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Show . Benefit For Orphans' Home Promises to Be Big Success Most .women who have a family of Ihrcc of four children to take care of believe that they arc kept busy, but what would some of them think should they suddenly find themselves In charge of a family of forty, all under eleven years of ago? To the avcrago mother, it may seem impossible impos-sible that three women could take care of forty children, yet this Is dally being done at the establishment of tho Orphan's Or-phan's Homo and Day Nursery, at Twelfth South and State street. , On the ma I ron, Miss Crowdcr, falls the brunt of the work to be performed, and that she is capable to take care of it is made clear from a glance at tho healthy, happy, red-checked lot of little ones' at the nursery To the lot or Miss Cassel-bury Cassel-bury falls the work of keeping the Infants In care of the establishment healthy and happy. In all. there are six of these, the oldest of whom Is three, the youngest but a few days of age. Poverty and necessity neces-sity have niado It necessary for the mother of tho fcw-days-old infant lo place tho child In the care of Ihe nursery. nur-sery. Tho mother lias seen better times. Before her husband, who was a railroad man, was Ijrotight home dead, killed In an accident while performing his dally work, her home was supplied with more than tho ordinary luxuries of life. When the small savings had been exhausted, however, she was forced lo go out In the world and earn her dally bread. As this would necessitate her leaving the infant alone, the only way out was to call on the Orphans' Home and Day Nursery for assistance. When one sees tho little tots flock around their nurse. Miss Crowdcr. as she enters the nursery, one ceases to wonder at the trust and confidence placed In the nursery folk by those whom poverty pov-erty has forced to placo their children in the establishment. Only a nominal charge for the care of the children Is made, so that it Js possible for poor parents to have their children supplied with all the necessities of life. toys, play grounds and play rooms, while the parent endeavors to make some provision for the future of the child. At the present time the Orphaua' Home and Day Nursery Is occupying an old residence res-idence building, which, having tho lower floor underground, can hardly be called sanitary. The building is In need of a number of repairs, but owing to the fact that 11 Is entirely too small for the calls put upbii the organization, those in charge some time since decided that a new building build-ing would have to be erected should the affair be made a success. It was estimated esti-mated that tho neu' building would cost 550.000, of which $10,000 was raised shortly short-ly by the sale of tho old building and SP.0.000 through private subscription. Of the sum necessary, only 510,000 remains to be procured. An appeal Is being made lo the public for help, and the local branch of the Y. M. C. A., hearkening to the cry. has agreed to hold its regular annual athletic and r!nina.tlc exhibition this year In the Salt Lake Theater, on February 7. at 8 o'clock p. m.. the proceeds to go towards the purpose of the nursery. Nothing Noth-ing but the completion of tho Interior work Is preventing tho occupancy of the now building, and this Is expected to be finished by April of this year, when the children nor,- In the old building will be1 transferred to their new and more commodious com-modious quarters. As In past years, tho Y. M. C. A. ex hibition has always called forth a largo attendance, the. fact that tho show this year will be morn complete than ever before is expected to result in a crowded house. Tho management of the Salt Lake Theater, employees and those taking part In I lie exhibition have all signified their intention of giving their services absolutely abso-lutely free of charge, so that every cent Inkcn in can be used for the purpose of the organisation. The public Is earnestly requested to support llio exhibition In order or-der to make it an unqualified success. |