Show universal history all kinds of useful needlework and household work the boys are generally apprenticed between fourteen and fifteen years old J but in each bach case mr muller regards the welfare of the individual orphan without having any fixed rule they have a free choice of trade but when once they have chosen they are not permitted to change boys as well as girls have an outfit provided and any other expenses that may be connected with their apprenticeship are also met by the funds of tbd orphan establishment the boys have the bame same mental cultivation as the girls and they learn to knit and mend their stockings they also make their beds cican clean their shoes and do a little garden work in the way of digging planting and weeding the vegetable plots around the institution the health of the orphans Is remark ably good codd a fact which may be easily unde understood s when the hygie bygie hygienic nic arrange menti benti of the orphan houses are known lofty airy warm and thoroughly ventilated rooms for school and play plays and srba sleeping apartments which cannot dye dyb 66 surpassed for healthful comfort the ke irate of mortality is considerably lower eia gia n the city of the orphans than the average daverage ya mortality of england while yin fin london one of the healthiest of w the large cities the rate of mortality is over twenty per annum for every thousand living the rate in the city at ashley down is little more than half this a fact which is remarkable when it is known that many of the orphans have naturally a weak constitution the healthful and cheerful appearance of mr children is a matter of remark by all who see them in their play rooms they have plenty of toys contributed by the public and it is a matter of real inter est to see hundreds of them together in these vast apartments indulging in all kinds of childish sports and games they are a happy community full of animal spirits and apparently as capable of enjoying life as the most favour ed children in the country I 1 it is long since the city of the orphans acquired far more than thana a local interest we have only to look through the most recently published of mr narratives to see how widely the institution is known As we glanced casually over the pages we see thata that a baker in Bedford shire sends za 5 being a penny on every sack of flo ilo flour ur he bakes and the first money he makes in a morning in his little shop a bris tol donor sends 1100 loo from devonshire no no further particulars being supplied loo 29 lid ild from appenzell appenzelle Ap switzerland 12 2 from holland 40 florans florins flor ins from blackheart loo from a loo 1100 instead of insuring his ships from ft 8 T calcutta za 5 from Deme rara I 1 04 4 from bengal rupees from the neighborhood of bath 1500 goo from scotland 50 from every pointon point of the compass from far and near mr muller now receives aid and it may be bb truly said that there are few foreign mails malls which do not b bring rl n g donations towards the support of the orphans at ashley down |