The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-02-14
TIE CH1LDREN,s HOME.
Twelfth Annual Meeting Last
Night.

tral Christian Church last night, ant
was presided over by Governor r. B
Hayes, who in a short address stated
the objects of the Home. He said tina
he would, however, offer a suggestion
| Many of the best minds in the country
are engaged in deylsing the best meanI
Ito reform criminals, remedy pauperism
and get rid OF Cramps" The Children'E
Home goes to the fountain head OF these
evils, for it must be clear that the
tramp, the pauper and the criminal o
to-day was fifteen years ago homeless,
rriendless child; 30 that the objects Of
| this Home being well carried out must
cial evils alluded to. He therefore
begged the careful attention Of all pres.
ent to the statements which would be
duly presented III the annual report, and
the claims oil the institution by the
speakers ne should have the honor TO
present.
MIR. Murray Shipley, President of the
Board of Trustees, then stepped for
ward and read the annual report, from
which we take the following:
TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT.
There are lOur distinct classes who
are benefited by our work:
FlrsL-The surrendered child, In
every large city arc many children who
by the death OF their parents, or from
their poverty or slnIulness, are practl-
ca.ly homeless and rlendless. To save
sucn from joining the vast numbers who
are being educated as paupers or GRIM
inals, and 10 transform them into indus
trious and virtuous members of society.
s the great object the ChildreWs Home
is seeking to accomplish. 1t is estab.
lished 10 be sen loco PARENTS" to such
homeless, friendless ones, uAu to act Tor
their greatest good. We transfer them
to the home OF some good farmer, and
our maxim is, that IL Christian family is
the best reformatory and training school
for such children. WereGuire That they
be suitably clothed, fed and educated,
so as to engage crediJably i'll the ordi-
nary duties of life. Four reports are
expected annually as to their behavior
ana progress, and besides this our Wis
ilor is constantly engaged visiting all
such homes to see that due care is ex.
tended so as to lit the adopted child Tor
future usefulness. On the reception OF
such a child into the Home it is legally
surrendered 10 us by its guardian OF
parent, or is committed to our care un-
DER the provisions of our statutes. The
ceiVed, which illustrate this class oil
children:
On her dying bed the mother asked
that her two orphan children should be
placed in the Chl.dreRs Home and a
country nome found for them. The sor.
ro Yful vile, whose husband abandoned
her and his children. two of whom
starved to death, brings us the third that
it may live.
Sec0nd-rhe temporary child. While
we receive children and place them in
country homes, yet we encourage all
parents 10 keep their children II it is
possible, and by the relief extended to
the class We call "temporarJ" we en-
able many parents ultim ltely to receive
their children again inE .heir own homes.
The attack Of illness tnat necessitates
removing the widow to the Hospital
leaves her children homeless. We have
received many such into the Home, and
in the course of a month or two re urned
them to their mother Oh her being re-
stored to health.
Third-The day child. The Children's
Home throws open its doors and spreads
its board for the child Of the woman who
goes out to work by the day. The child
is brought in the morning; il it is an in. e.
lant it is placed In our creohe. or nurs-
cry; if older it attends our Kinder-gar-
ten, or is sent to the public schools; has
its dinner at the Home, which il the
only warm meal that some OF these chill
dren partake of during the day. The
mother calls for them in the evening,
having thus been enabled with a quie,
mind 10 labor for their support.
Fourth-The shop boy. Young lads
who are working tor few dollars per
week are boarded by us for small sum.
We seek 10 exercise over them a con-
trolling inflaence for their good. The
Children's uome commenced it's work
in the spring of 1854, and was incorpo.
rated December L, 1864, since which
as follows: Children admitted during
1864, 27; 1865, 105; 1856, 140; 1867, 148;
1858, 1859; 1869, 144; 1870. k1; 1871, 124;
1872, 234; 1878, 225; 1874, 25l; 1875, 22S;
1876, 2S5. Or these, 801 have been p aceu
IN country homes.
The following statistics will show the
number of children received during the
past year, and how they have been
placed:
Number of children in the Home January /,
Number OF children admitted this year .2sS
Number of children readmitted this year.. .l3l
Total number in the Home during the
year ...'' .'.'s''... ........... 400
They were placed s. follows:
Placed III homes in the country. ........., 80
Readmitteu children placed in homes. ,.,.,, 2S
Total number OF homes secured. ........ no
Ran away from the Home me........... d
Placed in the Cincinnati hospital ... 8
Placed in the Cincinnati Iniirmary ....... 2
Placed in the Cincinnati House Of Refuge. 8
Placed In the Cincinnati Insane Hospital =. l
Returned to friends or relabives. 216
Deceased. ........................
Remaining in the House December 81, 1876. IS
We have now placed in country home 8
eight hundred children. Or these, it
will be no exaggeratlon to say that such
had been their early surroundings and
influences that at least one.halt OF them
would have been inmates of reforma-
tories or prisons except for benevolent
Intervention. These are growing UP in-
dustrious, honest and religious men and
women. They receive from their
adopted parents home, an education, a
trade, and an outfit wnen they attain
their majority. Instead of adding to the
classes OF consumers as criminals, they
become producers for life. 1t is not an
uncommon occurrence for us to receive
visit from some Young man or woman.