St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-05-10
Scores Of Homes Have Been
Made Happy by These
Rescued Little Ones.
Who, in Cases, Have Been
Found Wandering Aimless-
Iy on the Streets.
Pathetic Pictures Of the De-
vastating Results OF Al
coholie Liquors.

good hemeS for homeless children. The
method proposed was the method of the
American Educational AID association,
for several years in successful operation
in Illinois and Iowa. 1t was the organ
iZatiOn of a state board, where agents
should secure the formation of auXilli-
airy boards throughout the state and adj
jacent regions, called local advisory
boards. The duty of these agents and
local boards is to gather the homeless
children throughout this region, and as
speedily as possible secure good homes
for them in well-approved private fam
lilies.
After several weeks so spent a state
board was organized Sept II, 1889, with
DR.. Northrop, of the University of Min
nesota, president. The other officers
were:
Executive committee, Luciens Warner,
chairman; Z. NJ. Van Duzee, Rev. John
Wright. d. D., Albee Smith, Hugh Harrison
superintendent, Rev. E. p Savage, 1136 Min
nehaha street, st. Paul; financial secretary,
Rev. J. p. Dysart office Room 10. No. Is East
Fourth street st. Paul
Rev. j. Z. DySart was to have special
charge of the work in the Twin Cities,
and Rev. (. p. Savage in the state at
large. The work has been prosecuted
chiefly by these gentlemen as the only
salaried officers of the society until Jan
uary, 1891, when Rev. E. r. LathrOp
was appointed to the charge of the
southeast portion of Minnesota.
In the year and half since the forma-
ton of the board 107 children have been
placed in good homes. They have been
of American, English. Irish, Scotch,
French. German, Bohemian, Swede and
Norwegian descent. White, Indian and
colored. Fully half have been of Sean
dinavian origin, those of American de-
scent ranking next in point Of numbers.
They have come from twelve counties
IN the state, and six along the borders.
Tnlrty-siX have been placed in different
places in the state, and eight in adjacent
states, not far from the borders. They
have been of all ages up to fourteen
years, but very many have been babes.
Those who are not familiar with the
facts might suppose that the children
would be generally unattractive and
homely in appearance, but this is the
opposite of the truth.
what pretty child' is the common
exclamation of those who come to see
the little one. Indeed, it has sometimes
seemed to those in charge of the work
that a special
DiSpensatiSn of Providence
has been made in favor of these little
unfortunate ones, making them so at
tractive that it has been easy to obtain
homes for them all.
Health. innocence and beauty are the
endOWmentS that make these little ones
rich IN attractive charms that wins their
way to many hearts; and, when once
they have been placed i'll homes, il is
most gratifying to see how their help
IessneSS and dependence appeals so
strongly to the hearts of their foster
parents that they cheerfully endure the
Toll incident to the watch care: and, if
sickness assails them, their soIicitude
q as great as if it was their own child
in danger.
A very pleasing instance was that of
little three-year-old boy, brought from
the pOorhouse of one of the counties
an unusually sweet and attractive little
fellow. By appointment a lady came
TO the city, fully decided to take girl,
but this little boy came into the room
and played about so nicely, climbed up
into her lap and kissed her at her invi-
tation, and put his little arms about her
neck and behaved so charmingly that
the lady was completely captivated and
took him to her home that had been
desolated by the loss of an only Doy
about the same age. After he had been
there month she wrote: 81 like our
little Oscar better all the time. He is a
very sweet, lovable child. For a few
days at the first was afraid he would
be willful and hard to govern, but love
and tirmneSS have taken all the per-
verseneSS away, and if he were our
very own we could not love him BETTER"
Statements similar to this frequently
come to us from those who have taken
the younger ones.
1--WE are as much attached to the
child as if he was our own
''She is the sweetest and dearest lit
tie girl that ever was, and we thank
you for her,
I'VE are very thankful to you for
bringing US such a bright and pretty
boy, and he has already made our home
bright and happy"
1--WE would like to have you come and
see our baby when you are in this
vicinity. Should you come, you would
have no doubt of the estimation in
which she is held by her parents"
Her mamma says no money could
buy her, and her papa smiles and does
not object.'
A boy who recently came into our
charge has had a checkered life. His
mother was
a Variety Actress
of some nOtoriety. His mother and
father did not live in an atmosphere of
unalloyed connubial bliss. They sep
arated, and the custody Of the child was
given the father. The mother died in
the South some time since, and the boy
does not know where the father is and
has drifted about st. Paul, Minneapolis
and Duluth for some time. Recently he
was picked up by the police in Duluth
and put in Jail, then in the poorhOuse,
and then given into our charge. He is
bright, intelligent little fellow of thir-
teen years. If it is possible to save him
from the life of recklessness and sin
that seemed to lie before him, we shall
have great occasion for thankfulness.
Among many incidents of interest the
following may be mentioned:
A very bright little girl of about three
years of age was put in charge of the
society in northern town. The little
face assumed most sad expression as
she said to lady: bad papa, strike
my mamma. Papa drunk" The men,
ores of the child's life thus far had
been of the Saddest. But little while
before her mother had died. and it had
been necessary to put the 'bad papa"
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ing bed, brought there, in part at least,
by his brutality. The little one is now
the fondly cherished pet in one of the
most palatial mansions in either of the
cities.
The ruin wrought by drink is some
times the occasion of the homeless CON
ditiOn of the little ones.
Five years ago, in one of the North
ern cities, there was man of industri-
Gus and enterprising character, with a
wife and four children, but in an evil
hour he engaged in the saloon business,
and soon went to the dogs: his wife
went insane from her trouble, and the
children were virtually fatherless and
motherless and homeless. The society
has provided for three of the children.
Sometimes veil of impenetrable
mystery, which the officers of the soci-
ETY. would fain lift but cannot, over
hangs the origin of the little ones