Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-12-03
TO PROTECT CHILDREN.
Maryland Society Reports Two Cases
Attended to in Anne Arundel
Good Work Done.

A monthly meeting Of the directors
Of the Maryland Society to Protect
Children from Cruelty and immoral
ity was held at its heaaquartsrs, CSC
w. Franklin street. Baltimore, yes
terday afternoon. Director Richard
Bernard presiding
Superintendent Parker made the
following report for November.
1912: Cases investigated, g.: chill
dren affected, 155; children removed
from improper surroundings, IS;
children placed in asylums, 10: chill
dren placed in families, s; childr en-
temporarily sheltered, 1; children
taken under guardianship or super
vision, 4 /; children otherwise relieved,
81; certificates issued, 2; proceedings
conducted, s.; children visited that
have been placed with families, 3S.
Two of the cases attended to were
in Anne Arundel county, nve were in
Baltimore county, Jne was in Charlie 5
county ahd all the others were in Bal
timore city
Baltimore County--A I4-year-old
girl was not controlled by her custo-
dian and had become so vicious that
she was menace to the young people
in the vicinity in which she lived.
Her mother was not a good woman
AM had ignored this iIlegitimate girl
since her birth. IN response to let
ters of complaint from residents in
the neighborhood, one of our agents
went TO the codnty to secure a war
rant for the girls arrest, but found
| that she and her custodian had moved
to Baltimore. After some difficulty
we had the girl brought before JUS
tice of the peace in the county and she
was committed to the Maryland In
dustridl School for Girls.
Baltimore City--A 9-year-oId boy
was home less and ior some time had
been living like tramp, sleeping in
doorways. sewer pipes Or wherever
he could find shelter. and begging the
foodhe ate. His parents were sepa-
rated. his father being Incorporate
and worthless, his mother immoral
and irresponsible. We had the boy
brought to the Juvt nile Court and
he was committed to the Maryland
School for Boys.
Baltimore City--An anonymous bat
| we'll written communication was re.
ceived in which the writer stated that
he had reason to believe that the chill.
dren in st. Francis Home. Pattel son
Park and Eastern avenues, We're
cruelty treated by the Catholic Sisters
that he said were in charge of the
asylum. Superintendent Parker,
accompanied by one of the Society s
agents, went through the building and
saw all the children. There was no
evidence of cruelty and besides, the
| Asylum is not conduced by Catholic
Sisters, but by young woman. Miss
| Elizabeth Kapanck, who is it's su-
perintendent.
There are thirty-one children in
this asylum, ranging in age from one
month to thirteen years. The older
ones attend a parochial school. In
addition to this asylum. Miss Kapanck
conducts in the same building a day
nursery. When Superintenden Mt Par
ker visited the asylum Chere were
thirteen children, ranging in age from
perhaps one to three years, being
cared for, and some days, he was told,
there are as many as thirty children
| cared for in this nursery. These lit
tie ones are left in Miss Kapanck' s
care during the day while their moth
ers are away at work in canning
houses and other such places. The
asylum was established about a year
ago by Rev. Fancis Pyzuar, rector of
st. Stanislaus' Church, S. Ann
street, and is under his personal SUI
pervision.