The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-11-17
SOME INTERESTING MATTERS IN
RELATION TO WORK AND
MANAGEMENT
OF CHARITABLE
These Little Waits. the Flotsam of a
Tide of INDECENT or Indifferent
are Cared for by Free
Will Offerings

the work of the Children's Home is
mere child's play; but even the casual
visitor will notice that a tremendlu u
amount of work needs be accomplished
daily in order that the constant wants
OF the steady stream of incoming and
outgoing children may be pro. erly
looked after. Infants Of a month and
over, boys and girls from three to
fourteen years are ever demanding at
tention, even If every real need is sup
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, retiring child who fails to az
sert his right, but the pugnacious lit
tie And. ew Jackson Is in evidence.
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 faith, an
quite naturally a difference of 0 Union
arises. A skilled goverress. however
soon decides the divine right D OBJ
lens and speedily settles all questions.
To satisfy boundless appetites of S, m
thirty children with good wholesome
" " easily ldhtO the Shlll VI a CUl
unaTy artist. The question of santa
ton, never to be forgotten, demands
constant attention. Rooms and hall
ways, beds and clothing must be free
from contamination of any so t. c ca
illness, therefore, is the best d sinfect-
ant or preventive. In dust pa tic e.
may lurk some insidious disease, con
sequently dust accumlations must not
be allowed to gather. The matrOn who
is a model hOusekeepe has long ago
been convinced that deafness is neat
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 are
is wanting to infuse the life God in
tended it should have. It's physical
condition and it's greatest needs are
studied and every means used w lei
medical skill and trained nui SEES ex-
p%erienCe can command, to deve op the
strong child.
Sometimes, it is true, all the en-
deaVors seem useless, and the infan
babe which should have been the darl
ing of some mother heart, rasses 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 in
at one time to see the children and
inspect the conditions. Eve yone l.
cordially welcomed and really shown
all there is to be seen. The board
of charities and corrections dropped
in not long ago, as is required by | W
for the purpose of making a thorough
investigation of the Home prior to Al
ing its annual report. One may judg,
what impression was made pom them
by the following reference made in
the report to Governor Wesley:
I'm conformity with the law of the
state this board has at various timas
visited and carefully inspected the
Children's Home at Sioux Falls. Under
the able and efficient supervision o
Superintendent and Mrs. Stu kemal
the Home has improved and enlarge
In its usefulness. We have on'y
words of commentator for tie man
agement, after having examined its
workings outside the Home, As well a
in. The Home is certainly ent tied TO
the confidence of the charitably in
clined people of the state"
In the Office the typewriter is click
lHS lulOl lidIlOH, SlNlhS duFt|SI an
swering queries, or making ge
ments for placing or receiving chill
dren. Reports, histories of children
legal papers, and records must be
properly filed. The Tremendous r
sponsibility which rests upon the SUI
p~erintendent in deciding the veal o
wee of a child's future is not assumed
lightly. Due consideration OF the
L. . - --I .A~Iot Avn nt,aat ITO,
Of homes offered is surely ne essa y
Through ten hours Of each day the
problems of the needy homeless chHl
Is absorbing the attention Of tn re
upon whom the responsibility of place
ment rests. Numerous calls for a d
are answered and many a child's bur
den has been lightened and kept J
school, of which nc mention Is made
in the reports. When family trouble
arise or sin has entered to disrupt the
sacred ties which should mt he bro e
and the child is left homeless or has
become ~burdensome, this institution
hastens to the relief Of the destresSe'
child, caring for 1t. till a new mother
may be found who will take the boy
or girl into her sheltering arms Wha'
q pity that into their innocent youn
lives dist ess ne, heartbTeaking 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 ef-
fects of those experiences by & wing
timely attention to the unfoTtuna
little ones. Some stories told are
pathetic indeed. Little Eva AM lie
brother were victims Of parfn a
faithlessness. Her mothers affection
had entirely disappeared and son anu