Arizona republican., 1918-02-28

birth three years ago. Six months ago all of the work formerly done by the California Home in Arizona was turned over to the AfiZona Home including wards subscription lists and the good will of the California Home. The Ari zona Home has been received into the National Children's Home Association, which automatically makes our society the only legal organization of its kind in the state.
 Our annual statement for last year is printed and has been quite well dis tributed over the state. This statement shows that 120 children were handled during the year 1917, and that 20 were placed in permanent homes. The state ment shows that. it costs less than S6,- 900 to pay all the bills for the year. A careful record also shows that it costs $500 per month.
 The primary goal of this Home is to place all orphan children in private homes for adoption. The secondary work is caring for needy and worthy half orphans not for adoption at the present time In a general way, the Children's Home strives to do anything that will give the child a chance to make good in the world. Along this line We have a delightful relationship with other agencies, general and local, in the state interested in the child wei fare work.
 The work is supported by voluntary subscriptions from interested individ- uals and organizations. A small DOT tion of our income is received from the parents of half orphans kept in the Home and occasionally a county will pay for the temporary maintenance of child sent by the county The total amount received from these sources is about one fourth that which is actually required and expended in caring for the work. Having the above in mind may l call your attention to the state ments made in the article written by Mrs. Goddard or some other member of your club
 In the first place, Mrs. Goddard made visit to the Home, and investigated every detail of the Home and left a de- l lightful impression upon the matron by telling her that everything was lovely that she was well pleased with what she had seen and would go back tC l Phoenix to report to her club that the Home was in splendid condition anC worthy of thesfullest support It is mol necessary to remind you that our ma tron and members of the board in Tue son were mystified when they read the article in the Arizona Republican.
 The article stated that our building is unsanitary and inadequate Tn, building is not unsanitary but it is in. ! adequate and no one knows this bette than we do. We have prayed and hoped that some good Arizona citizen or som, magnaminous organization such as tn,
 Harmony club would come to our res
 cue with $50, 100000 for a new buildin. and equipment
 A kind friend in Tucson donated tn
 ground on which to place our nev
 building and we will begin work just a
 soon as we get the $50, 100000 from tn
 Harmony Club or some other source. The article stated that the buildin,
 IS situated in the lower part of the cit,
 and in the Mexican district Our Hom
 happens to be the Old Hughes Home I
 is just off of Pueblo street, which i
 the Fifth Ave" of Tucson, and ha
 some of the finest homes in the city
 Mir. and Mrs. Hughes lived in thi
 building for generation and reare,
 their children in it in spite of the fac
 that it is ''unsanitary." We pay fit
 dollars month for this building and i
 is the best we can possibly do at pres
 ent for that amount of money Flo
 months we have been searching fo
 better quarters. but without success We will be delighted to have any goo friend tell us where we can get a bet ter building and more rooms for lift dollars a month.
 Anyone that has ever had any ex perience in this kind of work, know how difficult it is to secure ideal mat ronship. Like all other institutions W have had our troubles, but we are de lighted with the capability of our pres ent matrons They are doing all an women could do to feed and properl