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 LITTLE CHILDREN. 
 
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 Toronto, Canada, 
 
 1886. 
 
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SHORT FORM OF BEQUEST. 
 
 1 give and heqtisath fo the Hospital for Sick Children at Toronto 
 for the use of The Lakeside Home for LitUe Children, the sum 
 
 of 
 
 Trustees of The Lakeside Home for Little Children. 
 
 W. H. HOWLAND 
 
 A. S. Irving 
 
 John J. Withrow 
 Daniel Spry 
 
 J. Ross Robertson 
 
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 TUE LffiSIDE 1101 FOR LlTTll CDILDIN 
 
 THK PHAYKK FOR AN 1>*LANI. HOME 
 
 The eye^ Of tho little mvalid who looked 
 
 J!i„,- before t..o piicrimuReB to the Like 
 8ummei, i»'^^"^ , J, ,,„iv |,y a ecurrv over 
 
 ohUdren'B «»■""";', ""tt loun««r on Iho , 
 °"7 °,rtr." taH b fore they b%,hla»ay I 
 
 . V^lnial traits that the outlook yields 
 r'r.\Te X" with the aa.kno3B sleep 
 to the ^^^•.J'l^^^,,,^ that rack the tiny 
 = irth^cot^eJarnogu^^^ 
 
 children. 
 
 For m«..y of th. mvalid. «■« f'.'r^^/X: 
 „„„„„en..ed •'^^^^Jji:^:^^ in which 
 
 ° s "T e .ir o U nmrnir afford. The thought 
 
 f I. glow hat br....z..B from the o<-ol depth 
 
 Ik O tfrio worrld brine to the "J" f*"";,"' 
 
 „W,dre„ wor,. by the he^ ^ *»» "2. 
 
 Stirred Mrs. S. ^' .7'-"*u_- into 
 
 little ones. The pressing »««d t^': \^„"„'i^, 
 i„g was brou«lU out m U»e « venth 
 
 report, printed m 1883:- ""^«;"^ „f .^om 
 ot our present hospital is tUe w?"^^ "*^^,„,^ 
 ?or convalescents. Returning vigour means 
 a certain amount of noisy P^'-^V. and bo «l.u^ 
 are we to see the weak ones restored ^v gam 
 
 .. . .. !_ _i 1. ;^«r.aaiVii(i to nud It m oui 
 
 mat It i» aiuiuou mn^v- - - 
 
 I liearts to ttop their merry clatter. While 
 they are so noisilj joyous there may be 
 lyuiR in some room a child needing the 
 utmost quiet, and all we can do is to draw 
 tlie screen around it and keep it out of the 
 sight but not the sound of its romping com- 
 panions. Until the last two years we had 
 a friend in Barrie who allowed us to send to 
 her one child after another, but she lian 
 returned to her English home and no one 
 has offered to fill her place. It is our inten- 
 tion this summer, God willing, to egLablisU 
 a temporary oonvulescent iiospital on the 
 Island opposit'! our city. This will not only 
 be tor those poor little mortals wno have 
 passed througli their period of sickness with 
 us and are ou the roul to recovery, but for 
 the children of any who Inve not the oppor- 
 tuni;y of taking their ailing ones away tor \ 
 change of air. The rent of the house will 
 not be less than $150 for the season. There 
 will also be tlie expense of plain furnituro 
 oots and plenty of warm bed clotlies. Ihore 
 on the clear smooth sand these little ones can 
 play all day long in the stinshine and paddle 
 their tiny feet in tlie beautiful lake. Think 
 of children who have been m bed tor eight 
 years sitting by the wave-washed sliores ot 
 the lake. The fresh air and constant out. 
 (loor'lif^^ will prove a powerful healtli tonic 
 and unimagined iiappmess to these stricken 
 little ones: In tnis, as in all our other 
 works we will observe the principle 
 of asking none but God for the money needed 
 and we will trust Him to move the hearts of 
 His children to whom He has qiven much 
 of this world's goods to supply all our 
 wants." 
 
 THE PRAYER ANSWEBED. 
 
 On a quiet Sunday evening in the mid- 
 winter of 1883 three citizens sat talking over 
 
 u rent topics in the parlour of a Sherbourne 
 street residence. The conversation turned 
 
 nto a review of the work of the city ohari. 
 t"e8 A member of the party described a 
 
THiL I,AKESTDE HOME FOR LITTLE ChlLDREN. 
 
 visit to th : Hospital lor Sick Oiiildren. Tiie 
 remarlcable success of this institution sua^ 
 tained entirely by tlie freewwill otferiugs of 
 the charitable was the theme of Beveral 
 minutes' talk. This led on to refer- 
 epce to the need for i home on 
 thj Island where the li'.tle ones from 
 the mother hospital ciuld be hurried on in 
 th J \rny to recovery b; a month's sojourn 
 amia the breezes tliat are always sweeping 
 over old Oatario's expans ■ The fact 
 t'lat at the annual meeting of 
 the Hospital on the previous Fri- 
 day. Hon. S. H. Blake had eloquently 
 urged aonic of the wealthier friends to 
 contribute funds enough tn provide a plain, 
 homjly retreat on the Isliud, was mentioned. 
 The talk ovf i-tha needs of the little tenants 
 of tlieHospit'.l was continued until one ot the 
 trio quietly resolved to secure a building in 
 which the children could live during the hot 
 months. 
 
