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Show Lawn Fete at the Orphanage. Thursday, the 13th. will long be remembered re-membered by the little folks at Kearns' Aim's orphanage, for they spent a most enjoyable afternoon as tha guests "f. Miss Gretta Cosgriff. Lost year Miss Co.gTjff and Mrs. Walter Fitch enteruiined the children, and this year Miss Cosgnff alone remembered her bttie lriends. Thursday being the feast of the Assumption and a holyday, Miss t'osgriff decided that she could not possihly spend the beautiful feast day 'lore appropriately than to give pleas-Ul(i pleas-Ul(i and loy to the little children and the hjs c.,jidien at St. Ann's. Of course, she cotild give a reception, a we" appointed dinner and many other such affairs to her many friends in so-j'iety. so-j'iety. but with the greatness, the no-b'hty no-b'hty and the generosity of her kind heart she gave her "pink tea" for the children. And such a good time! The children at St. Ann's have good food, good beds, good clothes, a happpy life hi general, but "good limes" means Something; very special to the little folks there, just as to other children. -Mrs. Donald Coray of the Herald and some friends visited the orphanage last u'cek. and while there noticed symptoms symp-toms of unusual excitement among the children. To begin with, most of the children had their hair done in "leads" and "rags." Now as "straws show the way the wind blows." so do curls show the way things are going at St. Ann's. Whenever ' the little heads are "done up" for euris then there is surely some Krand "doins" about to happen. In connect iou with this, the writer remembers remem-bers some years ago the kind Sister Superior of St., Ann's going to the telephone tele-phone and saying. "Miss, if not too much trouble, please get me some tea lead as soon as you can. "ea lead." vas the response, in rather a surprised tone, and came the gentle nun's voice. "Yes. dear. You see little girls want their hair m curls, and when I was a girl we always used leads, not curling irons." But to return to the lawn party. One tinv giri informed the visitors that there was to be a "bankit" on Thursday, Thurs-day, and joyfully pointed out the ta-blos ta-blos and chairs already on the lawn. Many wee tots were dutifully elean-nig?) elean-nig?) the yard for the "bankit," and there was an air of suppressed excitement excite-ment that was contagious. So on Thursday there surely was a banquet, or a "bankit." and 130 little folks ate and ate until they could eat no more. Such quantities of good things were provided besides ice cream, lemonade," all the fruits of the season, candy and all kinds of cake. Other ladies of the city who were present and "helped to make glad the hearts of the children were Mrs. Ivors. Mrs. F. E. McGurrin. Mrs. Fife. Mrs. Alexander and Miss Mary Smedley. After lunch the children assembled on th? lawn. Fifty-yard sprints wore organized by the boys, .while the girls had their good old plays of skip and circle. The entertainment was altogether alto-gether a great success. J. B. Cosgriff spent the afternoon at St. Ann's assisting in the entertaining entertain-ing of the children. Miss Cosgriff enjoyed en-joyed the children's happiness thoroughly, thor-oughly, and she will long be remembered remem-bered as a true fairy god-mother by them. She has for years been most generous in giving to the St. Ann's picnics. It was at her suggestion two years ago that watermelons were added to the menu of the annual picnic pic-nic at Saltair. In fact, she raised perfect per-fect consternation in the hearts of the ladies in charge by, insisting that each child should have a whole melon. It was only after she was made to understand un-derstand that a "whole melon" would mean a portion of heaven for the child that she decided to let the committee decide on the number required. The little people at St. Ann's think Miss Cosgriff is "just right," to use a slang expression, and such is the opinion opin-ion of every one else who knows the real beauty and goodness of her kind generous heart. |
