Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18

| is made of red pressed brick. decor
| ated with gray cut-stone trimmings.
! II has sleeping capacity for $50 chill
dren. The heating. lighting and venti-
leting systems are new and perfect In
arrangement.
TOTS ARE EDUCATED.
At present, ii sisters of the Holy
cross take care of us children In st.
AIMS orphanage, under the direction
OF Sister Martina. the SUPERIOR. They
conduct splendid system of cduca-
ton covering a wide range of subjects
that VIII prepare the boys and girls for
their future struggle with the outside
world. The sisters are indeed good
mothers to the fatherless and moth
less tots. and the little ones seem to
be quite contented. School classes in
the various grades open at o'clock
In the morning. There is recess from
10:45 to 11:l5 o'clock. Then the
children have time for recreation from
$50 TO 7:15 o'clock In the evening.
The night prayers are held at I:1o
O'Clock. Everybody must be In bed at
1880 O'Clock. The studies cover all OF
the common school branches, and be-
Sides the girls are taught music by
the sisters. the plano and violin being
favorite instruments. The older girls
also learn how to sew and patch
clothes. and they help with the cook
ing and thus learn the culinary arts
Miss Cosgrave teaches a large class I'm
steno&raPhys and the students really
develop exceptional speed and per-
fcction in short hand In fact. n num-
Der OF the pupils at St AIMS are
holding good positions in various
business offices In Salt Lake City now.
The table Is set with good substantial
food. and there Is always an abun-
dance. on holidays. Christmas,
Thanksgiving and New Years, the
board groans with feastS of turkey and
duck and other feast meats, besides all
kinds of fruit and candies and nuts.
which are sent out by number OF
charitable people who donate banquets
regularly.
The age limit runs from 2 to IA
years ST AIMS, of course, Is nom
scctarian, and the only qualification
for entrance Is the fact that n child
has been left homeless. or that one or
both of the parents may be dead. The
sisters of the Holy Cross reach out
their protecting arms TO all the little
fricndless tykes In the world
One of the best features of this fine
institution is the way In which the
boys are taught gardening On holi-
days or Saturdays they help the old
gardener, and on the IS acres OF good
ground arei raised all of the vege-
The Very Rev. Dean Harris might be
said to be the guide of St AIMS or
phanagc, and he devotes much of his
time and works hard to make both
ends meet. He Is loved and warmly
admired b. all of the little children
In the place The boys are helped
along in life by Dean Harris. AMI many
of them owe their good starts TO him.
Bishop Scanlan keeps an ever watch
full eye over his young brood, and as
a great lover OF children, he makes
There is a magnificent portrait paint
ing of Bishop Scanlan by George Tag
CART, the we'll known artist, hung In
the reception room.
HOME AND DAY NURSERY.
one of the best institutions OF its
kind In the west Is the Orphans Home
and Day Nursery. which is located Mt
Twelfth South and State streets. The
new. home win be located at the corner
OF Tenth South and Twelfth East
streets. where the association Is build
ing a magnificent structure at n cost
of s50000, into which the children will
move next spring when Ii is COM
pleted Tho site of the old home has
already been sold to the county for
$4,000, and win in future be used as
a detention home in connection with
the Juvenile court The money which
accrued from the sale of the old place
will be applied to the construction of
the new home. There are now so chill
dren In the institution, but the new
homo will accommodate several hun
cred, and the board OF managers is
building for years to come. and II is
probable that after the new home is
completed. no additions Will be neces-