 Tne next morning action followed on the 
 decision and the Hospital diary thus 
 ^•eiioids as the event of Monday, 
 Feb. 6, the answer to an earnest 
 pray^T: — "A gentleman called to siy he 
 would give $1,000 towards building a Con- 
 valescent Home on the Island, if the 
 city would grant the land. We iiacl 
 only thought of renting a house for a home 
 and taking over a few child en at a time. 
 This 13 another proof of God's willingness 
 'to give abundantly abov. all that we can 
 a?k or think.' " 
 
 Work on the building was not far 
 advanced when the ladies interested realized 
 that the original donation of $1,000 was not 
 biiffijiont to complete and furnish the Home. 
 E,n^ Dr. Withrow cheerfully put the claims 
 of the Hospita before thousands of Canadian 
 children th'-ough 1 ^ columns of the MethO' 
 dist Sunday Schoo. journals. This efitorb 
 brougiit in miny small offerings from boys 
 and girls who were interested in. the stories 
 of the little suffeiers. Tiie contributions 
 from new supportei swore gratefully acknow 
 ledgod, but tlie foll(>'.vfing entry from "Our 
 .Diary "foi M;iy iSth shovs how large a sum 
 was needed to ensure the prompt completion 
 of the building: — 
 
 " $1,000 required by the Ist July for the 
 •Isl-md Hom3. ' We pi'ayed earnest y thai 
 our Heavenly Fatner would send us this 
 am)unt, as the house is bnng built, and we 
 have but littie more than $1,300 on hand" 
 
 ' / have called uoon Thee, for Thou, wilt 
 hear me, O God : incline Thin : ear unto me^ 
 and hear my speech.'^ — Ps. xvii. 6. 
 
 Tne work o: buildiig went un, but the 
 deficit; in the funds iVas not made good, 
 un 11 a fuller realization oi what the Hospital 
 
 was doing to alleviate the pains of suffering 
 children prompted the donor of ihe first 
 $1,000 to relieve the financial anxie y <'f the 
 ladies. The entry in "OurD.ary" for 
 June 8 h reads : — " We thank G k1 that the 
 same gentleman who gave us the $1,000 for 
 the 'Island Home ' sent us word not to be 
 anxious about tha other $1,000 needed as 
 he would supply it hims df. " 
 
 " Verily God hath heard me : He has 
 attended to thu voice of my prayer. Bcessed 
 be God, which hath not turned away from my 
 pray'r, nor His mercy from ■roe.'— Pa. xvi. 
 19. 20. 
 
 THE BUILLiNG OF THE HOME 
 
 At the outset ihe idea was to either rent 
 or buy a bnilding for the Horn s. The old 
 cub house on the centre of the Island, near 
 the Yacht Club moorings, was looked over. 
 jiut the loaation did not suit and the house 
 had not space for the cots of the little ones. 
 Qjlier buildings were inspected but none ap- 
 proached the ideal ot a Convalescent Home. 
 Tne failure to find a "ready-made " build- 
 ing brought about a consultation between 
 tlie donor and the ladies controlling the 
 hospital. The talk resulted in a decision to 
 huve plans prepared for a Home to be er diet- 
 ed on a site that the Propei-by Committee 
 promised to grant free oi expense. A plot 
 of ground of five acres near where the street 
 that straggles south from the ferry landing at 
 Ranlan's takes an easterly curve to es- 
 cape a terminus \\\ Lake Oi^tario, was 
 chosen. Tne lighthouse and fog bell 
 station breaii in on the sandy plain that 
 surrounds the site. On all sides there is 
 romping space for hundreds of children, and 
 it was the scope for freedom that the little 
 ones coiild en]oy that commended this 
 location over the disadvantage of nearness 
 to the occasionally tolling fog bell, Tiie 
 City Council readily granted a lease of the 
 p.'operty as the conveyance states, " So that 
 a Convalescent Heme for Sick Ciiildren could 
 be erected thereon in connection with the 
 "Hospital for Sick Cnildren." 
 
 After the transfer of the site had been 
 completed the preparation ot a plan iOi the 
 bnilding engaged attention. Mr. Mark 
 Hall, the arclntect, kindly volunteered his 
 valuable services, and specifications for a 
 structure with a centre elevation and one 
 wing, were soon the b:isis of geverai tenders. 
 Con-ractsfor the woodwork v^ere awarded 
 and Mr. John J. Withrow generously con- 
 sented to sup rvise tne work of erection on 
 btiha't of the donor. 
 
 Before the late March gales had freed the 
 ba" th" rn^tevi.i! for the Home bad beeu 
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THE LAKESIDE HOME FOR LITTTE CHILDREN. 
 
 in early April saw a large force of workmen 
 oil tho j,'roiind. The foundation timoers 
 were quickly jointed, and the framework of 
 the Home commonced to rise. The useful- 
 ness of the work animated even the hum- 
 blest wielder of a tool. One of tliem — a 
 plain, ruugh man — rcmj'rked tarnestly that 
 it ever m his life he turn<3d a hand in a good 
 cause it was in the building of this retreat 
 tor the sick ones. By the end of May the 
 carpenter work was verging on completion. 
 In the third week in Ju.ie the woodworkers i 
 abandoned the Home to the painters and j 
 glaziers The interior was finislied in clear, 
 unvarnished pine, but the outside walls, 
 main roof and verandahs were biigh ly 
 toned by coats of clierey glowine colour. 
 The last artizan quit the building on July 3. 
 Next day the furniture was ferried over 
 from the city, and wiiline: hands speedily 
 worked the tilings into liomerlike array. 
 This task over and the " Lak( side Home for 
 Little Children," as the building had been 
 named by thi; donor, was ready to shelter 
 the young invalids who were sweltering in 
 the July heat at their sultry quarters in the 
 old hospital. 
 
 THE CONDITIONS OF THE RIFT. 
 
 The acceptance of tiiH first donation of 
 SI, 000 for the Lakeside Home, by the ladies 
 eiiguged in the work ot the hospital, involved 
 the observance or four conditions governing 
 the gift. Tliese were (1) that admission to 
 the Hospital for Sick Children on Eiizibeth 
 street, as well as the Convalescent Home on 
 the Island, should be forever open to the 
 children of Piee and Accepted Masons be*" 
 longing to tiie Grand Lodge of Canada ; (2) 
 that the name of the donor should not be 
 made public ; (3) that the donation should 
 l)e known as a gift from a Master Mason ; 
 (4) that the city corporation Hhould grant 
 a site for the buihluiijon the Island. 
 
