, 1881-07-03

we'll regulated family and public scllbol. No
institution, however well endowed and ably
| managed, can take the place Of the natural
family. as place in which to give the
Ssst aeYeepsnt e vt Ct s5 s yGuns ns[a 1ina
that cal take the place OF tue family.
The solution Of this problem, then, of what
to 10 with these dependent and neglected
children, would seem to be to place them in
limited extent, is already being done,
Nearly : ali M our Institutions n for tie tie recepto a
and care Of children give them out for adop-
ton, or on other. conditions. wien suitable
from the ltUn,e for the Frientl]ess, the yari-
Gus Orphan Asylulns, Founding and News
boys 1lones- and other institutions But,
while these sttutiofs stand with open
doors TO receive tiStse that col.le for shelter
and care, and give ncln out to homes as op-
"A. goil.!a out into the highways and
hedges to compel them to come in,
and then equally energetic and active efforts
to secure homes in which to place them.
Of thest. neglected and abused children shall
pass through these institutions into such
homes as they never dre:etnctl Of
Aside from one agency IN this clty-the
Illinois 11umann Society," know OF none
actively engaged in this work Of rescuing
abused and neglected children. This WORK
Of securing coultry-homes for children
is no untricd experiment., It. has been
going OIL in the West for the last twenty
five years. Added to those WHO have been
stnt out by the Chilurell's Aid Societies of
New York and other Eastern cities, and
placed in homes. They didn't nil stick or
turn out we'll, but 4 large percentage did;
or adjoining States iu WHICH, if tie, facts
were known, there cannot be found men
and women in good circumstances, and
useful and i1"nored ' n's,abers !1; Of
Or other Eastern cities, brought West, and
placed in homes.
i year or two before the Fire. the writer,
then III charge OF tile work of the Relief Il
Aid Society, received letter from one Of
the writer stated that he wished to secure
child for attoutiul. He then went OIL to say
that both he and his wife, when children,
had been brought out by the Ctlidrens Aid
Society Of New York, and placed in homes
in that town. They had grown up, become
and established 4 Christian home, and now
wished to EXTENDS, to Some homeless
child the same loving care which they had
each experienced.
The fact has been demonstrated by the cX-
pericuce OF twenty-five years that homes in
the country, In allllost unlimited number.
can BY proper effort bc secured for neglected
city children. How can tllis work be prose-
cutcd more actiytly and vigorously than it is
now bcin. done:
To this c1l,i we do not need my new or
eanzation Or new institution to appeal to All
already oyerta1eu public for sup
port, but simply the active co5pera-
ton Of already existing agencies,
viii b. Hereafter Stated. Uur Home for the !
Fricntless. Orphan Asyiun1s, Newsboys'
uull.e, and similar Institutions are nilplt: TO
afford temporary shelter and care to all who
may DC gathered in. For the seeking. out Of
abused, and neglected children VIC
can have tile efficient and active aid aud SYM
l,atlly Of the poll department. city nlissiull
aries, mission Sunday-scl1oo1 workers, and |
The visitors employed i'll tho offices ut tile Re
lief Il Aid Society and tho County Agent,
bringing them before the proper Courts for
10 the various institutions pre- /
to their bein; sent to country |
homes, the Illinois, Humane Society, in its !
III active and eiliclent agency. There only |
remains the getting Of the CHILDREN 50 gath
ored into llulnes; and here is where tile only
,xpe1,se is involved, except indirectly III the |
increase Of work OF the other agencies HELL /
:iOneu. |
For this work, which could and should be /
lone under the direction Of joint culnulil-
ee representing the various institutions |
lbovc named, there would be needed the
services OF III efficient agent, who should de-
,oriloods children could be placed III homes;
aking parties OF children out as fnst as
.eauy; :llhl, ut seasonable times. visiting
hem to see that they Were receiving proper
ARE anu treatment, and making such |
changes as should be found necessary. The
;alnry Of sucl, an agent and his expenses.
you'd be about tue only direct expense
involved. There is no railroad leading from
he city but would furnish free tra1lsporta-
ion, unless railroad-otlic1als have much
hangeu III the last few years. Any conl-
nunity, notified that OIL certain day 4 party
II children would arrive, would make pro-
'ision for their free entertainment till placed
II homes.
EXPENSES, it. ought not to be necessary to
make a canv:sss Of the public. There are
II Chicago Il thousand men and women in
uch circumstances, and with such all ILL
Olue, that, if any one Of them were to as
now it ut the end Of the year, SO far rs its
asing CAUSED them any incolvenience Or
een the source Of any privatlon; and can
ut believe that snl,le one reading thls
r5ifle tSlaess will inasne sc1 his or her
nu thus open the way by which this in
reascd activity i'll the rescue Of children can
C inauguratett. ANY person willing to be
lie OF tive to meet sllch expense could i'll an
ours time secure i'll the circle OF his or her
the other four.
I firluly believe that 10 department Of
cneyolent work prosecuted in this country
/ tlle last TWENTY-FIVE years has given SO
satisfactory results as that of placing
egIected children in country homes.
/ intended ut the outset to lave included
/ this article the question Of the proper |
'eatinent Of that class Of both sexes in which
lcious tendencies are already developed;
ut shall have to defer it to some other time.
O. c. GIBBS.
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