Albuquerque citizen., 1908-01-04
LOOKING FOR HOMES
FOR TWO MORE CHILDREN
DIR. Lukens of the ChiIdren's Home
Society is Finding Plenty of
Work to Do.

DR.. Charles r. Lukens, superin-
tendenu Of the Children's Home So
ciety of New Mexico, arrived in the
city last night with two little chill
dren who he will place in Albuquer-
que homes. The little ones are pret-
ty, bright little youngsters. whom
the doctor found in most abject con-
dition. one is little girl of three
years and the other a little boy.
ON the doctors desk today are
letters from the southern and east
ern part of the territory telling of
four boys who are homeless. one
Of the little fellows is described as
being sick. and the father who is
poor, is also sick. The mother has
deserted her children and the father
Is unable to care for them.
The superintendent is about the
busiest man IN Jhe territory looking
after this phase of the territorys
philanthropy and he Is doing one of
the most needed of all charity work.
"A reporter saw the superintendent
at his home this afternoon. He fur
nished the following utterances by
noted men and women of this coun-
try upon the work in which the So
ciety for child saving is engaged.
The Children's Home society is
becoming the Recognized institution
I'm the United States for the work of
saving the homeless and delinquent
child.
The Delineator Magazine has re-
Gently been running a campaign to
assist the Children's Home society
in the United States in its work of
child saving, and has asked for
symposium on the child saving work
by many of the most noted men and
women of the country. The follow
ing are extracts of their utterances
on this subject.
Of
land, Ohio, say. What a splendid
Idea to give homes to homeless
| children, to give children to child
| less homes, certainly this Is a work
| that springs from Divine inspiration.
Who can say which is the more
pitiful, a homeless child or child
| less home? Nothing but the heart
| lest commendation Is due to any
| agency which has for it's purpose the
| happy joining of these TWO unhappy
| conditions of life"
Judge Ben B. Lindsey of Denver
| says: 81 have long shared the opinion
| of the best workers for children In
| this country, that the natural and
proper place for a dependent and
neglected child Is In a family home
DR.. Hastings II. Hart: 1.-TWO things
which should not be-a child with
out home and a home without a
clild."
|
child rescue work cannot fail to in
| terest and enlist the hearty coop
| Grafton of women everywhere. While
we are still thankful that institutions
exist for the care of homeless little
ones, we know that the highest de-
velopment of the child demands that
he shall be regarded as an individual
rather than as a part of a system
| The society In this territory Is
anxious for the assistance of all the
| churches and fraternal societies ii
the territory, I'm other states a grea'
interest in this work ror the children
is shown by the various lodges AZ
well as the churches, many of th'
secret orders making donations tC
the work. The superintendent 4
very anxious to get hold Of tn
names of good families where chill
dren are desired as wen as TO fini
every case OF child need. No create
charity exists today tnan this on
! sor the helping of the babies who ar
born into this world into the sorrow
ful condition of homelessness o
who have been left upon the sea o
life without the love and care o
home. The Citizen advises You t
telephone or write DR. Lukens II yol
want child, II you know of on
needing a home or If you have hel
to extend to this agency for helpinI
the children.