The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-03-19
NINE CHILDREN
FIND NEW HOMES
GIRLS ARE FAVORlTES OF FOS.
TER PARENTS, ACCORDING
no Yesterdays DISTRI.


Five hundred interested persons
had their eyes fixed on the rostrum
at the city hall auditorium yesterday
afternoon, when nine children
brought out from New York City by
the Children's Aid society were given
into the care OF their foster parents,
who were only to eager to claim
them.
No show troupe ever had more Ut
tention thansdid the dozen somewhat
frightened "kiddies" who sat In d
row on the stage. In the eyes Of many
women was n glisten Of tears: some
how 1t seemed to them, unused to
such scenes, almost like an auction
block.
Ifslthes grDwn~ups who looked over
the children thought II was q prige-
drawing, and some apparently had
that idea, they Don had positive in
formation from Miss Clara b. Com
stock and Miss Anna l.. Hill, the
guardian angels OF the homeless tots
from the east.
Il want that boy, declared one
clustering, assertive man.
DO you ~ownyour homer" came
the question from Miss Hill.
s'Yes. and its. one of the best i'm
the country, with furnace, hardwood
FLOORS bath and"
Never mind about that" broke in
Miss Hill. What church do you 70
tto?"
And thus 1t went on. Every appli.
cant for children. and one little fair
haired maiden had Twenty-Five PROS
pectfve parents wanting her, vent
through the third degree" in the
councii chambeFs while the two
Iag6hts.and the members of the local
committee quiszed and questioned,
them over their ability to care for q
child and give 1.-THE start in life that
1t had been thus Tor denied.
Somehow, a sort OF hysteria IRE
vaded the feminine part OF the audi
encc. In groups the women talked
over the event, and many women with
more children than they could give
! proper, care. impetuously asked for
one Of the little strangers. So fire.
quentawere the refusals, that many
realized that instead Of comforting a
favor. instead. a favor was granted
to those who wer so fortunate to re-(
ceive d child.
There we're three brothers on the
stage. with the hSn,ely cognomen of
Smith, that were attracting much.
The older, a freolled-faced, red-hair-
ed urchin of eleven years, seemed to
be unaware that his two younger
brothers would soon be separated
from him. Two little girls, one four
and the other twoswith golden tress-
|es and smiles arr radiant as their
hair, werc a portion OF another small
family that was separated.
The CHILDREN were given ont as the
foster parents Of each had been ex-
anined by the committee and ap-
proved. The following are the names
Of the nine and their new parents:
Howard Peak, 8 years old, Frank
Liebnecht, Ethan.
Harrison Miles, aged 6. Elmer Tay.
Tor, Mitchell.
May Gear, aged ~. George Fraser.
Mitchell.
Mildred Cook. aged 2k, Mrs. Anna
Simmons. Fulton. !.
Samuel Smith, aged q, J. A. Moon
ey, Mitchell.
Nathan Smith, aged II, John c.
Winnings, Corsica.
Vincent: EEan. =. D. futile. Mt.
Vernon.
Helen Miles, aged 2, s. i. schir-
NOR, Mt. Vernon.
Margaret Miles, aged T., Thors
Neiland. Parkston.
Three Of the children, boys. were
not placed. One, Walter Kirchner,
who is ls years old, Ia ready to enter
the high school and the agents are
DESTROYS OF placing him in 4 home
where he may receive an ample edu-
cation, His mental gifts are extra
ordinary and u isshoped to find a
home where he may receive adyant-
ages. Lewis De Voc, aged sand Ed
ward Smith. aged s were not placed
Misses PIN and Comstock will pro-
bnbly be id Mitchell for a week. They
wiiiyisit the homes in which the
children have been placed and possi-
bly, find places for the three boys
who are left. They are N