Bisbee daily review., 1912-03-12
NEED OF HOME FOR CHILDREN IS SHOWN
 BY LOCAL INSTANCE
Case Recently in Court Is One of Pathetic
 Incidents
NO PLACE FOR CHILD

lit tt1t or MAllt 1OiOltAts tI.t twelve year old cripple girl who. ,t was alleged. had been assaulted by a colored man few days since. is most pathetic
 It IS over two years since little Marie was first reported to the char ity committee Of the Board Of Trade as beiug a child utterly neglected b. her parents. and moi sent 70 school The secretary of the charity com mittee visited the home of the par ents and found Marie without shoes and other proper clothing. while her brothers and sisters. both older and younger. seemed to have all the cloth. ing necessary to attend school. The mother cOntcndcd that she could no; dnOrd 10 buy clothing for the little cripple. aud on account Of this and frequent reports that the child was not well treated at home. Miss Cum mlngs decided to find home for her elsewhere She finally succeeded in placing her temporarily on a ranch near WillcoX. with d lady who she knew would be kind to her at least The mother gave bar up quite will. ngly and appeared 10 have no anxiety for tue little girl except 10 call a, the charity committee's oihce occa- siOnally and inquire how she was. Marie stayed about a year and half with this lady. who, after that. fO. various reasons Vas compelled to send her back to Ter mother. The mother promised to treat her kindly when she came home, but promises are easily broken, and Marie was in- yariably found in the alley ways and other places. always ragged and dirty, even though she vas supplied time ali again with clothing from the charity committee and other kind hearted friends She was often found dragging along the street gunnysacks and bottles and looking into garbage cans to see what she could find The mother was informed Of these facts and constantly entreated to take bet ter care or Marie As she was paral- ized the charity committee under took tO see what could be dOEe tO" her physically, and through the kind ness Of Dr. Miner she was treated gree of charge for several months.
 Neqlect Is Admitted.
 After the incident charged, which was almost two weeks ago and Marie did not return home that night, the mother seemed to show a little anXi. ctv. and the following morning started out to inquire what had become Of her daughter, to find that the charity committee had then placed her where she would be cared for until some action could be taken in court to put her in an institution where she would le properly looked after. As an eN cuse for this neglect the mother claimed that sine did her best by Marie, but that she could not watch her constantly when she wgs obliged ] to go out to work through the day | Marie was too feeble-miuded 10 be wIlful, and vas not a subject for the l reform school It therefore developed that the only institution available for her was the county hospital at Dong las She felt very badly 10 leave her new mamma as she called the lady whom the charity committee has been paying 10 take care Of her since the alleged assault.
 Home Badly Needed
 There is no home in California o' elsewhere who will take in chile ike Marie without fair remunera ton. Does it therefore not seen very necessary that we should have a chidreu's home in our own state. The Children's Home society and oth CT institutions will take children wi. are well and srOng physically an, mentally. but the little cripples, tho feeble-minded and most undesirable who are In greater need of propei care and protection. are not wanted anywhere. Is that not sufficient req son why we should be independent O other states and look after our owi neglected children, whether they arr desirable or undesirable, instead c letting the better class Of orphans half-orphans. or neglected little onei leave the state and be obliged to keel only those who will always be indl
 gents or dependent upon some one 10
 support, and can never be of any ben
 edt to our community in years C