The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-10-21


Supplies Also Large Chairman Som
nenberg and Others Make Addresses
COMMITTEE Has Dinner at HeubIein
Election Of Officers.
5 Yesterday was Orphan Asylum day
and all day long the donation commit
tee was hard at work collecting money
and supplies for the New Haven
orphan asylum, contributions being re-
.ceived from all parts of the city.
During the afternoon there were
hundreds of visitors at the asylum,
the ladies on the different committees
being kept busily at work receiving
the many guests, among, whom were
many prominent business men and So
ciety women who are interested in
charitable work.
The asylum bore a holiday appear
ance, and the children and teach
ers and the many different committees
worked hard to make the day a sue
cess. All of the children seemed hap
ply and appeared as If taking part in
q big birthday celebration.
The visitors began arriving about 2
o'clock and were first shown through
the nursery building, then through the
numerous rooms OF the big main build
ing and lastly through the school
building in the rear of the premises.
The children in the nursery ward, es-
pecially, received "a considerable
amount of attention, although all of
the visitors were interested spectators
at the exercises in all the depart
ments. Nearly all, however, revisited
the nursery ward before returning
home. In this department none of the
children are over two and a half years
old, and include several nationalities,
among them being Russians, Swedes,
Poles, Hebrews and English.
In the Kindergarten department
singing and games were INDUCED in,
while the regular exercises were being
held in the school building. Except
for a short recess these were held DUR
ing the entire AFTERNOON. Here the
singing and recitations averaged much
better than in the average public
school. Mrs. Bradley, secretary of the
asylum, conducted the exercises.
During the ilternission dinner was
served to the children in the dining
room. Shortly after this the annual
procession of hacks containing the
members of the donation committee
drove into the grounds, with a number
of big trucks bringing up the real
filled with the usual collected supplies
Generals Ford, Bradley and Greeley
were in the first hack, on the sides Of
which were signs with the amount Of
the cash donation printed upon them
The amount collected this year was
IS, 900, which is about equal to the sum
obtained last year.
On the arrival of the donation COM
lmittee the exercises in the school
/ building were resumed, at the conclu.
sion Of which General Greeley, Mrs
Bradley, General Ford, treasurer oil
the committee: M. Sonnenberg, chair.
man of the committee: General Bradley
and Henry w. Merwin, the secretary
of the committee and others made
short addresses, after which the an.
nual prizes were awarded. They were
presented by General Bradley, Score
tary Merwin and General Ford. ~
Gladys Chatfield won the first prize
for good behavior, a IS gold piece do.
mated yearly by Congressman Sperry
who was unable to be present yester.
day. The second prize was won by
Walter Kerr. also a So gold piece do.
mated by General Ford. The So prizes
for neatness were won by William
Adams and Mary Sanford. Ten other
children received prizes Of 81 each.
The following lis the programme that
was rendered during the afternoon:
Song--WeIcon1e
Recitation-Greeting-- Elmstedt.
Recitation-News for Gardeners-Ches-
ter White.
Reeitation--A Conundrum-4violet Van
demarks a H as 80,
Recitation-Bon Ruth Riggs. Is.
Recitation-Papa's Mistake - Samtnie
Vermont.
song-The Shepherd Boy--Schoo1. 90
Recitation--The Three Boys-Louis
Freedman. 44 Va.
Recitation Somebody Helen. Hender-
son. II IL. = sy3
Conroy