St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-26
CHILDKEN'S AID SOCIETY.
The Good Work Being Done
More Assistance Needed.

The Good Work Being Done
More Assistance Needed. a.
To the Editor of the Globe e..
The report of Rev E. p. Savage. super
intendent of the Chlldren's Aid Society,
known as the Children's Home society
for Minnesota and Dakota, shows that
there were under the charge of the
society at the beginning of the quarter,
Sept. l, 1898, twenty-four children.
Sixty were received in the quarter aud
nineteen were returned to its care, a
total of 103 children provided for. Of
these seventy-four were placed in good
Christian families, five died and the rest
were in charge of the society Dec. 4.
Never in the history of the society have
there been SO many needy cases to-
provide for as in this period. 1t has
been done at the expense of a great
amount of travel and toll Oh thepart of
the workers, viz: Rev. E. P. Savage
and Rev. ID. B. Jackson in Minnesota,
Rev. j. r. McConnehey in North Da-
kota and w. b. Shenard in South Da-
kota.
Some of the cases of restitution that
have been relieved have been most ex.
IRENE. A family of six motherless
children were found in the northern
part of the state. They were from two
to twelve years of age. living in a shanty
withlarge cracks between the boards
on every side. There were only two
pairs of shoes and stockings in the fam
lily, the little boy Of two years had
nothing on but little calico dress, and
all were thinlY clad in rags. The ther-
mometer was "a below zero the day be-
ore the superintendent went after
them. The father, old and feeble. very
gladly put the three younger children
in his charge. The neighbors urged
him for the sake of the children to give
up the rest of them also, but he de-
clined.
Here is little incident from Mr.. Nc
Connehey's experience. A sweet little
girl of six years was left fatherless and
motherless. She had been we'll trained.
and was very bright. Many who saw
her had exclaimed in sympathy: poor
little thing" On the way to the train
| she looked up into Brother McConne-
hey's face aud said: "They call me
| poor, but Pm not poor; Pm rich"
| How do you make that out?" he asked.
why, Pm the child of a king" and
then she sang:
My Father is rich in houses and lands
He holdeth the wealth of the world i'll His
hands,
Of rubies and diamonds, of silver and gold
His Golfers are full; He has riches untold
I'm the child of king. the child of king,
With Jesus my Savior, I'm the child of
king
Who would not be honored and
blessed IN the reception of one of these
| little children of a king? MANY babes
who have been deserted by one or both
parents are constantly brought to the
offices of the society to provide for.
Thus far 4S9 children have been pro-
vlded for since the organization, Sept.
II, 1889. The National Children's Home
! society, Of which this is branch, has
provided homes for more than $500 chill
dren, chiefly from Illinois. Iowa and
Minnesota. Recently the society has
been organized in twelve other states.
| The presentation of the svstem
and work of the society at the Column
bian exposition received the high
est commentator, and the folio wing is
an extract from the award of the judges:
I'm my opinion this method is the most
aggressively humane movement to ar
rest the growth of the dangerous
classes; and so it seems to be viewed by
others. for in short time the organiza-
ton has been adopted by fourteen other
| states. This society deserves the award
| for its excellent organization. This
| work is not confined to any religious
denomination, but all cooperate with
| it. 1t is carried on entirely by volun--
tary contributions of the people, and in
times like these is specially worthy and
needing the help of all who can give"
Any who can help in any way, and
especially by giving homes to the home
! less babes. should address the superin-
tendent, Rev. Z. P. Savage, GIL New
York Life building. ST. Paul, MINI.