St. Paul daily globe., 1886-06-21
BABIES GIVEN AWAY.
TO BE Had for the Asking, at the
City Hospital.

Il - oS G1deI AoE the ASklnGa at Ine
City Hospital.
Out at the city hospital are a number of
babies awaiting adoption into homes in
which babies are not naturally plenty. AS
many as ten of these little people have been
at the hospital at one time. but most of
them find homes in good families and the
number is now reduced to four. Three of
these are girls and the other, as would nat
urally be supposed, is boy. The oldest
is Sally" year and half old, who has
been sent back into the hospital for treat
ment, her limbs being paralyzed on account,
probably, of having been dropped to
the floor from somebody's arms. She
is bright little thing with very light hair
and blue eyes and clear complexion. She
is rather bashful at present but this fault
could be eradicated by proper training. AL
though she may recover the use of her
limbs she is not so desirable for adoption as
the younger children. The other three are
between 4 and weeks old and in charge of
their mothers. None of them have been
christened but DR.. Burke. who has charge
of the institution, has given them all
names of his own which will answer until
their regular christening. Jake" the
boy. is wee tot only weeks old. but
good healthy appearing infant not by any
means bald-headed. The color of his eyes
could not be seen for he was
fast asleep when subjected to an interview.
If he had been older he would have been
awakened, and if like many of his elders
would have painted the atmosphere deep
sky color, but he withStood the interview
nobly. He has the regulation number of
fngel nails and has whitened out we'll. One
of the little girls is called May and the other
Annie. One of them was indisposed or has
learned the arts early, for she was mot at
at hOme," and consequently an interview
could not be obtained. The other slept
peacefully on her mothers bosom, utterly
unconscious of the many woes which await
her sex in this deceptive world. She was
weather on account of the heat,
but is good shoot to rourish into human
being, although she grew wild. The babies
areiwell trained, or perhaps well-fed would
hit it more exactly. for not a suuall was
heard during the time the reporter was
calling on them. The pedigree of the
babies was not inquired into too closely, al
though some of the mothers feared their
names would be advertised. The one char
acteristic of these mothers, which is nut
for philosophers to crack, is that they are
anxious to get rid of their children at the
earliest possible moment. They not only
lack the natural affection of the human
mother, but even the brutal instinct of the
dam, which will even protect it's offspring
with her life. The doctor says that it is
a rare exception when one of these
mothers manifests desire to keep her
child and work for it. that she may call it
her own. The rule is that the little folks
are considered unwelcome guests and in
cumbrances, and the sooner rid of the bet
ter. But as long as there are good sound
babies to be had for the asking there is no
necessity for childless parents to remain so,
or for women denied children of their own
to borrow them occasionally in order to
have one to fondle.