THE ORPHANAGE NEWS LETTER.
i Hi* KODIAK.
BAPTIST ORPHANAGE
Tuk Workers, ou salary, are
Geo. A Lean;, Suj.e intendent,
J. W. Former, Ass t Supt.
•M , f. l.ea.u, Mrs. Farmer ana
Miss l,. K. Hrgei.zinge., Matrons.
Tiik Purpose of the Orphanage is
10 provide a Christun ho ne and
training foi destitute children.
Tint Records show that 69 males
aud 69 females (total J 38) have been
received, 45 ma.es and 44 females
discharged (by completion of time
and by d oth ), 23 males and 26 fe
males n w enrolled.
Fori v six Converts nave been
immersed and received in the church.
Tiik Support is provided by The
Woman's American baptist Home
Mission Society which expends here
#7500.00 a year. It is hoped th-t the
Contributions marked "Alaska”
will eventually suffice. Therefore.
Kv hrv Sunday-school, and every
Young People's Society in the
laud is urged to make an annual con
tribution Help from all sources
is gratefully uccepted. This is the
OvcY Baptist mission home for
Alaskan children. And the
On v Baptist Orphanage on the
f.ac c Coast.
■d all Contributions from New
1- -land to Miss Gertrude L.
Ha vis, Ford Building, Boston, Mass.
Contributions from other
parts of the country are to be sent to
Mrs. A. H. Barber, 2969 Vernon Ace.
Chicago, 111.
One afternoon during a snow and
sleet storm, theie were two quite
loud claps of thunder. At first we
thought that it was an earthquake.
This is the first time in fifteen vears
that thunder has been heard here.
The children have never seen a flash
o lightening.
K. B. C. MONEY
I„argeiy ih*ough force%of ciicum
rtances it has Ween the misfoitune of
the children biought up in the
orphanage to know almost nothing
cf the cost of clothing and food ai d
the purchasing value of mrnty.
When a. pair of slu es is worn out, an
other pair is given, the s*.me w y in
regard to other articles of ciotuing.
Food is provided three times daily in
abo'undant quuutiies. Never an
an?aous thought in legarti to these
things has entered the children's
minds. As a result there is a 1-ck ox
appreciation for ail that h.s cou.e to
them day by uay through no enoit
on their part. The chi.Uien «ie not
to be censured foi this, neither are
the workers.
It is due. as has already been said,
to force 01 circumstances. As a step
towards lemedyiug this defect in our
system of training, we began April
tiist on a iittie diuereut plan.
We are having institutional money
made in same denominations i s L\ b.
curiency. With the ex eptiouoithe
smallest chi.dieu. every boy ana girl
is paid each week accoiding to the
werk done. Out of that uionty, coaid
must be paid and clothing puichased.
Il through cariessness a window or
lamp chimney is broken or in fact
any other damage done, tile one who
has done it must pay for the break
age from his wages, in this way we
hope the childien will learn the value
of things, and what it means to earn
a living.
Later on we may adopt other ideas
which have beeu carried out with
such success in the George Jr. Repub
lic.
The tr'y.s have become quite skil
full in swiujjin,; Indian C.luL», under
the di ecti n of Mr. Minis.