The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-11-18
SOME INTERESTING MATTERS IN
RELATION TO WORK AND
MANAGEMENT
CHILDREN OF CHARITABLE
These Little Waits, the Flotsam of a
Tide of INDECENT or Indifferent
are Cared for by Free
Will Offerings

ne work OF the Children's Home is
mere child's play; but eve the oasual
visitor will notice that q tremend Us
amount of work needs be &C Complished
daily in order that the constant waits
OF the steady stream of incoming and
outgoing children may be pro. erly
looked after. Infants OF a month II
over, boys and girls from three to
fourteen year, are ever demanding at
tention, even IL every real need Is up
plid. Too vigorous play, or careless
actions often being little hurts which
must be sOothed. Among a group o.
thirty children, one will find tempera-
ments of all shades. Not only the
modest, ret. ring child who fails to as
Sert his right. but the puguaciCus lit
tie And eW Jackson Is In evlden e.
The little chap who has an abiding
faith in his divine right TO pos ess al
that his eyes survey is sure to find
here another with a like faitu, an
quite naturally a difference Of o mi Il
arises. A skilled goverhess, b wever
o o decides the divine right p OBJ
lens and speedily settles all questions.
To satisfy boundless appet.tes OF $ m
thirty children with good wholesome
food easily taxes the skill OF d cul
unary artist. The question of santa
ton, never to be forgotten. deman .
constant attention. Rooms and hall
ways, beds and clothing must he free
from contamination Of any so t. c ca
illness, therefore, is the Lest d sintect-
ant or preventive. In dust pa tic e.
may Turk some inaidious dl ease, con
%sequently dust accunlations must not
be allowed to gather. The matrCn wh@
is a model housekeepe has long az
been convinced that "Clealiness is lie t
to goodness" In the nursery the tiny
infant, neglected and unwanted, may
give evidence Of the unnatural moth
er's lack Of love. but no amount of ca G
is wanting to infusc the life God in
tended it should have. Its physical
condition and its greatest needs are
studied and every means use7 W ic
medical skill and trained nu SEES ex
perience can command, to deve op the
strong child.
Sometimes, It is true, all the en-
deavCrs seem useless, and the nfan
babe which should have been the darl
ing Of some mother heart, ras es up
to the great author OF life. SIEVE a
hundred visitors gene ally Interested
friends, are shown through the Home
each week, whole delegations come Ia
at one time to see the children and
inspect the conditions. Eve yone |
cord ally welcomed and really shown
all there is to be seen. Tie boa
of charities and 60 rections Groppea
in not long ago, as is Te1uired by | W
for the purpose of max ng a thorough
investigation Of the Home prior to fl
ing it's annual report. One may judg
what impression was made upon EN-
by the following refer nee made in
the report to Governor Eessey:
I'm conformity with the law Of the
state this bead has at various tim )
visited and carefully inspected he
Children's Home at Sioux Fa Is. Under
the able and efficient SUPERVISION o
I Superintendent and Mrs. Stu kemG'
the Home has improved and e~nlange
In its usefulness. We have cny
words of commendation for t e m
agement. after having examined its
workings outside the Home. as well a
in. Tie Home is certainly mt ted to
the confidence of the charitably in
clined people of the state
In the Office the typewriter is click
ing information, giving advise, an
swering queries. or making arrange
ments for placing or receiving cAli-
dren. Reports, histories of child en-
legal papers. and Ieccrds must be
properly fled. The t ene1dOus r :
/ sponsibility which rests upon the su-
perintendent in deciding the we ] o
woe Of a child's. future is not assumed
light'v. Due considerat OF of the
child's welfare and strict examination
of homes offered is surely ne essa Y
Through ten hours of each day the
problems Of the needy homeless chf!
is absorbing the attention Of tn Sc
upon whom the responsible y of place
ment rests. Numerous calls for a d
are answered and many q child bur
den has been lightcned and kept |
school, of which no mention is made
in the reports. When family trouble
arise or sin has entered to disrupt She
sacred ties which should not be bro'e
and the child is left homeless or ha :
become burdensome, this institu len
hastens to the relief OF the desires e !
child, caring for it, till a new mothe,
may be found who will take the boy
or girl into her shelterirg arms Wha>
a pity that into their innocent youn,
lives dist ess ng, heartbIeaking expert;
ences come, but what gratitude should
not the people feel that the South Da-
kota Children's Home Society Is eve
ready to assist in overcoming the eff
fects of those experiences by & wing
timely attention to the unfo"tuna
little ones. Some stories told are
pathetic indeed. Little Eva AMI lie
brother were victims Of parma
faith'essness. Her mothers affection
had entirely disappeared and son
daughter had really become burden
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