Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-28

James grows up we can educate him and
give him a good start in the world More
than adopted child has unconsciousiy
induced its parents to take thought OF the
Gainy day, and, for its sake, led them TO
give heed to the higher aims of life.
why" said one man when reporting to
the society, my wife and | never thought
much about religion and such things six
months ago; but now that we've baby
to be responsible for, why-Well, it's differ
ent, somehow
Not few persons are so pleased with the
first child they adopt that they come back
for another Constance is lonesome and
wants a little brother" is common eX-
PLANTATION of the second request. My hus-
band has been so happy with the first baby
that / want another now a Christmas
present for him." was the request that led
to a blue-eyed fiaxen-haired little girl, who
was found in a valise, getting home with
4 well-to-do Long Island couple December
a year ago. You may remember that }
adopted a boy about six months ago." said
a woman from a fashionable section of an
eastern city. ''Well, l want a girl now.
No, / don't want to give back the boy, but
he sits all day at the front door waiting for
his father to return from the Office, and I'm
tired of being alone, and l want a little girl
to keep me company and love me as much
as Henry loves his father" But one of the
most humorous requests for a second child
ever recorded was that of a wealthy mulat-
to woman who drove to the society's door
in her carriage. This chocolate boy thinks
he owns the town." she said, land now /
want a girl his color to let him know that
the whole world wasn't made just for him.
Selecting Their Names.
One OF the hardest tasks of love in con-
nection with foundings is to get names
for them. It's not an easy job as many
grown-ups can testify, to supply name
for just one chick, but when some two hum
bred or more have to be named in the
course of year by the average society,
there is trouble for some one continually.
Generally, society delegates this work
to one member and this is the way she
goes about it: She writes down a lorg
string of Christian names, which is easy
and then scans books. newspapers, her
visiting lists, social registers and what
not for surnames that will fit with tina
Christian names. The idea nowadays is
to give each child a Notwithstanding name,
and to this end hundreds of names that
suggest themselves. are rejected. When
a list of names is finally made out 1t is
handed to the priest. or the minister, as
the case may be, who is regularly employed
by the society to christen the babies as
soon as they are turned over to 1t by the
city. Sometimes the names on the list are
exhausted before others have been pre-
pared, this lamentable circumstance is dis
covered at the last moment. the clergyman
telephones. please, what am l to name
the child?" and some quick thinking has
TO De done. 1eDSe, SUCH names as JeTOIlt
Travers, New Yorks district attorneys
name reversed; and Roosevelt Cleveland.
the source of which is obvious.
The plan of equally apportioning all
foundIings between Catholic and a Pro-
testant society Is now pretty generally
followed In most American cities. Each
society alternates in getting baby from
the hospital where all foundlings are turned
In by the police. Twins are counted as ona
baby and never separated, and II note Is
found on child, requesting that It be
raised in such a faith 1t goes to that So
ciety which can fulfil the request, no mat