Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-12-16
ALBUQUERQUE FAMILY
TAKES LITTLE
WA|F
Ten Day Old Baby Adopted
by'Well Known People
of Means.
SOCIETY MEETS LONG
FELT WANT IN CHARITY

Inc len-day-old baby taken In
charge by the Children's Home So
ciety has found home. 1t will be
cared for by a we'll known Albuquer-
que family for adoption, and DIR. c.
10. Lukens, superintendent of the So
ciety, left yesterday to bring the
baby to Albuquerque.
DIR. LukAns was visited by a Citi-
zen reporter at his home before his
departure.
He would not make public the
name OF the family adopting the
baby, but said the people were emil
nently respectable and of means suf-
ficient to insure the child a good
home and an education. The family
has one child of twelve years. Two
other children were born to them
but both died-the last one only re-
Gently.
II just received a letter from the
Pecos valley" said DIR. Lukens, "ask-
ing me not to give the baby to any
one else as the writer would come
at once and take the child The let
ter came few hours after l had
placed the child in an Albuquerque
home.'t
The work of the Children's Home
Society has already resulted in much
good. The superintendent has had
considerable difficulty in getting his
work under headway, but he now
has everything running smoothly.
Concerning the society and it's baby
charges DR.. Lukens said;
The little baby boy of whom
spoke yesterday, and for whom you
kindly asked home from the gen.
erous public, is only one of the many
pathetic cases, that arise here in this
great territory of ours. Though rich
as il is in its resources, ii is not
lacking in is ability to furnish a
great field of work for the person
IN l.
an eelemosynary work.
"The baby boy is a little more diff
ficult to place than the baby girl
We have so far had no case that we
could not help, except that yet we
are not prepared to give permanent
care to sick or deformed children
but there are so many more cases
of little homeless boys than there are
of girls that our list of homes are
more quickly eXhaused.
I'm the case of the little boy we
now have. the mention in The Citi-
zen was more as an experiment thar
a real necessity.
heart of some good woman could be
touched and our belief in the good
in the human heart was not unjusti
fed for the paper had scarcely had
time to reach the homes of its read
ers when we received a telephon,
had placed the child yet, and saying
that she wanted to interview the su
perintendent in regard TO the matter
with a view of adopting the baby.
I'm short time a gentleman and
his wife called saying that they alsC
would like to have the baby. While
we have not placed the child will
anyone as yet for we are very care
ful to look up the character anC
ability of an applicant before we Civ,
child into their keeping, we will nj
doubt be able to place the child II
good home here in Albuquerque
And one might also get the idef
that publicity would be given to the
families applying for child and a
10 the place where a child Is placed
for adoption but this is not the case
we hold all such matters as sacred
between the officers of the society
and the home In which the child i!
placed and the matter OF the adop'
lion never becomes public nor is the
name OF the persons adopting th'
child ever mentioned either publicly
or privately. The work of finding
and placing children has some very
pathetic sides. I'm some cases it Is Z
matter Of the absolute lack of love
on the part Of the mother
\ Typical Rescue Scene.
"In many OF the cases presented
to the society there is such evidence
of selfish unWorthlness on the par
OF relatives that We get very lndig'
nant: and such abOunding affection
on the part OF the neglected and
about to be abandoned children, tha
our hearts nearly break sometimes
when the parting occurs. our anger
rises against the sinful and vicious
parent; our sympathy goes out to the
children who pathetically cling TO the
departing loved one We realize thai
Tho seDaraion a. hest for the Younger
generation, but is frequently a last
and public advertisement of the par
ent's loss Of all the higher and noblei
qualities associated with parenthood
mot long ago a group OF visiting
ladies' witnessed such a scene. A di'
Vorced woman fargone from righte'
nusness, and undoubtedly in falling
health probably as a result or hei
own vices. had just placed a sturdy
twc-year-Old boy in the society's
care When the woman started for
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