San Francisco Call, Volume 106, Number 118, 26 September 1909 — INSIDE THE ORPHANAGES OF SAN FRANCISCO [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

INSIDE THE ORPHANAGES OF SAN FRANCISCO

WHAT ooald tf MM ourlouj than a nnM of ©bUsjatym. th»w prompts a defense of the wan around the property ©Mhs^ San Francisco Protestant orphan asy- ; lum before saying one word of this In- .^ stitution which has the' honor, ©f bein« the pioneer sheltar la this city, for desolated children? It Is equally curious that this beautiful stone wall should need a" champion. But come one must refute th« libel that has repeatedly been utterid against it. Any one who doubts th» occasion for this protest may ride on the Haight etreet cars with ' tal» ,.■•**•_ ea well as his eyes open and . learn the following 'or -something; 'akin -to 'lt: "What place is that?" •That's the Protestant , orphan asylum.* 1 "What a horrible thing to put or-* phans in a place like that. The wall makes it look like a jail." Or: "Doesn't that wall give you the ■hirers? It makes that place look exactly like & jaJLAll of which Is really exasperating from an artistic standpoint and from that of the simple material truth!** _. In , the first place, a 6 year old boy would not give that wall a second * thought were he minded to'scaleitl There are* many places where the flower beds are so high that one can conveniently look over this "jail" fence. How can any one shiver and call any/ wall a jail when beautiful trees tower above It and where the happiest ' of flowers , and vines are peeking over*? How;can any one even think of bo. desperate. a place as a jail when screams of.delight come over the walls- every hour of the day, for the little"- ones play when the larger children are/^atj school. ! - . V ' The Wall Is Artistic From an artistic standpoint nothing could., be nicer -in color than that libeled walL It Is made of the green . blue serpentine rock, that cuts a bias across this county and crops out conspicuously near Haight and Waller and; Hermann, Laguna and Buchanan, where the orphanage is located. ' This wail , is made of the same kind of rockueed In the buildings, which, until = the// calamity of 1908, were rare landmarks. ; It was quarried not a block away, "and, a few more of these green blue heights are awaiting practical as well as artistic use. With this rock, which Is soft as compared, with granite or '[ other materials that may be similarly used, the directors might easily have left a jagged top to the wall to tear little breeches or make access from' the street very.; uncomfortable, for the serpentlne^rock ';• quarries In Irregular pieces. : Instead they used smooth pieces of granite. ln architectural steps,, adding ' conventional beauty to the wall, while Tllvest-; ing it of any terror, for* the t boy inside who felt inclined to get. out, or, the one on the outside who felt called upon to make an intruder of Himself. - .The weather has been buey adding its. touch to the artistry of the walL It has been putting shadowy moes onlthe sides where the sun can not hold full: sway. It is interesting, to recall that' the first fence outlining this property' marked it as an entity inUhe wilderness, and- gave itsome protection: from ; tlic covotcß and small foxes.an* other, animals that civilization bad not|exterminated or driven hack, f; Further than^ that, the very, loneliness of,the placemade protection ; for the. children v imperative. When the old. fence gave- way to the new oneCa distinct elements of beauty was . added to the; institution •■ ana to the neighborhood. :. If those^who"* have shivered and. called< the; fence, fit - only for a jail will look; closely.: at -It, ;;-, consider ltJ color, and: construction; regard the . trees ' and .