The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-07-19
QhAGateLLiaenter:
Tho Childrcn's HOme..ItS Work ana
Its Needs

the most meritorious, is about 10 make an
nppcal to the public; and concerning 1t We
wish word with our readers. The
officers OF the Children's Home have pre-
uared statement for the information o.
the public, which shows what has already
becu accomplished and how 1t Is hoped tc
increase its usefulness in the future. Th(
Home has been in operation over three
years, having been established In May
1870. 1t is regularly incorporated, Is not
sectarian, and is supported by voluntary
contributions. Sixty children have thus
far been cared for by II. OF these, nine
teen have been placed in good homes,
with reliable families; fourteen have been
restored to relatives or friends who be-
came able TO support themi one has died,
and twenty.six remain in the Home. The
entire cost OF this, including rent OF the
FORsYTHE House for two and half years,
Insurance on property now occupied, and
furniture and fixtures has been $500,
less than 800 each child. The good that
has been done by the care Of these chill
dren ia past all estimation in dollars and
cents. The benelaCtiOns Of the Home are
bestowed with great care, that they may
not encourage idleness and impuriIy, the
object being 10 help the helpless to help
themselves. Children given to the Home
arc placed in carefully selected Christian
families. For those whom the managers
arc not permitted to send TO permanent
homes, situations are sought in shops,
Offices, stores and other places OF business.
In the three years history of the Home,
the directors and managers say it has not
failed In single instance so TO improve
the class of children committed 10 It's
care, that the demand for them by most
excellent families, far exceeds the supply.
The present condition Of the Home, and
il needs il It's useful work Is to be con.
tiuued, is thus set forth by its directors
and managers: They are obligc'! to com.
menCe this year oi their work with debt
OF 81 200, which ought to be pNie imme-
diAtely. The sum needed to caro- Tor the
twenty.six children this year is $4,000,
making a pressing and present want for
$500. To meet this want aud to make
permanent provision for need that will
bc constant and increasing from year to
year. the directors, by the advice of num-
ber Of friends Of the Home, present tho fol.
lowing propositions: To raise
l. A permanent fund of 1000, in sub.
scriptions Of 81 900, to be placed In the
hands OF such trustee or trustees az may
be selected by the contributors to the
fund; THE INTEREST ONLY TO be uSed for
he support Of tie Home.
IL. d Yearly Subscription Of 81 900, in
annual gifts Of 800, the entire amount TO
be used lor the support OF the Home.
III. 4 Yearly Subscription Of 81 900, In
annual contributions of $50 annually.
". A Yearly Subscription Of $500, in
V. a Yearly Subscription of $500, iu
gifts OF $40,
vi. A Yearly Subscription Of $500, in
gifts Of $500.
We trust the charitably disposed among
our readers will reflect upon tho value
of the work done by tho Children's Home
and how much the bonefaCtion might be
increased with an increase ol means. 1t
is an institution conceived and carried on
in spirit oil tho most disinterested benev'
olenco. 1t 10 q labor Of love and compass
sion with all engaged In 1t, and few are
aware how much conscientious and unos'
tentatIous labor has been done. Yet all
institutions of this character arc something
more than charitable They are COnceiv.
cd In the wisGsL statesmanship, whose
highest mission II is to prevent crime
rather than punish It. Every child saved
from want and vice by such institutions
as this is multiplied gain to society
when that child has grown to
maturity. 1t is the ounce Of pre-
VentiOn that IS worth whole pounds oi
the cure that comes in later lie in the
shape OF criminal courts and prisons.
Aside from considerations Of humanity,
there is no truer economy than that which
lends a generous aid 10 all institutions
like this, which aim to save the youth Of
cities from the temptation to which want
unhappily too frequently exposes them,
and, by improving their condition as
children, to increase their luture useful.
ness as men and women.
In regard to the propositions submitted
for raising means to endow and to furnish
an annual support Tor the Home, they arc
adapted to the means OF all. Doing good
in the way q charity is not the exclusive
duty or privilege Of tho rich, else we
never should have had the story of the
widows mite. But the duty and the
privilege are proportioned to each
ones means, and each must find
In his own bosom the answer to
the question Of what he shall
give. We believe, in general, tho very
wealthy do not sufficiently appreciate the
great opportunities their wealth gives
them for doing good. Too many who
mean to bestow the bulk OF their wealth
for the good Of society deter it until they
die; and after they are dead there arc
many chances that their intentions will be
lhwarted and the money diverted by dis.
honest persons to their own uses. There
are a few shining examples where men
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