The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-28
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lD MANLY BOY!
Pad 81 Children's Guar.
dams Can Supply One to
Suit Any Taste.

ne state Board Of Children's
llrditns, with headquarters ID
iaileSt6n, have as q part Of theii
work; the responsibility of finding
homes for homeless children. It Is the
161if6 Of the Board to fit the child
% tho home and vice versa, and ID
& D'ace the children In homes Of like
IN insofar as possible. It Is q com:
4 stfiy6ly easy matter to find good
Homes for the good looking children,
but quite 9 different matter when the
children are not so blessed with good
eol6 Is Judged BY most people.
hB dependent children Of the state
ID have been committed to the care
6l The State Board Of SChildren'S
Gli5tdians, are taken to the Childrens
Ngtns Ia Elkins, West Va, where they
10 kept until such time as they can
b prepared for placement. At pres
ut there are about twenty children
n The home ready for placement,
elghteen Of whom are boys. or this
number, fifteen are between the ages
o i've and twelve, and IN some cases
leY are heckle faced, pug nosed,
minus q tooth or two, and with stub
horn hair which refuses to behave.
But these boys are Just as manly, just
~ physically and mentally fit. and
Them smile Just as bright and whole
tonne AS the good looking little EEL
logyHho Is usually chosen by the ap-
plica6t.
Alter al Il doesn't seem quite fair,
does its Too many ofluS fail to ap-
reciate the position these unformn-
ne little fellows were placed IN BY
BEING created ugly instead Of hand
lome, but when given q chance. these
1oys more often than not, take the
Tad President Wilson has said,
! be beauty OF a democracy Is that
5ons can never tell when a youngster
q born what he Is going to do and
St1t no matter how humbly he Is
Dorm no matter what circumstances
hamper him, at the outset, he has a
chance to master the minds and lead
me imagnations Of the whole coun.
More than fifty years ago, a car
bad Of waits from the New York
\ Children's Aid society came into Tip.
eOnG Ind. Judge Green was asked II
se would take q "kid." eyes, he said,
: ( you win give me the ugliest, dir.
test raggedest one in the bunch"
Johnny Brady stepped forward and
9 guessed that he would fill the bill.
Judge Green took him. Later the
hoyswent to Yale where he worked his
ray through. he became Presby-
serian minister and a missionary in
he North West. Finally John Green
Brady, as he was known, became Gov.
9ernof Of Alaska. His death occurred
a December, 1913. One more proof
That you can never tell what latent
poeslbil titles may be In the least at
factiYe Of these homeless children.
There Is nothing in all the world
no important as children, nothing so
undressing. David Starr Jordan,
chancellor emeritus Of Leland STAN
Scrd University, says: IF you ever
wish to be Of any real use in the
G0tld, do something for children"
The normal place for every normal
Enid IS in the normal home, and
Nhils these children have not the
tearty Of perfect features, they are
formal in every particular, and have
been forced to remain "unwanted"
MY because Of their lack Of beauty.
i IS the earnest hope OF the State
Board Of Children's Guardians that
applications Of these unwanted boys
;tfiIbe made promptly. Is there not
some home In this city that will be
Wiling to give one Of these boys the
Ehante he deserves? Application may
4 b made By writing L H. Putnam,
executive secretary, Armory building,
Charleston, West Va.