 The donor's desire to keep the source of 
 the contributions a secret from tiio general 
 public was not p 'rmnneutly regarded. His 
 identity passed beyond the limited circle 
 directly interested in the work, and one of 
 the morning papers of the city first publicly 
 linked tlie *' gift of a Master Mason," with 
 the name of Mr. J. Ehh Robertson, proprie- 
 tor of the Totonto bioi ninr/ Teieqram, and a 
 member of King Solomon Lodge, No. 22, 
 A. P. & A. M., Grand R-gistry of Canada. 
 Tiie association o; Av. Robertson's name 
 with the Lakeside Home proved to be a 
 practical financial help in the work. His 
 wide acquaintance among the leading 
 Masons of the province, gained in years of 
 membership in tho Grand Lodge, gave 
 scores of Canadian Craftsmen a direst, 
 
 almost personal, interest in the success o^ 
 the Homi" to winch their friend had con- 
 tributed. This interest did not spend itself 
 in fruitless aympatliy, but lil)eral jjiftp to 
 the institution from Masons from all over 
 the country show what the hospital has 
 gained by the failure to observe the condi- 
 tions in their integrity. 
 
 With the final contribution to the building 
 fund the following note was addressed to 
 Mr.s. S. P. McMaster, President of the Hos- 
 pital for Sick Uliildren : — 
 
 " Dear Madam,— T beg to enclose my cheque 
 for the balance of my donation, two thousand 
 dollars, for the erection ot a building on thn 
 Island for convalescentchilctrenof the Hospital 
 for Sick Children of Toronio : the buihlino: to 
 be called The Lakeside Home for iattle C;hil- 
 dren. 'i'he conditions attached to the gift are 
 that the snck children of Freemasons, on V)eing 
 propcrl J recommended by any one of the follow- 
 iiiK, Alessrs. [)anicl Spry, of liarrie, J. A. Hen- 
 derson, of Kincrston, George Birrell. of London, 
 J. J, Mason, of Hamilton, J. G. Rurns, of To- 
 ronto. I'avidMcLellan, of Hamilton, and W. J. 
 Hambly, of Toronto, shall be admitted to the 
 Lakeside Home on the Island, or the Hospital 
 for *ick Children, TorontOf free of ehar:re. <jf 
 course it is understood that tlie rules laid down . 
 for the admittance of children must be con- 
 formed with. 
 
 " Youvs truly, 
 
 "J. liOSS liOBERTSOX." 
 
 When the building was ready for occupa- 
 tion Mrs. McMaster forwarded the follow- 
 ing summary of the conditions of the gifc 
 and names of the gentlemen who possessed 
 the right of presentation to the Lakeside to 
 the Grand Master : — 
 
 "Toronto, June 2ith. 1883. 
 
 " Dinict Spry. Esq., Grand Master of the 
 Grand Lodge of Canada, A. F. & A. M., 
 Burrie, Unt: 
 
 " Dear Sir.— As you are probably aware, Mr. 
 
 J. R. i:. has, at a cost of §2,000, erected a builcl- 
 
 ing on the Island as a Convalescent Home for 
 
 I the little ones in the Hosnital for 8ick Children, 
 
 Toronto, Jt isCiilled the. 'lake ide Home for 
 
 Little Children.' One of the conditions upon 
 
 which the grant has been made is that the door 
 
 of this institution, as well as that of the 
 
 . 'Hospital for SicU Children,' in Toronto, shall 
 
 '< always be open to the children of the Masonic 
 
 I fraternity. It becomes my pleasing duty to 
 
 I convey a notification to this effect to you as 
 
 j Grand Master of the Granu Lodtre of Canada, 
 
 , supplemented with a request that presentation 
 
 for admission must be accomoanied by the ip- 
 
 ; commendation of at least one of the following 
 
 ' members of the Craft : Messrs. Daniel Spry, of 
 
 Marrie. John J. Mason and David Mcl.cllan, of 
 
 Hamilton, James A. Henderson, of Kingston, 
 
 George i3irrell, of London, and Joshua G- Hums 
 
 and William J. Hambly, of Toronto. Will you 
 
 be good enough to formally convey to me your 
 
 acquiescence in this proposal which I am sure 
 
 will meet with your ful approbation as well as 
 
 that of tne Craft generally? I am 
 
 sure that vou. as the chief officer of the Craft. 
 
 will fully appreciate the geueruus doiiution.and 
 
 hope, with us, that it will be the means of light- 
 
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 THF LAKKSIDE fiOME FOR LITTLE CHILDREX 
 
 eninR tbe burden of many a little one upon 
 whom the hand of sicknoss has been laia. 
 " Yours truly. 
 
 " L. McMaster. 
 
 The next day brought the toilon'ing 
 cwirteoiis ackn'owh'dgment of the notice 
 from thu Grand Master on behalf of the 
 
 Craft :— , v x , 
 
 " Baruie. 4th July. 
 
 •* Dear Madam. -T am in receipt of your 
 letter of the 251 h nit., informmg me of the 
 eenerous donation of S-'.OOO made b.v Mv. J. K. 
 R towarfi the erection of a buildmg as a Oon- 
 valesceut Home in connection with the Hospi- 
 tal for sick Children, Toronto : and stating that 
 one of the conditions upon which the trrant has 
 been made is that children of members of the 
 IMasonic Fraternity shall be admitted on the 
 recommendation of at least one of 
 the number of brethren named, inciuo. 
 intj myself. 1 cheerfully accept the trust 
 which mv esteemed friend desires me 
 to ocenpy. and, should occasion olTer, wi/1 avail 
 myself of the oppor'unities ottered. As 1 am 
 aware vou are a daughter of a Freemason who 
 wa=i loved and respected for his generosity and 
 kind regard for all who required his aid. I shall 
 look with favour towards an institution with 
 w^liich ! he Craft is now to some extent identi- 
 fied, and shall have no hesitation in recom- 
 mending children for admission to the Ho^pi^ 
 tal Nurserv, that among the generous ladies 
 who are eivzaged in this good worK, at least one 
 has been taught the true principles of Free- 
 masonry. 
 
 "Very faithfully yours, 
 
 •'Daniet, St^BY. Grand Master. 
 
 THE JOURNEV TO THE LAKESIDE. 
 
