Richmond Female Humane Association.
--We called last evening at the
Orphan Asylum of the above Association, and found the little orphans in the act of celebrating
Christmas by way of a feast, in conjunction with the little boys from the
Male Asylum, whom they had invited to partake with them.
It was truly a happy sight to see these children in their pure enjoyment, their faces radiant with smiles of happiness, as they gathered around their plain but well stocked board.
They also had a pretty
Christmas tree.
From the polite and kind matrons of the Male and the
Female Asylums, and from a lady who is a prominent officer in the Female Humane Association, we learn that these is situations are very much in need of funds, necessary for their maintenance.
Richmond was never yet backward in her charities, and her citizens need only to be shown where their good works are needed Here, then, they have an opportunity for charitable deeds.
Some of the sources of support have been suddenly withdrawn, and these good ladies are now much straitened to keep their noble work in operation.
The Female Asylum has thirty orphans, and it is with much difficulty that they can be fed and clothed.
They have energetic matrons to take care of them who express a determination to persevere in their efforts, although the funds of the Association are too low to pay their salaries.
Let our citizens come forward and do all in their power to relieve them from their embarrassments.
Let them remember, also, that some of these orphans are the children of soldiers, who gave up their lives for
Virginia, and left their little ones to the charities of the country for which they were sacrificed.
Contributions will be thankfully received by
Mrs. Lipscomb, Directress of the
Female Asylum, and
Mrs. Saunders, of the
Male Asylum.
