El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-25
Home Is Crowded ;
Must Have Funds for More
Room For It's Little Tots.
y q. q. MARTIN.

~ EVENLY -FOUR people. mostly
babies, practically all Of them
- little tots, are crowded together
in a few rooms at the Rescue Home
on Westminster street, Government
Hill The place was built to accom-
modate I6 people and later arranged
to accommodate IS by crowdiug."
The plans Of the builders never con-
templated, accommodating at any
time, more people than %. But today
there are three times that many in
the Home.
More room IS needed to care for
these charitable charges -Four thou
sand dollars ere needed 10 make room
for these babies. that they may grow
M into healthy manhood and woman
hood. An addition is needed and viii
be erected when this money is raised
Half Of il has been subscribed, some
OF II condit5onauy. Two thousand
dollars are Yet to be raised 10 in
sure the work being done
Must Have Temporary shack.
To temporarily accommodate the
children while the addition is being
built. as they are now sleeping on the
porch, which VIII have 70 be torn
away. q wooden barracks must be
erected me eLlaLLa ger 0A GUNNER
directors have donated enough lumber
for this purpose. also for fence TO
surround the playground 1t is hoped
20 have the money for erecting the
addition by the time the temporary
quarters are built
At present boys and girls are sleep
ing in the playhouse, in the isolation
hospital, in the basement, in the
dining room and wherever there is
room for a cot Besides being dam
gerOus to their health in the winter
time. the present condition crowds the
home TO such an extent that it is i'm
possible TO conduct Il 70 the best ac-
vantage
Having been constructed to care for
adults only il was originally intend
ed TO be a maternity hOme-the place
must have a number of alterations
made to make il suitable for chill
lren. There is at present only one
tairway and that rs in the center
the house. in the event of fire,
holocaust would be a certainty
Keeps Families Together.
Few FL PasOaus know of the great
God work this institution is doing
.5esides giving a home TO errinE girls
need OF help and care, il is also
airing for the babies Of fathers and
mothers unable 10 care for them. in
one case that The Herald knows OF. a
man had 70 send his sick wife to Mar
lin Wells for her health They had
-WO small children and his salary was
Is . week Without the aid Of the
.escue Home. the children would
have had no home; .he father would
ave been compelled to give them up
o the state or to some orphan asylum.
his father was able to take them to
he Rescue Home. where he could see
hem occasionally while he worked,
nd send his money 10 the sick wife
Marlin. The mother died and the
hildren are still there. but the
Ither is now paying for their keep.
Je has a good home for them and
hey are where he can see them as
ften as he can visit the place; what
is left Of the little family is kept
intact
Prevents Breaking Up Homes.
The expression has often been
heard; why not send some Of those
children to an Orphanage or let some
body adopt them?" Parents who have
children OF their own don't ask such
questions.
Every child in the home. but with
the exception Of two, has one OF the
other parent living. Two little babies
the Steever twins, shown in the
wheelbarrOw on the cut accompany
ing this article-have neither parent
Their father died, first. of tubercu-
losis, and the mother followed in a
short time However. they are as yet
no expense to the home. for a wei
known Fl PasOan. interested In their
case because he knew their mother
is contributing $500 a year TO the
maintenance Of the home because Of
these children
Either father or mother is living