The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-29
TO nELp rmE ORPHANS.
A May Day Fair nnd Festival Mex
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Tuesday.
To the Editor OF The Post.
The May Day fair and festival to be
given Tuesday May I, on Christ church
lawn. is for the benent Of the Baylsnd
Orphans Home. The home is in pressing
need of $500 for the erection Of boys
dormitory II seems like a trivial amount
and yet 1t will require the united interest
OF an the generous and good hearted peo-
pie of Houston to raise 1t by this simple
method.
The Bayland home is not a sectarian
Institution. nor is the May fair sectarlan
enterprise. II is simply an opportunity
for everybody to help who will. Whether
we belong to some church or belong to no
church matters nor so far as our duty
here is concerned. Our responsibility to
help the helpless does not rise out OF our
membership to church, but but of our
membership in common humanity. These
fstherless children belong TO us-to our
great family, the community. And 1t is
with this fact in mind that this plan at
calling on the thousands to give their
nickes or their dimes has been devised,
II offers an opportunity for the poorest
to be generous. And the poor are gem
erous with a sympathy of fellowship often
which the rich and prosperous can never
feel towards the conditioned. There Is
plenty of sympathy in the world The
only thing necessary Is TO show people
where worthy need exists api how they
can help to relieve It. It, is hard TO be-
lieye that there are many in this com
munty TO whom the sentiment applies:
] 40 1 rnI 1..r IL fs.1l
self.
And thus 10 my self did say:
Look out for thyself. take care Of thyself.
For nobody cares for thee
God help such a henrtess hermit! He
is thousand times more alone in the
world than any orphan.
A pleasant feature of the May fair to DO
given on Tuesday evening is the inter
esting part the children viii take. The
center of attraction in the afternoon will
be the old time Maypole dance by a heyy
Of little maidens who have been under
careful training, Thei will follow the
( choosing and GROWING Of the May queen,
who will be escorted to her throne OF
flowers by her singing attendants and
maids of honur. Fancy drilling by the
Cadets OF st. Andrew and various Other
amusements vii be furnished for and by
the young people. In the evening fus
musical programme will be rendered, ons
item OF which will be a chorus bNa choir
Of men and boys.
The grounds will be furnished with
boohs. where inviting refreshments and
CONNECTIONS may be found. One of these
VIII be kept by a number of juvenile
Mexicans who will serve q nicekhot sup
per of chile cen carne, tamales, red beans.
| home made bread, butter and coffee. An
other, kept by a band Of girls, will fur
nish candies of many kinds and in any
quantity <. others may be found straw
berries. ice cream and cake. and delicious
drinks. But the most attractive of all
and the most Interesting win be the booth
furnished by the Bayland children, al
which they will display for sale their
needlework and the products of their
farming and gardening. In fact IL will
be a miniature market for the sale OF
fresh bread. cakes, berries, buttor, milk
buttermilk. eggs and vegetables.
] Visit to the home few days agO
found each little girl busy with some kind
of needlework or crochet to bring to the
fair.
The time--from TO 10 p, m.--wfll give
everybody an opportunity to attend ana
express their interest in tho orphans
We have no doubt the occasion will he
one Of great enjoyment as well as benefit
and the happiness of every visitor to the
May fair viii be enhanced we hope, by
the thought that every nickel spen, there
VIII add to the happiness and comfort of
the Bayland children for year to come.
H D.