 The young tenants of tlie white cots in 
 the mother hospi'al wero open-eyed early on 
 Thursday, July 5th, 1883. Tiie morning 
 sunshine that beamed in hotly through the 
 shaded windows liglit.'d rooms busy with 
 the quiet bustle of friends hurrying forward 
 arrangements for the flitting to the lake 
 shore, Peeping out from the cots were the 
 sickly faces of litile ones worn by pain and 
 w.ary with the sultry weeks spent in close 
 city qii irters. Longindy they had awaited 
 the day set for tlie voyage into the— to these 
 weak children— unknown region of smoked- 
 less sunlight and wave-washed siiore. Close 
 to the windows opunme on Elizabeth street 
 the strongest of the young lodgers sat. They 
 were dressed for the journey, and trolled 
 out their joy in snatches from the quaint 
 hymns of childhood while they watched for 
 the approach of the shipiike pleasure vans 
 that were to carry them to the ferry. The 
 rumble of every wheel on the dusty roadway 
 started a piping hurrali among the little 
 sentinels. As the two ponderous vans halted 
 before the door che lusty shout oi the 
 watchers was echoed by the feebler voices of 
 the little pallid boys and girls stretched in 
 helpless suffering on their cots. The ap- 
 pearance of the" Queen's Own Ambulance 
 
 Corps, under Sergeant MjMinn, was weU 
 comed by the young travellers. One by 
 one tlie volunteers gently carried tlie chil- 
 dren to couches on the quilt-covered straw 
 in tiu! bottom of the vans. When all were 
 either resimg on the straw or held in the 
 anna of nurses or volunteers, the' 
 order for departure was given. The 
 big w;iggons rolled softly off for York street 
 wharf, where the Island ferry LueUa Avas 
 waiting for the cruise to the lake side. As 
 the vans wheeled out of view the voices ot 
 the youngsters rung out a cheery farewell 
 to the squat, homely, old hospital building, 
 that, surrounded bv a setting of stuffy 
 cottages, stood bakiuK in the July sunshine. 
 Then ihe eyes of the little pilgrims turned 
 away to view the novel sketch' s of life thut 
 the journey to the whaif revealed. The 
 trip throucrn the streets was the opening ot a 
 joyous vision of healthy happy life to these 
 yrung prisoners of disease. After months of 
 pent up residence inside the four walls of a 
 hrspital room one glimpse of the jo^voua 
 bustle of the streets was enough to bring a 
 sliade of the old glow back to the palest 
 cheek. As tiie vans rumbled over tiie blocks 
 on the Esplanade a sight of the rushing loco- 
 motives brought out a ehorns of " Olis " 
 that was renewed as the caravan stopped 
 beside the puffing Luella. From the vans 
 the ambulance men carried the young 
 voyageurs to mattrassea on the deck of the 
 ferry. A look at the patient, pain-worn 
 little faces and shrunken forms touched the 
 roughest of the dock loungers who stood by. 
 The eyes of strong men were dimmed with 
 the dew of kindly sympathy as they watched 
 the children smile through their suffering 
 while the steamer backed out from the 
 landing. The voyage across the bay was a 
 new joy to the little ones. As the Luella 
 was headed for the western gap their eyes 
 roamed over the prospect of city, lake and 
 island. The tall chimnies the Luella was 
 leaving astern, the skiffs darting over the 
 bay, the white sailed yachts and the squat, 
 high -decked propellors were all discoveries. 
 Their shrill little voices were soitnding out 
 the tidings of these gladsome sights as the 
 Lu-Ua rounded for the private wharf neart he 
 lakeside. All eyes were then waiting for a 
 first sight of the long-expected Island 
 Home. As Mrs. McMaster pointed out 
 the building beside the light-house the 
 children shouted out their gladness. Soon 
 the Luella steamed into the dock. Again 
 the members of the Ambulance Corps did 
 their kindlj office. Gently the Jtraveilers 
 were carried over the wide verandahs -nto 
 the bright dining room of the Home. ^^"'^ 
 some of the Island residents had prepared 
 
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THE LAKESIDE HOME FOR LITTLE CHILDREN. 
 
 luncli for the little ones. All joined with 
 a heaniness that indicitecl the tirst refresh- 
 ing result of the lake breezes. After lunch 
 th^" cots of the weakest of the uiuiates were 
 wheeled out on the upper verandah. LyuifiJ 
 here their little faocs lighted up as they 
 watched thir stronger comr;ul-'a revei in 
 the sand before thb dome. Th," chang ■ 
 trom the heated air and shaded sunslnne ot 
 the uj)per rooms in the mother hospital to 
 the sunny freedom of the lake slioro glad- 
 dened ali the children. Those who were 
 strong enougii romped joyously until the 
 evening hour and the g ize of the weaker 
 sutferers followed the sport from the cots 
 above. As the sun was siuknig behind the 
 fringe of forest on the west shore of the lake 
 the voices of the little ones joined in the grate- 
 fnl measure of "Glory to Ihee, My God This 
 Night." A little while later and sleep had 
 stilled" the pains of the inmites. The day 
 that made She retreat in fact as in name, 
 " The Lakeside Home for Little Childreu, " 
 was over 
 
 THANKSGIVING SEKVICES AT LAKE.SIDB. 
 TliechiUlren had settled down to the 
 enjoyment of life in their summer quarters. 
 Long days spent in the freedom of outdoor 
 sunshine soon tinted the pallid cheeks of the 
 li tie invalids with the ruddy tone of liealth. 
 When the ooniusion of the mouing was 
 over and all the inmates were thriving amid 
 the new surroundings, the ladies of the 
 Hospital fixed Friday, July 19th as the date 
 for commemorating the completion of the 
 Lakeside Home by a special service of 
 thanksgiving. A city newspaper in its issue 
 of July 20ch thus describes this service ;— 
 
 THE LAKESIDE HOME. 
 
