The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-04-23


! bies nobody wants We are Just trying to give
! them their chance. We hope to preserve the
/ mothers from greater sin, from the life Of the
/ streets, from the doors Of prison. but It is the
babies that count We must save our babies"
The law Of this country VIII not permit the
giving or selling Of little children, but It cannot
/ protect them from doser'iOD The founding hos
pitfalls in big cities are the states efforts 10
play the part Of universal motherhood to care
/ Tor the children who are thrown on her mercy
and "ho VIII help make her future
The room where the mothers reIinquish their
babies Is called the saddest place In New York.
There IS nothing In the receiving room but the
litffe cradle, and no one in sight matron is
always in waiting near by. She never forces
mother 10 confession, but II possible persuades
her to ten why she wishes to desert her child
and perhaps influences her not to give ii up but
to begin life over again 4 mother must under
stand that the choice is with her-the matron
may give the mother 10 or Is minutes In which
10 decldo-but the choice IS final If the mother
wishes II. and it can be arranged she Is often
laFrn Into the hospital with her baby and allowed
to nurse It, by having charge OF another Of the
tiny children and helping with one older child
There are now 300 mother nurses working in the
New York home, and there have been as many as
i've or six hundred at other times The mother
VINO comes into the hospital to work can often
prove her Illness to have her baby back again
But once she puts 1t down in the rescue cradle
and goes out the ever open door the baby belongs
to her no longer; she may never see or hear Of It
again The child belongs to the state No prayer
nor entreaty no pleading of circumstance, will
aiterward avail The child has entered a world
that shall never know its origin Somewhere
future waits for It, but the baby Is to have no
knowledge OF It's beginning outside its adoption
In the Founding home
bath and clean clothes are the first signs OF
the bahy's adoption in the Founding home A
Doctor next inspects the little person to see that
II shall not carry contagiOn TO any Of the thou
s'nds OF small brothers and sisters who are wait
lag for II outside the walls Of the reception ward
Two or three weeks the baby may be detained In
the reception quarters the smaller the baby the
less danger Of contagious disCases-or as many
days Then 1t becomes either an indoor or an
outdoor baby
There are GOO indoor babies being cared for
Inside the New York city Founding home II is
necessary TO board on the outside 200 more
Seven thousand four hundred and twenty -four little
fduudlinEs have been looked after in the past two
years, and there are relatively as many I'm Boston
IN Chicago, In Philadelphia--in every large city
In America
In Europe there are an even greater number
OF foundling babies. The European states take
charge Of the deserted waits. but the mother Is
only permitted 10 bring her child to an entrance
way, ring bell and give 1t into the arms OF the
attendant who opens the door-and SO away
without q word
Ia the homes of love Of wealth and happiness
ncro are no suuuder, swecter babies than the
deserted children 81 the founding homes The
babies are so far untroublod by their situation In
lifo and have not the institution look OF older
children What is the institution look? II trans.
lates Itself, the expression oil a crampcd indyid.
. uali'y. Of longing for a mere personal express
sion; tho look Of too much routine OF drilling OF
the lay without the spirit
But the babies know Of no difference between
themselves ana other children, and many times
before they wake to tho thought a home has been
found for them Nearly 500 tables a year from
40 New York Founding home are adopted by
private families in an parts OF the country They
prove in their lives that # does not matter in
. THIS world how We are born, 1T IS just the way
. we're dedicated"
Nobody but a baoy lover would adopt one Of
i or babies, older chi drcn may be taken by FAINT
lies and made into drudges but who would adopt
tiny child except for love-" one OF the sister.
a. the hospital said
There is wonderfully wide choice in babies
4 llr they are taken into tae home without r,gar.
10 nationality 70 creed or color; SO there are mini
AID white blond babies brown haired blackoye,
/ babies girls with curls ANA boys with round
yIosecroppcd heads.
The children wear no Kind az uniform Tht
I 'nue girls have as big bows Of red and blue an,
mix ribbon on their hair the most fashiouabI
| Mile person who lives round the corner on Ftr,l
Avenue
The clothes OF several thousand children mr.
In important consideration Think OF what
single babys trousseau means at home ForW
Latlly home babies outgrow their clothes an
| pass them on 10 other babies There are all size
| Is be fitted CT the Founding home In the las