-. the ; flowers, '-■ listen"^ to the children ; and, the' birds ; who live there, and then : go. Inside and »visit , the ; place, they .will not ; only . be ; very ■ con- ;■; trite, but will feel happy and^well repaid. - / '^ The early history . of . this ■ orphanas^J within tbeinterft ting, green^blue- wall / Is also" the history Cor a vital time } in U San ' Francisco,- a' time ;.when k . therejcame § An accounting .w ith some ■; of ;.the ';inev-/: . Itable" vicissitudes? that? followed -^ what c David Starr ; Jordan i calls % "the 1 greatest . Invasion. known'in history,*:, when. gold was dlscoveredrln' California.; Life in / the very" new community/ meant also: Kiekhess 'i and -idcathr. /Then ; came th* dependent children left'alone;in a new*.; land, far' from 1 relatives who iniglit * have: taken! the '■■ responslbi l- - :- :ity of their": broken;liveß.-: This;;first came/ lv it the r{

latter part of 1860. Through *Jhe «fi forts of several benevolent women notices Were . given out through the press and . from the pulpits of the . churches . that a meeting would be . held : January 31, 1851, at the First Presbyterian church in - Stockton street. Organization was -effected at; that meeting, a constitution was presented and discussed and was finally adopted .at a meeting held February 10, 1851. A board of managers was formed and official announcement made of the 'opening of ■', the San Francisco orphan asylum. . And*' so; was born the first charity -in California. ,5 .. 'On : March ~ L 19. .1851; the first orphanage was opened In a cottage In "Happy valley," noton any street or any number, for there were none in that district. When one said that he lived in "Happy ;' valley, "; the direction i was complete. When 'streets "were laid out the cottage, was near Second' and Natoma streets. This hous« was .given rent free by W. D. M. Howard, and, was -equipped through moneys : raised by newspaper appeals and private subscription. The first orphan family, which was mothered by a Mrs. Wilson," was composed of three orphansand'six ; half orphans — four girls and five boys. Needing more • room, a" move was made ln""the following December to a* house ,'in, -Foisom street near Second,*^ given : rent free to" the • society by General H. t ,W.; Halleck. the accommodations of this . eceond home might have been adequate .'for, ■'-.; some time, the managers : realized: that a permanent site must be secured -and "provision made for the future. /Various --locations .were thought of, and:. the'- present" site wassecured February .28, i 1853. . , And just here Is. an interesting l story. ; "The municipality, feeling the obligation to do something for .its chll-' dren, decided to put; a section of "outi side land" on- the ' market, thereby giv- , ing the managers |of the ■ orphanage j ari .'opportunity to bid .for some, of It. There, was no one ; minded Jni'those-'days,^as there "is none ; now,; .to" raise' a hand . against - the! well ' being ; of the orphans, ' and 'so the present sltejof theiorphan r . age was - bid In r toy *' the nominal : sum of : $100. . The city gave >its ( deed /and: within ■'■ a" short ; time ; work was com- . menced^ on' the; central * building. •/ ' "• . Although : this i" particular ' piece yof property,; like .nearly^ all of ; San' Fran-^ ; cisco;at. that time,- was a sandhill in' the midst of sand h i^s, the material for building; was found •■ not more ; - than a 'block away. ; It/was"-' the; soft,:blue- ; green serpentine f rock, - some: of * which; went/ later fintoit the -construction ;.of; / the much :talkedof : fence.V;;,To*be;"cf3c- 4 act. ' ; the v material** that*. went . into/ the buil'dins J. was . quarried ■:■ from i. that ' par-: '^tlcular -part; of i the outcropping that became/ one of / the ; first * reservoirs tot. ■ the SpringvValley; L water /system:-. 