Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-10-30
A BLESSING TO THE BABIES,
by " NJ Aiairl

Dv w NJ uoir,
sonoth;ro Ios. tban w. 3o y" w. o n@ty J.:
w;fo nnra ann3 - 30 ' 4Ma "a "a no ueIs NJ a. W. peoPle d na d ms
in the afternoon y, w ritIp i for the " train raj u q d "a S'o "n h narrS , at
They had talked much Of adopting a child if tbcy conld find ; nst
tho r;ght on N t' aftan y, nu"p ~ " 'H ia Al hS ooulu una gust
noon they had decided to give it all up. The train inv was ss' a n " hour
return for haIf an bour ' WAX h o 49, ~ t Luz pul''.nS ao uu no
- have r. ho na IN a. - ' tTn H. men ne me- came hii PACK ne Sad TO ms "lfe,
little girl you ever Jaw, IN cali a cab am and b "a v I'u VI o ~ nn amd
src brr = vnr ll~ a hu r - n ~ d az ana nave you 8 o u ana
home In less than half an hour the woman r.turnad With .
two-year-old GIRL in her arm " Thr.e w voal III Ia1on t tunn p;t,o WI" Ill, a
sister was taIan into ~" h hr ' af la''F ne n''eg fl $
children have remained to this day, two girls that ~ hannv anJ
bright and n BLESSING 70 thn nan a ~ bs 90 nf '' "0 "A
How many Other neonIo ' and h bonn ms W. we - :, ,. .,+ ...
V % o Hn ," d, nt IN H. sioux 3 rails several blocks east of the Great
There il stands tMa ChTlron uo, ~. "nstls IN nHa a KNOW
Of the eternal granite, overlooking the Sioux river and nnI ND" a. m Iaru"
portion of the city, a monument to the sacrifice amI love- and ffa;tb
of two of south DakntnS ocoa+oo " rorIs l N.Y. aJ UHe anu i la'ln
who founded tho Homo .nI onono1 ~ 80 ~ "' ' ,no I"ttlar''
y Whom nan Wv h alGn ri nu op'neH II In FEBRUARY, 1888. At an
Responsibilities Of ifn i t" r NJ no"re ~ 'pm pat IL I'"Te uulleS ana
and suffering children. In a great and nro>. lIs staIn 'I ill.,.
South Dakota tlrrr~woull not BE- many such, hr ere and ttrr,
scattered over the plains vrcIr ill "H miSfort ,t. a., ,I.ir work
there would be a Tow, and tho. .ta ICES Woe. ..ou.I .nI
SHELTER 80 !or: IN those two H.uu e.. Is could .5{ ~..ri:..
And $50 '5eE to:HH thn tT" ua.a ue,a an. ar. ~.iar
In>tItt1ln lnJrI Tor years. tul nv" Vie most l.. uunt AND best
loved OF all the institutions in the state.
Has the Home done anything for the good O. tie state? Has
II done anything: Listen! 1t has immUrtaIizu the name Of
Nr and Mrs, Sherrard III this state. 1t has kept itself ont Of
politics all these trying years Of it's struggle to come to Iarye
Ggmcacy' l has gathered in the little children from everywhere,
! heE have been found III the homes of the rich and the Door. If
has discovered the depths of the human soul sometimes in al itS
DlacknesS, and often IN the beauty Of its divinity 1t has awak-
ened the sympathy of men who seemed to have no sympathy If
mas Drawn money from the pockets of those supposed to know
40 such thing as generosity. 1t has touched the hearts and Twas
OF men and women whose very natures seemed like adamant #
mas saved and toled and sacrificed and went and reioi,od ovor +ho
needs, the lnqultles and the generosities of humanity P,t -
la won IN Its battle for the cause of the children, and to it's credit
DE placed 1883 little ones that have been taken into IFS cara
ana love. Did you get that--1S83 children received bv the Home
Al almost all OF this number of children have found good homes
through this Home!
rms work has cost a lot of money. Thousands Of dollars
ha' peen spent on these 1888 children. They have been fonnd
received and housed and clothed and fed by the Homo Rnt +hoa
results justify the cost, How have these children turned out9
90 IMAM ninety per cent of them have developed intellectual
ana moral characteristics the equal of the best bovs and ors IN
the state. Their records compare favorablv WITH tbo "' & sn ), III
tbe b;s4nn q a. me present year has been a remarkable one in
from the homes n+n io nht., very lew children have been returned
been adopted and ~ f mH .4a ehey nave been taken: Fifty-two have
tionn NJ aeath, ~ du - 'e h nrst time In the history of the institu-
Nav 10 1915 n1 NE Occurred Tor a year. The last death occurred
at one time tho Ho u nu anp 0 oahes received has been great,
great demand. One bpndrod a~a &c nu e; Gri babies are In
during the past wear YEA u AND n hfty.hye children were handled
Home p~' eai' III gives some Idea Of the work of the
The Children's Home is an independent institution, being
wholly supported by free will offerings. 1t gets no aid from the