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Show WAIFS AND STRAYS. SPLENDID WORK OF A YEAR AT THE ORPHANS HOME. An Institution that Subsists I'pon the Alms and Charities of a Generous PublicThe Pub-licThe Self Sacrificing Samaritans who Conduct the Institution. t the annual meeting of the Orphan's !: Mat.on , j - a , I 'man. ,mmZ monT ptwNFJxPenscs- As we are non-sectarian .TfT, llpon all classes, sects and races, and it is vTvnderful how cheerfully and generously all Tesfvmd w hen called upon. The meat markets i this city donate all the raeat, the grocery-men grocery-men all the groceries', the drug stores all drugs and goods in tticrr line, etc., and so on through the list. No bills for living expenses ex-penses were paid the past year, with the single exception of coal and potatoes. "We told you a year ago that the out-going board of directors had beeu the most efficient: effi-cient: we tell you today that the. board that dissolved th"t6 morning has been the most efficient this association ever had- They have rendered moreaid, devoted niore. tjnie, raided more money, looked 'mire, carefully after the interest of th si unfortunate' children, have been more patt- at and self-sacnt'eing -tlun any former txai'd. . They1 ha e stood t h irteen, shoulder to i it uldr, perfect unit. The, officers haveteen rfa'i-ijss in" vigilance end attention the' 'esult, no doubt, of the awakening aud renewed interest the association has' the past year developed. The association has the past year been net-ter net-ter represented at the monthly meetings, been more, keenly alive to the -wants and needs of the institution, has taken many burdens off the directors aiid responded . quickly, nobly and generously when called' upcui With all the labor expended and care exercised, the internal workings of "the home have not been entirely satisfactory our means have been so limited, our numbers num-bers so few, our task so hard. t is not your fault nor ours that the home has been imposed upon both by unworthy parents and untrustworthy employees. Our association associa-tion is made up of women unfamiliar with the lower walks of life, and you have been slow-in properly estimating the depth of degredatiou and infamy of the element in which you have been brought in contact. "You will see from the report of the matron mat-ron committee the larger number of children w ho have been adopted and gone into good homes. The educational committee will give you the number of children attending the Farmers Ward school a most excellent school and where the children as a rule are making flattering progress. "We have come to a time in our history when it seems absolutely necessary to have a territorial appropriation. Other states and. territories give large sums annually for the 'support of the farherless aud more than motherless waifsa nd strays. Utah has never appropriated one cent to the support of a home for the friendless, an orphan asylum, a nursery or a ciiilds home. Our home is , the ouiy one in this vast territory aud just for one moment stop and think of it, main-trined, main-trined, kept up and provided for, all these seven years, by the efforts of a few women in thss city. Children come to our home from all over the territory and not one deserving de-serving case has been rcfu-ed admission when there was a vacancy. We recommend that this association go before the next legislature and demand as a right some recognition for this class of children. AVc read in the daily press of magnificent schemes maturing to ask for enormous sums to be appropriated the coming winter. While Ctah is getting ready to flaunt herself at the World's" fair," 'to attract the eyes of the w orld' to her fat hogs, her squashes, her tatting and her crazy quilts, let us ask for a tenth of this sum, to buy bread for her des'ti-tuta des'ti-tuta and orphaned children. If she would give some slight aid to this class she might find in the near future that the reform school and the insane asj lum will bo less popular and require smaller appropriations. "KmM.1 Mc'VlCKEK, . "SAK. SlEC.EI.. "J. Cameklx Bnowx." I |