The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-02-07

no more than right that they should
do SO. Ninety per cent of the in
mates here are strictly charity cases.
Every cent received from m board boarding s
the Home the same as any other
money received here. / shall be
pleased to show anyone our board
records and the reports in the Home
paper in which credit is given for
these sums. If these statements
ticular, 1 will give one hundred dol
lars personally to any church or
charitable organization in your
town or county.
All merchandise and supplies of
levery nature are used exclusively
for inmates of the Home, and will
Igive one hundred dollars personally
cation in your town or county if any
| instance can be shown where sup
plies or any kind were ever sold or
disposed OF in any way, and l Will
give the above amount for the name
and address of any person. who ever
Fought or received any such supplies
at any time.
] will pay the same amount to any
church or organization for any in
stance where donations to the Home
were not fully and properly credited,
and for any instance where items of
expense were not fully and properly
published and accounted for.
have brought these charges against
Work WOE Tits article is written in ali
kindness, and we know that each
one will tender the same considera-
ton to this great work.
trials and tribulations., It has been
only because OF the loyalty of it's
friends that it has Weathered these
storms.
The work is hard and combining,
and taken all in all, it is thankless
job. The demands on our mind and
heart are constant.
the physical energy to any private,
secular business that l give to this
| work daily.
Only because of the love ] bear
this work, the sacredness OF it be-
cause of the lives of my father ana
for it's sake, would ! remain in it,
1t would not be possible for the
friends of this work to pay me
enough to hold me in it year in and
year out-years full of sacrifice OF
every kind. Believe me, it is only
because the work is very dear and
to me W YOU'D y M ESadly tg give
groundless and truly cruel charges
come, they cause pain and add un-
necessary burdens to our already
Overloaded shoulders:
Since the war;. it has been a con-
stantly increasing burden to raise
| Of the Home. All know Of the de-
eign calls have affected every insti-
tuition in our own country. None of
these institutions have cOm"lained.
And in some cases We believe that
people have appreciated the trying
position in which most of these
and that they have tried to uphold
The Christian Home has stood for
thirty-tive years. We believe that
we have been faithful and devoted
to it. 1t has had our full time and
have already been given. Many al
personal welfare and that of our
family have been sacrificed. We
have seen the Home through dark
days, when we did not see how we
could stand the strain another day.
ldifferent times since the death of our
father thirteen years ago, and our
hair is almost white where thirteen
years ago not single white hair
was visible.
Our doctor, Pr; F: E. gHellinger.
now Captain Bellinger, Unit X.
given us ten years more of life.
These sacrifices, friends, we are
glad to make, and in exchange we
ask your constant and liberal sup
port of the. Home, and for ourselves,
personally. your love and confidence
above all, your confidence,
Cured at the Home out of more than
five hundred cared for during the
Year. This record is unequalled.
ICertainly It could not have been ex-
Icept for kind, loving and careful
treatment of these little ones. 1t
does not come by mere chance
tude,. questions are bound to arise.
We deem it no more than. fair that
friends write us. Remember that
these little ones suffer when the
Home is injured. These employees
here can find work elsewhere;
These little ones are defenseless and
loo,k, daily to us for the their support r. !.
struggle to keep the work going.
We need your help as never before.
I'VE know that the Home is worthy
of it.
We know that those who nave
brought these charges against the
Home will be glad to correct an
wrong. The Home has enemies the
same as all other works We have
even had traitors on our payroll.
! We are not exempt from these
things. We do ask, however. that
we be given a-chance for the defense
and protection of the Home before
such accusing articles appear in
local papers. We think that the en-
tire public will agree with us that
this request is entirely fair.
Before closing this article we
would like to give herewith two
letters, both written Jan. IL, 1918:
To Whom 1t May Concern:
| have been physician to the Home
| for ten or twelve years, calling there
daily. To my knowledge the popu-
Ilationsof the Home has not been I'M
/ der two hundred and forty for two
| his assistants are making sacrifices
i that verv few of us would even at