3 new .building *,was" completed -a', year" - and:a, month. ; f romi the *> purchase .of. '.the: I site,*; and jbo on' March "» 22, T i 1 8 5 4, '. a\ f ana--ily. of 16; children, with; their. protectors' -took /possession ; of./the -place.. , Five - ; years later fa- Email -addition? was built on '*■; the/' north.*'; An ; interesting ; ' arid ° '/generous ; : Klf t * three ,^i years 3: . afterward : ; madei possible- the/bulldlqgi of an ex-_ :\ tensf ve \ wing on \ the '; south /side. - * Two ■ stories rof^ the: four; which * constituted .- this / addition ; had .. to sbe I taken i down ; after/; the \ recent £ calamity.-;^ The v loss ; >; was [at serious one' because] it meant' the ' ; /deprivation zof.* a H lot:; of "' needed ■?. room*V and " because -\ii disfigured /one iof ; the " unusual and '■ historic; structures in* this ;-■' city: :■-•--■-. :rv",:"K/?;. '?..?"■ '•-■-"■■-• ;:.-^v:'\ v;;'". ' . ■ : .^building * of ;; the 5 addition jto t the: ' south, |known'i as Sansome ;wlng. v ■camojabouttlnithis^way:/'/*: ;;>""/;: ." In 1862 Sansome^ hook iand^lad-j : <ler- company "of ?ploneer^fame?dectded': Vto?<lsßband/andjivoted^their|!buildinex to the'* San- Francisco/ orphVnf asylum. | James Lick promptly ;, rnadeja], gif tf oi [ v i theYgrouiid iupon 2.whichlth'§Jhopk| and j

and . lot ' w*r« - sold ■ and ~ the ; proceeds built the . wine whleh i was ; named; in honor of the old company. This done, the roster of I the i company, i n a substantial, embossed leather ; cover, and its banners were i^given ;to 1 the • man- . agers of the^- orphanage. * Sentiment lingered about I these -r gifts and ? they . have been carefully preserved.' ; A few substantial relics In the shape ;of hooks and /ladders were also turned over to. the /asylum. • 'v/-/ The Sansome wing was commenced in June, 1862, and completed In; June, 1863. It was niuch • larger t «than the original -building : and" would have sufficed for". the needs^of the! asylum: for a long.- time ..'hut ') for -the calamity. - These, buildings -passed; through ;-; the earthquake off Jlß6B without";, serious" damage," but there was a'dlffereritstory/ to tell after.' that: of 1906.V After an account was 'taken ;of - the"extent : : of ; In- I Juries to the' building: two. stories, of the Sansome wing/ were; ordered 'torn ' down. This/has made temporary ..struc- ". tures on the; grounds, imperative: "■'-": A two story /wooden; building was.con-" verted Into' a cozy, infirmary, and a general .assembly; hall Iwas: built,, one which serves many <uses. / ' ' Just aboijt [the time- the Sansome gift : was made^-to the "orphanage * It/ : was - deemed -advisable ;; to, relncorporaterso that the name of the/San Francisco or-: phan -asylum could ?bef changed to" the San Francisco Protestant^ : - orphan asy- : lum. With the establishment -of the Roman Catholic orphan. asylum ; in 1852 by T, the sisters -of -charity,/ as -told in the second "article : of ;; this '.'series,^ only children of Protestant faith: were com-, ing; to the older asylum. : It seemed expedient therefore 'to make" the desig-' nation ,more ; definite:- .This/: change/i came in the natural evolution of'charity work from .that of the. village- to v tHe more complex city. The Early Trustees • f , When the : name of the asyl um was changed .in.- November.-; 1862, -the itrus--tees of ; the society were Joseph' .B. Thomas. Frederick Billings. Samuel R. Th rockmorton, -Robert 'J. ; Van- Dewater/ and Joseph *B. Crockett. ' uThe ■ board ; of" lady managers, signing the articles -of ; reincorporation "were } C./ A.; B. f Rankin, • Susanna Throckmorton," • Mary^ J.cGer-/ berdlng,' Sarah .B. Gillespie, /^W.,: X Haight, C. B. Dodge, Rachel Middleton. / Mary * P-5 MacCrelliah;' 'Ann T. /> Swain, s Mary Downer, 5 Sarah" C. H. Cheney and | Anna -VirglnlatWakemanl „- ; V ; ; Of : these ; managers ; but ; one ircmalhs, \ Mrs.: MacCrellisli,,: widow;' of Frederick --' MacCrelllsh,^ ; identified /iin 7! the- early years^of San;l Francisco with* theiDaily/ AltaCallforniaJ/^WhenUhe; fiftieth' an- ■ nlversary?of; the -of -the; or-" plianage v came : she was f still .at "the post of i secretary. -.;': For i the \ last -. three ' years Mrs. : MacCrelli sh jj has I come|;but > seldom " to the meetings of j the board, r of; which 7 she ■is > still i'a ? meraber. : ii: She 3 lives » outt of • town. ' Besides I outliving! all | her co- "■ signers of -the 7 lncorporation 'papers iln/' 1862 Mrs. MacCrellieh is the, only sur- " vlvor;of Ithel group! of .women who or-v ganized <theiasylumsin";lß6l. r "" * . ' . fc Something /further i of Stne^ spirit/ of devotion ?. that } . has : characterized > ; the --■ work lof ,1 the a women/ who ,? hayeV- been? connected with this '■> charity! is . shown in |the fact? that ; Mrs.>,W." ' R. Smedberg •' of uj. the y. present ' boards has served -; 3 5 i years.'iMrs.v : D.^W.',Hosburgh'23 "years'" and ; Mrs-IWllliam J*Ashburnerj 17<( 'years.* The 2 entire ;. history ■ of . this orphanage ■ ■ emphasizes ;:. the disinterested ■ and • •". ' all / encompassing/ work j$ of ?;V its i directors." 1 San : r Franciscans '/S,who* 3 think "* that; Haight street was '. named for ; the/ late ■ Governor] Haight I and ".Waller ' street t forl some^other/dlamitary2maysbel c f;lad?;to/ knowj^ that fi these g.gtwo/> thoroughfares }. were * named rfori two; managers "of ?r;the ;: orphan Ager^Mrsri Henry 4 wife / of jthe*/nephew/of 'tKeigovernorlofithej' sanie|/name^tv and J Mrs.tssVarr6r;v\who^ gave I manyj years I of J conscientious fen^. deavor; towards making this: institution : what ! 1 1] Is I today -^ Of 1 the \ otherl womenf

who have given a lifetime. or years to this work Mrs. E. A: McNear, .the-ma- ' tron for 27 years, /stands -.among the - first.'. >In her stead Mrs: h., M.'Sendey-- " is ; moflierlng ; this family of children, which". now: numbers 135. „• ,v >^" " The; present administration: of j this i asylum lain the : following : i competent • hands: ''•. Mrs." /Alexander " F.\ Morrison, ! president; Mrs. F: G. ; Sanborn, /; .vice president: Mrs./JWllUam.iAßhburner,/ second vice president ;.Mrs/ D.'.W.'Hors-;' burgh, treasurer; Mrs.-' Albert - ; Spotts,' .secretary; : Mrs. Kirkham .Wrights Mrs. B.C.. Wright, Mrs. 'Charles vW. Slack, Mrs. Hoartio G. Hellman;tMf.s...i,W.?,'H.^ Hannah, Mrs. Johj^Mosß.'c.Mrs; Elipha-' • let ' Remmington^ ' Mrs.iV'^WlHlam ; Smedberg,jMrs. ;Bdgar M:;^Vilson;':Miss^ AnnaP. Greer, Mrs." Babcock, v MlssNelri lie Stow, Mrs.: Charles ; P. rEells,^ Mrs. '{. FrederickJMacCrellish. ; •; \ ■■;,■ The Bloom of Health /if : The ; good * judgment 'of/ the managers ; v Is attested in \ every V rosy cheek :■;■ and ; every/bright -eye. Little ones may ibe; -admitted looking pale and delicate, ;but t they, di not remain 'long \ that, way. 'All ', tb.e good vmllk i they, will . drink, \ all X the \ good bread; they /will- eat: and all . the;: good/ things that goi into < the, diet; of; growing ?chlldren-:soon; change t them,* Into bloomlng'lads? and .'lassies.'.: Noth-v ing" ls stinted 'n diet or v ; In comfortable ;■ clothing for "the; children; of the*; or- V phanage family. To ' do this, ; however.^ means > that* practically every. dollar of income has to ;be;used.& The following abstract - of- the '-treasurer's ./report.;, made :ati:the beginning of last- year ? tells its own;story:V ;--; : CASn UKOEIPTS FOR 1007 ~ ; JanuaryrSl^to ca«hon hantlki per ac- ..;•-*--/ - count rendered . . •••• ••• • •••••• •"; • • • •"•S**-** * To donations : . . . ........... ... •• • . -j 1 .236. W • To ; Iprapics . . . • • ......•...:•. ..•••• • I To InterMt on ilnrestments 22.282. i4 1 To utate appropriation ..".....,......... *•»»•" t To board of half 0rphan* . . ........... 2.213.85 To annual :"Bubacrlbcrß . . ..... .:.... .. ;; 40.00 . WaJ \.. ":.;.:. "...'