The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-19

The Organized Work for Dependent
Children by the Family Instead OF
by the institutional Method, to Find
Homes for Dependent Children, III
Which TltcN &c, ONE Integral and
Pcrnancn; Members of the Family.
Is the day of the ~orphanage pass
ing? Has the time come when Chris
tan civilization will more effectually
care for dependent children? In
North Carolina the spirit of philan-
thropy has become so great that
twelve orpnanages have been estab-
lished to care for fatherless children
in this State. Are these shortly to
become receiving stations for orphans?
in an address that should be read by
every one who has in his heart a con-
Germ for helpless and dependent chill
dren, MAJOR Robert Bingham. of Ashe-
Vile. before the Grand Lodge of Ma
sons assembled in this city Tuesday
night discussed exhaustively and With
a remarkaI L. appreciation of his sub
iecr the desirabil:ty of taking a further
aud upward step toward a better care
for orphans. The cause which he
espouses is the organized work for de-
pendent children by the family instead
Of BY the institutional method, which
began i'm Kentucky in 1897 and there
has proved a wonderful blessing not
only to the children benefited but
to the State. The idea is to find
homes for these children, where they
become members of h family by
adoption.
The address by Major Bingham
showed perfect mastery of this great
theme. and from it the following, of
vital interest, is published, compre-
hending thoroughly the subject Of tn.
care Of orphans
Major B~ingham's Address.
The Christian world. coming to a
sense of it's responsibility to the UNI
fortunate OF all classes, has only re
Gently begun to follow the example
set by the PAGAN world nearly twenty
centuries ago, in providing for de
pendent children.
The Roman Emperor Traian first
founded establishments for this pur-
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Pagan Emperor, says that he causec
about five thousand children to be col
1~@ted in orphanages and educated
about A. d. 105. Antonius Plus
about y. d. $50, and Alexander SeV-
erus about \. d. 22O. established or
p~hanaees. OTuhanages have then
first legal RECOGNITION in the laws OF
J%ustinian. At the Court Of Ryzantiun
the office of Inspector of orphans was
considered so honorable that it W2a
held by the brother OF the Emperor,
Michael ". in the nth century. ;
founding hospital was established in
Milan in 7S7, and from the Middle
Ages to the present time most Of the
principal cities Of the continent Of
pendent children. The English
speaking race has been the most back
ward among civilized men in proVid-
ing for dependent children. \
founding hospital was established in
Dublin in 1704; but according to the
parliamentary returns, Of the 5000
children received during the thirty
years OF the existence Of this institu-
ton 40. 900 died, and owing to this
mortality and from certain moral con
siderations the Institution was closed
by order of the government. As a
substitute for O~rphanaGeS. dependent
children in England till a recent date
were sent to the pOO houses. or were
bound out by the courts till they
should become of age, and this meth
Cd, which being without supervision
or recourse was often accompanied by
oppression and cruelty. n which lit
tie better than licensed White slavery.
was common in the United States till
q recent day. and has not entirely dis
appeared up to the present time.
Private o~rDhanageS with a feeble
and uncertain life. were established
in St. Augustine, Fla, at Ebenezer,
nsar sa-ann.h q. in Eaw. ns1ssG.