The Washington times., 1908-04-06
Two Women See Boy
of Month Left on Steps
of St. AIMS
Home.
Mother Watches Her
Child for a While and
Moves 1t to a
Dry Place.

Abandoned on the steps Of St. AIMS
Orphan Asylum, al Washington circle,
bright-eyed. chubby-faced. little fel-
low apparently a month old, is enjoy
ing himself in that institution, while
agents Of the Board of Charities are
busy hunting for the styiishly dressed
woman who left him last Saturday even
ing TO fight lifes battles alone.
Although abandonment is a peniten-
tiary offense in the District. the case
has not yet been reported TO the police,
hut probebly will be. if the board finds
the mother and she refuses 10 take
the baby back to his home.
The baby was taken into the founding
asylum about dusk Saturday evening
by two women. who had watched the
movements OF another woman, presum-
ably the mother; a well dressed man
and a colored man. who carried the
baby.
Moved Her Bah" Out of Rain.
Agents Of the board declined TO give
the names Of the two women, but are
relying upon their story. According to
the two women, the mother kept a care
ful watch over the bundle lying on the
cold threshold Of the institution after
leaving It there. and once went to the
door 10 move the baby out Of the rain
The woman and two men stopped in
the circle for several moments ana
watched until X street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue were clear OF pedestrians.
The mother and her companion walked
toward the institution with the colored
man, babe IN arms a short distance be
hind them. The couple stopped az the
iron fence outside OF asylum, while the
colored man walked up and gently laid
his burden on the doorstep.
Mother Well Dressed.
Immediately afterward the woman's
companion is said 10 have given the
colored man a green bill, and then
boarded a car going down town. The
coIored man walked toward George
town, while the mother, who wore a
long light coat. brOad-brimmed Merry
Widow hat, heavy black veil, and pat
ent leather oxfords. strolled leisurely
over to Washington circle and took
seat on a bench from which she could
watch the bundle.
She was seen to walk to the iusdtu-
ton, move the bundle closer TO the
door. and tuck the clothing around the
baby. Afterward she returned TO the
rark, resumed her Sc II and watched un-
I'll il was quite dark.
The first woman who noticed her re-
mained seated on another bench III the
mark until q heavy shower began. Sus-
Meeting that an infant had been aban-
doned. and that the babe would get
3renched in the shower, she went out
of the mark and accosted another wonl-
an near Twenty-second street. telling
her of what she had SEEN AS the
two went through the circle they no.
ticed that the mother had disappeared
Asleep When Found.
,rbav went to the door of St AIMS
and lifted the bundle up for inspection
Neither was surprised to find a baby
Z, tbA handsome robes. A tiny white
veil was carefully pinned around the
1i+tIa fellows head. He was asleep
,,y,ap they found him, but he quickly
av,alxened and fought streu uously to
Get his little fists outside the binding
eiderdown robe.
The two women rang the bell 10 sum-
mon the sisters in the institution The
child was taken in charge by them and
the clothing was examined for possible
marks OF Identification, but none was
found. The little boy keeps his big eyes
riyeted on the ceiling. meditates with
his thumbs in his mouth and seems at
peace with ali the world.
Sisters at the institution say the child
is undoubtedly the offspring OF people
OF wealth. The clothing he wore was
Of the best texture and appearance, but
nothing on any OF the garments indi-
Gated whence they came.