Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-16
INSTITUTION uiS MORE
TIN IENTIRN nIH HISTORY

u VAS in 1905. sixty-thrcc years
after Iachiuond was established as n
town. that IT," home WIS established.
one morning there came 20 me door q:
Mrs General Wood fricnyll.sS and
homeless child That child bespoke the
need III others, ana Mrs. Wood associ-
a,c0 with her Mrs. CarrinEton. wife Of
General Edward /. CarrinGt on. and Mrs
Nicholas, FIRST witc o; Philip y. Mich
oias, in establishing The Female 4u-
nanc Association. All denominations
united in the effort. and to- da.- the as
ISOLATION is non-sectarian. u makes
its appca! Ia all people whatever the
o,ccd 10 which they subscribe. Ana II
/, such work that All denominations
may support without fear OF church
rivalry. knowing tina, unto Him all
little children arc welcome
Iiy IN" home many were saved from
gull; and infamy; their feet were led
into tn. paths their mothers would
have had them tread, had those mothers
lived. They were sent forth strong in
virtuous principles and in useful
knowledge. and the children Of those
orphans rise up and call the home
blessed.
For many years band of charitable
women worked on. facing the ricissi-
tudes OF war as they had faced the
trials of peace. and the home continued
Means often became mcagcr, and in
1928 the home was able to care for
only thirteen children. Later the mum
her was reduced TO six or eight. But
though the hearts of the women often
became weary, ana one day brought
forth little hope for the next. they
never fingered in their work. and they
faltercd not. They remembered that
1t had been said that even as the spar
row was watched over, the Father OF
all would not forget the fatherless
here.
HOME BUILT ny GIFT
OF EDMUND WALLS
In their necessity the managers de-
cidcd to have q fair the first ever held
In Richmond. There was generous re-
Spouse. and By degrees the number of
children In the home was increased 10
thirty-f1ve Meanwhile Edmund Walls,
who came to Richmond Il poor Irish
immigrant. remembered the associa-
tion and left TO 1t the fortune he had
amasSed
a new home was erected. and In
1873 the little girls in their white sun
hornets. gray shawls and blue check cd
frocks moved from the house on n lot
given by William Duval to the present
site of the home at Seventh and Leigh
Streets There 1T has remained, un-
known TO the casual passer-bv. but 70.
membcred as their only home by MANY
who in later years buiIded homes of
their own.
In the dark days of the War Between
the States the home was continued
somehow-and the children We're fed
and clothed. In the evacuation tn,
fund was entirely lost. Appeal was
made by the request of the society
through General Wise in several lee.
lures. and 1t was answered. After that
the hearts OF Mrs. Sophy Caldwell
Deane and William Barrett were movod
10 leave legacies to the institution.
Later Jacquelin P. Taylor made n
beQuest, and the operations of the
homo were enlarged. Since then diving
mothers have passed more happily i'm
tho knowledge that their babies would
be received in other welcoming arms.
For the baby girl who has neither
parent or home, for the baby girl who
0inighS under other circumstances wan
der into paths Of vain regfet, the Fee