The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-01
SANTA CLAUS THERE
sUMMERFIELD ORPHANS WERE REMEMBERED.
Negro Deaf-mute Killed by . Train |. Near Uniontown-Little Negro
 Boy Kills His Brother.
Advertiser Bureau.

Advertiser Puredu,
 ta Selma, Dec. '31.
 Your representative had a pleasant chat this morning with MT. H. H. Stewart, secretary and treasurer of the Summer field Orphans Home, and with Rev. w. P. Hurt, a member of the Board of Directors.
 Among other things Mir. Hurt said: "The people of the State have been very generous toward the children this Christ mas. A wagon load of toys and. other things were sent out to the Home from this city. and the wagon was piled very high, too. It was a noble charity ko thus remember the fatherless and the mother less at the Home and the little folk thoroughly enjoyed their presents"
 Yes" said MT. Stewart. this was the greatest Christmas the children at the Home ever had. Six boxes of oranges and many other good things were sent the children from Selma. while box after box of goodies" and toys came by ex- press. They had a Christmas tree and enough toys were left over to have another tree l went out to the Home last Sunday morning to see Hattie HuIsey, a girl about 14 years of age, who is dangerous i'll with pneumonia. The little fellows were still enjoying Christmas and had oranges and other good things to eat.
 "As a general thing" continued MT. Stewart. T do not pet children and lei them crowd around me as Judge Wood used to do, but I sat down in big | chair in the parlor and 1t was not ter minutes before they were all over and around me, each one wanting me to see what old Santa Claus had brought him | They had all conceivable kinds of toys | and it would have done your heart goot 1 to have been able to see the bright | happy faces of those little children as | saw them last Sunday morning.
 While at the Home I went through Il | with Miss Sudie, Hunt, the efficient super l intendent, and it is wonderful! the amount l of repairs that she has had done on tn, 1 building with the small amount of money | at her command. We did not have but l a little over s4O0 to spare her. and vel with that she has cut arches in the wall, between some of the rooms and made C regular dormitory of the Home. Beside: this she has done, many other things ir the way of repairs that were greatly needed. "A new department has been added te the Home, that of dressmaking While was there six of the girls came dowr in the parlor with dresses on that they had made themselves, and the fit and style of the garments would have done credit to a professional dressmaker. This department is under the direction of Miss Jones of Talladega, and the girls are making rapid progress under her in. structions, and will not only be able to | make their own clothing, but will be fitted for coping in the battle of life when old enough to leave the. Home through the instruction that they are re- ceiving at Miss Jones's hands. The girls take great pride in learning how to sew and fit garments and think this feature of the Home very important one.
 Children are constantly being added tC | the number" continued Mfr Stwart. "and if all of those arrive that have been booked for places out there the number will be considerably above ninety. Thus | you see. the usefulness of the Home is | constantly spreading and at the same | time the expenses are necessarily in. | creased, but somehow or other the good Lord seems to take care of them, and the money. to support, clothe and educate these little ones always comes and often
 at time when it is needed most The | Summerfield Orphans Home is doing q 1 great work, thanks to the generous
 hearted ones who contribute toward its support"