Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-03-24
THE CITIZEN
A Child For Rent.

An advertisement appeared in New
York daily the other day which was pecul-
lar, to say the least. Here it Is:
ITO LET-By the hour or day. for the enter
L tainmenr Of wealthy but childless ladies'.
bright. beautiful golden-haired little CIR,
neatly dressed. years old
A child to rent is something unusual,
even in this age OF fakes and frauds, and
it led correspondent to inquire into
it, and he sought out this child that is let
out By the hour or day. The child came
to the door in response to the knock
If you wait minute mamma will be
down." said the little girl. ''She is fixing
her hair, you know, before she goes to the
office Mamma works as a typewriter,
and that's just the reason why she rents
me out. She can't stay with me herself
and so she lets me spend the day with nice
ladies, who give me candy and fo
The ladies haven't any little girls Of their
own, and the pay mamma to let me visit
them"
At this point the enterprising mother
entered. She was widow Of youthful ap-
pearance and quiet manners. II suppose,
she began, that you think it very heart
less of me to rent out my little daughter in
this manner But it isn't really so. Kitty
and are alone in the world, and / have to
work for her support. While l am at the
office every day the child would have to
be left alone had not this plan been sug-
gested to me by friends. At first l began
by letting Kitty go to one lady for one
day a week Then another lady asked
leave to hire the child, and before long we
had quite a number of patrons on our
list.
"Seeing the chance to make money and
at the same time to keep Kitty constantly
amused, decided to advertise. l only
permit Kitty to remain out during the day
light hours. Ny charges are usually = a
day, or quarter an hour. The ladies tell
me that Kitty is the greatest pleasure to
them. She is very clever, and hardly ever
cries"
Here Kitty took the floor again. MY
name, she said sis Kitty, but at nearly
all the houses visit the ladies give me
different namef At one place am cali
ed Vera That is the name of the lady s
own little girl, who is dead. At another
place l am Marguerite / like that
name, because it sounds SO grown-up Ny
other names are Blanche, Marie, Mollie.
Dorothy, Mabel, Lille and Freda. A very
old lady calls me 'Maude,' because / am
like her sister, who died ever so long ago.
Sometimes get mixed in my names, and
don't answer when they call me.
MANY ladies send their carriages for me
or take me out shopping with them. They
always say that / am "a little cousin from
Philadelphia That is not true, of course,
and don't like to be told l come from
Philadelphia, but the ladies are so nice to
me that let them tell all the stories they
want.
"How do like being rented outG Oh,
like it well enough. / was real lonely
while mamma was away, but now we are
both out working at the same time. The
gentlemen that visit houses where l visit
give me presents and want to kiss me. l
think they do that just to please the ladies
who hire me; don't youl"
Further description of rented out III
FAINT was here interrupted BIZ the arrival of
smartly appointed brougham, with a
crest on the door panel. The conveyance
was sent for Kitty, who straightway trot-
ted off to make herself neat for a days
outing