The Washington times., 1905-07-07
No EMPLOYMENT
FOR THIS MOTHER
Young Girl Put Out in Ut
ter Poverty.
BABE ADOPTED BY ANOTHER
Friendless Mother Had Been Told She
Could Get Work if Without
Her Child.
BABE ADOPTED BY ANOTHER

tramped the streets in the heavy down
pour of rain for several hours in the
endeavor to find shelter for herself and
babe, pretty Mary Jones' half stag
gered into the House of Detention last
night fondling tiny form close to her
bosom.
She begged piteously for place to
sleep for the night, and was SO weak
that she fell into chair while talking
to Policeman Fraser. Her pathetic
story moved Sergeant Gallagher. sup
intendent of the institution, TO SYM
pathy, and the girl was made as com
Portable as possible.
With her three weeks old baby cud-
ding up under her arm, she retired to
room on the third floor and was regis
tered as a ..lodger.
This morning she was taken to the
office of Dr. Smith. of the Board OF
Charities, in the pistrict Building. There
she again told her pitiful narrative, and
between sobs requested that the child be
taken care Of because she was compelled
to struggle for a living, and the in
fant had proven an tnsurmountable ham
dicap throughout the three short weeks
CT it's life.
Another Mother.
Dr. Smith took charge Of the chubby
faced little girl. and 1t viii be placed
in the hands of a childless wife in the
northwest section of the city. who will
in all likelihood educate it. and rear 1t
To splendid womanhood, and it will new
er know who its mother was.
Sobbing as If her heart would break
and with her face buried in her hands.
the youthful mother. whose haggard,
gaunt countenanee sh owed that she had
been through untold miseries and suffer
ing, slowly walked out Of the basement
of the Distcirt building, leaving her
babe with its fat cheeks still hot with
her kisses. Once on the stree1, she knew
not which way TO t1rn. but finally made
up her mind 10 go toward the northeast
section Of the city to look for work.
When the girl entered the House OF
Detention, at Eighteenth street and New
were sticking to her BODY. and her hat
was ruined By the water. When she
lowered her head to escape the gaze or
a questioner, rain poured of Of II and
made q puddle on the floor.
She wore a lightweight white waist of
cheap material and a heavy blue worst
ed skirt made for winter wear. Her hat
was a large black chinon affair with a
cluster of black-centered daisies on it.
Her feet were wet because the water
had been standing in her shoes.
A Pretty Girl.
Her rich auburn hair fell in confusion
over her forehead and the sides of her
head showing that it had been tossed
by the fierce wind. Her features were
regular, but her coan:enance was pale
and drawn and there was an expression
of suffering on it, Her large, blue, sor-
rcwfut eyes were lowered every time
any one looked toward ner. Withal she
presented a typical picture OF ab3ec'
suffering and privatton.
The little baby nestled close up to its
mothers breast. In its chubby hst The
tot held an empty nursing bottle, made
OF whisky flask with a nipple on IT.
The child fretted and cried when It's
mother first entered the big building
but soon became greatly interested IL
the Sputtering gas light and tried tt
catch il with its little hands.
Matron Mcleod was instructed to taxi
charge of the girl, WAC gave her age az
nineteen and saIH She was unmarried
While partaking Of a meal before going
TO take the room On the third floor, th'
girl told her story to the kind-heartet
: matron who was almost moved to tearl
several times and cried OUT: If mothe
had only lived l wouldn't be here ik'
This
Was From Virginia.
According to the girls story, she wa
ago. She had but little schooling be
cause her mother and father both work
ed and had but little time to deYot
to bringing her up. When she was min
years old her father died Three month
later her mother died OF a broken heart
and she was left a penniless orphan.
She wag taken in charge by neigh
Dor, who gave her a home for the Wor
she could do around the house. Fo
the past ten years she has been Workin
for her living.
Several years ago she came to Wash
srgton and worked with Virginia fam
Hy in the southwest section of the city
= She became acquainted with a bartende
and several other young men of lcos
habits, and about two months befor
she was 10 become a mother, her EN-
ployer put her out on the street an
forbade her TO return.
Without home, mother. friend, O
penny, she trudged the streets all might
but the following morning she obtaine
position as servant in a residence !
Southeast Washington. There sh
worked until three weeks ago, when tn
baby girl appeared.
Again & Wanderer.
: She was allowed 10 remain in the hous
: until she had gained sufficient strengt
4 to walk out.
( Yesterday she dressed in her stree
clothes and wrapped the baby in dres
Iiotii opera cape
After profuseiy thanking her employe
fer the humane treatment accorded he
the girl walked from the house, KNOWN
not where to go.
She came to the northwest section {
the city and anplied at several res
dences for q position as servant c
maid AT each place she was told ths
she could have the place If she got n
OF the baby.
This is what she was told by her err
: ployer in Southcase Washington. Th
little tot was unconsctously the cause
all of its mothers woes, and the gir
8 went to the House of Detention becaus
she. vas so much exhausted that ST
could not walk farther.
No Exnerim en-