THE ORPHANAGE NEWS LETTER.
himself. Fortunately he was ac
quainted with Charles Mattfen, who
has a store at Kanatas, and who.kind
ly took him iu uutil the Starr re
turned from the westward, he then
returned on her to Kodiak, as con
ditions wsrt not at all favorable f'1*’
crossing the peninsula at that time.
We had the pleasure of entertaining
Mr. McCraken. He brought his cam
era along and took some pictures
about the Orphan&ge
For several days before St. Valen
tine's Day the children were busy
making valentines. Of whaldolhey
make them'r It would i>e a genuine
surprise to many ^oung people t > see
the really artistic valentines some of
our children make from no other ma
terial than colored paper old picture
cards, pictures from magazines, per
haps some pieces of lace paper, a pair
of scissors, a box of watsr uolor>, and
a pot paste.
The morning of Valeutins's Day a
prettily decorated box with a narrow
hole in the top is p.'aitd on the front
hall table. The Valentines are slip
ped into the box daring the day.
After supper all coine together in the
assembly room; the box is opened, and
the valentines distributed to those
whose names are on them. It is need
less to say that no one of the Orpan
aje household is slighted.
Tim* year perhaps the best valen
tine of all was a live one, a little gir*
six years old by the name of Martha,
the sister of Sarah and Sergei Pes
trikoff. Her mother is dead and her
step mother disliking her treated her
with great harshness. Her father
brought her to ug. She is a good
child and is very happy in her new
home.
THE NEWS LETTER
KODIAK. ALASKA MARCH
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Thh Okphanaok Nkws Lkttrr,
Wood ltu«n, Kodiak Alaska.
Amongst the passengers on the
V/atfoi: arriving the esrlv part of the
month whs Rev Dunlap the pastor
of the Methodist Church at Seward,
who was on his way to Setdovia. He
came over to see the Orphanage and
spent several hours with us. We are
alwaysglad to have visitors come who
are interested in our work.
March came in like a lion with a
big storm. The much looked-for
snow felt in sufficient quantities to
makegood sledding and for two weak*
wa bad aome real winter weather.
One night for a few hours the mercury
hovered around the zero mark. The
•torra was in full force the eighth,
which is the date of Miss Marchie
Hines’ birthday. To celebrate the
day we had Mr. and Mrs. Uunaganat
dinner, and {or dercrt a beautiful
birthday cake with ice cream To
further mark the day two nice calves
were born at the barn. They were
promptly named, one "Marchie’’and
the other “Hines ” St. Patricks day
and the first day of Spring were cel
ebrated at the barn by the arrival of
two more calvea, who of course were
named “Pat” and “Spring.”