The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-14
HELPING CUBAN ORPHANS:
y,ByED YORK DONE AhoNo THE
or the ISLAND
,Dt,r..unx Statements in the ilr't Annua'
Report Of the Cuban Orphan society.set
n.psn,, and kindergarten founded-Edu-
-. a,d Manual Training Provided.

Intare.tIug statements IN us Irs' annual "
nor, 4, tho state Board Of Charities. when mas
heen issued IN pamphlet form from 'he on'ce
49, .,.',,y nt II Broadway The report
4. si,nsi for the trustees by Gen Francis '
r,ao,o a. President and william b Buck as
ea,-a,,-, The work OF the society has been
carried ON les, than a year and a half. but the
r~,,,o.s made, as shown in this first report. Is
gratifying
In MAY. 1900. Miss Laura d Gill was sent to
Cub, with a secretary and a trained nurse to
d,.lls upon the character Of the work TO be
don, in tho island and to take charge Of 1t.
Miss Gll had had experience with the Nurses
Auxiliary Of the American National Red Cross
Relief Committee. 4 settlement was opened
uulpr her direction by the Cuban Orphan So
c,.iy in Santa Maria del Rosario, a little more
Than a dozen mile, from Havana, with an Amer-
can resident worker and a Cuban assistant
Tie institution /, run on the lines OF the
university settlements In this country. II
WI. the first Of tho kind In cuba, and around
f. we're formed the first kindergarten there
These were followed by classes In Spanish
branches for older children and classes In
FusIi,h for both adults and children. Agri-
cultural clubs for boys and sewing classes
FOR girls came In due course
Next ia the order OF development came
a normal kindergarten class. which was opened
under the patronage Of Gen Ludlow's wife
A. the widows Home In Havana, an institu-
don for the caro- OF widows with small children.
" ltn this as an example there grew up "a de-
n4nI which was satisfied by the establish
meut Of a similar class for the training OF
kludergartners In connection with the Havana
In i~l-trial School for Girls. Then came an
orphanage at Remedies capable Of accommo-
dating lO7 children at a time. The Govern
men, Ia orde. TO further the work OF the society
and give 1t needed room set aside the military
barracks at the edge OF the town for the use
Of the girls department Of the orphanage.
thus providing recommendations for 200 girls
The society reached ont again AT Genfuegos,
where three asylums had been established 10y
N, CITY 10 remedy some Of the effects OF Weyler-
Ism. The society placed a head teacher and 4
Nndergartner who took direction OF the educa-
ttuual activities OF the institutions and placed
them on IA modern working basis. A kinder
gartner was sent to asylums already estab-
lshcd at Guantanamo. and a kindergarten and
a settlement we're got under way In that town,
whose name the Marine Corps OF the United
States Navy and Capt. Bowman IL. McCalla,
L. ;. y, had made famous a little more than a
year before. Dispensaries were opened az Re
nedtos and Santa Maria del Rosario Az Re
rlediusa farm school tor boy and a trdlulngclaSs
for girls were started and aid was given IN me
work of rcOrgaui2ing the pubic SCHOOLS ana
at santa Maria instruction ia English ana M
music was given to the children III the schools
aud industrial enterprises for unemployed "o-
men we're established.
pavs, have been undertaken for the purpose
oil meeting some imperative local need; While
emphaslLimg ed9eatl2nSt w Mends q, q % msateeTIsi
sort when particular emergencies have arisen
When the CienfuegOs a~ylums, were about 10
close for lack Of food and clothing Tor the III
mates these articles were furnished. A similar
distress in the Remedies district hospital was
relieved in like manner Other 4syIuniS anu
hospitals In the island have been helpeu from
time to time
The society has twenty workers in the field,
seventeen Americans and three Clbans, MISS
Gil. the superintendent. has two asslstants;
there are four teachers, I'VE, klnderHar'n'rs
two trained nurses a friendly v'si,9r' '"9
carpenter and a general utility man.
The chief work OF the society. the report
savs, has been to, organize ip IA many COM
m~unitieS as possible throughout the island
kindergurtens. settlements ana 0thrL hi-
proved i t h}rR E OF Gdu SsIp 10 m"nI Ent tfe He off
these communities and at the same time serve
ss a model for similar enterprises pndsrlakeh
training il "a yet unprovlded Gy the buphc
school authorities, whose lunds are nLaus-
quate 70 the need which, they discern clearly
and desire 70 meet speedily.
Meanwhile the younger children, ot me
island, who in some localities have lost NE N
kindergarten, while the older ones lack the
trimming Of eye and hand so necessary TO enable
them 10 earn a livelihood. The policy OF the
society In the future, therefore, viii be 20 sup
plrment the work Of the public schools by eS-
tablishing kindergartens and INDUSTRIAL classes
In ~ many communities throughout the i9ldllu
as It's funds will permit.
because Of the excellent work on the .r9rt
OF the insular Government the trustees OF The
society have already turned over one q the
soeiety'S enterprises. the orphanage at RENE
dos, 20 tho proper insular authorltes arg
hop" ~ place the remainder OF me Wcrk OF
the society in governmental hands In the near
future. Until such time, however, as the
proper insul9r deparlments are Teeuy IV H. ~
society 10 prosecute its work with rlgor ac-
cordlnc TO the policy. outlined above, namely.
10 plant the seeds Of American lie IN, as many
different communities throughout the Island
rs it, funds will permit, and TO continue 10 lay
stress upon the educational side OF It's acuVi-
The Christmas sale at the Waldorf-Astoria
netted the society A,l54.6 90. The Easter iestl-
val At the Metropolitan Opera House brought
financially successful enterprises cannot De
measured merely by their monetary returns.
says the report. Through the interest evoked
in their management and attendance many
thousand people have come 10 know the pur,
pos" Of the society, its methods OF w9rk ana
have thus found friends who would not have
been interested otherwise"
had amounted to s4s, 72lO2. and its cxpendi-
'urc- 70 sin.Oa'7i The receipts from NE
Eg.'or festival have been place. 10 we GLeHi,
u lt' l'N~Nl ~ Nll''.' -
statement ~ work done prior TO June !. 1900;
II Is sat down that l07 children were supported
and 03S taught.
The tristees 81 the society acknowledge
gratefully their debt, not only TO the people
whose generosity made possible their work
for the children Of Cuba, but especially TO the
Military Governor and other officers OF the
United States Army. whose counsel has been OF
the Utmost help and whose practical assistance
has been indispensable II Is only lust TO call
attention to the fact that what has been accom-
plished has been effective largely because or
It's subordinatiOn 10 similar activities under the
direction Of Major-Gen. Wood, Brig Gen
Ludlow. Brig Gen Wilson and their assOciates,
whose undertakings have been 50 broadly
planned and intelligently executed n 10 alord
lust cause for satisfaction on the part OF all
who are Interested in the welfare Of Cuba
Tho report Of the committee in charge OF
the Easter festival Is also published in pam
phIet form, being signed for the committee by
MIR Mary Hatch Willard. it, chairman In
Il the stntement i made that the support given
the Christmas fair at the Waldorf by the school
ohiltr"n whose interest had been aroused
through the cooperation OF the principals OF
several private schools led 10 the belief that
an entertainment on a large scale would be
successful and that the interest OF the school
children. NOT only In New York city, but all
over IA" country. could be secured
Letters 81 appeal We're sent out by the thous-
ands, the report says, "parlOr meetings were
held IL often A. drawing rooms could be secured