The Washington herald., 1911-02-18
VIE WIS AND
INTERVIEWS
Adopt One Child.


Did it ever occur to you what differ
ent place this world would be il every one
who could possibly afford to do so would
adopt child? How many thousands of
moral lives of restless women and little
starved, pinched babies would be saved If
people would only just open their doors
and take into their homes little child?'
Thus spoke DR.. Lindsay wynekoop, of
Chicago, who was recently seen in this
| city.
He who adopts child does more good
than Rockefeller or Carnegie. or even
than Florence Nightingale did have
four children. Three of them are my own
and one of them adopted. I am a busy
woman. l have a large practice I am
professor OF biology and embryology in
the College OF Physicians and Surgeons
have big house to look after And I
have the children to bring up.
Still, I questioned myself closely, and
I knew that I had the time and the
money for another CT i'd; so I adopted
one. She was three months old. think
il was my 1uty toward the race for me
to do so. / think il is the duty Of every
person, man or woman. who can possibly
afford it to do just this
mo other act OF humanitarianism can
exactly take the place of this. You can
give all of the money in the world, you
can give mOra money than has gone into
the Rockefeller founda ations. but it will
not touch the same fertile spot in the
human soul that a little spark Of moth
erly kindness will sink into.
IF everybody who could afford it would
take one child infant mortality among
the poor would be decreased one-haIf.
And of those children who live. the NOR
tality of their morals would be decreased
on larger percentage than that"
New York Is Polite.
THE presence in this city OF F. Hop
kinson Smith. author. artist, and engi-
neer, reminds me of the remark he made
about year ago about New York, which
he said is uncivil and uncourteous" said
George A. Maher. of that city. who was
seen at the New Willard last night. Mr.
Smith said that New York IS the most
insolent city on the face OF the globe
Well said Mr.. Maher. you remem-
ber what John Bigelow. the author. said
in reply to Mr.. Smiths assertfon-that
something untOward must have happened
to make Mr.. Smith rear on his hind legs
in such fashion. He said ne fancied
the colonel had fingered rather too long
over some of the society's cheer-begetting
old Madeira before called on for his
speech. IF not continued Mr.. Bigelow.
the colonel has been less fortunate in
the selection of his acquaintances in New
York than l have been. I am sOrry tho
colonel should have said what he did
about the New York police They may
not all he up to the standard of first
class Sunday school teachers in all re-
speCts, but it has been my habit to drive
from five to ten miles nearly every day
through the streets of New York, and in
the course Of my rides l have been in
debted in some degree to the courtesy of
not less than a hundred policemen en-
gagged in clearing the way of vehicles. I
very rarely catch the eye of one of these
men without receiving a smiling saluta-
ton. and yet am not sure that l have
a single personal acquaintance in the
whole service
Col. Smith does not know the people
of New York. concluded Mr.. Maher If
he did, he would not have made that
assertion