Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-09-19
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unfortunate, helpless. homeless
aud neglected little children in
Virginia good children with |
good blood without an oppor-
tunity ; without a home, who
can be saved who should be
saved who will be saved i f each
Of us will do our part. These
children will either be saved into
good homes, or eventually gath
cred into our jails, penitentlary
or insane asylums. as has been
seen already by chose who are
working in this particular field
of labor.
The reasons why there are so
many unfortunate children in
this state at this time are be-
cause of the late war, followed
BY the epidemic of influenza,
which took away scores of par.
ents, and leay1ng hundreds of
helpless also misfortune, sin
and death. Heretofore, a few
people by small contributions
have helped SOME of Virginia $
children. Now, each individual
is being called on to send their
offerings at once that ALL Of
these children may be saved. To
do this, a Receiving Home is
needed in the cities of Richmond
and Roanoke because they are
the geographical locations for
handling these children. This
need has been discovered throug II
years of labor and sacrifice on
the part of a band of faithful
workers known as the Children S
Home Society Of VIRGINIA, with
Headquarters at present at No.
80 North Seventh Street, Rich.
mond, Virginia. Up to the pres.
ent time this Society has gath
cred up, aided and homed more
than $500 of these Virginia chill.
dren, and last year they handled
1,64O children in twelve months,
BUT there is an army of little
ones scattered broadcast over the
State in distress, poverty and
rags without a voice or a vocab-
ulary with which to call. The
rigors of winter are fast ap-
proac ming. They have tenn
porary home now, but it is over
crowded, and they are forced to
turn away scores and hundreds
of these little children each year.
The work is supported entirely
by voluntary contributions.
Do you know how long it will
be before they may have to come
for your child or children ? Do
you know what it means to have
home ? Do you know what it
means to be without home ? Do
you know the pangs Of hunger ?
Do you know what it means to
crouch i'll a corner with nothing
but rags to cover you, and 20
fire to keep You warm ? Do u
know that this is innocence. p,r-
ity and virtue at stake?
They have asked for $4,000
with which to provide shelters
for these children. They have
plead for these funds and report
that up-to-date twenty-four cities
and counties have failed to send
them penny ffty-tLree cities
and counties have reported less
than half the amount asked for /
eleven cities and counties have
sent more than half and only |
twenty-five cities and counties |
have raised the amount asked
for ! Is it possible Virginia can
send her millions across the wa
ter to save other little children.
as we'll as men and women, but
Will not save these thousands of
little children at her doors. Re-
member they are not the riff-raff |
and ott-scouring of the earth.
They are innocent, pure and help
less. and the bulk of them will,
remain so if gathered up in time.
and placed in carefully selected
homes, as this Society is doing.
This is special appeal from
this paper in behalf of these lit
tie children. Today-at once
now before you have forgotten
It, prepare and send the largest
offering possible, writing plainly
your name and address, so that 7
receipts can be sent you, TO No.
80 N. Seventh Street, Richmond. 8
Virginia, to Rev. C. E. Peasants. d
General Chairman of this Society
This appeal is not only to each
Individual man, woman or child
Who can and will help, but is
lso to every church, every lodge,
very SOciafV aud ovory okI,ar ~.