LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13918, 27 November 1908, Page 3

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

TUP TE ORANGAHOME , Sir, —Having recently visited r the - T« Oranga Home, and seen into almost t eveiy j i if; nook and corner of it, discussed i itS' , niatiag'a-'' afjj •mept. with % those in charge, and with one of A, the official visitors, and addressed the giilst?' : under its " discipline, 1 am move than ; ever astonished at the outcry which lias beeji ' and continues (to' bo raised concerning it. -V';"? ;The institution gives evidence 'oh' eviery hand V- 1 .; of remarkable order and comfort- -No h<»pital wards could bo clean or or tidier than the dormitories, audi all. the appointments are suggestive of scrupulous and benevolent? -regard for t'is wel I • beiu g ' ,cjg,;t hoinmates, whose appearance of contentment,: and evon, happiness, impressed me'.most' *avburaMy.': % The. girls sang .. with fine effect extracts ; from a. cantata which they had been performing, and, when, one came to address them,* their , attentivenoss and their responsiveness to 5 one's 'little pleasantries, .. th'e *»effort iMP ; very agreeable to % the - speaker. The- only ;ct| J point Jon . which I was ; conscious •of } liability I to be deceived was the moral character of Ml the girls : their kind and salutary treatment jH made them look so mudf.fcettor than I', had . good reason to believe : them to-be.V W. Gray Dixok. rs■. . : rr'r.r^^S^SS^Si^SWk^al