The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-11-20
homasl must be Found.

homes must be found.
3. Children physically deficient.
II 4. Children mentally deficient.
The present method Of handling these
leases Is as follows; A large number of
eases arise where the adaptive parents
bring the child into court and desire
papers for the child If the adaptive
parents are deemed Ct and proper per
sons, papers are made out on the spot
and the child is Immediately cared for,
such persons being granted the care
and custody OF the child until the fur
ther order OF the court.
Other cases arise in which no person
appears ready to take the child. We
have prepared list Of applications of
persons willing TO take the care and
custody .or 10 adopt child, and this
list has been in the hands Of the com
mittee on dependent children, volun-
tary organization consisting of ladies
Of various Organizations, who examine
and report on the homes where children
might be placed. " a suitable home
appears on the list, the person is called
up and the child given to him or her,
One OF the main difficulties Of this
-sehemefis that the number Of children
80 situated Is 50 small in this com
mnnity that the applications are quite
aged before child is ready. Other
Arrangements have often been made,
and no appropfiate home can be found
Immediately. Another difficulty arises
from the fact that most Of the applica.
.ti0ns come from Hawaiian families. IT
is. often undesirable to place the child
.of another race in an Hawaiian family,
and II takes time to find another home.
\ Still another class Of casee arises
from the temporary disability of the
pafents to care for the child. The
child must be cared for, but there is
every prospect that the disability Of
the pafents viii in time be removed,
and the juvenile court has no longer
any desire, to keep the child.
AN the above cases may, therefore,
be grouped under the head of children
FOR whom temporary homes must be
found, 1T is particularly fitting that
the burden az the care Of these should
be borne BY the state
children Needing Permanent Homes
!: am stillSof the opinion that there
ARE homes enough in this country for
all the dependant children. The ques.
ition is only Of bringing together the
demand aud the supply. But good,
AJermanent home cannot, In many cases,
be foand Immediately, and meanwhile
the child must be cared for. Except
for the facf that no place now exists
where the Iarger boy can be cared for
pending the placing Of such child in
q, pefinanent home, + can see no OBJ
lection to the subsidy plan except those
i have above noted The work of plac.
ing the children will have largely to
be done by persons benevolently in.
clined, working with the present officers
Of the juvenile court
ChfidreFi Physically Deficient
The institutions now existing are suf'
feient 10 care for. these cases as they
arise. The Juvenile court should; how
ever, certainly have an appropriation
for the care of these children, There
is no more reason why the Territory
should not pay for these than why IT
should not pay for the adults. 1t is
a charge which should not be borne by
charity. The appropriation for this
purpose shonld be liberal, and the
power, Of the court great to keep a
child in the hospital until discharged
by the surgeon. .
children Mentally Deficient u. /"
i One of the greatest present needs -
some manner of caring for mentally
deficient children. This should not only
include actual idiots, but should also