Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-02
ORPHANS HOME TO
RECEIVE BENEFIT
Y. NJ. c. A. Annual Exhibition to be
Given This Year TO Assist Women
In Good Causc.

That unusual interest in the coming
exhibition next Monday by the mem
bers of the senior and ladies classes
OF the Y. NJ. c. A. Is being manifested
is evident in the way the participants
are turning out for the rehearsals
Secretary Oscar L. Cox of the z. NJ
c. A. said yesterday that the parti-
cipants are rehearsing every night and
as everyone is doing his or her best
to make the show success in every
way. the indications are that large
sum Will be realized from the per-
formance
All the money received will go into
the fund being raised by the ladies
in charge of the Orphans Homo and
Day Nursery to complete the new
building. A feature OF the exhibition
which Is quite a departure from the
system of previous years and also n
good indication OF just how deeply in
terested in the affair are the partici-
pants. Is the fact that 1t has been
agreed by the officials of the Y. NJ.
c. A. and those who will take part In
the exhibition that no complimentary
tickets will be issued. even the parti-
cipants having agreed to purchase
their tickets. In past years the exhi-
btIon has been given solely for the
Y. NJ. C. A. members and their friends.
and no charge was made. This year.
however. Secretary Cox suggested that
the show be given for the public
with a small admission charge. the
proceeds to go towards finishing the
Orphans Home and Day Nursery. AIR.
Cox saws that in view OF the assistance
rendered the association by residents
of Salt Lake in raising funds to pay
for the club building. II was decided
that this would be a good opportunity
for the members and friends of the Y.
M. C. A. to show their appreciation
of what has been done for them
Tho exhibition will be held Monday.
night. Feb. 4 in the Salt Lake
theater. under the direction OF Mr..
GIngrich. physical director OF the Y.
M. c. A. and will include many fea-
lures heretofore never presented BY
the association. What promises to be
one of the most interesting of these
is the barn dance. In which tho
dancers. OF whom thcre will be 20.
will render special barn dance songs
They will all be dressed In special
costume. as Will the dancers taking
part in the Indian dance. the dance
of the haymakers. and the Highland
fling. In the latter costume OF the
kills peculiar 20 the Scotch Highlan-
ders will be the feature.
After the rehearsal at the Y. NJ c,
A last Monday night the members
who will take part in the exhibition
were addressed by Secretary Cox. who
dweIt at some length on what the as
ISOLATION owes the public, of this
city, after which Mrs. A. Y. Gorham
one of the original founders of tho
Orphans Home and nrv Nursery AMI
deeplv interested IN 49, establishment.
was introduced. Mrs. Gorham evpres-
sed herself as very we'll pleased with
the manner In which the Y. NJ C. a
Is taking hold of the exhibition. AMI
In behalf OF the ladies connected with
her in charge OF the nursery. thank
ed all for their efforts She thcn de-
tailed a number of urgent reasons why
such an establishment as the Orphans
Home and Dav Nursery Is necessary In
salt Lake and spoke of the plans for
the future work OF tho organization
The now building. according to Mrs
Gorham. Will be large enough to tatN
care OF much greater number ~
children than the old one. which sNr
SAYS IL unsanitary and unhealthy. Ms
Gorham also described the ADVANTAGES
to be gotten from the Isolation ward
which will be = part of the new
home. and in which all cases Of con-
fagious diseases can be treated with
out danzsr- to the-rest of the inmates.