The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-25
ONLY TWO HATS
FOR 81 CHILDREN
Orphans at Day Nursery Found
Short of Clothing.
INSTITUTION NEEDS FUNDS
ELKS MAKE DISCOVERY IN
PLANNING OUTING.
INSTITUTION NEEDS FUNDS


and hats and things that little girls
have who live at home with their papas
and mammas. cause were orphans, %
and the speaker. a bright miss of 10
years. gazed down at her bare feet and
clutched at a rent in her dress.
1t was Sunday afternoon, and she was
seated lin the midst of half a dozen
companions beneath an apple tree in
the grounds adjoining the Orphans
Home and Day Nursery. 1919 South
state street Like them. she was bare
headed and was without shoes and
stockings. Their skirts and waists
save evidence of long use. being
Jnreadbare in many places. But they
were clean, showing careful laundry
ms.
For all the inmates Of this Orphanage
there are only two hats, according to
The matrOn in charge. Shoes and stock
1ngs are almost entirely lacking
There are ten girls and twenty-one
boSs IN this institution, their ages
ranging from 10 Is years. and it would
be dif1cult 10 find q healthier. happier
or better natured lot of youngsters.
Despite the adversely that has overtak-
en- them so early in life. they are as
cheerful as though surrounded by every
luxury that money can buy. Their
the nearly twenty years the institution
has been in existence there has been
but two deaths within its walls. and
sickness is rare indeed among the in
mates, who have numbered more than
ZOO. The number now enrolled is fifty.
but there are several with families who
propose to adopt them 80 that but
1hiTty-oue actually remain i'm the insti-
tuition. They attend the Fortieth dis
lTlCt school. and they are making az
good progress in their studies as the
other pupils.
Home in Financial Straits.
The women who manage the homo
recently built an annex at a cost Of
SS-uUo and they owe $1,000 of this
amount. Providing for the LIQUIDATION
of this Indebtedness has left them
short of funds with which to clothe
properly the little ones whose care they
have undertaken. and in consequence
they are compelled to appeal 10 the
public TO contribute more freely in the
future than in the past. They believe
mat II the people Of salt Lake can be
made 10 realize the urgent need of the
institution enough money viii be con-
1rlbuJed TO provide all the little inmates
with everything needed. The boys are
IN as needy condition as the girls
As previously announced. the Benev-
oient and Protective Order of Elks has
arranged TO give the inmates of the
Tour orphan aSylums of Salt Lake CITY
a days outing at the Lagoon on Aug.
4 Il committee Of women composed of
hlsS Nora Gleason. Mrs. J. H Moore
and Mrs Albert Herr visited the Or
phans' Home and Day Nursery q few
days ago for the purpose OF ascertain
ing what the children would need in
order 10 enable them TO make a good
appearance upon that gala occasion To
their surprise they found that every
child in the institution would need a
complete outfit Not one child was
found that had anything to wear but
the commonest and cheapest of cloth
ing. shoes, hats, etc
Children's Needs Are Many.
When this committee reported to the
1lEs. they agreed 10 buy the girls white
dresses and the boys white waists. But
dresses and waists VIII not be enough
Tor the little ones in which to come be
1gTe the thousands who viii visit the
Lagoon on Aug. /. They viii need
shoes and stockings. and hats and un-
derWear, and other things and It Is
APP TO the SenerOuS-hearted public TO
provide these things. Otherwise it viii
De necessary 10 take the children 70
Lagoon bare OF feet and limbs and at
tired In the cheap and much-worD gar
ments in which they were clothed yes
Ierday when seen by a representative
OF The Herald.
The Elks propose TO load the children
o. the four Orphanages into 'busseS.
Ially-hos and other couveyauces at $3.50
o'clock the morning of Aug l. and they
VIII then parade To the Lagoon train
the children i'm the lead and the mem
bers of the order following In order
10 complete arrangements Tor giving
the orphans an outing that they viii
I.
the work of OrphauaEes have been in
.NiJcd 10 meet i'm the Efks- club house ON
state street nj O'Clock tomorrow after
noon.
How Home is Run.
The Orphans Home and Day Nursery
Is managed by a board of thirteen vo-.
men, representing the various religious
denominations of the city, and fl is
entirely non-sectarian. 1t has no en-
dowment fund. and is supported by
contributions from the women who com
pose the board and charitably-inclined
men and women of the city Each
member of the board is responsible for
the meat supply for two days i'm each
month. and adds as much of other
things 10 eat as may be necessary from
time TO time. From 500 10 $50 pounds
of flour are required TO run the insti-
tuition a month. and other things in
proportion Following is q list of the
officers and members Of the board.
President, Mrs. George r. Hancock.
secretary, Mrs Rachel : Miller: cor
responding secretary. Mrs. J. F. Grant:
treasurer. Mrs. l. =. Thorue. finance
committee Mrs. Arthur Brown. chair
7naIl, Mrs Ferdinand Dickert and Mrs.
j. T. OSlesby; house committee Mrs
Charles Boyd. chairman. Mrs. J. +
Grant and Mrs. Theron Geddes. educa-
Jionai committee. Mrs. A. Helen
SpTaEuc. chairman. Mrs J. A Graham.
Mrs. Y II. Pease and Mrs Sol Siegel.
President Tells of Work.
IN discussing the work of the home
Mrs Hancock, the president said.
we are cramped for funds TO carry
oH our work. owing 10 the fact that W,.
had 10 go iu debt s. 600 in building the
annex 10 the institution We have an
average of fifty boys and girls iB the
institution the year around, and while
we feed them wei. as they VIII tell
You. we are not able to clothe them as
we would like 10 DO and as they ought
10 De clothed During the nearly TWEEN
y years the home has been in existence
over 1000 boys and girls have been
cared FOR by st. Some of those who
come TO us are orphans and others
nave a mother or father living who
are unable 10 care for them If the
parent IS able to pay anything for the
Keep or the child, VIC make good use
Of H. But we take the little ones in II
lueTe IS not cent comes with them