.'..-..'..'.." "*.. 147.014.54 f :r: r CASH • DISBimSEMENTS;- FOR 1807, ; U/ ,' Br uroccrles' and TproVlslons ; . r. 1; ... . |8,0.°»3.9t •" By BaJarles.and wage" -.".. r.." .'.."..... ,jrt.4W.«: By, : clothing^ and t urnltflr? i. ; . r; . . .-. ;..r; y 3.4f15.n» *., Bj.Si^rand water r:T..rvr.nv r; .. 1g,3a7.WBy repatrait r. . : . .. .'■'•• ...... . •'. +?. ■ . ; 2.422.69 : - By taxea and insurance ; :.. 7 . : . ..'.}..- .. 4.087.82 -/ By - education . : . ••• • ■ ■*{• ■-- . • . . v . . r,'i42S-18 ■. By/ legaclfs ; ißTMted ; . . -' •....•-_... ... 1 17,290.71 ; By medical ' and legal; serTicea r. . . . .. . , 801.7© <■■ ; By -drags • : :. . . . . . • ■••• •• • •>'• •*'•'• •••• • • f 100.85 > By ' miacellaheoni expenaes - ::: :. . :.'."ir, 6fi».14 « By. cash , Qn .hand : February; 3 ,, 1908 :. ■;: V? : , • CC.OI ■* :'*ioU^.^.". : '."". - • -• • -'■ ■'• • .■-•.-■•'■. .$47.014.54 1 i /;■ s i,.;; B/; A. HOBSBURGH.- Treasurer: /> That /of /the i treasurer/made ion ithe; fiftiethv anniversary ;is;ihterestingi for" compa.rlson.t'-'lti shows ihow^respOnwi-r ; as ' well, as /.incomes : have v in- ' 1 creased j Iri ; seven ,L years:,; It •; reads : "\- : v — ;/-- ; I/CASH RECEIPTS FOR "jl9oo> /: ; /January 31,* t0/cash' on bnnd as per ac- . • -•' / -:■ • count !- rendered ■-*..'.. - . • '•'. - : ..:...;.' 12,447. «1 v ; To j donaUona?- ■ • •*•• • ••• • • "••"•• •••• • • !i«-^ % To legacies i:.-.'r.r............i..:...: r 4.752.10 iTo ' interest son jlßTPdtments s :v. . ..\l. . < 11.208.05 * 'To • state « appropriation ;....... .... . r. ; . 18,032.77,' To ■■ board ! of . half- orphans : '.::... . . : : . . u 1.725.80 U .ToUnnnaJ' aubscriJMrs^:.;:: ...^>-.:.v. ,* Miscelltneotis^ receipts,' •;;..- . ; ... ..;; , ;;; 150.00 ; :.-:.;V.:;r:^.T.-:v.:.;: .-:.;V. : ;r:^.T.-:v. :.; V: : /. : : . . ::|34,8«!«i ■ ■ ;' s :r'CASHJDISBORSEMENTS FOR; 1900 ; .' 4 /; / : By Sfrocerica '• and ! provisions' . .V"-. :'. \ '. '■^^|7,514.79 : By ; salaries «nd : wages . r. . . .7 . . : r.v. ;^v 7.860.84 i By* clothing, :* books : and 'furniture ;.. ;•.. • 3.384.00 j : By/bedd!Bgsi;r.r^^:fr.n /..... .;;.r 132.15 , By 'fueU- «*• ?«»* * "**" :r ' ' " : '" '■' '• " • • ' 2.478.65 , By> repairs '.: and -improrements '„ . . ..;." ».983.73 i ,By i taxes ? . . ;.'.^?."". >•••'• ■'•"• •» •VV."i',v..".r?1,789.97^ By, medical ? and J 1«K»1 '• serrices v. ......'; R33. 00 1 'By b dregs < 4 rT; ;v. . . ; - . .".": .'. . . .; ... . . > : o; 254.45 '■; 1 By '. »isc«Hane«us^ espenaes '-r.-. ■; .?;..: \-^t 846.90 \ : January ; Sir: 1901; i; cash ; oo hand . .v. . ; ; ;;; :.| 758.82 v : / . . /MIIXIE^'WRIOHt.iTwasuMrV \ r •'^fe Every of ,i bequest /cbtne^ tol the *- Protestant ? orphan asylum I hawibeeng placed i; in si the i= rifund^aliproceedirig'iWhlch'imeanslttnatl Hherelcangbe|ho^question|ofi?thetcar«| ?of | the/ 1 orphans;; wholcome?lnst|ie|fti^ti Iture^Stat* ifaid^was % first 'given" In. |lßss,"fbut|«mhe ; amount, appropriated

f or . each child Is small i compared withy thej,cost ; of .{njalntenahce.ilt^-has 1 . •; been; necessary} to; conserve .the | Income while maintaining -ideal Hying conditions. The impritslon, has' prevailed /that -S the r Protestant X* orphan v asylum /rates/among, the, richest- of- the 'institutions.' The 'truth ; is that, if ( any/of the, endowment fund were taken for building purposes, the standard of 'living v would* have .to be ]- lowered. ! This ; 'the :: directors s.wlll*' not Tdo. :-"' New- and comifortabje^bljildlngs fare needed, .but the [ i most jyljipiibrfant/ thing. Is that these . chil4r»nj shall have .plenty to eat and ; wearj aa«!{get -'all , possible 'advantage to, v it»'«paregthem "for being ' self-sus- :-•' ;.-..•■-.. >- .