The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-04-14
Educational Series
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uOu want 10 i've without tnem.
Please I'll work harder than ever
They won't ever take anything
again. They're my children. |
have suffered and worked for them
They love me, and they don't want
TO leave their mammal"
The children, too, began to cry,
some realizing what the judge had
said, the rest weeping because they
saw their mother crying there be-
fore that stern man.
There was tear in the judges
eye as he replied. g 1t cau't be
helped Mrs. Haskins. 1t is for the
children's good that you must part
with them. The oldest, Katherine
may stay with you and you can
then better provide for yourself
and her"
From the heart broken mothers
arms officers of the court took the
six children. AS she walked uu-
steadily from the building she saw
them leaving with the charity
worker for the orphan asylum.
There wasn't much said that
night in the Haskins tenement
home. Botn Katie and her mother
were too sore hearted to talk Of the
rest of the family-the children
sent 10 the orphan asylum They
just sat and cried, hopelessly yearn-
ing r the absent little 9aes, And
SO it went, week aftet week, until
months later, a man came to the
door one day.
'Mrs. Haskins, he said, my
name is Henry Neil. | was in the
juvenile court the day your chill
dren were taken from you After
wards ! talked with the Judge
about your case. He told me that
many such families had to be sep
arated every day. He was sorry,
bat he coulo do nothing.
Il then started an agitition for
law to pension mothers, which
would make it possible for father
less children to be left under the
care Of the persons hest qualified tc
care fer them their mother.
Yesterday that law went into
operations this morning the judge
has awarded you mothers 5 pen
sion not as ar act of charity, bat
as a compensation society owes you.
The amount is $40, which is 81 a
child per month. You can now
fDd a better, cleaner home then 60
for your children. They are yours
and you have now the legal right
as we'll as the moral right, which
you nave always had, TO keep them
with you
The mother spraug up, interestld &
delighted, seeing new hope in
life.
"My children Thank Cod, /
will have my babies again And
she lost little time in finding that
new home for them. Little Katie
was surprised, too, on her mother
walking into the factory. Quit
your work, the breathless mother
exclaimed. Now you can go to
school again and well get Jimmie,
and Mary, and Jack, and Jennie,
and Henry, and the baby Hurry
hurry. I've got new home and
the judge says we can ali be to
gether again.
1t took up all of the car ride tc
the orphan asylum to tell Kather-
inc about the mothers pension and
the new home and how nice il
would all be.
With the judges order in hel
trembling hands the mother went
Into the asylum. The maton seated
her and Katie in a room, saying
81 guess we will have little neec
for orphan asylums if mothers gel
pensions. =
Soon little Jack came rushing
. into his mothers arms, TO be fol
lowed by Henry, and Jennie, anc
} Mary. Jimmie came as fast as ht
could carry his little baby brother
How happy they all were. The
children laughed and kissed ans
Rugged their mo- her and Rather
I inc. The mother wept for joy.
"Oh, mamma" cried Mary