Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-14
ORPHANS HAVE
A HAPPY TIME
HOME is MOST ADMIRABLY
MANAGED
Thronss Of Interested Spectators De-
lighted at Cleanliness and at
Orderly Manner In Which
Place Is Conducted

One hundred happy little tots at the
Los Angeles Orphans home reception
yesterday afternoon furnished live evil
dence of the work that organization is
doing among the homeless children
The building and its methods Of work.
Ing were open for inspection during yes
terdays reception, and a large number
or interested visitors took advantage of
the opportunity offered them to see the
inside workings of the asylum.
AT the door shiny-faced little fellow,
his hair closely clipped, admitted the
visitors. Others, with faces just as
shiny and hair just as short, took them
around the buildings
One hundred little chairs In the din
ing room, 120 snowy beds and cribs in
the dormitories-everything comes in
large quantities.
An interesting place was the small
boys torture chamber-the wash room.
Here were six little toilet stands just
the height for half grown boy to
wash himself conveniently, and board,
full of holes, in each of which a tooth
brush was stuck. One wondered whether
the tooth brushes we're to be used on
the catch-as-c order but the
guide explained that each hole was
numbered the number corresponding
to the number of the boy which ap-
pears on his clothes box.
School for Housekeeping
The cooking room. was also an in
teresting spot. Here six little maids
clad in blue dresses and cooks aprons
and caps were being instructed in the
intricacies of the culinary art. The re-
cipes are written on a big blackboard,
from which each little girl copies them
into a notebook after she has learned to
cook the dish. After the little meal Is
cooked one of the girls acts as hostess,
sitting at the table and urging the
others to have another piece of pie,
while others are guests, Mattresses and
other important personages of feast.
Each office is given q different little
girl each day, and in this way the
young housekeepers become accustomed
to all the duties of a housewife. Miss
Jennie Love has charge of this depart
ment.
The sloyd room and shop, the sewing
room, the game and amusement rooms,
the little chapel, the spacious play
grounds all have their interesting fea-
lures.
The home has been conducted for
twenty years, receiving an appropria-
in part by voluntary contributions. The
aim of the management has been to
make the institution as much like a
home as possible, and the contented ap-
pearance of the children seems to beai
witness to the sue IS of their efforts
Apparently oblivious of the presence o.
strangers, about fifty of the sixty-sever
boys in the home romped and frollickeC
in the back yard, enjoying themselve
tO their heartg' content
The board of managers receive n,
pay for their services, all their labor
being voluntary. The following are tn,
members of the board of managers anC
council, the greater part of whom as
sisted at the reception yesterday after
noon:
Mines. D. G. ;;tephens, A. N. David
son. J. S. Chapman, John Dorson, c. C
Wright, Edward Neisser, George Rice
Jules Kaufman, Joy Winans, Johr
Murray. Eugene Pettigrew. w. H
Fleet, Albert Shorten, M Berkeley
Oliver c. Bryant, E. A. Bryant, A. c
Walsh, Clara V. Barker, Joseph Fox.
ton, John R. Wilson and W. E. Dunn,