Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-13

he relied upon for thoroughness and eff
cheney and progresslveness. The problems
to be dealt with are the most intricate and
difficult of solution of almost any kind of
problems in the community. Shall a child
be taken from its mother or from parents
of doubtful moral character, or from GER
tain conditions of poverty, and thus natural
ties broken and perhaps homes broken up
are some Of the questions involving far
reaching results. In the selection of home
so many things are to be taken into ac-
count that most careful study is demanded.
recognizing that upon the decision made
the future destiny of the child is depending.
Keep PRrents and Children Together.
There should never be separation of
parents and children without the clear
evidence of overwhelming necessity. Every
reasonable effort should be made to pre-
vent it. II has happened many times that
parents have brought their children to
the Child Saving Institute for the purpose
Of giving them up to go into homes for
adoption, when we refused to allow them
TO sign papers for REIMBURSEMENT. In
children temporarily and by advice and CO.
opera ton with the parents the catastrophe
emphasize this matter because Il is well
known that many child saving societies in
the past have encouraged parents to give
up their children when there existed no
real necessity for it. In many cases 1t
grew out OF spirit of selfishness Such
an act constitutes a crime against society:
The child is torn from its own kindred and
the parents in many cases deprived of the
only incentive they have TO the battle
etc The Child Saving Institute expeuds
time and money in the endeaVor to secure
re9onciliations between husbands and
wives, to help widows secure employment
and to give encouragement to the faint
hearted in order TO prevent tho breaking up
of homes and the separation OF parents and
children. The results have more than
justified the efforts.
Larger Quarters.
The institute has outgrown the present
building and grounds. For more than
year past we have rented an adjoining
cottage at cost of $50 per month but this
does not furnish room enough. An average
of tfty-hve to sixty children daily, often
with some on the sick list has overtaXed
of our work with childrens homes in Iowa,
Minnesota, Illinois and in other states
where similar numbers of children are
handled we find their building and grounds
could do much more efficient work and
could meet the demands of the normal
increase OF the volume of our work.
While some of our, friends have made
to the institute, that does not furnish us
present income. The wisdom of large en-
dowments TO colleges has been everywhere
recpEnized. The same principle applies to
ton Of charity can hope for permanent
success without endowment. Many of
these In eastern states have large endow-
western states. At Portland. Ore. one
donor TO an institution similar to ours
, some years ago presented $4,000 In cash
TO this fund. and since that time about
$4,000 more has been added. We ought to
have an endowment fund of 800 900 at
present and are hoping for large gifts
in this direction from our friends during
| the coming year.
Narsery Committee.
The nursery committee of the institute
consists of the following we'll known
women: