T!IK ORPHANAGE NEWS I FTTFR.
" vv. s recounted for !•*■ I It** 1 r 1 »e -
u?«; hrw». ih-iI in the Ureek Catholic
Church
\t first I >.. v i* 1. Peter, i ml Mphraitn
w-.- . one and the same to me Then
l was puzzled to distinguish between
• h» Philip and Phileep. This done
• -d toll iny t )l~en Johnn v Perrin
•tnl fohnnv I.owell to identify,
''.tuhiru; the children eat I notned
thev h id only a spoon. Why not
knive- and forks' You ask. Well
1 hey used to have them, but von
know . box s love for whittling
i be k nivrs ms ‘Oerious’v disappeared
Half the 1 .de w s broken off me re
m .itnler p r,te» and sharpened on
Hie i* r l 1st we .. nd in a few duvs
every one had j... ket knife.
In'watching them dav after day"!
h ii< I * hem iur t like other *m»vs. Thev
know how to w• *. k atu{ how to «hirk
• ht-v enjov paying and scrapping
.U)<1 ran 1 ox as wr 1 as mv hovs m
•he States
I'or music they have a marked tal
em -he ho\ wh« cannot carry a
tune «- the except ion and mu the rule.
I liey learn the an more readily than
the words 1 hat ‘here is <*n!\ a step
from the suMime to the ridiculous
v i>» pi en the other dav w hen a Ins
t \ voice i;oin the wu.od shed sang out:
' • Hail Carnation hav", having
itf’re intimate knowledge of that
brand of uolk than »>f royal customs.
J.»-tcuing t<> .mother singing: “I.e
the hat*tiers morally wave ” I
thought tlie sentiment not a bad one
for would it not he better ir the world
were morally rather than meri.ly
swayed
vlv economical soul has been im
pressed wit h the careful uud judicious
management of the mission/ I am
sure it will ’ «* a satisfaction to those
who send • • idi:ti< ms of > •«.thing t«»
know that every thine t* put to goou
n* .uni made tolas! as lotiti as patch
ing a nil repatching will make them
In tir.imltna Campbell's skillful
li.i mis «»I«1 svs caters - nine from the ma
chine warm winter caps. Ohl coats
make good working mittens. Worn
sheets and pi’low slips furnish the
hamlkerchiefs. Flour sacks become
e othes hags into w hich every boy s
garments are put after they have been
washed and mended.
Hverv bov’s outgrown suit is sure
to fit some other lev Kvery article
sen* will hr iust the si/e for some bov
of the 21. from tiny George to 6 ft
J ttnes.
Now I hear some one say ‘ her talk
is all about hoys. \ re there no irirIs?
Yes indeed. ind you must go f.tr to
tin-1 ;« nii er. neater and helter hehav
ed lot th.m our J4 tnissioti girls
Thev have a cottage of their own
ami I do not see as much of them as
of the hoys who live in the main
huil•.tntr with us Another time, if i
am permitted. I will tell you how
well thev sing, how neatly they mend
and d ru and how immaculate Winch
In? mi tor \ is kept under the direction
of their model matron. Miss Mr gen
zinger.
Thi** article would l o im ompiett if
i out not mention the general utility
mu. piv ucher. t.<rn;ei. (im tor, p; ini
e . *.-nhhler and music m.sier honim
iu one. the oupt. Only those on the
c and realize the lesponsn i » \ «.ml
at.Mi t s' coiuiu tri. w ith .ill Instil utU II
i f this kind: the perplexities that
tiseand discouragements that come
w hen one has dime his 1 est.
The worker.* in this mission nee-'
the sympathy and } layers of om
Ch. 1'iiaJi brethren to help them .r. ;»
the-, boys ami girls tt leo’ii’e iN-n
and 1 hrist like men .im wi uicu