The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-07-24
Qhe Eilion !Tubn',e.
AN INFANT INDUSTRY.
People Who Make u Business OF ".at;Opt.
ing Little Castaways.


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The number of babies left on door
steps. and especially of wealthy peopl,
in Pittsburg. is something incredible
says the Pittsburg Commemorate iu:,tt..
In fact, a person looking ut the figure.
would come to the conclusion thai
there was II good deal OF system IN,
method in the plans OF those who kind
" furnish children for those Woo have
them not. The career ut a child thu:
left is often Il chcckcred one. Oh
course, it would not be proper to sup
pose for a moment that the babe was
left on the right doorstep. or that any.
body in the house knew anything about
it. 1t must be Il wait, Il founding, left
by some bold bad woman who has for.
saken it to be rid of the trouble ofrear-
ing it. Generally the policeman is
called for and the bundle packed to the
stati0n-house or some orphan asylum,
and from there to the poor farm. Yet
there are eases in actual life. and not
only in rn..,ance. where the baby's in
nocent smile has won it Il home among
the childless people where it was left.
Upward of fifty waits or babes have
been picked up by the authorities dur
ing the last year and cared for at IN
asylum or the poor farm. Most OF them
died. The exposure was too great or
the diet did not agree with them.
Many had taints of the diseases OF their
progcnitors, and il they lived long
enough to become three months old
their vitality failed them. Here and
there, as an oasis in the desert, once in
while a bright little chap stuck it ont
and became either somebody's darling
or now waits for adoption.
There are in Pittsburg, although it is
not generally known, several women
who adopt children. One Of thesr
= s""""d avenue !
creatures nvss w. v--,-- ~..Yr,- a
rap at the door Of her house Yesterday
brought to view Il portly female With
rray ewes. She was more thaD polite.
She was courteous. The REPORTER was
ushered into a small room with desk
in the corner, few chairs, and
screen running across the room, behind
which there might have been most any
thing.
r. - You take care Of babies?'' yentured
the reporter.
Yes, I attend to cases ;S;;ae laid
particular stress On The word cases. }
Il provide them homes: nice homes
with good people,"
wen, J ..lave friend who wishes
. me 20 call and learn the expense at
eeno .ng your charges for 'casesp' -
Fifty dollars q month board is my
lowest price; 800 y month for my best
rooms. This includes medical attend
ance."
who is your doctor?''
IAN old man who lives in the neigh
borhood.
But the babyp''
Well, IN get the baby good home
for $lOO."
That's too much.''
Cant do it for less. You see, be.
come father ad mother of the child.
I'm very fonu of babies and very par.
ticular where place them. make q
point that they receive nice treatment
and that they are placed with people
who own real estate.
Meantime visions of untold wealth
pouring into the foundling's lap fioated
before the reporters vision.
but where are the people who will
adopt the child?' was asked.
''Oh," and she moved her hands il
q general indefinite sort of way. ''why
in the country in Ohio"
Next in the baby line are the peopl.
who advertise for "a child to raise,
.'child to board with reliable lady
where it will get mothers care" etc
One lady advertised for child. Sh,
was getting old and wanted Il compan
ion. Another took ''kids," as she eX
pressed it, to board ut s. a week. !!
third said her husband was on, O
work and she was willing to take car
of baby ut home to help him.
One advertiser was asked what sh
would take baby for, out and out, IL
questions asked.
depends upon how much they vii
pay" she replied shrewd!y.
Insignificant, homeless. and friend
less as the foundlings may seem, 50
nor mother care to own, some of thcl
have been made Of the stuff that woul
not. like Banquo's ghost. ''down ut tn
bidding OF misfortune and adversely
but struggled on. and at las, climbe
he steep where Fame's proud tempt
shines afar. Such was UAlambert, tn
writer and academician, who was
poor founding left on the steps of Notl
Dame. Mrs. Achmet, the actress W;
also founding. Savage. the Englis
poet. whom DR.. johnson records the lii
of. was the son of the countess
Madesfield and Earl Rivers, and tt
author of poem dedicated to h
mother, which, however it may ha,
mortified her, never melted her to con
passion. ri"
No mothers care
Shielded infant innOIal,cfa IN, nrnvor