The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-11
lAG GAY FOR SOCIETY
FOR CH|tDaEhE'SS o Hes.
edmond win Have Opportunity TO
Contribute to Splendid
Cause.
EopuE ASKED TO BE LIBERAL
,torncy- General Pollard, President OF
Society. Tells OF Its Work In APP
peal--Attcntion Called TO Tag Day
in the Churches.

Tomorrow viii be Tag nay for $he
siIdrens Home Society Of Virginia
cause that appeals strongly 10 the
nod people Of Richmond. who from
me to tiule are called upon 10 aid
orthy movements and Il is nHNcl-
ated that the response viii he a
ost liberal enc.
In nearly all the city churches yes
.rday reference was made 70 the
lildren's Home SOC. cty ana It's TAG
av 70 raise funds for carrying on
e splendid work the organization
as successfully carried on for years,
OF the society and Its work John
srland Pollard. It's president. writes
the follows statement and appeal.
sued yesterday Al the request OF the
dies who are in charge of the Tag
ay movement.
Seventeen years ago, IN January
ere Was begun the FIRST movement IN
.rstuta 10 rescue children from vi
Gus ans degrading surroundings and
, place thorn In good family homes
Given Bread Powers.
The General Assent bly, OF Virginia
1909 granted q charter to Joseph
Van. John l. Williams. John Gar
nd Pollard. a. z Wexford. Jr, Pas
Al Dav.e r Raae. Charles 7. O'Fer-
ali c ". Tanner. Charles straus.
orn 2 Branch, @. : Morton. ". H.
Iarnrlit: ars n. W Cons stock, con-
tituting .her7 the charter mem eers or
Re Children Home Scciety Of Viz
mia which society was given broad
NJ NJ 20 .ha; t.;ne unusual powers
he courts were authorized % com
ait children 70 the custody of the SO
3ety, not orlv ny reason x orphanage.
-,
sthe~ vice ~ the parents or other per
sous having custody OF children, The
octety also t.akas care % children from
rood. but unfortunate homes where
he parents have died or from III
aealth have been unable TO provide
or their little ores.
Under the efficient leadership Of
sur state perintenGent Mr. Mayoee.
nearly . 600 children have been re-
ga ed or committed 70 the society.
and tire society has IN turn placed
these children in good homes, where
hey are visited az intervals by agents
II the society.
When the work was arst started
many good peopIe shock their heads
and said IL was Impossible TO and good
homes for all such children, but ex-
perience has proven that there are
more childless homes than homeless
and the society always has
on hand more applications for chill
dren than there are children to supply.
Good Homes Arc Found.
The society maintains q temporary
receiving home at 2e05 East Franklin
Street. city, where the children are
brought and kept until good homes
are found for them. The ADVANTAGES
of the plan Of the society's operations
have become more and more mani
fest as the years pass. These advan-
ia ges are that 1t pats the child in a
home where Il can grow up IN q nat
ural and normal environment. The
home proves blessing 10 the child
and the child s. blessing TO the home,
and eli this is done at n comparatively
small cost The society's total income
last year was a rttle more than sl6.-
600, and vet during the wear II placed
for the first time In homes 2f0 chill
dren. visited over $50 foster HON es
and gave temporary aid to more than
200
After sixteen years experience q.
president OF this society. I am today
more imnreSscd than ever with the
great good the society Is doing and
the soundness Of the plan upon which
X operates I know OF no other chari,
ty which accompItshes 50 great good
on such a small investment
The good ladies' who are working
with US will on next Tuesday conduct
. Tag Day. The cause -em safa
will appeal 10 the people OF Richmond
for there can he no more worthy sub.
jects OF charity than the innocent lit
tie ones who cannot help themselves
and are in 10 way responsible foi
their fntsfortunes