Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-01
THEYG GUARD THE POOR
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pass without sending some gift to the

pass without sending some gift to the
asylum.
The present officers Of the association
are: President Miss Emily Harvie; Sec
rotary, Mrs. Herbert A. Claiborne; Sec
rotary Of the Board; Miss Annie Chris
tan: Treasurer, Mrs. Waller &. Martin.
Ch1ldren,s Home Society of Virginia.
This society fills place occupied by no
other institution in Virginia 1t not only
cares for full orphans. but takes charge
of half-orphans and worse than orphans
those unfortunate little ones growing ZIP
amid vicious and immoral surroundings.
In fact it has been found that the full
orphan children were but a small per cent.
of those needing care and protection, anu
were really the fortunate ones compared
with many who were abandoned, grossly
abused and growing up in lne most dan
gerous conditions. Consequently the char
ter was amended and enlarged by an acs
60 IT, General Assembly. approved March
10, 1902, by which children under the age
o. Ia ears who. by reason of orphanaSe,
drunkenness and other vices OF parents,
and exposing them to lead a dissolute and
vicious life can be committed to the
societv nv the courts.
Since the society formally accepted its
charter and completed its organization,
November "a 1900. it has received at It's
wards 127 children, whom it has clothed,
fed and cared for. OF this number a
have been received during the year 1902
Part of these have been voluntarily sur
rendered to the society by parents or
guardians and the others have been COM
mitted by the courts. Most of these chill
d-en are already settled as sons and
daughters in good family homes many
legp,ly adopted through the courts and
made f1eirs-at-law. These same children,
lnf Sy hair rar1artpf
would become paupers tramps, and crlml-
mails in the near future, are now bright,
intelligent and happy IN their new homes,
and a great JOY to the foster parents Inc
society places out no children as servants
or underlings. All this work has been
done without a dollar invested IN pul.o-
ines. without endowment or legacles, de-
pending entirely upon voluntary member
shin and donations for its support. and at
a cost Of less than 5000 per capita.
II these 127 children were now on hand.
to be cared for the society would require
about $3.50 yearly per capita, or sl9'Voo.Ve
per annum for their support. Some OF
these children rescued through the courts ~!
from the yilest conditions, though the
most unpromising at the time, nave deVei-
oped into very desirable ones, through
careful and loving training in their ne"
homes. One Of these, a young girl OF ten
years without any education VINO was
rescued less than ono year ago, ana VINO
ran away three times before she Was
taken out Of the city to a good home IL
the country where they had no child OF
their own, is now in the ,hird reader and
doing we'll in her other studies; has pc
come a member of the church in the
neighborhood and has been adopted a. an
only child and heir OF the properly o. , ,.ne
IA mily who adopted her. announcer, poy
of Tan Years who had lost his mother.
and who would run away from his father