, 1879-06-12

OrrbaMh' Home o! Davenport. This inststution,
10 said, wss organized in lbt'a. and Was now fnl.
and tic lnstitntion Was located with view to
comfort nnd lcaIth. Tho successful u,n1agc-
N1ent of this Enstttnlon, conducted Of, the eat
taEe nlatt, rsdnrcd groatar attontion Of. tho
plan. The children are taught for nlno months
fn graded selloon, il,l every effort was lnndc to
sccilrc tl,er health ntAl coIHfort.
Col. !lan'n,on1 N'sl,cl TO- aay somctl.ing In
In, addition to what had already bcen
nuoftc mind concerning tln: Industrial schools,
Thls was part Of ihe work going on at ths
a1r. BURR which iras being use0 for this nlr-
pose. Its object was to take girls away irntn
f1na'or, nant, ntMl hlth, and place thetn III fa-
yura'le surroundings, md instrnet them 20 that
Of Themselves. A largo number Of the children
euncated hero wefo nuw occupying rcapo1,sibso
placcs. AMI supporting themselves with comfort
aud Industry.
rHoM RACINE.
Tha Secretary read tte rcpo,t Of ,, t1le Taylot
had been left upon hfs dcsk by so1ne unknown
person. ~
Alr. Noyes, 4 member Of the Board of rru.:
tees OF the Sua9unl1nnnA Valley Ornllans'
Homo for 1ndtgcnt Chldrcn, at DnEhatnioa
n. X, tna'le q repos. eoneerning s!sat !nss'tu
tton, containing 1a5 children between the nEcs
or ? ana 10 years: Homes were fol,ntl for t!lc
Children among tho people who lived atout the
,Qeu. Rriukerh0G tnndo u tew ronlaska upon
the subject unstrr consideration. saying lint
there waa not usually enough cara bestowed
upon the source of crime. Children grew
without anything fnrihcr betng thonuht about
It,, uo believed that Efforts should ba lna1s to
pragcut chlldron from growing up to 5e crisnt.
nalA. That vas tho best courae for society ind
Mrs. Sayers lad something to my eoncnrnug
the Chicago Protestant Asytnin arMi rs .DtlirIda
altY: She said tilsY received children Of all re.
iiglons. all sexes, colors, atitt conditions. The
years, md vas supported by voluntary contsibn:
lions The mauaeers usually gave dinners mud
fsrs, and thus theY had continued to get on.
MI MtchIe, ot Hamilton, o.: Eayc some
'"lioyt.' sfanu.i J.shor Institute" near #n-
bash. ind. They hah now t~nntv-tuo children,
had farm clcarcd up. md wero doing well.
Mr. Skinner, of tlle Chiidren's Aid Soriety
account Of tlle wotk done by tbe soclety. lie
said they had found homes In The West
for 1900 children. During the yeae,
shcltor, bad bsen furnished in lodging
a,tfD children n tho schools, There mad been
nix lodging -houses established throughout vaf1-
Gus pnFts Of thu city where homeless boy or
girl could got meal or nights lodging for
,s ~. oI," M ey aau not ~ sn oh, y y%iG %G,S
lika psupsrlsn va encouraged. Ifie children
ware taught to help tllemeclvea During the
twenty-eteht Years Of the life Of this Society
4S,sDo children had been M soet It out o1 f. New York
mcnta III tlln 1ntls had been greatly decreased
In consequeuru Ut the efforts Of this
association. When they wera sent away
every effort, was made TO SEQ that
they were well provided for, anu a committee
was apnolntea consisting Of nntnbcr et lead
sent. This Committee decides whether tho
rtnass 1rn,so FOR .os,a. TUE , cu,1Dq9s
thcy h did Tci,. The boys were GENERALLY m vivid wt'd
% nrn nconIc as was sceu by their IIfu nnon a. tac
strcsts.
skinnar for he con,nn,cnt tmnjicd in III, m. ~.
liz vent On tn ss,nisarrastc veir.
IN which lie proceeded to cIftieise rather strona
Nav YAK to n ths WE, liz bc'osss ~ n I,y TX
,n ~ senan ~ t fhe nons chiiren tn 'r u r,t so
~ bc VI son u uvs mors ccut W Kan .nom
be ~ e1sei for snnrrvsinr iii. nfoccss nf trans.
tnr ~ @o n en,1s MI - rhat 4hev mgbt 1T h.
h,,.e en G9'o a'"e'' nuu ~ 'as wy usns not 70
Mrs. Wardner, of l,l,nol.. n,ndo some aon.t1la
rrmart, %nnn ths .mhi"ct ~ sT"nsnnrtin@ rh,i'
sc Ind ' bscrycd s a ron .ai
Jnn, n,d ~ tna nns,o iii.
ta, tcso a cbi1dpcn id ny vo onm :" ,cnn.n t'.,,
;n those i.omss fn"n1 ~. thcm rI,"S Drs'4 ~,
iona,.n ro.tToas "n, T. .sr'a t..m ~
wrnf1.rtnT IN n'ni down H." 1anI T'hcrs ~ :
mmrh N X, i},onrht ai IL rnnnnrti1n viii, this
| Interesting subtcet, ulld sume changes were
needed Ia the System. Homes were wanted f0r
| the homeless children Of Chicago. Che dbl nut
bclicvo in shipping children by tho carload Ike
cattlc.
Mr.. Alden, Of Co3dwatcf, Mich, Supcrintond-
cnt Of the Institution for tho Custody Of Chill
drcu, mails some Interesting relnarks up1n
tic subjoct Of finding homes for
helpless children. Theeo homes were not found
for a cnr.load at tms, but o.le by one Every
effort was being n,adt to do all they could for
| them. They had bnye and Etrls In tho institu'
ton who werc very promising, possessing taluntd
far abosc The ordinary child. They bad artists,
singers, md mathemnticans. They Kept In cor
respondeuce with the children, or the guarIlnus
| uo0or wloso Charge they were placed. AZ uftau
as oucu a. year blanks wcru forwarded,
which were flied out md returned,
asld = the result pluccd in a book,
from year to year, thus gtvng complete lis,
tory OK the Chd. They seldom allowed q child
To 60 out OF tho State. lln believed tllat It was
fal1acy that al average hotac VIVA better place
| for bad child than q Cool institution. llu
thought tliev had means Of giving children a
moral support which they could not Get In a
| hnma Tt,a snnnNrnr& ,f TIN fustifbtinu 1lc