THE ORPHANAGE NEWS LETTER.
and l\iM *ick room you would find
they tfiMl ill the fr**h air they need
ed Tut! rooms are not heated, hit
we keep the children well covered.
T h e bovs and pi Is look well fed,
and whtn it was my tarn toeac in the
childien’e dining room. I knew the
reason why: such lovely bread, good
miislj, thllk, fish, stewed dried fruit,
vepe'ah'fei and us much us they want
ac outlts for their good lor ks.
i" tpe workers (lining room is an
a.ieulftt made to make up for things
’impossible”. The first few days it
seeuifcd hard to get alone with "can
ned food only”, and though ihe cook
t rirs to change the style of dishes to
hide the sameness, it is useless and I
have yielded to the inevitable, and
expect to live happy ever after.
Our workers force is seldom all to
gether. When it is necessary the ma
tron for the girls stays at her cottage
and meals are sent up to her. Then
one of the workers epts in the child
ren’s dining room every meal.
The children get ulong splended'y
at ong themselves. There never
seems anv serious quarreling. They
are good workers too. The hoys are
■IS serious about their work as men.
Whether I see the big hoys with the
oxen and sled drawing wood or the
younger hoys washing dishes it is all
done in a way that they mean busi
ness. The girls in most case* need
constant looking after when there is
work to io. It is astonishing how
much these children find to fell each
other and talk about, and I believe if
they were alone the daily occupation
would l-e talking
It is a great satisfaction to toe to
set* tiow clean these children are kept
anti so many of them. Their bed
ding, underwear are clean and kept
in repair. The stockings are darned
until the original stocking is hard to
find. The buttons are on their coats
and they are trained to systematic la
’•nr and do it wel'.
fiinoe hearing of the easy going
1 iracter of the natives from whose
ranks these chi’dren come I tee' more
than grateful for the workers who
were no here in years gone by and
>■ rrted these children in the way thev
’ rd go. God bless them for their
' rs. Truly their works do follow
th n. I sat down hy the bed side of
-i ina with ray Lihle one day and said:
" i«i._ iii“ w 11..t L should read at out ”
She gave me passage after passage,
the chc i.'rst in the , < ok to e«.d. I
was au.piised aid asked who taught
he.? She mentioned Paps Coe,
tirauduia; the I dies who were here
last summer. ..be good sowing will
have a leaping. The new workers
aie .eaping a well regulated house
hold, and eternity will reap saved
souls.
Having been useo to large <. him li
es, 1 was afia.'d that I wouldn't like
the liitie chapel, but 1 feel as ninth
at home in it und God’s piecicus
i\i me is just as iomfoiling as i uy
where. .in. Learn preaches to he un
beistoud by the girls and boys. Of
the natives ofleu about a doze i men
ana half a dozen women are piesent.
i hey bout wanl a hymn Look 1 e
cause they cannot tend but like to
heal the singb.g. 1 have a class of
boys in the Sunday School and enjoy
them veiy much, iliey lead the 1 ible
well and answer most questions. The
ctn.iheu’s speciality is singing, and
in morning and evening prayers Mr.
Leal n can give out many songs which
they sing ticm memoiy.
U e uieaut’to teach cooking, but the
Orphanage kitchen is small and in
constant use, so will suggest that the
cottage kite lieu be fixed up for that
purpose.
We taught me larger girls some
bead wo; k and basket! y. Theyhave
the C'nrist-spuit of muie blessed to
give then receive. They will not
keep thei: woik for themselves.
.tlr. and Mrs. Learn have let us
share their reading matter, the phon
ograph,.and have made us as comfort
able as they could, and mude us feel
at home as much as is iu the power,
aud God has dene the rest. W here
God is home is. and I felt at home in
the Orphanage, the cottage, walking
over the snow and under tht snow
ladened spruce trees, picking sheila
onthe beach, seeing the distant snow
capped mountains, watching the rav
ens enjoy our hospetaltty, having my
!wenty-ei';ht girls call me mamma,—
all this makes up to me the par'iug
from friends and I want to say to all
that I am "at borne”.
liflSS L. F. MKGRNZ1NGKK.