Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-14

Des Moines, Aug. 14-There was
some surprise expressed among the ad-
| vanced students or sociology over the
| fact that the Knights of Pythias have
determined upon the erection OF large
orphanage in Iowa, If the plan IL TO
have a place where q home durins
childhood may be afforded the orphan
children of the order, then the plan IS
hardly in keeping with the policy which
the state OF Iowa has officially entered
upon with regard TO the care OF such
children deprived OF parental care Iowa
was to build orphan homes for all
children deprived Of parental care Iowa
set out to have a great institution OF
this kind. In fact, Iowa SEE out TO
have q half dozen Of them and several
were established and maintained. Then
church organizations and others estao-
ished ordinances. Now the idea that
is almost universally accsoted is that
Of finding homes for The orphans and
placing them in good homes that the
children may grow up with just as
much Of home life as possible. Tho
legislature last winter added another
home finding agent to the state list TO
engage in the placement Of children.
There are now two agents. If their
work IS successful as it no doubt will
be, the so-called soldiers orphans
home at Davenport will become in
time largely a place for the temporary
abode of children until such time as
suitable homes can be found for them
and 1t will not retain many other than
the very young children. The fact
that this is now the settled policy of
the state is not very well understood.
The institution ought to advertise A
great many people would be pleased
to take children if only they knew
that the state is engaging in the work
of placement of its wards and really
desires that as many as possible arc
in homes.
The great work in the world for and
on behalf OF the homeless children OF
the world commenced with DR.. Bar
nardo in London and he bull, up a
number of great institutions for chill
dren and collected and expended over
sl5,0oo,00o In this work. But more
valuable than the orphanages he
founded was his accomplishment in
arousing the forid to the great
need of better care of the depend
ent children. Out of his work has
grown the newer and better work %
Itl1IlES MONIES LOT the lOIuSleSS aYlC
supervising those homes with author
Hy. That 10 the plan Iowa Is follow
ing now.
The state itself has been slow te
take hold OF the work or to appreciat,
what car be accomplished AS an eco
nornic proposal II Is good for the state
1t costs s14 month TO keep a child
al the orphanage. A state agent may
homes each year That Is big saving
to the state.
Some OF tte complications growing
out OF the change of masters in the
middle Of the work of getting orr
code supplement will afford opport,ir-
ity for the courts 10 do some guessing
later on. For instance. the edition Of
the supplement of 1918, issued by the
code commission. which the thirty
sixth general assembly appointed will
not be exactly like the edition Of
the same supplement issued by. the
code commission Of the thirty fifth gen-
eral assembly. Which Is the law? Tho
difference came about IN this Way, A
certain section of the collateral inherit
tence tax law had been carried in the
laws as in force, but when the latest
compilation was made 1t was found
this particular section had been
repealed. the chapter and number
being clearly designated as repealed.
It ought not to have been re-
pealed. It IL true. but that was only
another Legislative piun6eI. RI Tbs cid cid
code commission had its attention
called to the error, considered it. and
by formal resolution directed the
former code editor not to include the