Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-09
SEVEN GET NEW
PARENTS IN COURT
Children, One a Soldier, Find
New Homes and Friends
by Adoption

NV 1prk-A Eeueral JuuSe, Il
college professor sea captain, Il
real estate operator, a spinster of
means. n well to 90 widow and a
wealthy grandmother may find the
world somewhat changed for them
for they are now foster fathers or
mothers. entrusted by the State of
New York with the happiness of
children who needed a home.
One of the children happen to be
husky, twenty y-nine-year-o fight
ing man about to sail for France.
but the classification fits just the
same because the young man hasn't
known for fifteen years what il was
to have mother and now as he
goes into the war ne may have a
different feeling about life His
name is William |. Hay and he liv-
ed at S55 Macon street. Brooklyn.
Mrs. Jessie May Burgoyne. who IN
formed surrogate Cohalan that she
is widow of some means and who
lives at S15 West SeVenty-ninth II
street. adopted Soldier Hay because
she had known his parents, dead
J for fifteen years. and had entertain
/ ed toward them feelings of deep
| affection. She thought it was her
uutN 10 Senu hay away with smile.
Judge Adopts Girl
The Federal Judge who became a
father by court decree is Martin T.
| Manton of the United States Circuit
court OF Appeals, and who IS remem-
nered also as having been counsel
for Lieut.. Charles Becker in Beck
er's second and last trial for the
murder of Herman Rosenthal Mr
and Mrs. Manton became interested
in a chubby baby girl named Marian
Gliaso, who is Just a few weeks
more than a year old, through the
efforts of Mrs. Don. c. Seitz Mrs
SeitZ has been very active in the
work of finding. good homeS FOL
dependent children.
The sea captain is James Gregway
who commands the ship Henry c
Fisher and who lives aboard the
ship with Mrs. Gregory. 1t is now
in dock at the port. They adopted
I little Veronica Evelyn Baker, who
was entrusted to their care on feb
ruary 21, 1916, by Our Lady of Vic
/ tory orphanage. In the last tive
! years they came to love the baby sc
fondly that they decided to adopt
! her and the form maltieS before the
Surrogate yesterday adjusted the
/ problem happily for all concerned
The real estate operator. Edwarl
I w. Browning of 80 West Eighty-first
/ street, and his wife Nellie Adele
! Browning discovered a three-year.
! old girl up in The Bronx who was
{ just to their liking. The child's
! name is Josephine Herbst and the
| facts set before -he Surrogate show.
/ ed that her father Jacob, a truck.
man. simply could not support hi.
family properly on his earnings as &
D al 4,
/ family. including Josephine anC
/ Herbert found the pinch too much
] for him.
Mother Gives Consent
/ Prof. Garland e. Lewis. head oi
| the chemistry department of Rut,
! gers College, adopted, Marjorie /.
,, Naylor, who was horn on July %
/ 1911. The Child's mother explained
/ to the Surrogate that it had beer
! difficult for her to give Marjorie
/ proper care because she had TO sC
from place to place to earn her liv.
+ ing and had to be away from hom,
a great deal. 1t was for the baby:
good. she said rather sadly. tha
she consented to the adoption.
Josephine NJ. Stricken. who live:
at the Sherman Square Hotel. adopt
ed Marjorie Grace Stricken, the chile
of her deceased brother Robert ]
Stricken. Miss Stricken set forth ir
her petition that the child's grand
/ father, John c. Stricken, wished tC
make Marjorie one of his heirs. anC
that he would remember her in hi.
will provided she was adopted Ey
her aunt Josephine.
Richard II. Coutant. 3 years old
was adopted by his paternal grand
| mother, Katherine Coutant, whc
told the Surrogate that she ownes
considerable property, including
large tract of valuable land at Ossin
ing upon which stands a countr!
house.
1t was very happy business al
around, the days work by the Sur
2, rogate, with lot of handshakin,
and congratulations