 Thecommudious diuine-roomof the "Lake- 
 side Home for Little Children" was tilled 
 with a large and interested audience yester» 
 day afternoon, at the time announced for 
 the opening of tlie thanksgiving services 
 connected with the opening of the Hoir.e 
 Before the hour of commencing the exercises 
 a large number of the visitors inspected the 
 dormitories, and the completeness of all the 
 interior arrangements of the Home ehcited 
 much favourable comment. The children in 
 their cots were wheeled out on to the roomy 
 verandah, where they lay drinking in the 
 pure lake breeze and eagerly scanning the 
 countenances of all the new arrivals to dis- 
 cover old acquaintances. The little ones 
 have improved wonderfully during the short 
 sojourn 'in their new home, and the favour- 
 able change in their appearance effected by 
 th*^ hraciuff air and temperate atmosphere of 
 their new quarters was the subject of gen- 
 eral approval. 
 
 Mr W. H. Howland presided at the ser- 
 
 vices in the dinins; room, and after sinfiing 
 and nrayer by the R^v. Mr. Brookman, he 
 briefly related the hibiory of the Home from 
 its inception to the present time. He said 
 that the institution was a work of faith, and 
 was sustained by nothing but simple reliance 
 on the Lord for everything needed. Ti.« 
 " Lakeside Home " was the result of faith in 
 prayer. One of the lady maniigers had been 
 impressed with the need of it for a v ar pre • 
 viouw to the annual mooting of 1883. At 
 this meeting it was simply stated thai it was 
 desirable to have the Home. Th>' gentleman 
 who gave the money n*icessary to build the 
 Home gave it in the honest, Seriptui al way. 
 He wished to ac up to the Biblical ins ruc- 
 tion, and it was against his wishes that his 
 name was made public. In conclusion, Mr. 
 Howland spoke at length on the benefits 
 which the children were deriving from their 
 new home. Their rosy cheeks and bright 
 eyes were in marked contrast to their pale 
 faces a few weeks ago. and spoke volumes 
 for the health-giving properties of their new 
 location. 
 
 After prayer by the Rev. P. McF. McLeod, 
 Mr. Clarke Gamble was called on and de- 
 livered a short address, in which he said that 
 the change that had come over the cliiidren 
 during their short residence on the Island 
 was simply marvellous, and when it was re- 
 membered from wnat a small beginning this 
 work sprang the faith ol all present should 
 be greatly increased. 
 
 Dr. Castle, in response to the ehairman'a 
 call, said that they were forbidden by the 
 principles on which the institution was 
 founded, to extol any human instrumentah- 
 ty. The motto of these connected with the 
 work was " not unto us, but unto Thy Great 
 Name be all the glory." He had always 
 I attended the anniversaries of the Children's 
 Hospital, and had always gone to them with 
 greac pleasure, because in every instance he 
 had found much to strengthen him and to 
 encourage spiritually, and to enable him to 
 him feel that the Unseen Being was a present 
 and a living being. At the last annual 
 meeting in February it was first stated tnat 
 this Home had been asked tor. He kne^.>' 
 that it was in the heart of one good laay 
 throughout the whole previous year to plead 
 with God thar an institution like this should 
 be established in connection with the 
 Children's Hospital. But it was not until 
 the annual meeting in Fel)ruary last that it 
 was publicly hinted that it was de- 
 sirable to have a building where the 
 convalescent children from the Hospital 
 could spend the aumm-r. Many oi the 
 friends of the Hospital thought that such a 
 building would come in course of time. 
 
THE LAKKSIDE HOME FOR LITTLE CHILDREN. 
 
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 When, therefore, before a week liad passed 
 it was learned that the neoesaary aino.iut 
 had been promiaod tor iis erection tlioy 
 were almost startled. But no one knew at 
 the time that *' He who workoth in sucn t " 
 was moving the heart of one of thfir fellow 
 citizens. It was a good tliinfj that he had 
 the moans to do it, and never did he spend 
 two I houaind dollars that will give him so 
 much pleasure— a pleasure that will last all 
 through his sojourn on earth, and when he 
 came to die h^' would have tlue satisfaction 
 of knowinft that his good deed was remem- 
 bered by Him who has said tiiai " inas- 
 much as ve did it unto the leas; of these 
 little one's ye did it unto Me," After com- 
 pl. men ling the ladi-s in charge of the Home, 
 Dr. Cuslle took his seat. The chairman 
 theu called on Mr. J. Ross Robert- 
 son, who said that the building 
 spoke tor itself, and it was almost uiiueces- 
 sary for him to say one word moie in con. 
 nection with what he had been able to do in 
 the estfvblisnmnit of a Convalescent Home, 
 where, during the summer months, helpless, 
 innocen t and inoffensive little ones of the city 
 could get tliat nourishment anil live in an 
 atmosphere that would tend to promote 
 their physical welfare. He was very grate, 
 ful for what he had been able, tiirougli Pro- 
 vidence, and to a limited extent, to do for 
 the children, and trusted hat what he m a 
 small way had been able to coinm-.'nce, would 
 in the time to come be gr a ly improved 
 upon, so that the Home would extend, and 
 not only be a benefit to the little (mes in the 
 mother' hospital in Toronto, but also to the 
 childre.i in similar institutions, who would 
 be benefitted by a change of scene and air. 
 He felt very thank lul to the citiz-ns of To- 
 ronto throueh whose good-will it was that 
 he had been able to ereat the Home, and 
 trusted that in a few years he would bo able 
 to do more to make the institution complete. 
 All present were awan- that one ot the con- 
 ditions on which tlie Home was given was 
 that the children of Fie» masons should 
 always be admitted on the presentation of 
 certain piominent members of the Order. 
 Charity was one of the cardintii principles of 
 Freemasonry, and after they had nlieved 
 the distresses of the brethren— for rightly 
 the first claim comes within the cratt, as 
 one's own family would be provided for 
 before those who had no claim — they could a! • 
 leviate the misfortunes of others. But Masonry 
 stimulates to good works, and what jause 
 could be better aided outside the Craft than 
 that of helping the little ones who cannot 
 help themselves. He had originally intended 
 to carry out the Scripture injui.ction, to 
 ••not let the right hand know 
 
