Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-03
POVERTY GOOD SCHOOL
Fur AMERICAN BOYS
Hundreds. Taken From Founding
Institution, Have Risen to
Wealth and Big Usefulness.

New York Jan America as land
of opportunity even for street WAITS
orphans and foundlingS WAS recalled bN
the recent death ON >Itka, Alaska. Of
John G. Fradv. former Governor Of that
territory. ard the fact that when a child
Young Brady had been taken from All
almshouse and placed III the custody
Of the Children 5 Aid Society of New
York winch educated HIM and placed
HIM on the road 10 fame and fortune
Hundreds Of other cases similar to
ex-Coyernor Brady il Is said could fe
cited t,v he organization which for more
than haf century has teen taking
homeless boys and girls of cIt, streets
and sending them 10 farms IN the West
where they grew UP 10 he self-relant
trustworthy and honored citizens \
certain delicaey SURROUNDS the publication
Of nan Is Oft the more noted Of these former
waits but hr report oi the Children :
And society for 1918 shows the follow lug
harvest IF career, up 10 date
One governor ut q stdte ono governor
Of q TERRITORY juhn {, Brady of IaSka .
two members oi Congress two cistrict
attorncvS two sheTf4>. wO mavor>
. justice ri the supreme court = federal
Judg. four state judges. Two coilege
professors. seven high school PRINCIPALS.
two school sllptrlutendantS an auditor
general oi a state, nine members oi state
iegisiat urcs, - clcrgymen, one cashier q
Il life insurance COMPANY; two artists
= senate clerk, SIX railroad officials
eighteen journalists. "a bankers, -
physicians. 81 lawyers. - postmastcrs,
; contractors. o. teachers, / civil engineers
and vast number Of other business
and professional men, clerks mechanics
farmers and their wives and others who
have acquired property and filed positions
Of honor and trust
Among the american forces sent
overseas. 1t IS PORTED out IN the report
are twelve commissioned officers hnd
abou 900 soldiers and sailors who
were once wards u the Children AID
society All were rescued from the
streets or from asylmEs and corrective
institutions
The socl t.. since its foundation
on January 2. 1875, hes placed g. OH
orphans and deserted children in good
homes in the country where many Of
them were later adopted In addition
81 AZ 2 older bows and girs have been sent
10 farms in the West where they have
been put on their feet and, becoming
owners pf ranches. have shown their
appreciation ~ later years by taking
orphans into their homes
IT. nas been estimated that the cost
OF salvagng ii child frorn the streets
according to The pl4n of tie Society,
IS so which not o1lIy dcfrays the cost
of placing the youngster III 4 coInior-
table country home but provides for
supervision so long rs il is necessary
The society keeps il touch With the
boys or gIrIs hus sent out and hes on
files thousands Of grateful letters written
hy them after they have grown to man
hood and womanhood
An instance Of this gratitude was
afforded in the report for 1918 Of Edwin
G.. Merrill, treasurer Of the Society, who
acknowledged bequest Of SIS, 600 from
the csate Of DIR Michael A. Jordan, a
physician and educator d Logansport
indiana DR. Jordan many years ago
was a friendless orphan in New ork
City and was befrIended BY the ChIlren 5
Aid Society Many similar legacies from
former wards have been left to the
organization in the past