New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-12
BOY BABIES FIND FRIEND.
And He Wants a Wee Brother-Girls the
Most Sought After.

The little boy babies under the guardianship Of
the Guild Of the Infant Saviour whom nobody
wants, found a friend yesterday. He entered the
office of the guild No 105 East 22d-st.. late in the
afternoon and insisted having Il little brother.
The superintendent, Miss Elizabeth Madden, sug-
Gested that little sister would suit him better
and told him that they had lovely girl babies
but his preference for his could not be
shaken He wanted some one that he could play
with.
The hoy acting for his mother. and his app-
cation taken for investigation in the manner
customary in such cases.
BROOKLYN WANTS BABIES.
Why Is it that everybody wants girs?' said
MISS Madden. when the boy had gone. Il haven't
the least idea don't even know why people want
babies at all. The demand for them is most ex-
uaordnary. The applications don't come from
endless people, one would expect. Some do, of
course, but a large proportion of the applicants
nave several children already. Many of them also
are city people, from which would infer that
the difficulty of bringing up children in city flats
- not so great as We have been led to suppose.
we have more applicants from Brooklyn. however,
IMAM from any other part of the city. and have
FOUND that the Brooklyn homes Il whole, are
good ones
No We don't have many applications from I'M
married women. and We don't encourage them. be-
cause there is security to the child in two foster
parents II one dies II has the other to depend
About fifty applications for the 1O4 babies now on
'h'lt the fifty babies have been placed. for appca-
uohS are carefully investigated. and not every
VINO wants baby is allowed to have
mere are no babies at the office now though
large number were exhibition on Tuesday, and
applicants will not be allowed to see them until
after the nvcs legations have been completed. Ar
!!ahgements will then be made for interviews be-
one applicant at a time. on no account will two
a4PHcahts and two babies be allowed TO be IN the
onlce at once. This happened once through an
oversight ana both women wanted the baby.
LOOKS BEFORE PARENTAGE
The poor babies, the helpless counters in this
Eamo OF fate. selected almost invariably for
purely capricious reasons Applicants have de-
cided opinions about peEonal appearance They
want eyes and hair of Particular color. and they
oIlnB pictures out OF magazines or Coored Chromos
insisting that the baby must resemble them. but
Ihey rarely ask about parentage 1t decided
exception when woman came in yesterday and
asked for an Irish baby She was Irish herself
She explained and. Though her husband a
Jew. she wanted baby OF her own race
one unhapp" little one is having a bard time 20
get homo because IL cries all Tho time. II has
been changed three times and nobody ants it,
common request is for child who looks like
n child who has died.
Il lost my baby -hrce months ago" said a fash
ionably dressed young woman who called yester-
day. and l want another just like her"
Another caller Of the day a woman whose
baby was placed in q foster home about year ago
After having manifested no interest In IL during
all that time. she had suddenly made UP her mind
that she must sec II at once.