The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-11-19
REMEMBER THE ORPHANS
DONATION DAY TOR ST. FRANCES ORPHAN ASYLUM THURSDAY.

Earnest Appeal on Behalf of the Chill
 dren-InstitutiOn Has Sss Boys and
 Girls Under Its Roof and 537 Have
 Been Cared for During the Year.
 The children of St. Francis Orphan asylum, now preparing for Thanksgiv- ing, are eagerly awaiting Thursday, November p, for on that date will oc- cur their annual donation day.
 There are SS3 of them-225 boys and 15S girls. Since January last, 154 others were discharged returned to relatives, or found new homes. From the begin ming of this year to November 1, 537 children, aged from four to fifteen years, have been well cared for in the asylum
 As it takes a bundle of money to sup port such a large family of little folks, so an abundance of good cheer must be provided, to encourage these little men and women to be thankful.
 Would you, dear reader, like to be thanked by a class of darling little boys and girls, who find 1t hard to feel very thankful, whose wants and sor- rows before coming to their asylum home have made them so wretched as to smother most all sentiments of thankfulness?
 If so, and you are a new-found friend of the orphans, the golden opportunity of your life will be Thursday, the 22d inst. If you will have your gift then ready for them, they will make you a privileged character, end entitle you to their lasting gratitude.
 If, like the public prints, the Sunday and daily newspapers of this town, you are one of the solid benefactors of the grand old man, St, F. O. A., you will have another chance to join with the general public in sustaining the glorious work in which the orphanage is engag- eL.
 This work, well done and intelligently explained wins friends and financial support It must go on and cannot stop. The ills of humanity-the causes that multiply orphans and dependent children-are the reasons for child saving agencies. If all would attend to the duty of helping the needy, and do it thoroughly, there would be less for charitable associa tions to handle But most people acquainted with some body who needs help, and whom they can help without serious inconvenience, withhold their aid and are utter strangers to the work of divine charity. | Hence the zeal of St. Francis Orphan asylum in carrying on it's activities for the preservation of the life and faith of its children. Its records show ex- cellent results, As a representative of it's church, the oldest organized char ity in the world the asylum stands out in it's chosen labors as an exponent of modern charity methods in behalf of those entrusted to its care. And if the man who assists parents Iii the nur- ture of their children, because of the failure or breaking up of their family home life becomes a most benefcent intermediary--a godfather to such chil- dren, then truly St. Francis Asylum, which has stood sponsor for fifty-four years in its field of child protection, is the kindest of godfathers.
 Like it's kindred sister societies, St. Francis Orphan asylum would fail in It's duty if it did not obtain and give the relief the children in its keeping needed. It must cast itself on the pub lie for support by still resorting to it's yearly donation day plan, the relin- punishment of which, considering it's needs. the high cost of living, and the multitudes of mites otherwise lost would seriously e111barrass its current operations. Its managers, therefore, renew their annual appeal to their ever kind and charitable neighbors, the gen. erous people in and around New Ha- ven. They desire a continuance of the liberal assistance granted in previous years Every dollar given their little wards, rescued from illness, hunger, poverty, dirt, drunkenness and wrong doing, and placed in their orphan home of nourishment, comfort, clealiness, ed ucation and training. will accomplish a full dollars worth of benefit.
 Charity is essentially democratic, fra ternal and just. Agencies of mercy must continue working ln the strong holds of the poor and sad. If 1t is im- possible to abolish poverty in this world-for the poor we have always with us-we may at least amediorate or mitigate it. The greatest earthly com fort of those for whom this is written at this season and in these prosperous times with which God has blessed our happy and beloved land is the friend ship of their little friends, Lend, then, to the Lord, the Divine Friend of all His children, on Thursday next, by helping the orphans; bring joy and gladness to their young hearts; and re- ceive in return the warmth of their "Thanks and God bless you
 Yours in the Orphans interests,
 By their aged godparent, THE ASYLUM.