The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-27
MONEY IN SIGHT
Kansas Children'S Home SOci-
ETY. Will Have Building.
Pledges to Amount of $3O,OOO
Have Been Made.
PRESENT OFFICE INADEQUATE
The New Building VIII Bring
i'm Rental Money.
Human Interest Stories OF the
Society Work.
PRESENT OFFICE INADEQUATE

The Kansas Children's Home socl-
ety will have a thirty thousand dol
lar office building. This announce
ment was made today by D. H Shlrk'
SUPERINTENDENT of the organization.
Subscriptions to the amount of thlr-
ty thousand dollars have been re-
ceived and the state board of con-
troll has given the authority TO go
ahead and complete the collection OF
the money. The funds will be used
for the purchase of ground and for
an office building. office rooms in
the building will be rented and IN
this manner the society Will receive
a regular income. The present office
of the organization is in the Com
merce building and the temporary re-
ceiving home in Oakland. No defin-
lite plans have been made relative to
the new headquarters for the so
ciety.
Superintendent Shirk said; 1T is
now an esta blished fact that the Kan
sas Children's Home society will have
a permanent office building for the
perpetuation of the work of the So
ciety The building will not only give
permanent quarters for offices of the
society, but will serve as an endow-
ment to be used to enlarge the work
of the organization
An Interesting Case.
Superintendent Shirk told an inter-
esting story concerning a 12-year-old
boy who was placed in home by the
society He said: "One of our boys
who had reached the age of II be-
came restless and abusive towards the
members of the family who had be
friended him. The family requested
us to find another home for him, al
though they were exceedingly fond of
the boy.
They thought that the change
might be a good thing for him. He
was placed in a home one hundred
H. !, Nv
ed kind treatment. However, because |
he became so hOmesick for his former
place he rose early one morning and
putting on his shoes without stockings
and with no coat he started out PEN |
niless for his old home. At different |
points along the route persons hear /
ing his story befriended him by Civ
ing money and so he was enabled to |
reach his destination in two days. |
He dashed into the house early in |
the morning and frightened the people |
who thought that an apparitlon had |
appeared. 1t is needless to say that
he is now happy and contented and !
doing everything required of him. He
is a changed boy.
1--WE have a bright colored girl s
years of age who desires a home in |
appreciate information leading to the |
finding of a home for her.
The little boy baby-five months
old-that has been in the home |
snort time was taken + rludy evening
by the Rev. F. z. Sherman, Superin- |
tendent for the Concordia district. The !
infant was placed in a good home in |
Smith Center.
1--WE desire to find a home for a |
strong boy, Is years of age. He de- |
sires to work for his board through |
the winter. He has a mechanical turn |
of mind and desires, if possible. to get |
a permanent place in a garage or |
where he can handle machinery.
-. X. Downward of Waterville, Kan, |
donated a wheel chair for the use of
the cripple boy, Charlie, who was at
the temporary receiving home in Oak
land for four years. Charlie is not at
the home at present but the chair
will be retained for the use of invalid !
children. Two other persons offered |
to give a chair for Charles use"