The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-05-19
CHlLDRE IS HOME SOCIETY
An Address to Oklahoma From the Terri
torial superintendent.

An Address to Oklahoma From the Terri
torial Superintendent.
To the people, citizens and friends
The Oklahoma and Indian Territory
Childrens Home Society sends greet
ing of good morning and hopeful
cheer in Gods name, whose cause for
the fatherless and homeless children
it has come to represent in these two
splendid territories.
And it asks your candid considera-
tion OF it's purposes and methods and
this implies its spirit and relation to
other well-meant agencies Of child re-
lief.
This society was chartered May 4,
1900, and it's Object is to rescue destl-
tute, homeless and dependent chill
dren and to secure for them worthy
/ family homes, the child's natural
place. 'God setteth the solitary in
families" (the Bible) with moral, edu-
cational and religious advantages and
thus 10 save the child, comfort the
childless home and save the territory
the expense of feeding and clothing
it, and in many-may we not say in
most--cases save society from crimi-
nal life, with all the expenses OF in
carceration and prosecution attached.
II you ask what relation does this So
city organized and chartered under the
| laws of the land, bear to other child
saving societies, happily the answer
has already been given practically
! and in press, in the older states wEere
word has been more fully developed.
! In brief, then, the answer is in sub
stance:
/. The Children's Home society is
the rival of none, and the friend of all
@ 1t is broader in its purposes.
3. 1t is more natural.
4. 1t is more practical in its meth
eds.
s. 1t is more economical, finding and
placing child in new home and
keeping watch over 1t until it is Of
age for $50.
6. 1t seeks through the press, plat
form, pulpit, and privately all unfort
unate children in the territories,
found in mind and body, The sadly
less even fortunate of unsound in
mind and body, if the friends are too
poor, should be cared fer in the we'll
regulated and as home like as posi- BILE
institution. and more and more this
seems to be the special sphere of the
institutional home and more and more
the public mind and spirit of the age
are turned towards the individual
child. The rescue and salvation of
orphans and homeless children one by
one, is the new idea,
7. 1t puts the child rescued only in
a kind family home.
s, 1t keeps supervision over them
until they are legally grown.
9. This supervision is kept by local
advisory boards in the communities
where the children are placed.
10. 1t depends for its support upon
the humane, philanthropic and godly
people. without distinction Of nation
ality, UNCONVENTIONAL choice or polit-
ical belief. Who would not help a
suffering and poor little child, home
less and dependent? Who stops to
question? None. Then will you not
pause, consider and act on the prompt
ings of your own heart and hand OF
send your help to the Children's Home
Finding Society, and thus honor your
Creator, bless the child, comfort homes
save society great burden and law
abiding citizens heavy tax.
Full information in regard to the
Children's Home Society will be sent
free on application.
We desire the names of good fami
lies wanting child to raise as their
own. We also desire the names Of al
dependent children in the territories
Let all correspondence and help fol-
the work be addressed to
n. B. WICKHAM,
Tarritorial Sunarintendent