Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-09
CH|LDREN'S HOME
AND GIRLS SCHOOL
Visited by Juvenile Court Repre-
sentative, Who Found the Con-
ditions Excellent.

The Home for Fricndless and Destitute
Children, 20i Fast 1hirty-sccond street,
and The Delaware Industrial School for
Girls. nj Claymount, were inspected
Thursday afternoon by the Board of
Visitation of the Juvenile Court, recently
appointed for the current year, and news
papcr representatives of this city, who
were invited guests
The party went first, IN automobiles
kindly provided by interested friends of
the officials, To tho Childrcn's Home. ~ II
is familarlv known, where they were re-
ccivrd by Mrs Frank Morton Jones.
president of the Board of Management,
who showed tho visitors through the
sunny and airy rooms. which are devoted
to the uses nf the home and seem most
cxccllcntly adapted to Its needs and
purposes The reception ROOMS and
teachers assembly room. the kitchen
and dining rooms and the school room IN n
separatp connected building were IN turn
inspected. and their various uscs and con
vcnienccs explained hv Mrs Iva Hay the
natron IN ample supply uf simple but
excellent food Is supplied to the little ones
and II is no wonder lint hey thrive when
vou know that no less than quart nf the
hest Of milk is furnished and absorbed
for each child IN the home
In the plav-room IIp stairs the Young
stcrs were found. a rosy faced and happy
hand. spinning tops scc-sawInp, and
uf course shouting and laughing They
were free from zhvness ~ the presence of
visitors and quickly made friends among
them favnfiug especially such ~ would
make a picture fnr them nr help spin =
top m new way. The elder children were
away at the public school, where they go
every day. and So could not be seen The
present number of pupils IS -
The children booked after b1 the homc
are from the ages of 2 wears upwards
Tho bows leave when they NJ" | : years
uf age. hut occasionally under unusual
circumstances. the girls remain until
they are grown The home places ont
rhIIdrcu under Tho must houeiiclnl svs-
tom The Aszociatcl haritiea Investi-
gates tho foster homes and q visitor keeps
IN touch afterwards with the children
So far the home has only looked after
dependent children and not delinquent
so-callcd children judge Prickett
spoke of the problem of finding plae
to send there small eh,ld who had heen
convicted of only q slight offence some
times for stealing 2 watermelon or a loaf
of bread child WIN has not the proper
home conditions ~ such "asos. ought ~
hc sent to an institution almllar tn the
one for frlcndIe+a chtldren
INDUSTRIAL 4cHnot MorFie
short but thrilling ride over the phila
iclphla pike brought The partv to the
grounds of tho lfclavarc Industrial
school for C,,rl-. = plot of RI acrvz hor-
icrci on Two zldc4 IN Naamans = reck
al ideal SITE tof tho purpose whleh wa
secured ~ the foresight and activity If
Judge puCkctt and has alrcad, apnre-
catcd several tlmca ~ value owing ~
tho industrial operations ~ the neigh
borhood
Tho visitors uprr received hy the
house mother. Mrs .lack son, and Fere
asked la look on ~ the activities of the
institution in regular operation. rather
than ~ suv >pr'iall, prepared dciuoneifa
tlon school rooms laundry. sewing and
knitting classes anil tho important CIli.
mar, dcpartments were ii full swing and
an admirable IN scope and details \
convincing demonstration of furnace
shaking hy thoroughly competent girl
WAS an incident that made quit an I'M
PRECISION Tho rooms tor the girls. many
of thcm furnished and decorated by
women organizations Mere ample and
neat and wcI adapted to tho'r purpose
All nf the work of tho school, with the
exception of pluwinF is donc by tho
pupils, rs pant oi the industrial training
The garden hcnncry and even thr hvc-
acre corn patch hcing cared for 10y them
The accommodations of the buildings
arc ~ present somewhat taxed by the II
inmates which IS nine more than the
original number provided for on tho hasis
of only one occupant for caeh room. The
need 81 separate additional hwldlng for
school purposes was called &" the attention
oi the visitors and Was very evident 30
them
\ large number 81 artlclc~ have been
made bv the girls for the Red ross hos
pital garments as we'll as sweaters and
helmets They also make All thclr own
clothes The uniform that they wear Is a
neat dark blue and white striped ginghsm
and when thev arr doing houscwork thet
wear dainty white caps
Tho girls IN this institution como trom
all over the State and arc sent here by tho
various courts They seem tn bc healthy
and happy in their work Placing ont IS
done by tins home. too. with the greatest
care taken To scc'Irc the right KIND of
homes and the proper supervision of the
girls after they are IN the homes Re-
hgious services are held every sunday
afternoon by the various denominations
IN turn. mass being held on an average OF
once a month
Members of the board present were DR.
Charles A. Ritchlc. Representative VII
liam NJ Connolly, Mrs Henderson Weir,
Mrs. J Monteith Jackson. Mrs S a.
Rabinowitz. Judge W : Prickctt and
f. Ross Farra. chief probation officer.
The members who were unable to bc
present were Peter 4 lIorty. Mrs. T. IL
EdsaI and Miss Caroline Cooper,