The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-13
WILL BRING
SUNSHINE
T0ORPHANS.
TAG DAY INTENDED TO PLACE
oRPHANs HOME ON
ITs FEET.
STRUGGLE HAS REWARD
GENEROUS CITIZENS COME TO
e THE AID OF MRS. DEY's
HOME.

~ HE day when Mrs. L. N. Dey
and her little band Of or.
= phans, almost single-handed
and without aid save from a narrow
circle Of friends, fought to keep the
wolf from the door has passed.
This much prosecuted institution
promises now to come into Its own,
40 lite struggles against adverse
conditions and unkInd critics has
brought to its support new friends
who have pledged themselves to
stand by II until the institution is
at last placed on stable footing.
Tomorrow in the Red Tag Day
for the orphans will be made the
first organized effort for the Or
phans Home Of Spokane since 1t
was established three years ago. A
committee of about 100 ladies under
the management of Mrs. q. w.
Commerford, a we'll known suffrag-
list and club woman, and Mrs. Cham
berlain, the matron of the home,
will scour the city for the sale OF
red tags for the relief of the or
phans, and when the effort Is end
ed 1t is expected that a handsome
nest egg will be accumulated for
the aid Of the children. The ladies
will be assisted by two score of the
larger newsboys, and all together
quite a formidable array Of hustlers
will be turned loose.
The money to be accumulated by
the Tag Day enterprise will be
turned over to the Scandinavian
American bank for the use and ben
eft of orphans. s. A. Anderson,
cashier of the bank, Is one OF the
trustees and treasurer of the home.
The other trustees of the home
are Louis Martin, secretary OF one
of the Masonic lodges Of the city,
and manager of the Ames Mercan-
tile Co.; DR.. e. A. Johnson, and Ira
HOnefenger, the attorney. These
men have personally investigated
the management of the home by
Mrs. MI. Dey, the superintendent.
and wittsyouch for the fact that the
best business methods are main
tanned in the affairs of the home.
The directors meet frequently. at
least once week, and audit the
books and accounts once a month.
They have taken an option on the
old LidgerwoOd sanitarium on
Bridgeport avenue and propose to
purchase 1t for a permanent home
for the orphans If the outcome of
the Tag Day Is as good as expected.
With this building to house the or
phans from 40 to 60 children could
be cared for, whereas 80 to 40 is the
limit of the capacity'bf the present
building, the old Glass home, E10
Liberty avenue.
Mayor Pratt and Governor Hay
have lent their endorsement to the
Tag Day and their autographs APP
pear on the diamond shape red tag
that will be given tomorrow to all
who donate to the aid of the insti-
tuition. whether 1t be 10 cents or
$1,000.
Mrs. Dey's home was founded in
Spokane nearly three years ago and
for tnat period she has kept the
wolf from the door only by the hard
est kind of work. There were &C.
casions when the pantry was empty
and the coal bin devoid of fuel, but
Providence did not forget the little
fatherless ones and about this time
generally some kind friend came to
the relief of the children with a
donation.
Through opposition such as no
institution has ever received in
Spokane, Mrs. Dey's home has been
deprived of its~pro rata share Of
the county and city aid and the
only fixed income that it has had
has been $40 per month from Spo-
kane county for the past year and
$40 a quarter from Latah county,
Idaho.
The home was incorporated eight
months ago and the original trus-
tees still serve on the board. The
home at the present has 30 children
but In the three years Mrs. Dey has
sheltered over 400. She has placed
"a children In childless homes and
helped in this way to bring the
s1nshine and happiness Of child.
hood to firesides that formerly
lacked the cheering voice of the
prattling babe or the laughter of
youth.