Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-28
THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE THEN.
Different Rules Governing Establishments
That Care for Orphans and
Half Orphans.
MOTHERS FOR MANY MOTHERLY ONES.
Miss Kak Drexs Now Sister Katherine Found in One of
the Homes

OlspOSlIlon, Salu sao-ldceu 1auy al INC
Ridge Avenue Orphan Asylum, yesterday.
81 want her to take the place left vacant in
my home by my own dear little daughter,
who died last March, and wish the resem-
blance to be as marked as possible"
81 would like to take a little boy into my
home and heart; sturdy, manly little fel-
low, with brown eyes and wavy hair" said
another gentle lady, whose tearfulness and
beartbroken appearance told the same story
OF the loss of an idol.
We have any number of such applications
for little ones, said Mrs. James B. Scott,
one of the managers of the asylum. Ever
SO many parents who lase their own loved
ones come to us in that way, and sometimes
in going through the house and looking at
the children they will find one that, in look
or manner, really does resemble their own
dead child. Then, of course, the selection
is made Immediately, and if the child
belongs to the asylum, and the people desir-
ing to take it are salts factory in every re-
spect, it is allowed to go on trial, for
month or often longer. And it is the ex-
ception when the trial visit does not become
@ permanent one.
SOME OIHEh DEMANDS.
Beside such demands, we have any num-
ber from other people-some who have never
had any children of their own, and some
who have little ones ana want an older child
TO look after them. We can't begin to sup
ply the demand, because the majority OF
the little folks in the asylum have one
parent living, or some relative that pays for
their board, and, by so doing, retains their
claim upon them. A whole year of neglect
on the part of guardian or parent, accord
ing to the rules of our house and the law.
gives us the control of the child, and then it
is legally indentured to the asylum.
I'VE never take children with both
parents living, not even If the parents are
separated. We can't, in justice to our
selves, for there are some parents who would
be glad to put their children in our care and
then shift all responsibility regarding them.
And If father or mother remarries
after placing their children in
the asylum, we expect the children
to be taken out. We often have
instances where they marry and endeavor to
Keep 1t secret from us, but in time we
hnd 1t out One very amusing instance
occurred not very long ago, and is really
quite romantic. A father brought his four
children here, and mother her family of
the same number. In coming to visit the
little ones they met each other, loved. and
married. But they thought a family of
eight would mean considerable hard work
and responsibility, and they concluded to
keep quiet about the wedding We didn't
keep quiet, though, when we heard of the
rather sly honeymoon. We insisted upon
them taking their rather large family home
with them. Ours is a Protestant ASYLUM.
though We have taken Catholic children, but
the religious instructions given ali under
our care is thoroughly Protestant, though
not sectarian.
AN EYE TO THE FUTURE
"In selecting a home for a child we make
certain that it will have good religious
training and influence, and four months
schooling out of the year, beside kind and
conslderate treatment. And after they are
13 years old, the people with whom thew
live, agree to send to the treasurer of the
asylum the sum of $40 a wear until thew are
1S years old. This is placed in the bank. to
their credit, and they nave $50 to begin life
on, should they care to leave their adopted
home at that age.
'We have in the home now 175 little ones
with 20 ont on trial. We do not wish to
keep them after they are 13 yeBrs old, or 70
take them older than 8, though in some cases
We do keep them longer, but it Is when
there is perhaps one parent who has no
home, but is willing and glad to pay us for
keeping them. Our rate is only 81 a week
Tor women who have to earn the money
themselves, aud less in special cases, but the
men who earn good wages pay more.
I'VE have record of every child received
and cared Tor in the asylum during its Sc
years experience, and know lust where
they went when they left the home. Those
who have once been with us are ALWAYS
welcome as visitors, and many of them
avail themselves of every opportunity to
come home. as they say. Reports from our
boys and girls are generally good ones
Occasionally there will be a black Sheep
but not so very often. We have placed So
children in homes, and of those in the house
at present "a are indentured to u.s."
A round-iaced, big-eyed, iaxen-haired
baby, contentedly eating a cake almost as
big ano quite as round as its face, is carried
by its mother into the parlor of.sthe q. P.
Orphans Home, at the corner of Monterey
and Jefferson streets, Allegheny. The
merry sound OF numerous childish voices
from the courtyard causes the little visitor
TO delay her eating, and look up question
inCly into the mothers face. But as the
noise continues, gradually 1t renews opera
tions upon the cake, and gazes at its sur
TOundings with evident curiosity, all uncon-
scious OF the fact that it is being interviewed
by proxy, and is going to have its name in
the paper.
DEPRIVED OF HER MOTHER.
1t is little Alice Hutchinson, a half
orphan. 2 years old, and she is going to re-
main in the home indefinitely. The mother
has the order from the Board of Examiners,
and IS going to pay the sum of 81 week for
the board and care of the tiny miss. Yes,
she will fret, and doubtless cry for her
mother at FIRST but she will soon become
accustomed to her new home and, in the
companionshin of the other little ones. will
be perfectly happy. Her father died two
years ago, and Miss Alice has attended the
Day Nursery quite regularly since, while
her mother has gone out to work, but now it
seems best TO place her in the
home. She doesn't wish to stav, when the
time comes Tor her mothers departure, and
announces her disinclination very emphat-
lcally, but her sobs are soon hushed. and ON
the nursery floor she gazes with opep-eyed
wonder at the many little ones of her own
ECe who are amusing themselves, until. in
spite Of her determination to be miserable
the clouds break away and her smiles beam
forth.
Children of every denomination, and chill
dren of no denomination, are welcomed and
cared lor. They attend the public school.
and do not dress in uniforms. II is distinctly
home and not an asylum. There are at
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