The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-08-17
Lawn Este at the orphanane.

| thursday. the 18th. will long be re-
| lienbered by the little folks al Kearns
| 81 AIMS orphanage. for they spent a
! most ENJOYABLE afternoon as the guests
al Miss Gretta Cosgriff. Lost year
MISS Cosgriff and Mrs. Walter Fitch
entertained the children, and this year
J MISS Cosgriff alone remembered her
little friends Thursday being the feast
! 81 The Assumption and a HOLIDAY Miss
Cosgriff decided that she could not
possibly spend the beautiful feast day
more appropriately than to give pleas
ufe and 10y to the little children and
the big children at ST. AIMS OF
course. she could give reception. a
Well appointed dinner and many other
| such affairs to her many friends in So
clety. but with the greatness. the no
DIZZY and the generosity of her kind
neitrt she gave her pink tea for the
children And such good time, The
children at ST. AIMS have good food.
good beds. good clothes, a happy life
III general, but good times means
something very special to the little
IoISs there, just as to other children
Mrs. Donald Coray of the Herald and
some friends visited the orphanage last
Week. and While there noticed symp-
toms of unusual excitement among the
children. To begin with most of the
children had their hair done in leads
and rags" Now as "straws show the
way the wind blows" so do curls show
the way things are going at st. AIMS.
Whenever the little heads are done
up for curis then there is surely some
grand 'doins' about to happen In |
connection with this, the writer remem- |
Ders soma years ago the kind Sister !
Superior of St. AIMS going to the tele-
phone and saying Miss. if not too |
much trouble, please get me some tea !
lead as soon as you can. Tea Lead |
was the response, in rather surprised |
tone, and came the gentle nuns voice. |
Yes, dear. You see little girls want |
their hair in culls. and when | was a I
glrl we always used leads, not curling
irons"
But to return to the lawn party. One
tinv girl informed the visitors that
there was to be a 'bankit' on Thurs
day, and joyfully pointed out the ia
bles and chairs already on the lawn.
Many wee tots were dutifully clean
nig(?) the yard for the "bankit." and
there was an air of suppressed excite
ment that was contagious So on
Thursday there surely was a BANQUET.
or "bankit." and $50 little folks ate
and ate until they could eat no more.
Such quantities of good things were
Ill the fruits of the season. candy and
al kinds of cake.
Other ladies of the city who were
present and helped to make glad the
hearts of the children were Mrs. Ivers.
Mrs. F. E. McGurrin, Mrs. Fife. Mrs
Alexander and Miss Mary Smedley.
After lunch the children assembled
IN the lawn Fifty-yard spirits were
organized by the boys, while the girls
had their good old plays of skip and
circle The entertainment was alto
gether q great success.
]. B. Cosgriff spent the afternoon at ,
ST. AIMS assisting in the entertain i
ng of the children. Miss Cosgriff en- i
Dyed the childrens happiness thor
'ughly, and she will long be remem- ,
,ered as a true fairy gOd-mother by ,
hem. She has for years been most
in giving to the St AIMS =
'icnics 1t was at her suggestion two ,
ears ago that watermelons were :
-dded to the menu of the annual pic =,
tic at Saltair. In fact. she raised per-
ect CONSERVATION in the hearts of the
aides in charge by. insisting that each l
hid should have a whole melon 1t l
vas only after she was made to un- l
erstand that whole melon" would 5
mean portion of heaven for the child'l I
hat she decided to let the committee t
ecide on the number required i
The little people at st. AIMS think
iiss Cosgriff is Just right" to use a c
lang expression, and such is the opin-
IN of every one else who knows the
cal beauty and goodness of her kind. I
enerous heart.