The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-15
ORPHANS HOME :
FILLS LONG WANT
Acts as Clearing House for Homeless
Children and Childless Couples.

w. H. Abernathy, director of the
Pensacola Community Service; Miss
Bertha Lichten, girls work director,
and Leo A. Waters. playground instruc-
tor. conducted the Thursday afternoon
story hour at the West Florida Branch
of the Children's Home society of
Florida. yesterday. After listening to
several delightful stories, the children
themselves told stories and later light
refreshments were enjoyed Marcus
l'C Fagg, superintendent of the society,
and Miss Kate Rodgers, superintend-
ent of the Pensacola home, accompan-
| led the party.
| Since its organization here the So
eiety has cared for great many home
i less and orphaned children. In the
home are children of all ages from
small babies to children in their teens.
One striking example of the Won
derful and double service being con-
stantly rendered by. the West Florida
Branch of the Children's Home Society
of Florida, through its 'children's home
in Pensacola. is the case of little Hor-
tense McWilliams. who came into the
home a few weeks ago.
Motherless, fatherless and homeless
her parents having both died just a
few miles north of Pensacola, little
Hortense at the age of four years was
left to face the world alone.
Miss Kate Rodgers, superintendent
of the Children's home here, brought
the little orphan to the home and i'm
mediately set to work to find the child
good home where she would be car
ed for and brought up to a life of
useful service.
Just about this time an application
was received from a weh-known CEN
trail Florida physician and his wife
living near Kissimmee. asking for
little girl about three years of age;
one who was sweet and pretty with
fair hair and blue eyes and a full or
phan. The doctor said he and his wife
had searched for years for just the
right child and thought perhaps the
childrens home here could help them
find her.
Little Hortense filled every specifl-
cation, as nearly as a child could. So
her pictures We're sent to the doctor
a Few days ago and telegram was re-
ceived to send her on trial Little
Hortense has since made good
A letter just received by the Chill,
dren's Home here, written by the
doctor after little Hortense had been
in his home just a week, says: you
couldn't have suited US better if you
had searched the world over for us.
We think little Hortense is the sweet
est child in the world and my wife,
who has prayed for a little girl all
these years, is Just wild with delight,
and | am. too. We want to legally
adopt her at once. Little iIoctense
loves us, too, and runs and hides when
anyone comes to the door, for Sue is
SO afraid some one will take her from
u.s.
So little Hortense is no longer an
orphan and homeless child. And DR..
Morgan and his wife are no longer a
childless couple. A wonderful service
to the child and to this family has
been rendered through the West Flor
ida Childrens Home.
This little incident is typical IF the
great service that the Children's Home
Society is performing for homeless
children and childless homes every day
in the year.
A campaign will be put on in PEN
sacoIa October 24-3i for this great
work and 1t is expected to raise the
necessary $4,000 in few days.