 what the left hand doeth,'* but 
 uiifoitunately in one way, and tortunately in 
 an(jtlier,he had not been allowed to carry out 
 his inieution. Unfortunately, because per~ 
 sonally he would have pr»'feired tha: it 
 should never be known who gave the funds 
 to erect the building. On the other iiand. 
 It was fortunate that it was known that he 
 iiad given the building, the sympaihy of 
 many of his frieiuia in the city ami through- 
 out the province being enlisted on behalf of 
 the Hospital for Siok Children. At the 
 meeting of the Masonic Graad Loiige of 
 Canada at Ottawa last week, the members 
 assembled expressed much satisfaction on 
 liarniiig that one of their number had taken 
 an active interest in the worK. of the Hospital, 
 and he was hopeful that the instituiion 
 would uoL only gain the sympathy of the 
 Craft, but also their support. He hoped 
 that in a year or two tiie Home would be 
 enlarged by the addition of another wing, 
 and tne grjundfe W(iuld be beautified so that 
 all the surroundings of the children might be 
 of a bright and cheerful character. For his 
 own part he was amply repaid tor the little 
 he liad done by the sight of the liith! ones as 
 they lay in their cots on the verandah 
 bnathing the pure air and basking in tiie 
 bright sunshine that would go a long way 
 towards hastening their phvsi(!al recovery. 
 Afier thanking the audience for their atten- 
 tion, Mr. Robertson took his seat. 
 
 This cone uded the exercises, and after the 
 Rev. Mr. McLeod had pronounced the nene- 
 diction, the audience dispersed, 
 
 TIIK FIUST SUMMEK AT LAKI.STPE, 
 After ilie eXGiteiueoL or tlu; opining was 
 past, the young convalescents settled 
 into the routine of enjoying the free 
 open life on the lake shore. Before the 
 waves had long been glowing ui tier the 
 first rays of the early sunshine the plaintive 
 Toices from the Home would blend in the 
 notes of the morning hymn. After bi^-ak- 
 fast the sandy flats alouuti were dotted with 
 little bent forms ot i)oys and girls, forget* 
 ting their pains in the glory of digging in the 
 sand or gathering the simple Island flowers 
 to cheer their helpless companions in the 
 cots. But this extract from Mrs McAlaster's 
 annual report as secretary describes, better 
 than an outsider can, the joys of that first 
 summer at the Lakeside : — The nurses kept 
 the children out of doors as much as possible, 
 never al owing them to be alone a moment ; 
 10 take out in a boat any who could go, 
 and to wheel those who could not, in the 
 carriages brought over for the piirpose^ 
 euher up the sidewalk, or to the water's 
 edge, to see the waves roll in ; gathering 
 wild flowers, shells and luckston^ s, for and 
 
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THE LAKE81DE HOME FOR LITTLE ClllLDKEN. 
 
 
 
 with them I in short, to do everything to 
 iniiko tiieirsmy 111 tin; Lakesido Homo as 
 happy as posiibU) ; ever turniiij{ their minds 
 to the Giver of ail good, who sent all this 
 for their happiiioBS and usn, 
 
 When tU isu who ooiild walk were taken 
 out th(> fir.st day, and told that Qjd had 
 planted all thuso fl )Wori (ohi ;fly clover bloa- 
 8om, m argil or i tea and sand vines) for them, 
 that they might gather all tboy ohoae, 
 little aprons and haudb were very aoon full, 
 and the lady who w;ih with them, was 
 decorated with blosBom-i as lovely as any 
 hot-liou-<f flowers to iheHu poor little ones, 
 whoacbes^ only saw cue flowers; then, 
 quick as thous^ht, leave was b "ijged to carry 
 f>flf their troaau es, some to Mabel, Tommy, 
 Janie and otiiers, who could not g ^t about ; 
 and the delight ot tliost- flower bedecked, 
 bad-ridden iittle patientA, can only bt 
 im iginod, not described, 
 
 Tnc puUintf o" clover blossoms was by 
 general consent excluded fiom their list of 
 flow rs to be gathered, when tliey under- 
 stood in these G )d ki'pt the honey for the 
 ••Bees' dinner. " Digging in the sand was 
 a'so a surprise, for they found on trial that 
 it would not dirty them, and that if they 
 dutrat all deep, water w.is always there ; ho 
 new W'lls were dug tor the Secretary as she 
 went np each day to mornuig prayers with 
 the little ones, and their attendants. A 
 verse of Scripture was also prepared fo • her 
 evi ry morning, and thus during tiie season 
 several chapters of God's Word were safely 
 8*^ored in their little minds for future; use. 
 
 During the summer, frequont s orms oc- 
 onrred miking them afraid ; so we taught 
 tham Psalm xciii. 4. "Tlie Lord on high is 
 mifihtier than the noise of many waters, yea 
 tlian the mighty wave^ of the sea," and 
 Psalm Ixxxix, 9, " Tiiou ruiest the raging of 
 the sea ; when the waves thereof arise thou 
 F'Jliest them :" and because they could not 
 understand why the angry curling waves did 
 not run right up and cover the whole Island, 
 we taught them Jereniiah v. 22, " Fear ye 
 i;ot Me, saith the Lord, will ye not tremble 
 at my Presence wiiich have plvced the sand 
 for a bound for the sea, by a perpotual 
 decree, that it cannot pass it ; and though 
 the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can 
 they no^. prevail; though they roar, yet can 
 they not pass over it ? '' One day, when the 
 waves were very high making such a noise 
 as they broke on th ; sftore that the 
 approaching footstep could not be heard, 
 we found two little girls standing close to 
 them, shouting with quite a defiant voice r — 
 "Tliough they toss themselves, yet can 
 they not prevai ; though they roar yet can 
 they not pass over it," bacause " the Lord 
 
 on high is mighti'T than the noise ot mmy 
 waters, yea than the miglity wav s of the 
 sea ! " Lessons, learned i::;iter such cireum 
 stances, will never be forgotten. 
 
