The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-22
SUMMER HOME HERE
ONLY A MEMORY SOON.
Sisters ofSt. Mary to Sell Property Which Has
Been Happy Summer Home for
Children for Years.
GIVES SPLENDID PROPERTY AS GIFT
Judge John Barton Payne of Chicago Presents Sister
hood with Splendid Estate at EImhurst
for Central Location for Work.

Kenosha is to lose one of its most
interesting institutions in the near
future, the summer home for children,
on the lake shore just south of Park
Row, which has been used by the Sis
ters Of St. Mary for years as the sum-
mer headquarters of more than
hundred and fifty Chicago orphaned
tots will in the near future be only q
memory. Announcement is made to-
day that in a little while q splendid
new home will be ready for the recep-
ton of the little kiddies who have been
accustomed to come to Kenosha and
the property owned by the Sisterhood
and formerly used as the play ground
and barracks for the children is to be
placed on the market. 1t is one OF
the finest pieces of property along the
lake shore and it is certain that it will
find ready buyers.
Judge Payne Friend of Children
The children are deserving Kenosha
because John Barton Payne, of Chi
cago, distinguished as jurist and
patriot loves children and because he
believes the little orphans of Chicago,
who have so long been the care Of the
Sister Of st. Mary should have PER
manent place to live. He has an
nounced to the leaders Of the sister
hood that he has transferred to them
his splendid country estate at Elm
hurst Possession is to be given in the
very near future and it is expected
that the famous home of Judge Payne
will in the next few weeks resound
with the happy voices Of little children
taken to the country TO gain health
and strength. The gift to the Sisters
of st. Mary is one Of the most not
able contributions to charitable work
10 be made in recent years. The prop
erty is one Of the finest pieces Of
property in the neighborhood Of Chi
cago. 1t consists of little over TWEEN
ty-eight acres of land and in the CEN
ter Of it is located the splendid Payne
home which is to become the headquar-
tiers Of this particular work Of the
Sisters Of st. Mary The estate has
ample barns and other buildings and
all Of these have been built with a
view Of meeting every demand of the
modern day country nome.
The Payne estate is in the future to
house all Of the activities of the Sis
ters of st. Mary in connection with
the tender care they have lavished on
the group of Chicago orphans which
they have claimed as their own. The
old home of the children on Washing
ton Boulevard in Chicago, very val
liable piece of property, is to go on
the market along with the Kenosha
property. The proceeds Of the sale
of these properties will provide a
splendid fund to provide for the cree
tion of such buildings as may be nee
essary to properly house the children.
The home will no longer be a summer
camp" 1t will be an all-year home
for the children with plenty of room
for the building of schools and with
plenty of light and sunshine to pro-
vide the proper summer life for the
children.
Historic Institution Here.
The Kenosha summer home for the
children has been one Of the most in
teresting places in Kenosha during
bHS uuOuJnSs ears aEO--OVCF
twenty-five children first began COM
ing to Kenosha. At first they came
only for one glorious day at picnic
at the Kemper Hall grounds. Then the
Sisters decided on the erection Of
the home here and in the past ten
years it has been used for the care
of the children during the summer
months. The children have been COM
ing the latter part of June and re-
turning to Chicago in the last weeks
of September. The work of the Sis
ters had the, most cordial support Of
many of the people of Kenosha who
have considered the work one of the
best calls made upon them for charity.
1t is not expected that Kenosha wo-
men will lose interest in the work of
the Sisterhood because the children
are at Elmhurst rather than at Ke-
nosha and it is certain that many Ke-
noshans will continue to aid in the
work of maintaining the new and
larger home. The Capitalization of
the work of the Sisterhood is expect
ed to make possible very large ex-
tension of the work being done for the
Chicago children.
N. Rowe, cashier of the Merchants
bank, has been given charge of the
work of disposing Of the property in
Keuosha