Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-09-29
FnfheYhood In
Strange Land
In This Country

Washington. Sept. ps-The search
ing Pathes Of conditions In a small
corner of what might be tearned Un-
known America, is mirrored in a com-
muatcation received by the National
Geographic Magazine from Miss
Ethel DE long. of the executive rorn-
mitbee of the Pine Mountain Settle
ment School Pine Mountain, Harlan
Co, Kentucky. Striking indeed is this
picture given by the correspondent
IN her simple, yet supremely sympn-
fhetlc recital of the paternal yeafnina
OF white Kentucky mountaineer to
obtain educational advantages for his
motherless brood of seven.
A man has just walked in from Big
lreeS, thirty miles away, to try to
enter oil of his seven children in our
school. He would not leave only the
Older ones because as he said, "If I
part 'em while they're little fellers.
they won't have no feelin's fer each
other when they're raised. / want We
to take EN- all or none. Hit was
their mammy's last wish that / keep
em together. III jest do fer 'em my
self the best kin. If you maint take
'em all."
He brought with him an Irresistible
appeal, word picture of the seven
and his tale of how he has 'keered' for
Them ThirtY-four years old, worn
stopped, toothless. he has made a gal
liant light to raise his children right.
He mentioned the children's clothes
I've made 'em all," he said. 'T
couldn't hire nobody to sew for 'eHn.
so jest made 'em everything they
wear. myself. I've washed for 'em.
I've tended 'em an then I've gone out
in the cornfleld to work fer 'em. I've
raised EN- as right as I know but I
can't do for 'em like / ought
n get right sick with the phthisic,
an I've studied about what would hap
pen to 'em If was to be TUX off from
EN-. When / have to go awax from
'em TO earn Ieefie money, hits sech
dread on me. les they git burned
up at night s'posin' the house should.
ketch Fire. an lettle fellers allus SO
sleepy headed at layfn' down time.
Sometimes I'm afeared to no home I.
why didn't you marry again. /
asked. so as to get help in raising
your chiidreny''
best for leetle younguns to hev lust
one NANNY, an s'posin' ia thought
to help 'em A-marryin' again. I might
got 'nm In a mighty had state"
IF we take the children, are you
going TO marry againg" said I.
Nom. I'm done with marryin'. I,
jest want my younguns raised right
whilst I'm fryin' to make the money
fer 'en."
"Yon see. we don't want children
whose parents want to .get rid Of
them, = said l. but ones whose parents
want them TO have a good chance
Yes" he said, Il know That's
the reason | want 'em here. You want
ynnnguns whose parents has got
diligence and with innards to raise
'em toward humanity. Yes I'll pay
We all can make fer 'em, eff VEN
ies' raise 'em right. I've raised EN-
to work. I've worked myself. I be
gun when i was seven an I couldn't
git much education. In my raisin'-up
hit was one day I'm school and the next
day out; one week in school an the
next week ont. want EN- to glt
chance TO make their livin's-tol
live, an not be bowed down under
LAX i've been.
No. they don't sw'ar, ner cnss:
an they hain't got no mean ways
when they're In my sight. I've
brought ye a Recommendation from
folks that met We when We come
through Big Creek five or six yoF
ago"
We were moved with compassion,
our annual pledges must be
four-fold to care for the
sixty children we already have. be-
sides the seven ''leetle fellers. from