The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-30
MILLIONS GO TO A wAIF.
He Is ut College, and His Parents Are Drink
ing Themselves TO Death.

ing Themselves TO Death.
New York Sun.
President Gerry Of the Children's Society is
quoted IN the Tribune as saying:
II could tell you a good story Of one Of the
children We rescued some time ago from in
human relatives. He was adopted by a wealthy
gentleman, and before long will fall heir to
81, OOO. goo. He will be a great catch in the
matrimonial market VIII l tell you his namel
OF course / won't. You'll publish it, and then
he will have hundreds of young ladies running
after him What il you publish the fact and
get them running after met Well. Im older
and can manage them much better thin he can"
1.-THE boy came into our hands j. the early
part of 1876" said Mr.. jenkins. the snperin-
tendent OF the society yesterday. I'VE get him
from the courts n the usual way. He Was then,
i think, six years old. His mother was drunken
and degraded. and his father, once a very
bright man, had sunk into q drunken brute.
They were arrested for drunkenness and for
maltreating the boy, and one of our officers got
the boy In the police court. The Office of the
society was then at Seventeenth street and
University place, and we had our children
taken care OF at police headquarters. In some
way, / don't just happen to remember how. this
wealthy gentleman saw the boy and became
interested in his pathetic story. The little
fellow was very bright. and as the gentleman
came TO know him he was greatly attracted by
him The gentleman was childless. His wife
saw the boy and took as great a liking to him ss
her husband did. The boy remained with the
Wv 49, . ooAs Nn1 6Ae ~ tLoAt
The gentleman and his wife finally concluded
20 adopt him., aud they did so in legal form.
Upon the death Of the gentleman, a short time
ago, the adopted 500 received half his fathers
wealth, about 81, 900. 900. sharing in it equally
with bis foster mother. He will, of course, get
the entire property at his foster mothers death.
The bow Is now being educated in one of the
best colleges in the country. and the mother 10
living with him 10 the city in which the college
Is. The boys history since he left us has con-
frmed the promise he gave ar that time. saw
his real parents about two years ago. and they
are about gone with drink and dissipation"
Mr.. jenkins showed the reporter a picture OF
the boy. taken when he was with the society.
IL was the picture of a little fellow. with black.
banged hair. big, bright eyes, an open face, and
q little nose slightly turned up.
The society Is just beginning TO reap, now"
said Mr.. jenkins. 'some of the fruits Of its
labor ia the early years. We began in 1876.
The boys we sent out then are getting grown
~, and we are Tow able to sec, for the first
time, what kind of men and women the society
has rescued. and what is their fortune in the
world. We have never had a boy or q girl who
has done so well, so far as pecuniary circum-
stances are concerned. as this boy Of whom I
have been speaking; but We have had children
adopted from our care, to whom their foster
parents have left hundreds and tens Of thou
sands of dollars. in many separate instances.
Some OF our early charges, il they are not do
log so well in that sense, are yet placed IN good.
comfortable homes. and are making men and
women Of themselves. Then. again, some OF
the children are not doing as we'll as We ex-
pected. But. on the whole, we are proud OF our
work"