The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-12-28

be present. two elected By 3he people
In their states and one territorial
governor appointed by the president;
and al three OF them were once bare
logged little ragamuffins taken nom
the sluns OF New YORK. No hope;
Ma, there will he none for " unless
"a eyes are opened speedily; Tor Il
does NOT u here. We can choose
whether We will make OF the had In
the slum a governor or a thief. and
we will have 20 foot the bill here, ~
we choose the bad end" And illus
t%rations might b. multiplied had we
space to use them. sciences verdict
can be expressed In few words. I'm
economical and morally indefensible''
IL the loss OF child life.
How much OF arr, song, great
thoughts and ideals, of producing ca
pacity, has been buried In neglected
childhood Has such childhood beon
given a chancc2 Have these neglect
cd children been treated justly fair
~, kindly Can a people hat thus
ignore their rights escape tho judg-
mont OF a lust and loving Godg Let
history answer.
The rights OF the child can never
~ AhMAANAA ~ ANt MNNh NfiNrfa the
sense inteaded by the Creator and
loving father ~ we know HIM in
the Bible or through nature. without
assuring Il a loving. helpful home
Some OF the consciousness OF ignoring
this need In child life SO clearly cm-
phasize the vital place Of the homo
that the mere statement Of them h
sufficient argument. The New York
police reporter whose experiences
with the dclinqucnts OF tina great
city led him 10 "a careful study Of the
causes OF mueh OF the poverty. sur
fering ans crime he faced daily anu
finally TO the conservation OF his best
thought and energy 20 the correction.
OF b same. in a lecture on The.
Home as the Chief Prop OF The state. -
said:
Wipe cut the homo and the whole
structure totters and fails. Even u
Il hans together set q while. q BE- not
worth preserving. not worth lighting.
for II we mad any doubt about a..
We have had some information upon
the subject given Us in recent years
Ia New York and Pennsylvania. u.
was In Philadelphia that the chill
dren's Ala society demonstrated that
the old plan Of bringing op children
IN squads, which had been tried until
Il sickencd them and us. was bad, and
that placing them out in families
made all the difference in the world.
We knew II before. but we needed 10.
be told Il IN just that way. We had
the experience uvgr again In New
York: they had IL in Boston. they
have tried II everywhere. But very
lately we have had a piece 81 tos;i-
many 10 the effect that ought 20 settle
the matter. II was an old scandal In
New York that practically all the
babies in the Founding hospital died
there; none lived to grow up. ! say
scandal. not In the sense that anyone
was to blame. They tried hard
enough. Men are not monsters to see
a defenseiess baby die without trying
To help II. In the worst Tammnny
days we had herds OF Jersey COWS on
Randali'a island. kept expressly FOR
those waits. Everything was done
that pity and experience could sug
gest, but nothing awaited. Tho babies
died. aud there was no help ior d..
Until -four years ago. when "a Joint
committee OF The State Charities Aid
association and the New YORK Asso-.
citation for Improving the Condition.
OF the Poor took them Oft the hunds
OF the cts authorities and put them
In homes. The first year after that
the mortality among them lell to a'
little over ufty per cent, the second.
year Il was just beyond thirty per.
cent and the third year it had f.ll,u
90 1911 per cent. e. figure quite below.
fine mlnTNalfL .Hu.un. all fnA .h.NHH.s.
under I'VE ear OF age In the whole
city. And the experience OF Hrookl,nl
was just the same.
What d!d IL mean? 1t meant this,
and nothing less, that these children
had come at last go their rights. that
every baby is entitled 90 one pair pi
mothers arms oun us neck, thJll
its God-giyeu right iH "a homt-A
HOME, and hat, when man obs 10
Of that right. u will not stay. And.
small blame to u! 10 shows thltI
even ioundtfng babies have good.
sense. They stayed, these, boo SUCH
uumbers-thc.r death rate Ten below
the ordinary death rate OF aga the.
children OF thcir sge-bcCuuse thoy
were picked homes they were u9i.
into. 70 meant. friends, that God puts
"a iAiAIf 'HlIu lu "A nome UfftlHt re
wants u 10 grow up with that as It8
precious heritage, is spark Of heaven
that ever bcckons il TO its true home
bey gnd IL @ that you cannot
hcrf human beings boz hattalious and
expect them % develop the qualities
of individuality of character. that
make citizenship upon which 10 build.
"a republic that shall Dee the hope OF.
tomorrow as we'll as the shelter OF.
today. We tried that with the CONF
munitlcs b "a wiped out the family.
and substituted the barrack Tor the
home. But happily they wiped out
themselves. Upon the hume rests our
moral character, our civic and poe
littcnl liberties are grounded there,
virtue. manhood, citizenship. grow
there. We forget IL a. our peril, We
accepted the legacy in the charter OF
a peoples rights. life. liberty and the
pursuit. Of happiness; and We must
find the Way to secure them or uc-
ccpt the alternative. Justice, like
true charity, begins at home"
The child's right b. IL friend. rather
than aims, "a home rather than an in
stitutiou. The same truth is urged