 The shor or d lya of in ddle September 
 found the children still at the Lnkeiide. An 
 invitation to the institutions for juveniles to 
 sond any of their ailing iiimites to the 
 Island brought twelve worn iittle strang- 
 ers to the Home. The diary for S pt. 25 h 
 records? — "Tne fira application for iho 
 admission of the child of a Mason wa-< re- 
 ceived to-d ly ai the Lvkcsid ; Home. We 
 are sorry he did not, come earli»'r in the 
 season, when the days were warmer and 
 long r." 
 
 The coming of cloudy days and chilly 
 nights warned the inmates that the lime for 
 flitting cityward was n ;ar. The 1 ist days of 
 Sjptember ended a season duiing whicii 
 forty-nine little children of affl o ion had 
 been weaned back to health by longer or 
 shorter sojourns at the Home. O.i a 
 b; urb*^^ autumn morning a ferry steamed into 
 the . elding on the west shore. This time 
 the work of th • ambulanc) men detailed to 
 carry th- children from their cots was 
 lighter. Little ones who had boan bi^rne 
 from point to p>inton the trip to the H om'J 
 in July trudged merrily along to the steamer. 
 All were soon 01 board, and the little ones 
 cheere'i out a farewell to the kindly shel er 
 of the Lakeside. The report thus d ■scribes 
 the leave-taking !— •* Many of the children 
 who had been carried up by the Ambulance 
 C)rpswere able themselves to walk to the 
 f jrry. The little folks were all very sorry 
 to leave us, and as the boat steamed out 
 bearing them homo handkerchiefs and now 
 unncc'ssary crutch "S wer ; waved back at us 
 in tarewellas we watched them away from 
 the wharf." 
 
 A LOOK AT THE LAKESIPE HOME. 
 The engraving shows the Lakeside Home 
 as it was in the summer of 1883. Then it 
 included a central elevation and a south 
 wing. In the plana ther e was an effort to 
 unite the useful and ornam mtal. The r suit 
 is a structure that strik s the passer-by wit'i 
 its attractive outline and meets all th? 
 requirements of convenience and comfort. 
 It is constructed of woid throughout. A 
 boad stairway aonnects two floors with a 
 united area of 3,600 square feet. On thi 
 ground floor there are a large dining room, a 
 pantry, kitchen, board room and two large 
 apartments for the use ot the Matron. On 
 the second floor there is a large hall, on 
 either side of which is a large ward tor the 
 use of the boys and girls respecively. 
 Opening from these wards is a smaller room. 
 
THE LAKESIDK UOMK FOR LITl LK CHILPRRN. 
 
 ^,,i.h i. ocoap.ea \f^^^^Zt\n.\ ..f the 
 :::,ris" comrod..«- bath room arted up 
 r .irmlshadv v.a»d.il. niuH rouiul the 
 ues aim" i.„:-ht •ind is rcao \i'u uy 
 
 Here ?i?c t^eT,.».M<l» aro pl,u.;d <lu.-,ng 
 Here uic 1.1. . fl„„j,,„ ,.n(l on nhe hottest 
 portioi.s of each fine (1 y. »n ' 
 5av thev recoiv.' the full i"'"' " oi «"' »^ 
 brnzes which blow in from thn broad .x- 
 bie(ze8wu Ontario. A laun.iry an< 
 
 pa„H.. of Lake U ^^^ ^,^^^ ^,,^^ 
 
 :;\te buUa nga'li an'amplo supply of pure 
 water Soufi'l.t from the I Ac by m.ans of 
 .1 vfindmill on (he lake shore. 
 
 T is sketch, facing the title page 
 aeS.es the Ho.no a^ .t jas .int., 
 
 J!!;.::a'Sth^H\'f^Bi,ofr^o30urns at%.o 
 LSe.«n.^gU..hot.;muv^ 
 
 !S''no;-%rtr^i^.naibu.iding 
 
 anxious to .nbrgo tho Homo's circle of use- 
 Tn\uZ. He aimed at extending M.e advan^ 
 t vJeB of a few weekB' rosicience at the 
 LOceaide to weakly children f-om such 
 U. stations as the Boys' ^-^^^^^^^^ 
 - T f 4-^' Wf^mcu Karlv in looo lu' P' O' 
 rcd\o add a dupilcat"ot^he south wing 
 
 ^'^>^'S:;-!-^*bJf:iTspStn/\^Sr; 
 
 m that children from other city chanties 
 ih^mdoe admitled to The Lake.ule Honie 
 Sub ct to tho control of the Management ot 
 ?he Hospital for Sick Children. T'u..se con- 
 ditimiB met with the hearty approb;^tion o 
 the trustees of the mother hospi.a? '..ul 
 
 entire building was occupied. 'f^^"" 
 moieiled structure is thus described bj^a 
 writer in a local newspaper who ^.pent An \ 
 Hour ao Tiie Lakraide Home. 
 
 0. the plank route of trave but away 
 bc-yond the usual limit of the Island- 
 s Ser'a tramp, the brown wa Is dai^ 
 verandahs and ruddy-tinted roof of The 
 LakS Home for Little Children break 
 the bareness ot the sandy plain that stretches 
 south from the end of the stiagghng 
 row of summer cottages almost to the wa- 
 ter's edge. The wmdmiil on the =hors 
 shades the west frontage 1-e marked by the 
 aidpwalk that runs from Han Ian s. The 
 Picket fenced fog-bell station and the little 
 olaeterof stunted willows around the white- 
 
 washed lichthouso buildinuH h.-m m the 
 enclosure south of th. Home Jat- 
 visitor who on a hunuy afternoon 
 tir Hot! the plank road on to the tootway 
 ead.ng up to the main door finds the strong- 
 sTof^h^ resident, sporting m the shady 
 ipots on the sandy front. Their TO.ces .uiv. 
 anturdyrinf. and 'hey go into the r pay 
 with all the cn.rgv of health A month h 
 "xp-riono" of the lake breezes has ud^ranoed 
 thLo ch.ldron so far on the road to health 
 t at ft glance recognizes in the browned aces 
 rth' «and but f .int likeness to t^.e l.tUe 
 inralids lauded at th. H-.me a few weeks 
 i^nce. When the entiane. st.ps are clea ed 
 the front door opens into 'L,^'"'^!''. " "' .^y 
 furnished reception rooni. /»""» here tne 
 
