fostering hand of a father to care for them, nor the soothing tones of a mother's voice to cheer them in sadness or aflliction, they seem to be perfectly happy, so well do their kind guardians fill tho places of those that are gone, and so much do they devote themselves to the welfare and enjoyment of their wards. * It Is customary with the Sisters to have for the orphans a Christmas tree. The one of