Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-04-11

ri'Fe 90 5 Lice baby girl Ter yor aese
this fiae. Mr.. Bake said blTiy-lookIrg
taeillher q Tie police farce ~ ful uniform,
- be ssf IN fronf Of The superiB.eudeBt's
cesk q; tie D.pa1Denf Of Charities sDc
and C0-recil0n. New Icfk, holding n his
srTns ELsi appeared 10 be most d-mIDu-
tive specimen Of humanity The little one
gss almost hid from vIeS within the folds
Of large shawl that had been wrapped
Gbouf rs body.
Uncover Ifs face" SAID the GENIAL Ar.
Z axe. as be dropped bis pen % take LOOK
Il tie Guild. The policeman pulled beck
the shawl from bis charges head sud re-
vesled sd innocent doll-Iike fsce. The in
fsnt was fast asleep and oblivious Of all
gong on about ii.
~ Well, she is really pretty child, "said
the Superintendent Bdng her IN here
and / will give her number and name
and you can then take her up To The janI-
tress, who Will see that she goes 10 the
asylum"
'How do you choose names for these
VISITS ~ asked the reporter.
We'll, taid the Superintendent, laugh
ing, ''it's inspiration. You see the moment
| receive the children am SO busy 1 can
not stop to select particular names. SO
give child the first name that enters my
head. NO~, for instance" continued the
Superintendent, as he pulled q large
volume over TO him and opening it read,
I've have already among the females such
names as Clara Morris, Charlotte Cushman,
Fanny Davenport. Mary Anderson, Lydia
Thompson, Lillian Russell, Sarah Bern
hardt (becsuse she is so thiD), Myra Dash
way, Msude Revere, Clara We're de We're,
Ethel Harkness, julia Orme, Maude Bar
rlngtOn, Marie Antoinette, and last, but
not least, Lillian LsngtrJ-of course, no
relation to the English beauty" interjec-
ted Mr.. Blake, as he perceived the report
er's sudden awe at the sound Of the last
name mentioned. '.Among the males we
have not only George Washington, Win
field Scott, Abraham Lincoln and Thomas
Jefferson, but also Edwin Booth, John
Mccullough, Peter Cooper, 1hurlow Weed,
namesakes OF all the Commissioners OF this
department and of well-known public men
such as Roscoe Conkling, President Ar
thur, ex-judge Folger, Congressman :. 5.
Cox and Benjamin Wood"
''Are the foundlngs always known by
these DANES Z" asked the reporter.
They are only known by them while
in Inc institutions Of the department W hen
we receive child, after make out Its
given name and number on & card, these
are entered on the books, with an account |
Of how the infant was secured, whether
through the police, or its mother or other |
persons. AT the asylum a similar book Is
Een ne alpfbas nhop htrf ha /
apparel the child first wore is kept safe for |
identification. SO you see we can make |
no mistake on this score. Every found |
ling is baptized and christened by Clergy |
man The first child received to day will |
be cbristened by Caihohc priest, the next |
by Presbyterian minister, and 50 on.
''Are these abandoned children ever re-
claImedr" Mr.. Bake was asked.
Certainly. Only a few aiys ago q |
Jewess came here who said she had lost |
a child. She gave good description of
1t to me, and 1 gave her permit to re-
cover the infant The woman went TO the
ssy lum, saw her child, and came back
here declaring 1t was not her offspring. In
q moment saw where the mistake was,
and writing a note TO the matron, instruct
ing her TO her 10 dress the child up in the
clothes it wore when il euteren the institu-
ton, / sent back the mother to see If she
could then identify the infant. The result
was that she did. We do not have a
regular uniform for children in our ssy-
lums. / think nothing Is more repulsive
TO the eye than to see a lot of innocent
children IN the same garb. believe it
spoIls children tor life. They have no
no individuality, and grow up lazy and
graceless."
About how many Of these foundlings
do you receive year on an average 2"
NEARLY three huECred," answered the
Superintendent.
''What becomes Of all these and how
are they cisposed Of"
swell, We beep them until they are
about two years Old; then the Protestants
are taken by The Home Oh the tlendless
aud the Catholics by the Institution of
Mercy, and other like Institutions, where
they are educated and brought up to final
ly 90 out in the world to make their own
living. A great many are fortunate enough
to be adopted by good people who take ex-
cellent care of them"