The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-08
WORTHY I OF CHARITY
TWIN CITY DELEGATES TO THE
STATE CONFERENCE AT DU-
LuTH gETnRN
REV. HART TALKS OF WORK

Years Ahead OF Illinois In It's
Children's Aid Latsors = None of
the States Can Boast of Better
System in charttabIe Treatment
of Unfortunate hopths.
A number of Twin City people who at
tended the state confidence of correc-
lions and charities, which closed It's ses-
sion Wednesday at Duluth, returned yes
terday. Among those who attended from
here were James f. Jackson, Of the state
board of corrections and charities; A. w.
Gutridge, of the Associated Charities; ].
w. Willis and State Agent w. A. Gates.
Rev. H. H. Hart, state superintendent CT
the Childrens Home Society of Illinois,
former secretary of the state board OF
corrections and charities, also attended
the conference and took an active part
in the discussion of several subjects Of
general interest to correctional and char
table experts, and paid St. Paul flying
visit yesterday.
Mr.. Hart left his work in ST. Paul a
year ago last spring and has met with
unusual success organizing the work Of
ciety which was patterned very much
after the general plan of the Minnesota
Children's Home society, only 1t is a little
broader in it's scope. Mr.. Hart said yes
terday, when seen by the G l o e:
Minnesota is twenty years ahead of
Illinois in its childrens aid work. The
Illinois society is. however. doing excel
lent work, as it has placed in homes over
1000 homeless children and benefited in
one way and another great many
others. A law was passed by the last Hi
nois legislature providing for the appoint
ment OF probation officers In large cities,
and other desirable legislation has great
ly assisted the society, and we are grad
ually bringing the work up to system
that will in time be a model. Our So
ciety differs from the Minnesota society
in that We not only find homes for chill
dren bereft of their parents or deserted,
but whenever a childsis found In distress
we give any assistance in our power.
For instance, in a cherries home we md
a little one with club foot; we secure
the proper medical treatment. We find
many deformities among the poor chill
dren Of great city, and the society,
through the auxiliary branch, has re-
claimed many children that would other
:
than this, we assist any who are in
trouble as to their children. Incorrig1-
bles are placed under proper restrictions
through the assistance of the new law,
and happy homes are found for the chill
dren of working women who are unable
to provide proper homes but are glad 10
pay a minimum figure for board in COM
Portable home 1 cannot commend too
highly the Minnesota system Of providing
homes for orphaned children, and l be-
lieve that none of the states can boast
of better and more effective system than
is maintained by the Minnesota Chill
dren's Home society. For the conditions
which the society has to meet,its nodus
operandi- is worthy of the highest men
ton. r-'a@szS .S-=-zS'
"a subject that was OF special interest
to me at Duluth, and upon which | read
a paper, is that of the special care OF
epileptics. In Minnesota there are about
2,OCO Of these unfortunates and about $50
of these are confined IN the insane hos
pitfalls and the -schoo1 for the feeble mind
ed Fifty are accommodated at each of
the insane hospitals and about 100 at the
school at Faribault There should GER
tainly be some institution for their eX-
elusive care as the commlngl1ng with
the other patients in these institutions is
detrimental both to the, epileptics and the
patients of other classes. In the major
ity of these cases the malady is heredi-
taryj and is chronic. I believe that the
time is not far distant when these pa
tients will be provided for in special
hospital in all the states. AS yet but
little has been done in this direction, but
the subject is receiving serious cons1d-
Grafton in different parts of the country.
1.-The Duluth conference was very sue
cessful. The Iowa board of control was
present in a body and l should say that
there were considerably more than 100
delegates present"