The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-07-07
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CARED FOR BY
STATE SOCIETY
TWENTY-FIVE HOMELESS ONES
RECEIVED AT THE CHILDREN'S
HOME DURING JUNE-soME
TOUCHING CASES.

me Jacksonville Metropolis says:
Inc warm weather does not bring
any relief to the workers Of the Chill
dren's Home Society of Florida, for
the report of Superintendent Marcus
Z. F1agg for the month of June shows
that twenty-five children were cared
Tor by the society, which is almost as
many as have ever been provided for
in one month in the history of the So
city. Eight of these little ones are
now at the Receiving Home at 2029
Main street, two of whom are little
babes, the others ranging from four TO
fourteen years of age, all of whom are
anx1ously waiting for some good faith
er and mother to take them to a good
family home.
Some Of the cases cared for during
the past month are especially pitiful.
and are described as follows: Four
little children were taken from one
man, the father, who lived in a very
small and terribly filthy little shack in
Leon county. The mother had wearied
of her troubles and ran off with an
other man. The father was ignorant
and helpless and allowed the children
to go naked and almost strave to
death. The children were rescued by
a citizen of Leon county who visited
the little shack. The children had to
be clothed from head to foot, as they
really were naked. The oldest, a boy
of fourteen, is paralyzed and has hook
worm diseases very badly, and will be
sent to st. Luke's hospital for special
treatment. Two of the little girls are
also affected with hook worms and will
accompany the brother to st. LulIe's.
The society hopes to find good homes
for all of these four little helpless,
homeless, motherless little ones, who
were rescued just before the grim
reaper had taken their lives.
Child Cruelty Treated.
Another sad case was that of a 1T
tie twelve-year-old girl whose parents
had become chronic drunkards and
and had beaten the little daughter
almost to death The child was taken
to the Receiving Home where, upon
examination, it was found she had tu-
berculosis, but in the first stages, and
INN ediately a good country home was
secured for her, where already she
has gained in weight and is happy as a
lark.
A tiny little babe of six months,
abandoned by it's parents, was taken
into the Receiving Home, and is thrfv-
ing on prepared milk while it awaits
the new home and some mother to love
ii.
Three other little ones from a home
of poverty in Suwannee were reported
to the society. The father had died re-
Gently and left the widow homeless
and penniless with three little tots
clinging to her skirts. The society
felt that If poverty was the only cause
for the separation of the mother and
her children, that it should not be
done, and right now a special fund is
being arranged for to enable the
mother to keep her little ones with
her.
Several Sent to School.
Special industrial schools have been
used to provide care for four girls who
had gotten beyond the control of their
parents, and for two boys also, who
| had become so delinqueus that they
needed some very rigid discipline.
| While these children do not properly
come under the care of the Children s