The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-03-22
SCHOOL FOR HOMELESS
The South Dakota children's Home So
eisty 10 Doing Good woIk-over
1000 Cared For.

Deadwood. 4. D.. March 20.-The
saving OF the children has become one
az the great interests of the middle
west. Miss Allie Jewell. who Is the
district superintendent for the Chill
drcn's HoIie society In the Black Hills
and Wyoming. has just made n trip
through this section. Miss Jewell COW
crs the largest territory OF anyone en-
gagged I'm this work I'm the United
States. looking after the children In n
district some 600 miles square. IL IN I'm
the winter that this society does It's
greatest WORK. foI then the neighbors
begin To feel the responsibility for lily
cared for children; rnd II is then. too.
that parents, poor or shiftless. feel the
added cost uf food. fuel and clothing.
The National Children's Home So
cicty Is distinctly a middle west In
stitution. having homes for children
In twenty eight different states. ILL.,
nois holds the first place with refer
ence To- the amount contributed yearly
To- the society. Kentucky comes second
and Iowa thiId. lowa's receiving home,
located at Des Molnes, takes In yearly
some go children. The South Dakota
home at sioux Falls has been estab-
lished for twelve years. The superin-
tendent. Mr.. Sheriard. was the super
intendeni IL the firsi newsboys home.
established In Chicago some thirty
years ago. Nearly LOO children have
been cared for at this home during Its
life. and .diss Jewell figures that at
least % pr cent. OF them have turned
out well. Some other district super
intendents do not place these figures
no high. giving the more conservative
figures .. % per cent. IL one knows
that only about &C per cent. OF children
In the private homes throughout tho
country turn out satisfactorily IL will
be seen that there institutions are
making great record. Most OF the
children taken to- tho Sioux Falls homo
are from poor or shiftless families.
There have been 100 children I'm all
taken from the state of Wyoming and
OF these oily one child was OF illegiti-
mate BIRTH. The per cent. OF tllcgiti-
mate children In South Dakota In about
six, but this In small compared TO the
percentage In Iowa and Minnesota. Tho
great problem with the Iowa and Min
nsscin homes IL thai OF the illcgitimate
child, ns ia the older states tho num-
Der OF these children II immcasurabiy
greater than In tho newer states.
But few children received AT these
homes could be called actual criminals.
yet there was the famous case a few
years ago OF the children from tho
wilds OF Wyoming who had killed their
father. The murder was planned and
carried out by the two oldest children,
girl OF Is and n boy OF IL. The boy
loaded the gun and prepared IL. but ow-
ing To his deficient eyesighs IL was the
girl who placed the gun against her
fathers head as he lay sleeping In a
bed. pulled the trigger and blew out his
brains. These children. with FIVE 9TH
crs OF the family. were taken by the
society. They have all found good
homes and have developed as satisfac-
torily as the average child.
The report for the fiscal year ending
May 81. 1906, shows the number re-
ceived for temporary care to be %:
number received for replacement. IL:
those placed I'm homes for the first time,
liz: died, 8: sent to reform school. 2:
whole number cared for. 1913. These
societies are supported entirely by per-
sonal contributions. They receive no
state aid and are wholly dependent
upon the charity OF the public. The
expenses for the last year amounted TO
something over $500.