The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-12-29
Fine HOME WAS
FOUND FOR MOSES
SUPERINTENDENT HALL IN THE
LAST ISSUE OF cHlLDRENs
HOME FINDER TELLS HOW LIT
TIE JEWISH LAD SECURED A
FINE HOME.

| In the last issue of The Children's
Home Finder, the official publication
of the North Dakota Children's Home.
Superintendent Hall tells as follows
how the little Jewish baby, Moses,
found a good home:
1t was an experiment that resulted
from a necessity when a Hebrew baby
was offered through The Delineator
Magazine, in the hopes that a good
home might be found for him among
people of his own race. Although The
Delineator had placed about 2 900
homeless children for the various
child-placing agencies of the country.
in homes selected and approved by thu
society having them under guardian
ship, no Jewish child had ever been
SO placed by them, il we correctly ur-
derstand the matter. The North pa
kota Childrens Home society had had
the care of child known as Moses
for two years, and while many efforts
were made TO place him with Jewish
families in this state, plans went
wrong, and the boy--like Moses the
first adopted child in history-was
sadly in need of a father and mother
Left upon the stream of time to make
his way in his own little ark, the child
needed a home and mother. At the
request of Fargo Hebrews the boy
was made a virtual child Of IsraeI'
several months ago by ancient acts
of ritualistic law. He was offered in
the November number of The Define
ator, in the hope that well do Jews
somewhere might open their hearts
and homes to him. He is a very hand
some boy now, although for many
months of his earlier life he gave lit
tie promise that he would ever live to
have a home. Applications for him
soon came to us through the Define
ator from many different states, par
ticularly from the south. Just why
people in Florida, Georgia, Mississippi,
Texas, Oklahoma and other southern
states should apply for a child so far
from home has been a matter of won
der to the management Possibly
there are fewer Jewish orphanages in
the south, and opportunities for adopt
ing a Hebrew child there are not easy.
Several excellent applications came
from New York and Brooklyn. from
Province, r. l., from Ohio, and the
central west. Many of these were con-
vestigation by Jewish rabbis and 9TH
ers to whom the question was refer
red, and we almost regretted there
were not at least a dozen boys like
"Moses" to fill them. The matter was
narrowed down to the family OF a
Jewish planter and cotton merchant i'm
Mississippi and a prominent merchant
in the wholesale business in city i'm
Texas. Then came the rub. The rab-
bis to whom the question was referred
both gave the highest testimonials as
to the fitness of their homes and abili-
ty to provide we'll for the child One
of the applicants wrote us frequent
ly, and telegraphed several times
from the south. In one of the
letters he said TT lis nearing on to
Christmas, and ! feel that we could
fittingly celebrate the occasion by Civ
ing the little ones joyous greeting
and entrance to our home. My dear
wife and / do not look upon this un-
dertaking i'm a childish light, but from
humanitarian point of view. We
fully realize the responsibility attend
ant upon the taking of the child of an
other, and Eet4 that if God in his wis
dom sees fit to send us a child, we can
always show love and devotion to the
stranger as though he were our own
We have often craved the coming of q
child to brighten the solitude of our
home; for in our estimation no home
is complete or content without them;
and while we differ in religious belief,
we feel, as the Bible teaches us. that
we all have one Father Did not God
create us all? Wishing you
and Mrs. Hall, together with your fam
lily of good samaritans Merry Christ
mas"
A broad minded man wrote that let
ter, no matter what his creed, and the
milk of human kindness is found in
that home. Yesterday Nurse Bennett
and Moses" left for ST. Louis. where
she will be met by the glad foster-par-
ents and turn her charge over to them.
1t will break her heart, almost. for the
child has slept in her private room for
almost two years, and she has had a
struggle to see him go; but she and all
In the home will rejoice to know that
a fond foster-father ard mother have
been found for the child, where he will
be educated and trained for usefulness
In the world.
God bless him, and make him a lead
er among men!