Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-10-16
Home FOR DESTITUTE CHILDREN
Officers Reelected at Annual
Meeting of the Corporation.
~ievcntccn Thousand Dollars Raised OF
the $4,000 Needed before Next
January In Order TO Secure
Another 500,

p%oration of the iiome for Destitute
'hildrcn was held in st. Paurs parish
house Thursday afternoon.
The following officers were elected for
Vic cnsuinG year:
Prcsidcnt-Mrs. T.. Il. Platt.
Vicc-prcsident-Mrs. G. = Smith.
Tr'asur'r-Mrs G. s. lsham.
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INf'Sll'EN 5 REPORT.
As have been thinking ovor tho
events of the wear at the homo. If soo,ps
to mo tho fmportant thing is in raisipr
the s25.OOo that Mrs. Fletcher n proo+or
and her family offered ia add IN o,r
rermancnt fund for tho homo nrov,do1
another tvcntv-dvo thousand is r.isod
before January, 1914. feel s,,rc ovorv
friend of tho home will foo, pratieod 70
know that scvcnteon tboueord boe al-
ready been raised. This has boen giy,,
mostly in large amounts mo o~o
confident now that vo arc po,r;,r ,--
goal. many friends will, want To- riq,
smaller amounts, and helm us IN rafe.a-
the eight thousand that mus, ho ,sis.1
before Jaouarv. 1qti III hoard - ~,.,
ayers would like 10 mako this tb, INNS,
prosncrous voor in tho oxis,or,, 80 .h.
home. The mast vcar has boo, ~. -
general prosneritv, We hav. ma, o,th
disapnofutmorts and discour.-c,..,s Inn,
on the whole orr vca, hos bo,,, ri.r1y
hlest. one hundred and forty children
have lived in tho homo an ,vor,co 90
eishtv ot q ,imo-tho - o,H
drcn have ranged from vow. yo,rr i,-
fants to children Of ton and tv.a,,,o .oor
Of age, a few oven Older w. b,,.c ,os.
one baby. q fraIl child wbor sbo am
to tho homo Ono bov broLo -, o,m
otherwise the health of tho family hos
been excellent. Tho visiting nbvetciars
have been moro than kind-a1vove viii
lnely respondinr whenever tbero was
call. Anyone not familiar win ,ho Iifo
Inside an institution. would find -
difficult to understand the caro- and
patience required to teach those chill
1rcn, kindness. tr,thfulness. cleanliness
and order. such as must he maintained
when 50 many peoplc live undor ono
roof. Tho routine Of each dav must no
the same. there have to he rules and =
stated time for everything. II requires
constant care on the part of tho matrons
and caretakers, and there has heen
criticism because the children all have
to keep to the same time and rule. hut
with So many children, we have found
there must be routine in every day. and
rules must be made and obeyed. Chill
1rcn in an institution cannot he guided
ana directed, as can the children in a
tanilN. Life in any institution does not
l'nd to the development of the in
1lVIHUailtN or the child.
II Is iof ms reason that We arc eager
20 nave our 'hlIdren taken into kind
"'ISHdh homes "h'fo the child may
"noW inc rove a mother may give.
" '"d'ac''i 81 'he MONIES our children
"N sun i"'o i"' tue past TWO years
"'' Wv" "'oS' s'd'lSIhE-ohe family
80 '''' ''"'" '"o l''o SISTERS SO that
'h"S So" uP 'oselher'
~ -" d mo"'o uoeS not always
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" ~ IL P'"'' 'or 'he chllu' we
~ Wv several tlhles before
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WV 't''", ""t SoHletlheS' Il chld Is
"n '"'' 'i inv "oih ne or She VIII
want our chllureh 10 learn 10 heIp
",' 20 "H''"'' '"t theN must De sent 10
fchool' ana 10 church-and they are placed
III MONIES 10 haNe aHoctlon SHOWN them,
ana |" nav loving care
me 'hII"''h pace" IN MONIES are visited
as oitoH as Is possible ny the inatron or
" "'"'p'r VI 'he oodro OF managers nut
as soon aS we nave our tuhd raised, we
h"Po 'n'r' may ne money enough so the
ehlldf'h placed III homes may he visited
with regularity ana We may feel assured
that the right child Is IN the right place,
mt lllSl as last as taTnlIlcS take our chill