The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-28
SNOWSTORM WAIT FINDS NEW MAMMA Would Take First Conner But Red Shoes Won Her ADOPTED BY RICH WOMAN She Has Doli Bigger Than Her self and Goes to Europe in
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From the New York Times

From the New 1ork Times.
 The little girl, 21k, or possibly 3, years old, who was found on a doorsetep by a Jersey City policeman in the snowstorm of week before last, has got new mamma. When Mary Classey." as the little girl calls herself, learned yesterday that Mrs John Singleton, the wife of a wealthy mine owner of the Pacific coast. now staying at the Ansonia, wished to take the little girl home with her, she seemed puzzled.
 Do you want new mamma?' they asked her.
 "Is my old mommer all broken so she can't be mended?" she inquired, in an in- jured tone.
 Later, when Mrs. Singleton saw the lit- tie girl she promised her candy, dolls, and toys galore. Still the child hestated. Finally she looked at Mrs. Singleton with a steady gaze.
 If I let you be my mommer. can I have pair of nice, new red shoes?" she asked.
 She could, and the red shoes gained the day.
 It was long after midnight during the belated April snowstorm, when Police man Saunders. on post in Grand street, uSdI dIONtt JtISty Ollyt saw d lying on a cellar door. with almost an inch of snow covering 1t.
 Them Eytalians Is careless, T. said Saunders thinking that the parcel con- tained rubbish.
 But mindful of certain finds in mur- der cases which had won for certain members of certain police forces much fame and glory, he began to poke at the bundle. As he turned it over a little h oaf ttritla aif1 A ootat more and he had torn off the old blanket which had been wrapped about a little girl, who didn't seem to be anywhere near g.
 Where do you liver" he demanded as- tonlshment making his tone severe.
 The little girl pointed her finger vague ly across the street.
 Down there," she said sleepily.
 "Where?" repeated Saunders.
 Down there," the child said grossly, indicating a totally different direction.
 There was nothing for the policeman to do but to carry her to the station.
 On the way there he asked;
 Haven't you any papa or mamma?'
 The child sighed in his arms.
 Pepper drinks but mommer doesnt,' she said. And then after a little pause she added:
 "Mommer said pepper tried to kill her. but he's a nice popper.'
 Stays With Matron.
 That night the little girl stayed with the matron in the station house. The next day she was sent to the home of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, at 163 Grand street. Here she said that her name was something that Mrs Reed, the superintendent, took to be Mary Classey."
 My pepper works very hard in a school house." she said. "and he comes home at night so tired he can't walk straight And he brings home a little bottle and drinks out of it. But when my mommer sees it she says to my pop per: 'Please-please don't do that And then my pepper he gets mad, and my mommer says pepper drinks"
 Here little Mary broke off her story to hold up her little feet encased in small, old tan shoes.
 "Aln't them shoes just lovely Katie bought them for me-" she said.
 At the society's home they have some times kept children for six weeks to have them reclaimed by their parents at the end of that time. So they kept Mary for time with them. Mary, too, hoped that her father and mother would come.
 q do wish my pepper would drop in" she said suddenly the other day to Mrs. Reeds little girl May.
 Your mother certainly ought to come for you," declared May, who is ten.
 The little girl thought a moment with sad face. Then she said slowly:
 q guess my mommer must be dead, or she would come.'
 In the end Secretary Edward A. Ran som, Jr., of the society thought it would be well to take some steps toward get ting Mary adopted. She is beautiful lit tie girl A newspaper in which he asked ell n that fell into the hands of Mrs. John Singleton at the Ansona. The Singletons had been burned out both in San Francisco and in Los Angeles, where their home, Single ton Court, was one of the show places of the city. MT. Singleton, who is president of the Yellow Aster Mining company of California and has extensive mining in terests in Alaska found it convenient to visit New York with his wife until they had decided whether they would rebuild in the west.
 The description of the little girl-"gold- en hair and blue eyes'-made. an instant appeal to Mrs. Singleton. Although they had no children, the Singletons had each Christmas bought many dolls-for other peoples children. Last Christmas. while they were doing their annual Christmas shopping, Mrs. Singleton came across an enormous doll almost as large as child of five
 ..I want that doll" she said to her hus- band.
 But for whom?" he questioned. '.We've provided for everybody
 For myself she said.
 For yourself?' he echoed.
 Child Is Adopted.
 i've made up my mind that if the oc- casion ever arises she said, If a good opportunity presents itself, I'm going to adopt a little girl
 ..Why don't you go to some asylum and pick out one?" he suggested.
 That doesn't appeal to me she said. oJt must come in some different way. but when it does I want doll, and the little girl adopt shall have the biggest doll in the store"
 So the coll was bought. But until yes terday it had no wardrobe. The moment Mrs. Singleton read o1