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Show CHILDREN HAVE AN OUTING. The fifth annual outing for the children chil-dren of St. Joseph's Orphans' Home took place Wednesday, July 25, at Central Cen-tral park, the use of which together with the merry-go-round v as donated by Mares Bros., as also the use of the electric cars by the Helena Power & Light company, through the kindness of Mr. l'archin, vice-president. The other donations received are as follows: C. K, of G., branch 2-JS, $25; Division No. 1. A. O. H., IZo; St. Joseph s Ve-rein, Ve-rein, $25; Mrs. C. T. Perry, $1; A friend, ?5; Mrs. D. Delay, $1; Mrs. A. Casey, $1; Miss Margaret Bach, $2; Master Laurence Kelly, Jl; Madam Longevin, J2.50; Mrs. J. McDonald, $2; Mrs. Nally, SI; Mrs. William Stuene, four gallons ice cream, five cakes, pickles and jelly, and a bag of popcorn; the Montana Produce company, a box of fruit; Mrs. J. Seiber, a cake; Mr. F. Mares, two hams; 11. C. Wallace company, cookies, cook-ies, fruit, nuts and candy; Lindsay & Co., a case of oranges; Mrs. William Bellmaine, a box of cookies; Mrs. Ho-Kan, Ho-Kan, two cakes and cookies; Miss Lena Naglc, a cake; Mrs. Finlay McHac.'a box of fruit; Mrs. O'Daigneau. two cakes; Mrs. J. Tund, two gallons ice cream; Mrs. M. lit nig. a box of fruit and watermelons; Mrs. M. F. Flynn, . a ham: Mrs. A. G. Smith, a box of fruit; Merit & Co., a case of soda water; wa-ter; Mr. B. L. Smith, a case of soda water; Miss Mary Cruse. eleven dresses. The ladles who assisted in preparing clothing for the children are as follows: fol-lows: Mrs. Y. Yund, Mrs. James McDonald, Mc-Donald, Mrs. A. Casey, Mrs. P. Mc-Xamarra, Mc-Xamarra, Mrs. John Worth, Mrs. Lyons, Ly-ons, Mrs. J. Seller, Mrs. J. Dunn, Mrs. Ernest, Miss M. E. Denham, Miss Jo-sie Jo-sie Carmes, Mrs. Catherine C. Young, "The West," William Stuewe, To these and other unknown friends the Sisters and children return their most sincere thanks; as also to Colonel Colo-nel C. D. Curtis, Mr. William Stuewe, Mr. Con Kelly and Mr. John Schmit, who superintended the games and assisted as-sisted in providing some very suitable prizes. Those who kindly donated the prizes are as follows: "DONORS OF PRIZES. Helena Hardware company, half dozen pocket knives; Mr. William Stuewe. one dozen pocket knives; Alexander Alex-ander Shoe company, one pair Oxford . ties: Mrs. Kempsey, milliner, girl's sailor sail-or hat; T. H. Lang company, three pairs scissors; Anderson Brothers, one silk handkerchief: John Shoenborn, druggist, drug-gist, six bottles perfume; Mont. Clothing Cloth-ing company, one boy's necktie; A. C. Dorner, jeweler, one fancy metal belt; Mr. Fisk. jeweler, one pair earrings; Jew York Dry Goods store, one dozen fancy handkerchiefs; H. Yung company, com-pany, chint doll; Chicago Store, two pairs boys' suspenders; Uncle Sam's , store, two linen mandkerchiefs: C. Rie-boldt, Rie-boldt, three bags popcorn; F. Bolinger grocer, one box honey; New York Loan Office, fine pocket knife; Clark Mercan-tlle Mercan-tlle company, one dozen beauty pins; Sands Bros., pink silk parasol; Jacob I Yund, jeweler, pearl rosary case; Por-cnen Por-cnen Drug company, box perfume; The Cash Bazaar, half fancy pieces china; ' . . ... - . . Eabcock Bros., half dozen boys and girls' hats; Weinstein Bros., boy's necktie; neck-tie; New England Shoe store, one pair shoes; Thistlewaite Shoe company, one pair fine shops; Holter Hardware company, com-pany, a kodak; Gans & Klein Clothing company, one boy's suit. Among the many friends of the institution insti-tution who visited the park during the day were the following: lit. Rev. John B. Brondel, Rev. C. Aiken, Rev. C. Van der Velden, Mrs. S. II. Carter and family, fam-ily, Mrs. P. Larson, Mr. and Mrs. Par-chin, Par-chin, Mrs. E. W. Back and family, Mr. and Mrs. William Skuewe and family, Mayor W. McGinnis. Mr. Andrew O'Connell, Mrs. D. W. Fisk, Mrs. J. B. Walker and others too numerous to mention. One of the first things the orphans did upon arrival at the park was to find their little brothers and sisters and ! wander hand-in-hand through the i grounds under the trees, much to me admiration of the visitors who went out with the intention of entertaining and amusinsr the little waifs. Lunch was served to the children shortly tlfter their arrival; dinner at 12 and lunch again in the middle of the afternoon. An interesting programme or races, running and jumping, was indulged in during the afternoon. At 5:0 they left the park on special cars provided for them, singing many of the nationaLairs on their way through the city. The picnic was a decided success through the many kind friends who contributed so liberally to brighten and make merry the hearts of the dear little ones and bring a ray of hope and sunshine into their lives. A little miss of 5 (Margaret Bach), while driving in company with her mother, inquired if she was not bringing bring-ing something with her for the orphans. Her mother said no. "Then, mamma, have you got your pocketbook?" she asked. |