The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-30
BUTTE News.
WILL LEND THEIR AID
Associated Charities Will Help
the Children's Home Society.
The WORK is ORGANIZED
Unfortunate Children Taken From the
Streets and Given a Home Until
Maturity-The Aims of the
New Society.

Miss Isadora e Dowden of Helena.
state SUPERINTENDENT of the Montana
Thildren's Home society. spoke before
the board of officers of the Associated
Charities at its meeting yesterday by
invitation of Mrs. ]. NJ. White and Mrs.
John Moves, president and vice presi-
dent of the association. on the subject
of the work of the Children's Home So
ciety, their purpose being TO secure more
full cooperation between the city chart
ties and the society she represents Miss
Dowden outlined the work of her society
and said that the work is organized Tor
the purpose of seeking out all the home
less children of the state and finding APP
proved family homes for the unfortu-
mates. They are placed on 30 days trial
end at the end of that period IT is known
whether the child is pleased with its
home and whether the family is suited
with the child. If a child is retained in
the home found for it, the people may
adopt the child or may take it by a
special writing satisfactory 10 the So
ciety that il will be properly cared for
and educated, given good associations
and a permanent home until maturity.
The society is Incorporated to legalize
the work. 1t was organized Oct. -, 1896,
and Incorporated Jan. 16. 1897. The head
quarters of the society are at Helena.
IlG state DOaIu Oh ulTGtibiS II
posed of prominent citizens in all parts
OF the state, who are assisted in carry
ing on the work of the society by auXil-
iary committees in the various cities as
they are organized. Thus far % cities
and towns have been organized in this
manner by the state superintendent, IN
which the citizens have been interested
and committees appointed to carry out
the aims of the society, the members of
the committees pledging themselves to
devote their earnest efforts to the work.
TIL society has now GO children under
its care who We're homeless when taken
in charge by the society Fifty-two of
them have been placed in good homes,
many of whom have been adopted, and
the others waiting for the filing of the
adoption papers. Miss Dowdsn dis
played photographs of the children UNI
der the care of the society and after
discussion of the subject the board
promised its support and the subject Of
pledging the cooperation of the Assoc
ciated Charities will be considered and
passed upon at the next general meet
ing meeting of the association, which
occurs next Thursday
Miss Dowden further explained that
under the system employed by the
Children's Home society children can be
taken and cared for until of legal age
at an expense of s96 per capita or about
IS "A year on an average, and said that
no state or city could afford TO allow
children to grow UP TO be criminals OF
paupers in view of that fact. In num-
Der of the counties of the state the COM
missioners have already entered into "A
written agreement with the society TO
place in its charge their dependent chill
dren and pay into the treasury of the
society $50 per each. This relieves the
county of all further expense With re 7.
gard TO the child.
Miss Dowden recently visited Ana
conda and the commissioners OF Deer
Lodge county are considering the add
Instability of entering into a similar
agreement and the proposition will also
be brought TO the attention of the COM
missioners of this county.
Miss Dowden placed 4 bright little
girl in the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
A. lines of 514 West Granite street. Miss
Dowden met last evening with the local
committee of the society TO consider the
interests of the society here and possibly
arrange for mass meeting to interest
the citizens in the work. At the bust
ress meeting of the board of officers Of
the charities association. which followed
Miss Dowden's address. the treasurer
reported a donation of $50 from Arthur
Heinze and another of S27 from the same
anonymous source from which "A S37 con-
iributiOn came last month.