■-:;,-■/ /o*As/^tbiisVlnßtltutlon Is strictly.; air of-phanafe,'-.abandoned children "are - not* ;,;tece}vedr-f j'iThey^are ■-;. sent to *, ; lr>adyitoitake:them.; A; very -full rec- ; 't>rd^l«jkeptTof y every child initHe asylum;.lncluding the marriage certificate vof * the'dpareiits • and; tne; records : of the j deathfof ;tthe,J one i or/ both > ; parents as . 3 the «ease . may. be. The managers ; have 'been-'-more I than .'usually 'successful ■; In ; /holding ,tbeS Interest' of the/survlvlng ' : parentSt*for V their; s offspring, with Z the Z-thaty the state thas v been^. saved t-manya;t -manya; dollar.. .//;.-. . - v/^•JVhen.ainr'a'ccbrint: of -stewardship was made for, the-' first 50- years of ; the. ex- • il.ste'nce: of 'this institution, 1 * the v propor-" '-tlonf of ;■ boys and girls was found to ' be f •about I equal. ; i:pf ; the 3;520 ? children cared r tor, : jJJ6p2:> were-girls -and «!1,918 '•, were f boys. ,It Is an exceptional case - where ; children ; , are * received ."under g2 l ? years of age,j-The cafe/of babies means an entirely different: kind /of i a house- 'i ; hold.' V Every little «2 .year old ; that is i § brou ght Ito I the ( a'ey 1 urn Is Jaj cause for ! ;SDeciarrejolclng among the older girls, f who -"spend /every, available>moment ;'*motherlng"them.; '■ ". :.^ i' . They Play \VitH y igor \-\\\: .v To .the ; casual ': observer' there" seems f to :: v be v more? boys ':. than girls f. in.i this i j asylum:.:; It; must- be; because they are - |such ; an ■ energetic.lot-^-tanned and; rosrj ■ busy; and boisterous. 3 ;- Almost 'Are entire "i slower, half of . the block is given over .to . { the ;* playground;/ for.; them.T \ Bars t. and *. wrings and :ali; the' appliances of. aV'gym". * are , there i and \ raised I. to \&% sufficiently/ \ dizzy heigh t ls/a^structure \that 3 might I have j come ; directly/ from* an ; up ; to '; date It has been made." however, from*makeßhift', material ;'and i "every /part »of "It^showsthow ;clever?rthe • boys: are in ' ; expedients^ /: / > ' ; •■■ yM-£:- ') :'" '- ' I'JSStipJ really^; interesting pi- features Tot' ■this*: playground -?are' ; the '-little /private •• : preserves \ that "£ .line % the ."wallt OOf'O f ' and : shelter/; under paAtree.'"; They' called^to imind; a short ; editorial that appeared i some ! years ' ago ; In I b.\ Christmas .edition of }Ufe.t- It^was; a" plea'ifor^thefoldUlme "'. toys |that.'lefti something; to; the "Jmagl-. nation \£, of ■:'. children/; Uhe '■};. toys !,-* that^ 'are '-£!• cherished ;' (always. . : It > placed s . the^' claims Vof f. the*:/rag ; : doll :•* against : Hhat/f of [S the^;talkingi ■■: dollV'and ?,the train of cars.that the children propelled. with:a string; as against the Vmechanl/cal" itraln.Uhat b,'."goes/by^ itself.? .-^ TheI boys' of this asylum, not; the/ possessors v of iflneUoys: and appliances./ give? their ! ; imaginations £' full c ., play M and\* utilize " ?,thlnf ■ 'that jthe - coddled- children\would ; i not** notieeMiThey y build ?* littler model * stations iand"srun|;into^them^ the \ little^ old»gtrainß of •? cars that *" would < mean nothing to . pampered children in ;homes.^»Notlng!ln|their. l feWitripsjinto: country.?; that $ gardens I and g lawns seeroltoiplayialpart:in*the r development' ' of ; stations, ftthe i boys|take £the *? seeds Uhat^they|jflnd*3lnMhe§wild£«ats*that I grow Jin E and 2 blow! into .: the % yard. 1 - and J nutureUhem/intoitenderi grass-TiThelfe- ? |sultln^foot*6ritwojof lawn; is aimatt?r /of >' special pride.' '....". \* - „.' , \HOne|boy!;haßiejtpre«sediaUhoußht' of fcstivalTw^flt^risnincancer

