The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-05-14

adopted Dy the woman VINO acteo d
its nurse.
Italian women make the most successful moth
ers for the delicate babies" one Of the head ma
irons explained There Is something in thei
warm-hearted temperaments. in their natural sens
of motherhood that helps the frail baby to thrive.
Colored children are taken Of by dolores
women until they reach the required age. whei
the girls go to a home in Baltimore and the boy
to Nebraska, where they are educated to trades
Sixty-six babies boarded car for New Orleans
few weeks ago and started gaily OF on voyag'
of discovery. They were on their way to find thei
mammas and papas. The babies are laugh
through the years when they are kept in the found
ling home that somewhere waiting for them in tn,
world outside are mothers and fathers. and some
day they are to go to find them.
Many years ago. on cold winter night, ply
stefan sent to the New York Founding hopital fol
the youngest baby who healthy and promising
He only wanted to borrow the baby for few
weeks patient had given birth to a child ant
the baby had died. The mother was desperately
i'll, and the news Of the death of her baby would
possibly cause her death
beautiful baby boy two weeks old had thai
day been left at the Founding home. The babJ
was wrapped in blankets and taken away to on,
of the wealthiest homes in New York For month
or more the sick mother nursed this baby think
ing him her own. When she was well enough thu
truth was told her. but the borrowed baby wal
never weeks Sunerlug.
touch Of its little lips and the clasp of its hand.
had made 1t in truth her baby.
This year the boy graduated with honor from
an eastern college the oldest son of a promi
nent man; large sum of money for the founding
babies came as gift from unknown friend
Two agents. whose work 1t is to find mother.
and fathers for the waiting babies. part Of
the regular staff of the Founding home They
work through other agents all over the country
hos nd mics md chill off
societies; the appeal is universal Do you want
baby? Here is lost baby looking for mother
and father You may have any kind you desire
Descriptions and requirements ray be written tc
the STAFF at the hospital and you may have Just
the baby you are looking for
You may require the color of hair, eyes, or even
specify the disposition Usually the asylum has
more than it car fiji Girls are asked for in about
twice the ratio of boys Blueeyed girls are the
greatest in demand. and sweet" disposition ID
almost always one of the specifications
One woman wrote to the asylum from town
within easy travel of New York. I'VE are plain
people," she began. THE height Of our ambition
has been to have house of our own. Now we
have it. all furnished have wished. Yet we
are not content Our home is so perfectly orderly
that we have decided that we need someone to
make it sweety disorderly."
Four or five times year. 40 or SO babies start
off in little band in quest of homes The babies
are sent to any part of the country.
Nurses and attendants travel with the babies
who are distributed to agents who wait to place
them in homes along the way. But the child ID
not to lose its connection with the Founding home
Until the children are grown they still looked
after, and their care and future guarded by the
supervision of the agents who make yearly visits
to their homes and the matrons who keep in con-
slant communication with them through letters
Many times the adopted baby comes to mean to
a family all that their own baby could have meant
Thousands of letters come back to the matron from
the foster mothers and fathers of the babies.
After God. dear sister," an adopted mother
writes. vit is to you owe my darling child. so
will ask him to bless you forever"
Dear sister, | feel it my duty to let you hear
from us, in regard to little boy and girl NY
husband and often wonder can it be possible that
they are not our own children. when we see their
sweet, loving faces If God will spare us to raise
them, we feel confident that they will be credit
to all and comfort and pride to us in years to
come"
Children write home to the sisters OF their han.
riness and growing outlook On life In most cases
the child is made understand its connection with
the Founding home.
little girl in the busy days of her school life
wants to tell of her success. "As 1t Is so long since
heard from you. l thought would write and tell
you that am well. and that have just completed
my first year at school, l have the highest average
In my class. 1t being SO per cent for the whole
year. AS was the only girl in the high school
perfect in attendance l received a pretty gold
medal as a reward"
Happy endings come of many stories with
tragic beginnings The unwelcome baby finds a
welcome somewhere. makes place for itself some
how. in a world that failed 1t at the start