Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-04

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Three decades OF. usefulness have been
completed BY the Children's Homo Of the
City OF Wheeling. During these thirty
have been frightened through the Home
that otherwise would have fallen In shad-
owy places.
In the year just closed the Board OF
Directors gave due consideration TO the
ordinary business interests of the Home
and also considerable thought and at
tention to some special matters OF i'm
portance.
The one who so long presided over the
meetings of the directors is sadly missed
from the presidents chair In the death
of Henry K. List the Home has met with
a loss that may be justly characterized
as irreparabie.
The internal affairs have gone on in a
regular manner They are, in large meas
ure, under the supervision of the Board
of Lady Managers. who are always most
faithful in the discharge of their duties.
Following is the report OF Mrs. j. G.
Hupp, president Of the ladies' board:
Another year has quickly passed in the
work of the Children's Home without I'M
usual events to relate. Our routine work,
each month, brought the regular meet
ings of the tried staff of managers to-
gether, who Sc always ready to act to
the best of their ability. Children were
brought to us by worthless, miserable
parents not feeling the great responsible
ity placed upon them when given children
name only. Children of such low human
ity are offered to the home and must be
cared for, must be lifted from the depths
of woe. VIII we take these little ones
to our care, and let the parents go free
10 continue in sin? These children have
souls to save: Who so receiyeth one such
little child in my name. receiveth me-
They are scarcely ever refused, prefering
TO err rather than risk the sacrifice of
the child. In such cases 1t requires much
thought TO decide the right and just thing
to do. Orphans are another class of chill
dren we are often called upon to care for
and they are never refused. Mothers
left without home, shelter and food.
through worthless husbands. have TO
earn a living for themselves and children.
such children are taken in the home and
cared for temporarily. On the other
hand worthy fathers are often compelled
to place their little ones in the Home for
saken her children for life of shame
and depravity; sad necessity for a IA
Their who loves his children. The amount
of work done and the number of chill
dren placed in homes is about equal to
any past year. Although many new
charities are to be cared for by the city,
the public continues its share of sup
port to this institution and the yearly
sack gathering yields a bounteous supply
towards the maintenance of the home.
The. health of the children has been
good, there being only such sicknesses
are incident to children. The manage
better condition to care for larger num-
Der of children and extend its usefulness
in every way. The managers express
their sense of gratitude to all who have
aided in any way toward the care and
comfort of these homeless unfortunates.
The great loss sustained by our home in
the death of Henry K List, Esq. will
always be referred to with sadness ow-
mlnutia of the work; ever ready to ex-
press his sympathy and advice and watch
ing carefully the financial support We
feel like asking who can take mis- place,
the place of one who so kindly approached
those who never refused him their yearly
subscriptions. So long has this been his
work that IL has grown to be thought of
by his co-workers as part of himself
He has gone from us, his earthly work Is
done, his noble endeavor along religious
and charitable lines will ever live
Miss n. Laura Lawson. recording sec
rotary, reports that eleven regular and
three special meetings of the Board of La
day Managers were held. The admission
committee and the binding committee, as
well as the matron, presented reports at
each regular meeting.
Miss Mary Mckee offers the following
report: The chairman of the admission
committee reports the number of chill
dren received into the Home during the
year as twenty-one. fourteen girls and
seven boys. Several of these Were tenn
porary admissions. Two were cared for
while their mother was sick in the hos
parents, from force of circumstances.
We're unable to provide for them Four
OF this number were orphans, with no
other place of shelter offered them but
the home, and being too young to realize
their loss, are happy in their new home.
The remainder of the children have one
parent living, in most cases a parent in
name only. and so receive care, food,
shelter and education through our in
Stitution"
Mrs. ]. J. Jones. chairman of the Bind
ing Committee, reports: THE number of
children sent out of the Home the past
Der eight girls and four boys were re-
turned to their parents. 1t usually is ex
IRENE necessity that compels a parent to
ask the Home to take their children. Each
case is investigated before admission and
the parent is required to sign papers Civ
ing up all control of the child. or chill
ddren. If. however. before We secure
homes for them elsewhere the parent
can show that circumstances have so
far improved that the child can be prop
erly cared for in It's own home, the Board
OF Managers are happy to return the
child to its natural parent. OF the ten
children placed in homes secured for them
during the past year, only four We're fun
orphans, four have fathers who have
never visited or taken any interest in
them, and two have mothers who entire
ly neglected them. We always have
many more applications for girls than we
can possibly supply, but not so many for
usually for older boys than we
have in the Home. A gentleman who
took one of our little. boys
few months ago wrote not long
since: Eddie is getting along fine. is
learning fast at school and is liked by
every one. Indeed he is the greatest
jewel in our home for we prize him above
every. earthly thing we have. He is
good boy and is so much company for US,
and he seems to think as much of us as
we do of him. IL We were at liberty to
tell the history of the home from which
this little boy was taken you would say
that saving this boy and his three broth
ers was alone worth all the cost of the
Children's Home work. We were sad
dened by the death of one of the girls who
was placed in good home about three
wears ago. Her adopted father wrote:
Our little girl is dead. She had been in
poor health for some time, but we took
as good care of her as possible and she
seemed to be gaining strength. but unfor-
tunately she took a severe cold, which
made quick work of her. We sincerely
mourn our loss She was such a good
child and we were much attached to her
and she was devoted to myself and wife
We miss her sorely but know she is in
hnitely better off. as | am free to say she
was one of the purest children / ever
knew. No one ever heard an impure or
unbecoming word from her lips, and she
was such a truthful child We feel that
her place can never be filed This girl
was about fifteen years old and when we
were sending her to this home she said to
me: i do hope they will keep me as I