Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-03

ing manner in which they chung to
gether, when he saw the love anc
devotion which they all had fol
each other and which the three oldel
children had for the little baby sis
ter he, too, was at loss to know
what to do. But as King Solomon
solved the problem of which of two
women claiming the mothership o.
child was the real mother, thi.
man proved himself also a man o.
wisdom, and after looking upon the
little family he turned to his wife
and eagerly said: Il have it. l know
what we'll do; we'll take the whole
bunch"
Problem Is Solved.
And so the great problem was
solved. The lady was happy. The
same thing had been in her heart
: for long time, but she hardly
dared even harbor it in her mind
But now it was settled and as a re-
suit the four little tots are not to
be Separated and have gone to the
home Of the good lady and gentle
man, adopted as part of the fam
lily.
But every good story must have
its tragedy to mar the happiness
which ought to reign supreme. The
tragedy in this little story is the lit
tie mother; hardly more than enter
ing her "twenties," bereft Of the
children of her own flesh and blood,
for she had renowned all her claim
to them and has agreed never to
attempt to see them again. Think
of the sleepless nights she must pass
longing in vain for the touch of
those soft arms about her neck and
the kiss of baby lips. Think Of the
waking nights when with pillow wet
with hopeless tears she can only
hope on hopelessly, her only COM
fort being that they are better off
and with many silent prayer she
calls upon the God of the heart
broken mother to care for her chill
dren and make them grow up, not
like the hard-hearted villain of a
father, but with the true heart of
a real man and woman.
Only Real Solution.
It seems like a hard thing to do.
But it is the only thing that can be
done. The family which takes upon
itself, the care and responsibility Of
a child taken into the home must be
protected. They must expect to give
the child the love and care that
needed all through its young life
and then perhaps have it married
just at time when the child is bud
ding into manhood or womanhood
by the appearance of the mother or
the father, who might undo all the
work of years. In working SEEM
ing hardship upon the good mother
who gives up her children, the state
looks into the future in an effort to
protect not only the children but the
home into which they have been
taken and in which they have grown
up every mite as much part as If
they had really been of the real blood
of the mother and father in the
nome.
There are other little boys and
girls to be found in the states Home
for Dependent Children, who are
Just as sweet, just as pretty, and just
as loving as these four who have
gone out under such pleasing cir
cumstances into home of cheer and
comfort. As they have stood and
have seen these 60 out, they have
.longed for the time to come when
the dove of love will enter the
hearts of some mother and father in
many a home that is childless in Ne
braska and prompt visit in hopes
that they, too, may go out into a
world made brighter because they
will add their brightness in laughter
and smiles to a home which has
heretofore never known the pleasure
Of children's chatter or the music of
children's laughter.