New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-16
CHILD-SAVING DISCUSSED.
.prr ADDRESSES GIVEN AT THE MONTH
1Y CHARITY CONFERENCE.
s.,,r MAYNARD. THB REV. J. WINTHROP
urcrNAN AND CHARLES LoRING BRACE
SPEAK IN BEHALF OF THE
LITTLE ONES.


SPEAK IN BEHALF OF THE
LITTLE ONES.
TIE .u,,eo: Of tn regular monthly charity con-
.o-eoce held yesterday morning at no. lVo LAST
rventv-second-st.. under the auspices OF V'7 mar
49,. organization Society was "ChiId-saV'ng. Inc
49, yrs-e La Sale Maynard. the Rev J.
,,.,-.,,ro, taeeman and Charles Loring Brace, sec
- ~ the Chidren's Ala Society Miss Kate
o., chairman Of the Conference Committee pre-
80 Nv MAYNARD opened the conference Win
ga plea ror Play" He said in part:
"a.,s- al that has been so well said ana so noDly
ao,e for childhood and It's needs In THESE oeye' ~"
- 90. come 70 realize how important feature
e., -. ne ~ the normal and healthy child Is the
- f,r MAY We are accustomed TO think OF
.t,,,~e,,s llay AS something 10 re regarded, gen
,-arr with considerable indulgence IN our own
,br,ren but often hard TO be endured In other
r.orla's children The little human animal mas
,,st As strong an impulse 70 sport and gafhool AS
the kitten or The lamb. and it is dangerous 'hihs
rr6,,,. 20 restrain one Of the abiding ana ruH"s
rorres r. nature. Under natural conditions such
t.e may he q source OF Joy and blessing; pent UP
~ 6,verted from It's natural channel. 1t may De-
come an agsn, Of woe and destruction. Let We 70
member this in our work among the chiinTen o. ''
roor Ought we not and cannot we 90 more Una"
we have ever done to take Advantage OF anu use
this tive instinct?
newspaper and periodical press concerning youth
fll depravity and among the causes TOT u 'ha'
have been mentioned are an alleged lack OF rev
erence for parents among young Americans
lack OF respect FOR authority Of any Kind due IN
mar, 10 our political ideas and institutions; and
above all growing carelessness and lack Oh
o,arsieht on the part OF parents and guardians
But We question whether II may not be attriou-
table TO a large degree TO the lack OF recreation
l. IS hardly necessary 10 say that have no speciN
admiration for John L. Sullivan Of pugihsuc faine
who announced himself a candidate for Mayor
o. Boston last fall. but there was PLANK III MS
Mavoralty platform which was made OF sound
timber. II as follows:
I'd find places for small children 10 play Il
you want to stop the growth OF thieves trea'
poor little children right
"Notbine IS more pitiful and nothing more de-
porsble IN the life Of the poor In the cro"oeo
quarters Of our cities than the conditions under
which the children Of the tenements pass their
earliest and most impressionable years Inc won
der Is that anything pure. decent or honoraDie
should ever spring UP and live under such coi"4-
lions and surroundings. 1t is a pleasure 10 ho'e
how thoroughly Mayor Strongs committee Oh
Small Parks erasped this whole idea Of meeting
the natural wants OF childhood and what en-
phass they placed upon II IN their last report
question whether any plan or movement Tor me
teternent Of IN, people IN this city has ever be'h
devised or card-t out OF a wiser and more PTTac,
somethlnr more even than this ought 10 Dc dOne
for have many rainy Gays aNu , H,ucH 80, Hv
himself ,fen. without mourning The, wrath and
swift vengeance Of all the lowers ma De ~ i "a
tenement home where perhaps, lhSIc arg ' .
In the fan1ly besides boarisrs, ana all in two
rooms Wbv should not the model tenements OF
the f,,,,-s .,aTe sor9e provision for this most
essential tac.or IN the happiness ana "e!i-peHE Oh
Mr. Hegeman told Of the work Of the Guild for
The CripDeo Chtdre: Of The Poor. ne HgiId vas
historic existence Mr. Hegeman stated. OF about
lN) years. y has home al I.p'S l,'.NlI' ="
build snoebAr mis- year Representatives Of the
society Wit The little ones reg uiary III 'ITM hoies
ana teaca he mothers how 70 care LoI mem tie
society co-o.crates with the Chi!dreus Ad 80
cfbples al t mas scf5ol in West sixty,third-st
TIE main idea Of the soeeiy' ssla tne spe el1
for OILY ~ indi iduoi care and sympathy can
nov he be transfused into these dying eAl7tences.
b., VIZ eaS Ss aaq ,T Ind b9 Experience that they may
De born again. and born right
HOMES FOR TIE HOMELESS.
Mr Brace spoke on Country Homes for the
Homeless" Re said
Nothing so certainly protects these htue ones
rom the assaults Of evil as complete removal 10
the quiet Of the country, where each individuality
may find room for its best development. few
Gays ago the visitor Of Of our industrial schools
found three little children. nearly starved and
hozen In an upper room OF rear tehemeht-the
mother dead the brutal father continu9lly intoNl-
ng-houses receiving litte preliminary talhlnEE
fefoIe they are taken West 10 be placed IN 6oo9
homes, In a short time these little ones rescued
from degradation will be in home IN the country
peIted by their new mother. n kind-hearted iaim-
e|s wife with all outdoors 20 play in. "a county
school 10 20 TO- and an the boUndless opportunity
o. life in Tho great West before them. SuppoI go
BY he offs OF the charitable OF New YORK. We are
ena Oled 70 open new "oi4u pe4oio "'''o ''~'''' -
poverty such as these -, -, ,o ros,,,,e
Nr. Brace then gave some ehtilpoS Oh ~, t,es
OF The socety's work in securing country MONIES
Tor city waits He showed the PHOTOGRAPH OF "a, d
young woman who was rescuec Hom an lhsnIIs
mother AZ the age OF seven. ana Is now III a stou
hone IN N.braska She is remarkable Tor her
beauty Intelligence and goodnesS G "a IN necI7e
q fourteen years gave piano Icclttl 70 ne PI"It
O. baT IiIissr she stands at the head In school,
has taken ur1z-s in needeworh, ana Is 'oauc
sTc,, q ~ ,,oiIne people IA religious work Pho,
tograr IN ~ one OF the socetys boys no" I,r
man In California WAS also sh0"i., MI hqh school
from August y Farmer, principe! OF iisn S,' Ia
N Nilnesoia and formerly Pollsh VII m"9 80 a.,
TIE cases - several boys who "cIc SCI. gu. ~
n saroe marty as John brady now '"NVi nj ~, VI
Alaska were mentioned. and MI BIace sa,u H.
mus have been something IN the Ire OF w 49,
indiana town which received them that ca'eGg ~
The best IN their natures. one l. ctshlc' ,a,t',
National bank ~ his town, anotheI p,,rIeS
Methodist minister ana "a l"'"'
became Governor OF Dahotd. IT, .ucccss of The
Mr. Brsce attributes much or the ~ "a Ltnd
s6ciety's efforts to the spirit Of huneihty IA much
ness In the rural districts Or me 81 fr.s a ra
also 10 the care with which the homes o'''i0>