 lower flat of the -»g^ ^^ j'J'k S tlYs 
 ru;^^tntX^l;e convalescent 
 
 Ldsar placed. Close to the wide windows 
 K?ng on the western verandah a row ot 
 ■"glScradles tor the little i^r;-;; -- 
 the Infants' Home are ranged, l'^^' ^''^ ^ "^^ 
 are vacant, and outside on tne shady veran- 
 dahThe li^eltest of their tenants are end- 
 ing among heaps of, "^TT r,\''^l.-^i'r 
 crowing out their childish c ee Ihe Nveaker 
 mfants sit quietly in their lit.lechai 8^ At 
 tunes their eyes turn wearily from the 
 b git Utke view to rest with passing in er 
 es on th- antic of the ehoery toddleis 
 .rou d But the want of a mother's care is 
 w ilen in ,h.. pinched lines of these worn 
 little faces. It 18 on the weary eyes. : ui-.tf.d 
 ;;l and thin hands of these unku.^wn 
 babies that the gaze ot th Udn^ 
 at Che Home rests with a look that sp-ks 
 au tiiv. u. tu..» tVif close ot the 
 
 the consciousness that the cio.t 
 
 sojourn at the LAeside w nng 
 
 Thlse little wayfarers very »-;' .. J'^^^'^ j^ 
 their life's journey. A pm. P ^F /j"" 7' ^'^^ 
 .,,,. lower halt of the new bui drng om the 
 uinnc-room. Tho apartment is fitted with 
 home likeTurnitnre of the summer residence 
 r^Z Ind 18 equipped with a heating stove, 
 rtl'ar'when'th-lay is '''l-^,, ->-2^\;;: 
 i make artificial warmth desinOjle all the 
 children can be gathered '»• /" ^'^"^^^^^/^j^.d 
 dining-room opens on a kitchen f"inished 
 ' w,rh missive range and shmy rows ot cook- 
 Tng ut"S. At"the side a door -v.n«s into 
 the srairway hall. A nozzle and a coil of 
 fire hose ornament the side wall near the 
 Sack entrance. A tank just under the roof. 
 ?ed by the windmill pump, gives a good fiie 
 pressure, and regular practice always keep. 
 fl>. «.nnaratus ready for service. On 
 the FeYt of the stairway the door 
 Wing the lower flat of the old wing 
 onens This gives th« same floor room as 
 Ldormitory^u the other side, but « 
 
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 diviiled off into sleeping quarters for the 
 iiurses who wait on the children. An easy 
 stairway readies up to the second floor. To 
 the left of the landinjr the visituf pasaes 
 into the girl patients' ward, a room that in- 
 cludes the whole upper part of the new wing. 
 Like the rest of tiie building, this room is 
 plainly furnished. There is no eflfort at 
 elaborate adornment. The cheery like pine 
 walls are brightened with simple prints, 
 illustrating scenes in the life of "Him who 
 irade the lame to walk and the blind to 
 see," The day is sultry and the 46 cots 
 which form a hollow square around 
 the rooms at niaht are all wheeled 
 out to the upper verandahs. In the heated 
 term the children almost live on the double 
 row of verandahs that nearly encircles the 
 Home. The verandahs are roomy, well 
 shaded, and fitted with awnings that on 
 sunny days shut out the sun from tiie space 
 between roof and railing. A view from tlie 
 upper tier strikes the visitor with a fair idea 
 01 the advantages of the site selected for the 
 Home. Looking west the eye darts over 
 the gently heavine expanse of lake to the 
 low green sliores of tiie Huinber, and then 
 on over field and forest to the wooded 
 heights that break into the sky line, North- 
 ward the glance sk'ms along the row of 
 Island retreats to the throngs strolling amonj;; 
 the sickly trees at Hanlan's ; over the bay 
 dotted with pnffinig ferries to the grimy 
 stretch of dock front ; then up 
 CO where hign chimneys shoot out 
 their blackness in the sultry air, and 
 on through a fringe of church spires, tall 
 trees and flag poles to the ridge that blocks 
 the view. Eastward the marsh runs into 
 the compact array of Riverside buildings 
 bounded by fields and clumps of bush that 
 lead up to the bold headland of So&^'boro' 
 
 Heights. The little watchers from their 
 cots look our ov.r the quiet lake at the 
 steamers and white-sailed schooners plying, 
 and south to where the faint shadow of 
 frontier line shows on the horizon. On tlie 
 verandahs children from all parts of the 
 province, suffering from all varieties of 
 physical ailments are resting. The con- 
 vulsive motions of thenewly-urrived patient 
 seized with the St. Vitus d:.nce, interest 
 with all the charm of novelty a group oi 
 little invalids v/ho are strong enough to 
 walk. Children able only to enjoy the 
 fresh breezes from their cots, follow wiih 
 eager eves the revels of their companions on 
 the sand below. In the cots are httle ones 
 whose hopes ot actn-ity are barred by 
 paralynis, spinal diseases und other 
 incurable ailments. The cot of one 
 child has to be wheeled where 
 she can grasp a trapeze bar that swings from 
 the roof. By resting her weight on tins for 
 hours at a cime she aids in the work of 
 straightening her back. Few moments in 
 the lives of the little uatients are free from 
 pain. But thev bravely endure :ill then- 
 sufferings. The most sorely tried among the 
 sufferers can always summon a smile ;o green 
 the approach of the kindly patien^ 
 nurses " who are m charge oi il.e 
 Lakeside tnis summer. Pain does not seem 
 lo shake the patient fortitude of the young 
 invalids. At times, wearied of play, then- 
 childish voices join in the sweet music of a 
 familiar livmn. If the visitor hears th.- 
 simple, quaint measure of " Tell me the 
 old, old scorv," rinsing out from i he cots 
 overhead as he leaves, he must cai ry away a 
 sympathetic remembrance of the quiet en- 
 durance that brightens the pa.n>.darkened 
 lives of the little inmates of the Lakeside. 
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