The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-12-05


 her. and whose two children were in the Orphan asylum, who found with us the rest required for further work; or a woman who had been in the hospital i to have cataracts removed from her eyes, or for even severer operations, to whom the quiet life of the Home has been means of healing, at a time when such quiet was almost impera- | tive. Some of the older women have only the remnants of eyesight, ami have thus appealed doubly 10 our sym pathy. Of our younger charges, most Fare net strong in character, and have suffered from evil influences in child hood; and for such especial efforts are made by managers and matrons to : arouse and cultivate the good, and re- l press the bad that in them is. Oecas- ionally a girl of discouraging traits finds that housework or cooking brings out the good that is in her, and is lift ' ed up by a wholesome pride In the re- gently discovered ability.
 We approve of the automatic self control that comes from flre-drills; could there be some school of morals in which all children should be so drilled as to obey the laws of respect for themselves and their neighbors, and to so cherish the family ties that wrong doing should be disgrace, and the neglect of parents by children, Of chil- dren by parents, should be unsupposa- Y Ela Ina nr.Atxt1 b6 and we should not need to ask for in- | creased donations. Since there is a lack of such training, we perceive the occasion for our work, and we must try to remedy the existing evils as best we can.
 We differ from most of the charitable institutions of our day in that we do not exist for the express purpose of dealing with any especial classes; but we feel that it is for us to relieve in- dividual instances of want and dis tress that stand alone and cannot come within the sphere of those specialized organizations. Thus we may be use- full at the very time when other insti- tutions are unavailable, and for that reason we often come to the rescue of very pitiable cases. There is little question about finding an abiding place for the orphan, the pauper, the drunk ard, the lunatic, the criminal; but fl is not always easy to discover refuge for those who are half-orphaned, whe are sorely pinched but not quite desti- ute, who are imperfeotly furnished with mental powers bur are not i'm beeile, who wish to labor but have not sufficient strength who are the vic tims, not the votaries of the saloon. II is our rule to investigate carefully the istory and character of those who ap- ply for a home, and to ask for @ refer ence to some reputable person whC may be- in a way, sponsor for the ap- plicant. We try to surround these waifs who have drifted together in oui safe harbor with cheerful atmos- phere and uplifting influences, to make them realize that there Is something left far them to do or to be In the world; and almost always we are re warded by tenacious affection and g willingness to be useful. Neatness and order are taught by precept and ex- ample. and for the younger ones wher ready to go from us, we have taker great pains to secure either suitable employment, or homes where the infiu. ences will strengthen the good habits . and principles that we have tried tt cultivate. The managers who in turf visit the Home have been greatly in. terested in the general work and in in dividual cases, aud their aid and sym. ! pathy have left cheer behind them
 To the older women who have livet there for years, the place is literally a home, and they feel @ personal pridl in 1t, sometimes taking pleasure in giv ing their widows mite" which they have succeeded in earning Thus on' of them, having sold a silk quilt tha she had made, gave the price to thu Home treasury. It would have beer the height of unsraciousness to refuse such gift.
 Our sallor-boy" does not forget tt send from foreign ports his greetings tt the friends who gave him the onls home of his infancy and childhood thu last one coming at Thanksgiving tint from Adelaide, Australia. Often, wo men who have experienced the bless ings of our shelter have asked to cont again, and we are sometimes cheeret by the knowledge that a protegee Q the Home has become a good and in dustrious member of society ordering wisely her own family
 The house is airy and cheerful, neat ly and agreeably furnished, and eacf inmate Is permitted to have her owr room, where she can sit and knit. sew or read among some of her pet belong ings if she does not choose to join { group in the general sitting-rooms, w all know how dear to the heart of ar old lady is a rocking-chair; and VI can imagine the pleasure conferred bJ MT. Henry Warner when he gave ul six of those aids to comfort. With th' piano, songs and hymns sometimes afford diversion In the evening.
 The table, that always much discuss ed point in public places seems to grat. fly those who partake the food, whief is designed to be always good in ma terial, nourishing altnoush simple neatly prepared, and to have sucf charm of variety as can be gained with limited means.
 The general health of the household has been as good as old age would per init During the year, death has come to five members of the family-on De. cember 4, 1906, at Grace hospital, Mrs Elizabeth Fish, aged seventy-two; or Fehr11arv oe 1e07 at the New Hayer