The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-05
FOUNDLINGS SENTOUT WEST
THE H<FPY BASDs or CHILD EN-
CHANTS THAT LEAVE TOWN.


Thorough work of Agents In Operates
Once every three months you can see them
the railroad station, New York's child emierAnt
going "a TO SOCK their fortunes Just ~ grown q
rmigrants do and representing The big city
sterling contribution 70 the growing West The
set oil In band forty or nfty strong. and u 20
did no, 500 the long roll Of eolorcd tickets In II
head nurses hand. you would take the group :
BE- youngsters starting Oh on q picnic or on som
holiday appoin tment They look very bright vel
cared for. most unemigrsnthks. but they ar
the children from the Founding institute eoinl
away 10 live. little folks destined for new, untie,
homes amid strangers and with only this difference
between them and the adult emigrants that the,
are unconscious Of the situation. They are prett,
well divided ~ TO sex. and range in age all III,
way from three 10 four or eleven years, but on.
and all. they arc taken up with the scene abou
them and wide eyed with the excitement Of th,
moment
Win We stay on tho cars all day7- little curly
head asked eagerly OF tho next and bgge,
neighbor
Yes, and Tomorrow. too sho answered and
the larger girl pulls the little ones hat
and charges her 70 look out her dolly will fall
Wen slerp on tho cara too. in regular beds, -
says boy standing behind Three nights
straight running for some Of us but you and Ellen
and Julia will only he on two nights and Cob
and his sister will yet oil before any Of us do.
maybe by supper time 10 night"
There three women in charge Of the band.
women in the straight robes and plain white coli
~ the sist,rhood Their expression and manner
arr serrnely unrucled as people whose plans
we're well laid and matured before starting and
VIII" sec nothing 10 gc, iustcred about
Where ~ this little woman going" was asked
al III" chre.tdker in regard to a blond haired
blue eyed child Of six or seven.
u" physicians family In Illinois The
boy standing by her In her twin brother lie
gets oil al place twelve miles beyond her des.
unaton and Is going 10 people closely related
:" ihnsc she goes TO- 20 they will be able to keep
track oi each other"
fhey are all going 10 good homes" she was
asked
"unquostonsbiy All to respectable. we'll TODD
people In various callings people able TO care for
aud educate them No one OF them goes into any
household whose circumstances and future pros
poets have not been inquired into thoroughly by
our agents, and in all we have certified ref
'rcnces As 10 PERSONAL responsibility and character
IL IL mainly through the bishops Of tho differe mt
States and their aids that get tho children
placed. After we leave them at thoac new homes
they are not lost sight Of but visited by some re-
spnnsibs representative OF the asylum al stpu-
la'cd intervals each year. in order guard az ains
any change Of circumstances that may have in
Iricrrd with the childs welfare
And are there never mistakes made In the dee-
hna,ton or delivery Of the children
Seldom Every child wears a badge Of iden-
litigation, unobtrusve, but placed there ON pur-
pr1r In avoid blunders These personal tickets
correspond TO the description on my adoption lis,
If the kind Of child to 20 70 the stipulated address
II might appear strange TO an on-Iooker that NO
could not keep reckoning OF the children except
in this formal manner. but the fact Is thu, they
are strangers to None Of them has lived al tho
hospital proper where tho sisters live except for
the few weeks Of their early infancy, and somo-
tunes the nurses who accompany them West are
secured from outside. Tho children arc taken
direct from the homes where they put TO nurse
or else from tho country branch Of tho institution
lttakes practice and Close observation 10 famiia
oneself In few hours with the personality Of forty
or nifty children. Then. too some OF tho band
originally meant 10 60 hAve TO DO left at tho last
minute and others taken In their placoa A boy who
had boon brought down from tho country place
Ia start with tho others this morning dcyeloped
Group. And q gin brought In from a working
woman's home was found 10 be In need OF recu-
p"raton. She will be sent to the country and both
her place and the boys have been supplied. These
two children were looked for very far out West
The people are expecting them. Another band
will not Be ready 70 start for several months: 90
the best thing was To ind other children answer
Ing a. nearly to the personal description asked for
A. possible, and forward them Many Of these
children ar, destined for farms or ranches In TO
gions where the people travel little. and however
much they might wish to have child. would never
think OF coming East after IT, Tho children arc
all sent out at the hospital management expense.
80 too many trips cannot be INDUCED In. Tho
agents orders for children como in few at a time.
The children are selected and kept In until
n sufficient number is wanted 10 warrant band
In starting The Institute has sent out thousands
Of children in the past Ave years. and the reports
concerning nearly all Of them arc favorable. Il
Is seldom that the people who undertake the 70
sponSibilty fall short in what they have promised
The larger proportion Of these child emigrant
are placed in homes of the beaten tracks Of travel
and that have tn be reached by stage routes or
private conveyance The nurses have the little
travellers at the stipulated railway stations,
where responsible person meets them, and by
ono means and another they are handed along
70 then eventual Destination: maybe evenly Or
wagon OUTFIT IL hired and the children bound
for places In any one direction. some valley route.
with their belongings and forw ardrd under the
care Of some friendly volunteer who had business
saw sa tn. 9s
tender care and much cordial hospitality. In
many instances. their coming 10 a yeritable boon
TO a people with nothing much 10 occupy them
except work and their every day routine, people
who arc quite willing TO make a place for the
crowded out city child.
The frst step in tho securing Of homes for
thee children in any region Is TO interest the
ministers and the doctors" said an agent who
places as many orphans In the course Of his trav.
els ~ Other travelling men lace moving machines
coopefs tools, garden fittings OF family grocer
les Give il out from the pulpit OF In your church
societies, that there are nice healthy, we'll man
neTcd little children in New York begging for
homes, with nobody 10 care a rap about them.
! ask the clergyman the priest and nut the
doctors TO feeling their patients pulses In tho
matter 81 taking homeless chick 10 do for. Any.
body, rich OF Just wellto do who Is creditable,
and has permanent roof over their heads can
have VI our children. subject IN conditions
The conditions only relative To the child's
protection They can have any kind NJ a child
they want, boy or girl; fair or dark, thick built
or slim. yearling or half grown. or lust an infant
They can have a little German OF FreuchmAn or
Jew We have hundreds TO pick from and new
ones coming on all the time Then go on 10
the next town and the seed there, giving
time for the Idea TO germiuete, Sometimes
! get q buggy, or maybe lust horse and saddle
bAGs. and 60 into tho outlying districts soliciting
homes and parents for my charges
Often on my trips | encounter unexpected
help. There are lots of people out on the road in
Lao asNN ..AhI