The evening world., 1910-12-22

you hare only TO ,crite a letter TO
Santa Claus and address 10 in care Of
the Guild Of the Infant Saviour, at
No. I0j East Tpenty-second street, to
hare your wish fulfilled.
OF course you hare to tell ono
thing about yourself and satisfy the
president of the Guild. Mrs. Robert
McGinniS, that you are a responsible
mcmb Der Of society, icorthy OF the baby
you ask for. For there is a bit OF red
tape about a Christmas baby just as
there is a red ribbon about any other
Christmas Offering.
Bat II you arc a childlcss mother
Uho rdnts to be lOred nithOut any
reason or crcuse, and II you tcant
something upon which to ldUfsh a
bOundless and irrational derotion,
his is your chance.
The Guild OF the Infant Saviour was
organized several years ago by a group
Of Catholic women to help poor moth
ers to keep their babies whent yer pos
slble. and to find other mothers for their
children when adversely absolutely COM
PEELED a separation. In carrying out the
idea the Guild has become a free EN-
ployment bureau for mothers with
babies. and a burelu OF adoption where
chlldiess women may seek ready-made
maternal joys.
I'VE care for married mothers, UNI
married mothers. widowed mothers.
deserted mothers" explained Mrs. Nc
Ginnis yesterday when I saw her at
the offices OF the Guild. Just at this
season OF the year the number of
deserted mothers Increases appallinsly.
The coal bills have begun to come In.
and now with eggs at " cents n dozen
,here'll hardly be a husband left in the
tenemcnts. or course our first object is
10 keen the mother and child together
by finding employment for the mother
with a family that will let her keep
the baby.
"W.;a the unmarried mothers the
frs, Impulse Is 20 Get rid OF the baby
by having it adopted o. leaving 1t In
some institution. bat very oftea we
are able - persuade them to keep their
infants and work for them.
Babies Are in Demand.
What | term the call OF the mo;h.c'
Is the nest universal IN the world. The
moment anyth!ng appears about the
Guild which intimates that We nave
babies for adoption | am fairly flooded
with applications. Day before yester-
day l received a letter f.oih Il woman
asking NE to send her a baby By ca
press. l suppose she thought I'd have
IL Grated and shipped right away.
And this one wrote all over the en-
velopc containing her application, MY
love to the darlings.' again and again.
or course, we investigate all requests
for babies We don't expect to give the
children to wealthy families. but We
want to feel that they are Go.nS Nhere
they will he cared for. J had a nim-
her OF applications recently from wives
whose husbands make from so to $40 a
week. or curse the hus3lnf's consent
is ABSOLUTELY necessary, ami It's a
strange thing that although the idea
OF adoption nearly always originates
with the mother. the children aiLIosi
Invariably prefer the father.
"One woman said 10 me not long ago
I wanted q little girl for companionship
and / thought she would love me best,
bu; all she does all day Is to SIT by the
Croat door waiting for her father to
come home DO you know Mrs Me-
Glnais added. nearly everybody wants
to adopt a girl. There Is practically nc
demand for boy babies at all"
Never Had Baby Sent Back.
And are the adopted parents alway'
s"atlsnCd?" | asked.
IN all the history OF the Guild w
have never. had a baby returned to us.
sfrs. M.Glnnis answered. you sioulo
see the beautiful letters We have re
ceiyed from clergymen telling us how
some che OF our babies brought peace
and happiness into a house of discord
tgtcr all a childless home Is not com
plcte. 4 calld gives such wonderful
hfnplncss and yet 1t takes SO little L
make him happy.
I wish persons who nave any oil
clothes to give away for either mother,
or babies would remember the Guild
We need such things all the time.
ITS n singular thing" Mrs. McGln
mis- added, that the adopted children
actually grow to look like their new
parents. A French couple nearly al
ways picks out a baby that suggest
their national characteristics, A wed
lsh couple invariably wants IA blond
with blue eyes, and after a year or 81
when | see the child again ! can per
ce!ve a real resemblance between tn
parents and the child.
Should b Adopted Early.
The earlier a child Is adopted tn