Moving Picture News (1911) . of some five cottages, or dormitories,besides the Homestead, which is really the teachers quarters,and which has a kitchen and dining-room attachrnent, theChildrens dining-room, which is a large, airy pavilion, theappropriate appellation, Fort Plenty, standing out open onall sides in bold gilt letters above its entrance, save the onebehind which is hidden the culinary department of the chil-drens quarters, and the beautiful chapel, artistic in architec-ture and decoration, with its panel windows of rich, softshadings, through which old Sol persistently pokes his li
Moving Picture News (1911) . of some five cottages, or dormitories,besides the Homestead, which is really the teachers quarters,and which has a kitchen and dining-room attachrnent, theChildrens dining-room, which is a large, airy pavilion, theappropriate appellation, Fort Plenty, standing out open onall sides in bold gilt letters above its entrance, save the onebehind which is hidden the culinary department of the chil-drens quarters, and the beautiful chapel, artistic in architec-ture and decoration, with its panel windows of rich, softshadings, through which old Sol persistently pokes his lin-gers, to lay them on the heads of the little ones assembledthere, as Jesus did of old, when he said, Suffer the littlechildren to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of suchis the Kingdom of Heaven. As you approach the portico shaped gate entrance, yousee standing out in bold relief on the side of the archwaythe words, I love God and little children; as you pass intoward the opposite side, your eyes fall upon the Let us live for the children, and on another side thewords, Fragile beginnings of a mighty end, prophetic ofthe ultimate result of a great work. This institution at the present time can accomrnodateabout three hundred children. The object of the institutionis to give to children who are absolutely without means toobtain a vacation two weeks of fresh air and country life inthis beautiful spot. It is so arranged that certain days eachweek a number of the children, having terminated their holi-day, are taken back to the city and another lot is taken outto iill the places of those that have gone. Children eligible to be sent to the Home are picked up byclergymen, Sunday school superintendents, day schoolteachers, and so on. Each child is examined by a doctorwhose services have been secured for the purpose beforebeing sent out, and if the child is found to have any con-tagious disease it is sent to the hospital or cared for in someway until it is in shape to ta
Size: 1869px × 1338px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectmotionpictures, booky
