KODIAK ALASKA, MARCH 1919 Vol. XVIII. No. 12
What Do You Think ?
In many conspicuous places in tb*
States now- a-dayg one is confronted
with the word* “safety firal.” Should
those words he applied tothe Orphan
age here in Alaska? Which would
you aonsider the safest where there
are so many children, electric lights
or kerosene lamps? I hear you reply
unhesitatingly: “electric lights.”
Not only would they he the safest,
but all points considered, the most
economical also With the utmost care
lamp chimneys will get broken and
lamps too. In spite of all oui efforts
to economize it requires about 4.”>0 gal
of kerosene to carrv us through the
year. That would not be a great ex
pense were oil as cheap here as it is in
tb" States. Here it retails at 40 eta.
per gal. though we get it somewhat
cheaper than that. The quality, how
ever, of the best we can get is poor,
and when spring oomes oitr walls and
ceilings are so smoked up that a coat
of paint is necssary to make them
look clean no matter how carefully
they are washed. This is of course
another expense which electricity
would make iinnecasary.
There is no question e.s to which
would be the most convenient, and
give the most comfort.
In winter much of our work must
be done by lamp light. From 6 o’
clock till 9 A. M. and from 3 till 9 or
10 v m. the lumps are burning, and
this poor light is very ban! on the
eyes And the odor from the lamps,
no matter how scrupulously clean
tbey are kepi, is very disagreeable as
well as unhealthful.
It will require $800.00 to purchase,
install and * quip a plant to light our
buildings. The cost of running and
the up keep of the plant will be less
than we now pay for kerosene. Of
the $800 00 we have $1100.00 in sight.
Ourdifficnlty is in getting the other
$500.00. Whe t do you think about
helping us get it so that we can get
the plant installed before next fall ?
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A New Arrival
On the 2drd. of this month little
Annie Cohn came to live with us.
She is four years old, has dark eyes,
light hair and a very fair complexion.
The girls say she looks like a big
doll.
Her mother’s father was Mr. Snnd
berg, who cooked for the Orphanage
a number of years. He is now dead,
and her mother died of the “flu” last
Nov.
As we have one Annie in the fam
ily we call this little one Annie I,ou<se.
Louise washer mother's name
We hope Annie Louise will grow
up to be as nice and modest, a young
woman as her mother and as good a
housekeeper.