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Show New Home For MoflierSess Children if j j And CMdrea of Working Mothers New Home, Formerly Topham Property- Eleven years ago the Ogden Charitable Charit-able association was organized with Mrs. Martha (Frank J.) Cannon as president. Less than a year later, Mrs. Cannon died and the members of the association, because of their love and respect for Mrs. Cannon, changed the name of the association of which she was, in fact, the founder, to the Martha Mar-tha society. At about the same time the society was incorporated under the laws of Utah. All cases of charity reported to the j society were investigated and if found ' deserving, help was extended. Annual j charity balls were given and the mon- of 7 a. m. and 7 p. m., while the mothers moth-ers or fathers were employed, by a competent matron, who was also a kindergarten instructor. For this care a charge of 10 cents per day for each child was made. Each application for such care of a child or children was investigated and if found deserving the child or children waB admitted to the nursery. In the beginning there were only four or five children cared for each day. On October 1, 1913, the day nursery was moved to 717 Twenty-fifth street, where more children could be cared for and in a better location. The num ber of children cared for greatly increased in-creased and tho quarters proving too small the nursery in August, 1915, was moved to 210G Washington avenue, whore it occupied a part of the house. The other part of tho house was used by the county commissioners for certain cer-tain persons to whom aid was being extended from the county funds. After Aft-er a few weeks in this location the demand for night, as well as day nursery nur-sery care and attention was made necessary nec-essary by the demand of mothers whose employment detained them until un-til far into tho evening and also by the demand of fathers with motherless children. For this reason the name of the nursery was changed from tho Martha society day nursery to the Martha society nursery. The work of tho nursery grew from year to year until it became necessary to uso the whole house, whereupon i space theretofore used by them. Although Al-though the nursery was always open for day children, tho demand, nover-theless, nover-theless, increased for both day and night work. In five years the number of children chil-dren so cared for increased from five to sixty-give for both day and night care and the families represented increased in-creased from three to thirty-five. In tho beginning Mrs. Tracy, the matron, was able to care for the number of children, but because of tho increased number to care for she now has three assistants. The amount charged for the care of children is determined by the houso committee and is based upon the circumstances cir-cumstances and income of tho parent. The amount so collected, however, far from covers the several expenses for tho care of tho children. After the nursery work was taken un and the general relief work discon-Y, discon-Y, tlnuod, Uio word "charity" was drop-3 drop-3 Ded in connection with the annual Martha balls, for though the society ncede'd more money the mothers were doing all thoy could from their employment employ-ment to pay for tho care of their children, chil-dren, instead of accepting charity and remaining at home. The nursery had now far outgrown the Washington avenue house, and the members of the society having found an increased need for work in Ogden city decided to make their long looked-forward-to dream of owning a home, a reality. So after months of careful consideration of improved and unimproved unim-proved property, thoy decided to purchase pur-chase the Topham property located on Old Home of Society at 2621 Madison ey thus obtained, with the annual dues from the members, and occasional donations, do-nations, created the fund from which the society carried on its work. Each year a certain percentage of tho income in-come of the society was placed in a building fund for the purpose of some day purchasing a home. The need in Ogden for general relief had become so great that all efforts of the society were exerted In that direction. In 1913 the members of the society decided to devote all of their time and efforts to the care of the motherless children and children of working mothers, so on June 11, 1913, tho Martha Mar-tha society day nursery was opened In tho residence at No. 2622 Madison avenue At this day nursery children between the ages of 2 and G years wore taken care of between the hours (Washington avenue and Elizabeth ! street, a short distance north of Five Points. , Through the g,reat interest and generous donations of Ogden citizens citi-zens the society was able to, within a very few days, raise sufficient cash with which to purchase the propertj', including the largo residence and one and one quarter acujjs of land. After some changes' and remodeling done in the house to make it suitable for the nursery, the children will be moved to their now homo where every comfort and care desired for their welfare wel-fare will be realized. The Five Points school is within short walking distance dis-tance of tho nursery. The demand for , night and day nursery has proven so much greater than the day only, as shown by tho number of children coming com-ing days only snnio being five for day as against fifty-seven for both day and night that having the nursery out of the center of tho city cannot effect its good work. Tho street car service is very good and it boing only fifteen minutes' ride from the center of Ogden to tho nursery. It is still ac-cessibe ac-cessibe for mothers wishing to leave their children during tho day only." It is a very mistaken idea that the new nursery is to be an orphan's home for the parents of the children who are in the nursery are working to support sup-port them and great credit should be givon them for their efforts. It has been qulto impossible until now, on account of tho crowded condition condi-tion in tho nursery, to have tho required' re-quired' room needed in their dormitories. dormitor-ies. In the now quarters each child will have a little white bed of its own, in a large, well ventilated dormitory. There will bo several dormitories for boys and girls, with a matron In charge of each. The ages of tho children chil-dren now accepted range from 1 year to 12 years. At the now location there will be a well equipped play yard, with play rooms for winter woathor and for, lse on bad days. Because of its loca- . :Ion, tho surroundings are almost ideal. The air is pure and there is a splendid water supply. There wl be an isolated ward for contagious cases. It Is intended to, have a garden, and to raise chickens, and to keep a few cows, for the older children will be able to help in their care. Last year tho total number of families fami-lies represented by the children cared for by the nursery was 273. The total number of children cared for during the day was 16,927, and during tho day and night 13,145. The parents on the average pay 36 per cent of tho expense. ex-pense. There are not only children from Ogden but from different parts of the state. In quite a number of cases the father supports his motherless children by having the nursery care for them, and payB for the same according ac-cording to his income and circumstances. circum-stances. Mrs. Tracy has for many years been matron and is a most competent com-petent person for the work. She has been more than a real mother to the children. During this year fruit and vegetables were donated to the society, and Mrs. Tracy canned 800 quarts of fruit and vegetables, and 100 quarts of jelly. Tho physician and dentists of Ogden have been most generouB in giving their services for the care of the children, and the Dee hospital has kindly discontinued its bills for the few hospital cases coming from the nursery. Many of the sowing societies have made up material, furnished by the so-cieiv, so-cieiv, in the garments for the children. The" society desires that through the public school system a regular kindergarten kinder-garten can bo established at the home. A Sunday school class is held each Sunday for the children in the nursery. nur-sery. The society obtains its necessary funds to carry on the work through appropriations made by the legislature, legisla-ture, the county commissioners, Ogden city, donations by a few individuals, and the proceeds from the annual I Martha balls, and in addition the annual an-nual dues of tho members havo been ' increased. The tenth annual ball Is to be given at the Berthana, Tuesday evening, No- vomber 20. and to make it in accord with the spirit of the times, patriotic features so far as possible will be carried car-ried out. Members of tho Martha society so-ciety have the purchasers of the ball tickets to thank for the past success of their undertakings, for 'through their support the nursery has been made an established fact. Now that the society owns its home, it more than ever needs money Jor its maintenance, and the members of the society feel confident that 'on this ac-, ac-, count "hearty support will be given the tenth annual Martha ball. oo |