The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-08
TO CARE FOR
THE HELPLESS
THE cHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY
OF FLORIDA Is ORGANIZED AND
MAINTAINED FOR THE PUR-
POSE OF CARING FOR THE
HELPLESS.

II a helpless little baby should be
would wonder. at once what in the
world to do with it. especially if you
did not want it in your own home.
This article is written to tell you that
the Children's Home Society of Florf
da, with headquarters at Jackson
vile, makes it their business to take
just such babies, and all other chill
dren under the age of fourteen years,
who are neglected, abandoned, or
phaned or abused, from any place in
the State of Florida. They will then
keep the child at the Receiving Home
there, which is not an institution, but
a home, where the children are tenn
porarily cared for till good family
homes are found for them. The work
of the society is to bring the home
less child and the childless home to-
gether.
During the last seven years, hum
.dreds of little helpless and neglect
ed or orphan children, have been talk
en- by the society from all parts of
Florida, and all of them are now in
good family homes where they are
being loved, educated, and being
made into useful citizens.
A new interest has been stirred up
throughout the state this fall by Mar.
Gus G. Faeg, the new Superintendent
Of the society, who dearly loves chill
dren, and who has had seven years
OF experience in childrens' work. Mr..
Fagg aims to have every man, wo-
man and child in the Stete of Florida
to know about the work Of his society.
and ave some part in it. and will
oil Nv c,,, seI, 1,,f~ %
sons who want to take children into
their homes or want to report chill
dren who need the care or attention
CT the society.
The officers of the society and the
business and professional men Of the
state, and are giving much time and
personal service in the work
The work is supported by voluntary
subscriptions or donations, and at the
present time the society is much
hampered from lack of funds to do
the work with. Many children are in
the state who should be cared for by
the society at once, must wait till
enough money is secured to make it
possible for the society to get to
them.
+. The society aims to be Of service
to. all children who need its care. and
among the many things it does are
the following:
1t looks after all children who are
/ in distress in the entire state of Flor
| ida, regardless of creed, from tiny
helpless babies to children II years
of age.
It takes abandoned babies. depend
emit, neglected, abused and orphan
children from homes of poverty, dis
ease and vice.
It places these children in good fam
lily homes-homes where the children
! will be loved, educated and brought
UP to be useful citizens of good char
acter, homes better than the best in
stitution ever built.
It selects these family homes after
a careful personal Investigation by
trained workers.
1t supervises these children after
being placed, by visits made as fire.
| quent as possible, the visits being
| made by skillful workers, who love
| children, and have their interests at
| heart.
Ii receives children from aims.
houses, from other institutions and
agencies, and places them in good
! family homes. --
1t co-operates with all churches, So
cieties, lodges. city and county Off
cases where children are concerned .
| 1t keeps good mothers and little
| children together where it is at all