Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-05-25
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al Congress o. Mothers. pr. Lois
Lindsay Nynscoope suggested that
an bachelors with an income Of more
than see q week should take baby
to raise.
Three Chicago bachelors have al
ready acted on the advice. and In
tho meantime information has come
20 light cooperating bachelor house,
holds IN the windy City which shows
that many Of them are shelterlng
adopted children.
one Chicago bachelor. John o'Con-
nor, has six adopted children. Four
years ago he adopted tensyoar4oid
Louisville boy. The little chap
brought 70 much sunshine into the
bachelors life that he decided TO
have a further increase In his family.
and adopted six girls whose mother
died ON a Montana ranch and left
them without any near relatives
In discussing his foster-chidren,
Mr.. o'connor IL quoted as saying;
II couldn't got along without the
children. They have brought me a
sreat Joy They make you want to
hurry homo 20 dinner. The children
Esve me something 70 think about
other than business They drive care
away. You can't be downheaFted
when they're around. OF course they
are sometimes a lot. Of trouble. some
times they get on our nerves, but u
It wasn't the children II probably
would be something else. The house
without them seems empty.
Three Of the girls are In a board
Ing school al Georgetown. KY They
will be home In month. Elisabeth,
who is IS years old and the oldes,
Of them all. was married few
months ago. The others viii be a
comfort cor years to come. proba-
bly, won't get married. II would be
. too nsnch TO ask any woman with all
these Riddles on my hands
about these other fellows who are
going to watch over the deEtinies Of
some helpless u,,le fellows. It's ons
OF the grandeHt things Two heard of
IThey wilisget real joy in swatohing the
progress OF their adopted sons. They
win find In the relationship bigger
thing than they have known before
And thsy owe Il 20 humanity"
Social workers al the recent socio-
logical congress held al Nashville
Tenn. made & clear that orphan
homes are rapidly giving way to ths
modern plan of placing children with
families which viii afford the little
tots real home life. plan splendid,
exempllfled by the New Mexico Chill
dren's Home society. Through th'
various home-fIndlng societies thou
sands OF childsen are placed in thu
hest homes In America every year
Careful inspection Of homes and sp'
parvislon OF the children until II Il
shown beyond a doubt that they ar'
eongenlaIiy located make Il certain
that no child will be unhappy.
Thls system has double merit i
Ensures actual home nfe Ger the or.
phan child and greater love and ,af
foetion than could possibly be gives
IN an institution. Then Il also Carrie
happiness into many chlidless house
holds which are frightened by younI
lives.
j Rofofmers who are trying 70 IA
bachelors will doubtless halt In thei
mad career when they read Of th'
bachelor babes ln Chicago ~
Lindsay wyneoo0pe has discovered
better way OF making bachelors use
ful members of society than the tax
alton crew has. It would be folt
20 levy tax Of a dollar year on IN
heads OF bachelors to provide home
for spinaters n the bachelors AZ
willing 20 serve society BY affordinl
shelter for babies IN hair dozen lot,