by making a plot in- which , he has designed: on« of the California missions . ; with something; akin to 'cement? In the same material he has lettered-!*Por- . tola," Bits of gardens, not; more than a few. fee| square,' are laid out by boys , sho5 ho might easily develop - Into - intelll- „_ >nt If not scientific landscape gardeners. In one miniature garden plot, wire protection , is given 'the baby plants as they come up.- The possibilities of -this sand* lot r Is, unlimited: .Then, too. ij there [Is a planked yard where hangs a punchI ing bag, i the < particular delight of- the ''.. boys , large enough to use It. - * ";- At i one end of ;the sand lot, : the * boys ~ have ja theater, formerly an v old wood-.* shed, and here are prepared . some of -the entertainments _ that ' are occasionally 1 repeated in , the assembly ; hall, a • com- ; modious structure, the/ one, recently ' built 'on the, grounds. : It serves all purposes. It Is the' chapj»l: for home serv- • Ices; It Is the kindergarten early In the day and the - sewing - school later. : I Clubs .'meet | there : Friday evenings. S It | takesthe place of the assembly hall In ;the lost Sansome' wing.;- In the "theater" in;, the -yard, a great variety -^ of Impromptu plays, are given, and • the cleverest* of shadow pictures. The ■ "scenery!*? and '. posters are . done by one . of , , the boys who -will .not fulfill hia :. promise" if- he 'does not do distinctively i good : work along f these lines .when his S asylum* days, are over. .'lt goes .'without • skying ' that ? there ;. are baseball . and ■ other; teams,*: In .short that? these fortu-- 1 - nate •; orphans «j have f all > the - fun - and sport of normal boyhood. In' their enter- ; itainmentsjand.7in~fact, all their aspir- • ations, 4 the boys Jiave the~ help \ and ; ad- ~ Ivlceofi Bruce; Porter; and; Charles Bent- . [ ley." In fact,, the ."Bruce Porters" and th« - " "Charles 4 Bentleys*.\ -7 have 7; played ball - against - each *■«•" other;, in > hotly -\j, con- '. tested"- /; games.- - Bruce Porter -,'meets the \boys every '' Friday" night* and at Christmas time . had * them produce a play of ; the yuletide. ,;" Another steadfast;friend;of the : boys' lsj ßey. Joseph I .Worcester. ;-j ;" ,.- 'J.'. ; J iv • Last ' 2, summer /all \the . boys «■■ of ;-the ■' asylum"; .went '-■ lrito> camp Vln Sonoma r county near ; Guerrieville. sr r lt was main- ? tained'onv military; lines , and 'was sln r \- .gularly^successful.'-."' r AV fund ' ls^beingdevelopedi which :wlll;buy. a' 1 permanent : country, place ; for -; the '. summer 'It fall goes-well. It ,was" started -byVa xbountlrfuli*bequest' given; by/ Mrs.', Ann-'G. ISwain.^a tmanager'of ;mariy, years. /The /place/;. If ; will ./ be / named Mn 1 memory" of "her. >;./ \- ; . „. ,"'/■ The *■ girls are 'not 'without many -and j .; loyal ; friends. ; ? SomeVmembers *of i the > iboard; of < managers ' and J outsiders Vslve t "■much'.tlmeto- them/,. teaching i| sew I arid 1 , lobklngiaf terjthelr ;happiness < ■ and interests generally.^ '.The girls have ; a - yard : to • themselve* a , fine ' play- ■ house^wl th' ,: Its open Tside ito the" yard ;. ■ 'and^comfortably?; protected i from X the. Here fare -all- the i evidences :of ., ? girls* handiwork.^J.-Iriithe. yard -arej the • "swings and *;"teeterlng"ir boards \x and • < aee-Baws""' and /other things 'dear -to % thei hearts "; of 'little, girls. 7. One of J their'; £chlef > pleasures *1 li« B,' * n • planting /, and l{ Keating': for -sweet* peas.'" - , ' . c The questioniof, school <was, one not' : ■I so j easily. ; settled "^in , the r : early .t days. <- There „ was ■- , no * public ' school X\ near,.; S enoughs f orl the. chlldrenlto^attendrcon-* sequently.7.^ a ,-* school T. ', was ' r -. established , wltKln - the 1 orphanage/ 2 This 5 was ! con- V ; ducted \ so K well % that: the ■ managers: did ■'• r not feel," as' the' yearslwent: onTandTpub- ?; • lie fe schools built .near:: them.'; the r K necessity 'lori;sendlng> the *chlldren« to ; • therh:'#ln<> point iofifactr^thertnanagers,; .were \ so] solicitous » for ; their; wards^that [j •j it/twas Jnot J easy \f or J: them>, to ''come t to . itheTconclusion ".that \lt .•would \b~e } better .' for r 'theni;to]KoJ6ut[and^mlxtwith<6thfcr, Vchildren -In the? public ''• scbbol.ST Nojde^;: /pendent fff children 2T; have ii; been} ]morei : guardedly reared than the^thousands j

