The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-13
CHILDREN'S AID HAS LONG LIST OF MEN
 WHO ACHIEVE FAME
Work of New York Organization Is Brought to Special Attention by Death of Governor Brady
 of Alska
By Associated Press

New York, January 4-America as
 land of opportunity even for street
 waifs. orphans and foundlngs was re-
 called by the recent death in SitKa,
 Alaska of John G. Brady, former gov
 ernor of that territory, and the fact
 that when a child young Brady had been taken from an almshouse and placed in the custody of the Childrens s Aid society of New York, which edu7
 cated him and placed him on the road
 to fame and fortune.
 Hundreds of other cases similar to ex-Governor Brady's, it is said, could be cited by the organization which Tor more than half century has been tax ing homeless boys and girls off city streets and sending them to farms in the west where they grew up to be self-reliant. trustworthy and honored citizens A certain delicacy surrounded the publication of the names Of the more noted of these former walfS but, the report of the Children's Aid so- ciety for 1918 shows the following har- vest of careers up to date One governor of state, one govern or of d territory (John c. Brady of Alaska). two members of Congress, two district attorneys. two sheriffs, two mayors justice of the supreme court. a federal judge, four state judges. two college professors. seven high school principals, two school superintendents, an auditor general of state, nine members of state legislatures. A clergymen, one cashier of a life insur- ance company, two artists, Senate clerk, six railroad officials, IS journal ists, 34 bankers, 19 physicians, 35 law yers, 12 postmasters, three contractors, 97 teachers. four civil engineers, and a vast number of other business and professional men, clerks, mechanics tfarmers and their wives and others | who have acquired property and hlled positions of-honor and trust.
 Among the American forces sent over seas it is pointed out in the report 1 are 12 commissioned officers and about l 1000 soldiers and sailors who were once wards of the Children's Aid society. All were rescued from the streets or from i asylums and corrective institutions | The society, since it's foundation or
 January g, 1855, has placed 32,o31 or 1 phans and deserted children in good l homes in the country where many o1 | them were later adopted. In addition l S1 472 older boys and girls have been sent to farms in the west, where they l have been put on their feet and, be- | coming owners of ranches, have shown
 their appreciation in later years by taking orphans into their homes
 
 1 salvaging a child from the streets, ac- cording to the plan of the society, 1' $50, which not only defrays the cos of placing the youngsters in com fortable country home, but provides fol | supervision so long as it is necessary The society keeps in touch With th' , boys or girls thus sent out and ha! on file thousands of grateful letters written by them after they have growi 1 to manhood and womanhood.
 An instance of this gratitude was ar forded in the report for 1918 of Edwil l C. Merrill treasurer of the society, wh' acknowledged bequest of 5000 iron the estate of Dr. Michael A Jordan a physician and educator of Logans port, Ind. Dr. Jordan many years az
 was a friendless orphan in New Yorl
 city and was befriended by the Chil
 dren's Aid society. Many similar lega cies from formed wards have been lief to the organization in the past.