Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-11-12
POOR CHILDREN
IN ORPHANAGES
Subject Of Interesting Address BY
Doctor Lukens at Presbyterian
Church,

The address given by DR. c. f.
Lukens, superintendent of the Chill
drens' Home Society of New Mexico
and Arizona, was heard by a goodly
audience at the Presbyterian Church
last night, despite the threatening
weather.
In beginning his lecture, Dr.. LUX
ems, said that he would not speak of
the eighteen million children in the
public and private schools of the
United States, nor of the million and
third of young people in their
teens in this country, but that his
society was especially interested in
the 100000 children in poor houses,
inflrmaries and orphanages, and the
$4,000 children annually abandoned
by their parents.
The whole genius of the society
is summoned in one sentence, THE
finding Of homeless children and Of
childless homes and bringing the
two together. ~
God meant that every baby born
into the world should have the bless
ing Of home and love, and that is
what we offer as compared, to ne
glect or the cold charity of the coun-
ty poor house, or of the state orphan
age.
One-half Of all the children placed
by our society receive college educa-
tion and inherit on an average of $4,000
each. We want three things of each
community, help 10 find the home
less and dependent children, and also
to find homes where children are de-
sired and we need the financial help Of
people of humanitarian spirit.
The society not only receives and
carefully places the child, but SUI
perintends its raising until it is of
age, or ready to begin life for itself.
Does it pay, we could keep you lis
tenng a week to the stories OF child
saving. but will forbear, but two or
three illustrations, two of the COVER
nors of states in this country were
our society's graduates, listen to what
one of our chief workers has to say
of results
Does it pay? Put your ear to the
phone and let the field workers an
swer. Let Superintendent 0. S. Nor
row, of Kansas, have the line; his
answer to the inquiry is: "A pro-
higate woman of no reputation aban-
doned a little fve-year-old girl at
one of the inland county seats of Kan
sas. The child was turned over to
the public authority and placed in the
county poorhouse. Here the associ-
atoms were so bad that nothing but
a life of ignorance, impurity and
crime was before her,
"The authorities gave her to the
Children's Home Society, and she was
placed in family Of superior advan-
tages and plenty of wealth; but the
child was so high tempered and abso-
lutely uncomfortable that this family,
after more than a years trial, gave
her up and said it was no use; they
never saw such ungovernable temper,
Then another family tried her, bat
she returned again to us,
"Then she went to the third family,
who were more fully equal to the
task, and our girl improved so fast
that within a year she was practically
beyond my knowledge. The progress
was continued until now she is a
young lady eighteen years of age,
beautiful in features and more beauti-
full in character, sunshine and daily
benediction to her foster parents, a
universal fayorite and blessing to
all her companions"
At the close of the address subscrip-
tions for the support Of the work was
called for and several subscriptions
taken.
The headquarters of the society are
for the present at Roswell but will
soon be moved to more central part
of the field which comprises New
Mexico and Arizona. Anyone wishing
to correspond with the superintend-
ent, DR.. G. E. Lukens, may address