who have passed through the Protestant orphan asylum. So earnestly and faithfully have' the managers of this Institution hovered over their charges that there would he no sleep o' nights tor them If anything were going wrong,—^. This extreme conservatism kept .'the children quite aloof from the world. .When the fiftieth anniversary was -celebrated, the orphans of this institution were still going to the home school. Shortly after this period, however, all the children of sufflcient-aga were : enrolled in the nearby public schools and have given a splendid account' of. themselves. The directors soon found that they were rearing • lot, of entirely self-reliant children. The experiment of sending. the children out 'to school proved most successful. No Children Are Lost The future , of these children and their home placing has been the matter of the greatest concern to the managers.. Indentured children have been closely watched 'and have been returned to the asylum when condi-tions-surrounding them have not been good.> Regular visiting- by the managers had been an Important part of the home placing work. Not handlinjr abandoned children, nor committed children, there have been a very few children eligible for adoption. The majority of the children, even the whole orphans, have some relative who is willing to do for them when they are grown. One genuine help has corn* from a benevolent woman who has taken several boys from the asylum, carrying them through trying: Tears, paying- them for service, bat "m* v<n > them part of the family life. One boy 'who had -. the good fortune to be sent to* this home had money enotxyb In the. bank when he came of age to;, buy a small farm. ■■;;'; ' The last impression of the afternoon . given to this 1 "first charity la California" was 'of :the nursery just at cradle time. Toddlers undressed la an adjoining room. , were- climbing Int4 their > little beds wti ich had been " In* vitinglyj prepared for them. «-■ One of the most recent arrivals, still homesick for. the mother, who had just gone forever, had been carefully tucked |ln her.bed by the. "gentlewoman in attendance and given her Teddy bear for comfort, the'one. which had been placed in her arms but a short time ago by the youngs^mother . so full of hope for her little ,one." Half frightened and altogether; strange. thl3 baby lay perfectly , quiet; '.-. her .quivering eyelids were not to be! opened for the coaxing. But she will be cuddled and soon will be one of the chattering little throng hanging; over the s end of their cribs droning— •",'. " - '''.-.■■ : ' ■ »,*'Nowfl lay me down to sleep"— '■— with "God bless j m&'aniLmake me a , good* child": at, the; end. . ■ C.Thisf evening-; prayer in- which every "s"^ was "lisped | and every long word struggled ? with. * t was' saidiin a unison. strange and .wonderfully .'lntoned, with :no."two : little ones saying.' the same word; at the -same 'time and no two) keeping on tbevsama^hlgh "key. But every : small', boy >swaywl, to the rhythm given , the pray»r, i ">«J,^ - . i/^Soon^each baby^head v was oomfortablyjplllowed .after ' God had "been ln-voked-for bis blessing; there was some chattering, back^^ncf. forth, .from one crib \to , : another j and^then, .one by one. ] '■ the t'sleepyj voices were'liushed. ,--: After j a-5 very-, shor t > r time * all was - qufet * for fat little legsThad. taken fat little bodlesjon .-.»'\ merry, .■' trot since "sun up." "• .These t tots*: slid^away' ln lullaby land reven^thooghTdiylisfht ; was . still tryin* itoTgetithroaghTheJong green curtains .' ;that 7 ha3Q been drawn. *^ "r" r ' The fuextt article i of this, series wIU Jtejl ofilifefat the 'Boys' Aid. ,