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OAK PARK, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, JULY1900:’en’CiS;ie•eIrnis3,*LCARE FOR FORSAKEN.MARY WESSELS FOUNDS A NEWCHARITY.A New ami Commendable Institution tor Hoys—I’!an» for the Future — BriefHistory of Its Organization — Ail. *Appeal.•Oak Park is in many ways affiliated with works of charity, but none is nobler nor more deserving of support than the children’s home for the destitute and forsaken put in operation for the first time last Monday evening by Miss Mary E. Wessels and her assistant, Miss Prebble, at 524 Menominee street. Some two years ago, the project was first thought of with, reference to Oak Park, but for various reasons did not materialize until the present time.The institution is to be called Children’s Home Hephzibah, and its text is taken from Ephesians 4:28. Stress is to be laid on Christian doctrines, but no adherence will be made to the teachings of any particular church. The candidates for admission are restricted to boys alone, between the ages of three and eight years.- Miss Wessels, its matron and founder, is j manifestedly competent to face whatever burdens or tests of exact judgment it may impose, as she had a long experience in Buffalo, N. Y., as matron of a similar home.4No doubt, many will be surprised to learn that the institution will be started on the insignificant sum of just $71. Of this $10 is from one donor and $1 isifrom another. Miss Wessels has furnished the remaining money.Of course $71 could not found a very large home, the 'house itself contains only nine rooms, so, from the very beginning, charity must be the main* stay of support. Only two or three little boys are to be fed and clothed as yet, but the present quarters is calculated to accommodate twelve. As the little chaps are brought in, finances will become more and more a paramount matter of consideration. Miss Wessels has in a manner secured the home against absolute poverty. She has obtained the appointment as agent for the “Life of Moody” andtheMoody-Colportage Library. She is a seamstress by trade, and therefore, can utilize without incurring financial outlay, any gifts of men’s or boys’ old clothes or anything in the line of garments. In fact, when it comes to the matter of donating, odds and ends of any sort may be of service. Bedding, furniture and provisions will be of chief importance in the start.1lt;1(ilt;v31lt;t3i111I1GREEN-HOFFMAN WEDDTNtt
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Oak Park Times
Oak Park, Illinois, US
Fri, Jul 06, 1900
Page 3
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