The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1889-11-24

years IN the Home. Some years AFTER,
the mother went to Troy, New York,
Where she secured employment as sewing
woman in one of the large factories there.
The daughter followed and went to work
IN the same factory. While there she mar
ried the man in the picture. He was a
struggling photographer, and she contin-
ued to work in the factory, even after
the marriage. She proved 4lelp-mate in
every sense of the word. Together they
built up beautiful home. subsequently
she fell heir to property and has willed
$1,000 to the Home in case the little one
whom you see in the picture dies. She
pays the Home visit two or three times
q year, Last June she brought her hus-
band and child along to show them the
scenes of her childhood. She is regu-
lar contributor to the Home fund.
DESERTED BABES.
THAT is a decidedly romantic story.
Give me another, please, F" asked.
There are so many, can't recall the
best ones. Let's see; ] remember about
twelve years ago brother and sister
were brought to the Home. Their mother
had died of consumption and the father
deserted them. He left one morning to
go to his place of business and has never
been heard of since. The boy was studi-
Gus and ambitious. He was always read
ing. He was indentured to a well-to-do
farmer in the western part of New York
State. The sister was also adopted by
farmer in the same section. Last May
letter was received at the Home from the
sister, stating that her brother was being
educated for q profession; that he stood
away up in Greek, Latin and German,
and was preparing to graduate with high
honors from one of the New York State
colleges. The letter also contained sly
intimation of an approaching nuptlal
ceremony in which the sister was to fig
ure as one of the contracting parties;sthe
bridegroom was young farmer OF
means"
''They are the kind of stories want,
interrupted, noting that my hostess hest
tated in relating the denouement of the
career of the young lady. "They make
capital newspaper stories"
$50. Well, here is q story with a
sequel. A real romance"
VICTIMS OF DRINK.
""There were two boys brought to the
Home some years ago. They were the
children of, at one time, well-to-do
Brooklyn plumber. Both the plumber
and his wife contracted the drink habit.
The father lost his business through
drink and moved his family to Jersey
| City. The father died. The boys were
compelled to sell newspapers and the
mother spent their small earnings in
drink IL they did not take home a full
| complement their drunken mother beat
them. Often they were obliged to sleep
! in coal carts, old barrels-wherever they
| could find shelter, The Home managers
took special pity upon them, and care
with regard to training, for they were
! both bright and manly. Both are now
| grown and are doing well. "
1.-THE sequel ?' asked.
''Well, the same time they came to the
Home, perhaps a short while before, two
| pretty, but unfortunate little girls were
| placed there. They were English children
of good family. The father died shortly
| after reaching this country, and the
mother was unable to take care of her
four children. The Home provided for
! two. Now, the youngest of the two
brothers of whom / have just spoken, and
| the youngest of the two sisters formed an
attachment for each other which was
never broken. The managers watched it
! from the start. In childhood, at play, it
was something beautiful to see. He was
so manly for a little fellow How he
would fight for her, though. Both are
grown now They are man and wife"
tion Of the happy pair"
ooh, that's immaterial to this story
| She was very handsome, with dark
| brown hair, sweet face and lustrous
brown eyes. He is tall, broad shouldered,
with navy chestnut locks / mustn't de-
scribe too closely. He would be recog-
nized by some of your readers. He has
been thrifty and saving and is about to
| purchase home in the interior of the
State. Both now help to maintain the
| Home. The ceremony was performed by
an Episcopalian minister, now dead
IN THE RANKS OF FASHION.
''Then again, was at fashionable en-
| tertainment some time ago over in New
York. A handsome looking youth in full
dress approached me and extended his
hand j thought recognized him, but it
was really some moments before | could
convince myself that it was one of the
| boys from the Home. He was adopted by
a wealthy family and will inherit their
fortune.
Zone little fellow left the Home five or
| six years ago with the remark, Phi yet be
one of the trustees of this Home.' His
mother had married second time and
came for her boy. He is now makingS10O
mother, is thrifty, and has a snug little
bank account. He sends a turkey to the
Home every Thanksgiving and makes
| other donations.
IAN engineer on one of oar railroads
said to me the other day:-'I never had
such happy time in my life as when
| was at the Home
| E"Some twelve or fourteen years ago, in
one of the novels down town, mother
| was found murdered in her bed, with her
! head jammed in between the bed Stats.
Her husband, who is supposed to have
committed the murder, if / remember cor
4 fectly, escaped. Inc Two deSOlate, halt
starved children were brought TO the
Home and cared for. Both are supplied
with good homes. One is in Kansas City
\ the other has a pleasant home in this
vicinity.
| A SALUTAI,Y RESERVE.
II presume, continued my entertaining
hostess, that you will not be able to find
i room in your article for all these stories
] You may Gull them il you like. 1t would
please me to give you the names of every
one of these characters; but am forbid
den by the rules of the Home. The peo
pie who adopt these children are often
annoyed by the children's poor relations
| who often,cause considerableltrouhle and
besides, the parties themselves object tc
publicity. But you will readily see the
good work of the institution. | could re
cite to you many more cases where home
less, deserted children have been converted
into useful men and women; what would
have been their fate had it not been fol-
The influence of the Home. God only
| knows"
A Quarry of 'Serpentine'' Marble.
Grand Rapids capitalists are busy pros
! pc citing the Verde Antique marble
4 quarry, which they have discovered neal
Ishpeming, in, the upper peninsula, and