Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-09
Paris the Dumping Ground for
Abandoned Foreign Babies.
Aliens There With the Avowed Purpose Rid Of
And the State Takes Care of Them and Provides
Them With Foster Parents

I Why" said a poor domestic servant
one day to NJ. May does not my
mother at least try TO find me?" And
when the hnd-hearted director. seek
! ing to console her said, IF your
mother were TO find you, she probably
would only be a burden to you" tho
girl reSlied. "Ah! Monsieur. at least |
should have some one belonging to me.
should not be alonel" 1t is this feel
ing of being alone in the world which
seems hardest to be borne and which
oegets certain melancholy in them
"One of my boys" continued the di-
rector. rs now the captain of q trans
atlantic liner He wanted to become an
officer in the army, but unfortunately
we set about IL too late. Well, I feel
certain in my own mind. that If he had
succeeded In his desire he would have
been the first to lead forlorn hope
and fall at the head of his men"
RoUSsEAU'S BOAST.
There is only so far as | have been
able to gather n single instance Of a
Founding having become a figure in
history. That is the great philosopher.
Dalembert. AS for the still more fam
GUS Jean Jacques Rousseau. it is noto-
rious that he made no secret of the fact
that his children were regularly laid
at the door of the Founding Hospital.
so. at least, he himself declares. II
seems probable however, that this was
merely vain boast. for there is not a
scrap of written evidence of this In
the archives.
already have mentioned that the
annual budget of the Paris Assistance
Publique Is about Sl2 900 900 This
enormous sum is furnished nv The
communes OF the department of The
seine, by the municipality of Paris
ana by the state. A certain pcrcentanc
on the proceeds of the Paris Mutuel
or betting at racecourses, and on the
sale OF theater tickets also is assigned
TO the Assistance Publique. The bud
get of the Hospice des Eufahts AS
sistes amounts 10 about 81, 900 900 an
nualiy. The latter organization exists
primarily for newborn foundlings. but
there is practically no limit of age
Tor orphans are admitted up to the age
Of 10 or 10.
ADOPTED BY THE STATE.
It Is worth recording that once a
c,lIid mas been received into the Hos.
pee dcS Entants Assistes even If he
be an alien, It Is adopted by the state
ana may not therefore be given TO any
private individual 10 be adopted as his
enid Thus, in the case of the two
niue English waits already referred
To- some fifty applications. several
coming nom abroad, We're received by
the authorities from persons willing
10 adopt them, but all were rejected
II may be said that France with hen,
practically stationary population has
an interest IN accepting alien children
VINO are destined 10 swell the number
of her citizens, This may be SO bur
SUCH a consideration does not detract
from me generosity with which for
years past Marianne has taken 10
her bosom The cruelty abandoned ar
spring of her sisters. That She dnas
so out of the goodness OF her heart IA
evident to an who. Ike tho writer
nave been privileged to see The pool
NIUE waits ana strays clnginE aifec.
tipuately 10 their nurses IN the wards
NJ the hosplcc
After an. said tho kind-hoartea
director with a smile. "what dlffar.
ence do few hundred aliens make
to our budget IN the thousands of chill
dren we receive annually2'
SANITY PHILANTHRoPIsT.
No description Of the Pounding hos.
pltal would be complete without N ref-
cltn't To -. Vincent de Paul the good
genius OF abandoned Infants In MA
tuinlo ne was born IN 1875 aud died h,
lphp-lhcte was particular spot for
ioundlings in front OF the cathedral
or Notre Dame. n was called "Our
lady.s Bed ana the little ones ycrr
picked up thcrc and taken 10 various
hospitals The compassionate heart
ar vincent de Paul was touched Ia,
we shnerlngs of these innocent babes.
tnu ne TOOK up their cause with the
ltlNo' Of . Peter the Hermit or "A ea-
His eloquent preaching
smote the hearts NJ the ladies of IKE
'"url and, hrcd with religions zeal