Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-08-17
She WANTS
HER BABY
RETURNED

About two months ago. a baby boy
whom the legal papers on file at the
court house denominate John Doe
Brown, was born at the Salem Hos
pital
The mother OF that child is pretty
Miss Eva Brown, a former waitress
in the White House restaurant.
The father is well known young
man in this city whose name it is
not jsut necessary at this time to
disclose.
Scarcely had the little fellows
eyes seen the light Of day until he
was turned over to DR.. c. w. Keene,
of Silverton, who through a petition,
prevailed upon the county court to
make an order turning the child
over to the Boys & Girls Aid Socie-
~, Of Portland.
The attending physician and 9TH
ers say that before the child came
into the world the mother had re-
quested that a home be found for
him and that the disposition made
Of the child was in accordance with
her wishes
wants HIM Back.
Anyway, be that as it may, the
mother unable to stine the mother
love for her baby, now wants him
back. For some time through Attor-
ney Hertzel, she has been appealing
to DR.. Keene to return him to her.
Finding those appeals unavailing she
has instructed her attorney to COM
mence an action in the county court
vacating the order turning the child
over to the Portland institution on
the ground that her consent was not
secured; and that the proceedings
otherwise were irregular and void,
and he announced that such proceed
ings would be begun before the close
Of the day.
Back of these formal legal pro-
ceedings, there is a little story-a
tory full of pathos and sorrow-a
story of how the siren song Of a man
won the love of a pretty and lnno-
cent girl and then cast her out on
the world in her humiliation and
disgrace to shift for herself.
Loved Not Wisely.
Miss Brown is a young girl Like
many another girl whose folks are
poor, she was compelled to 60 out
and earn her own livlihood, and she
found work at a restaurant at the
muniicent salary always paid wait |
ers. While employed there she met
a young man who began singing !
siren song OF love to her and she !
The man with his fair
promises and his sweet love song
won her heart and finally won all !
that woman can give-the most sa-
cred and precious thing in the world |
her honor. 0'i..
The Awakening.
Then came the awakening When
she told him of her condition and
asked him to keep his promise and
lead her to the altar and make her
his wife he turned her aside, and
told her to shift for herself-told her
he did not and never had loved her
laughed in her face.
Forsaken by the man whom she
believed loved her-the man who had
led her astray, she sought to hush
up her disgrace and asked that
home be found for the baby when It
should come into the world, but she
to know about the home
wanted to be sure that 1t was placed
with reputable people
Love for Child Too Great.
She admits asking that such ar
rangements--or rather, her attorney
does be made, but after the baby !
had been born and the days began to !
roll by, the longing for the child !
proved too strong and she wanted |
him back. Through her attorneys
she made appeals that he be re-
and now finding them vain |
she is determined to carry her fight
into the courts and have him re-
no matter what the costs.
Her parents reside in the city and |
have indicated their willingness to |
care and provide for the child.
L.. q