some nfty-foUr urchins. more or less.
. tlo place u forget the fractions con-
.ertcd with the hgures). and every blessed
Us seems 20 be shaking hands with
.mself because hes living. Now. fifty
f.r boys-or even four without tho
f..v-aro much harder 20 manage than a
lord o. circus elephants. but Mrs. Gill
Knows Iucrile cussedness so well that
s.e can simply wink her eye and make
t.a youngsters obey her. It's pity she
e. sut set her knowledge patented and
r.l Ou the market so that grown people
could bay the article and give il to ono
another for Christmas gifts. I. myself
vud buy "A ton of such wisdom for
lo.slhO.d use.
N-s GIN possesses one secret that no
l.r.u mind has ever been able 10 guess.
81. hu0ws how 10 keep boys clean. For
LII -It. 1 was not prcsumptuous enough
Z. rs 90 fathOm the mystery but / saw
81 .0t OF sand in the yard. and 1t may
ID s.s uses sandpapor. That's about the
0.r thing l know Of that can keep d
,... on a boy. and even then you've
I'll .o use q powerfully big corncob. But
ns IS 81 may, there were tho
i.r- last Sunday. all slicked up and alb
, rmsly tidy. Even their hands lacked
-. real estate which usually jumps IL
nsr lots to this part Of an urchin' 5
make up.
n-s. Gin believes in two things for
religion and mOlasses-though she,
q curse Keeps each I'm its proper place.
While some Of the boys may possibly
ir.ine a little more towards the latter
more pueTOrum. as Cicero and myself
ssl IN L-atin). there IS 10 evidence OF TINS
.ot Whom I was at the asylum the
"lrfgns" sang all kinds OF hymns for me-
and sang them well, too. ! did not ENJOY
iMs. however, for the boys seemed 10
rit so much confidence IN me that ] didn't
NOW when one was going TO pop
I'D and request me to test their
r.ety by asking them a few Bible verses.
Vow. as a matter OF fact, in the face OF
such a contingency. l could not have
thought Of a single one, save that whole
sale statement that cleanliness Is next
10 Eoal'ness." And upon reflection, !
don't believe this IS in the Bible.
The "orfuns" are 50 familiar with their
h,mn-bo0ks that they appear TO know
-l4 hymns by heart. and they sing them
with n vehemence which makes thor
cadence twenty years younger in feeling.
This SIS good. and also causes regret thN
there are not enough hymns 10 Keep All
- o1N
loss pastiue of singing them. The little
bow who leads the chorus IS quite hand
come and has a very promising voice.
I-rliko winrnen folks with good voices, no
Coesu'. require you TO fan down on
,aur knees and beseech him 20 show ms
f-re,+s before he sings. ON the cone
trary. Do gets up like man and does
~ lowell best. His picture should he sent
to AID krtenish musicians in pettico"ts
and u they initiated him humanity "o1.d
D,. - ,....rt 90 the in0lasses, and 70