Evening journal., 1920-12-15

child at home alone, on Saturday
night, was about the highest form OF
cruelty that could be inflicted, and
the few instances where il was done
were reported TO The worker over and
over by the neighbOrs.
"This diversion and going TO the
beaches in the summer is about all
the children get. No games OF any
kind were seen. DominOes and check
ers are played very rarely; an occa-
si0nal boy had a rifle and one boy
had a camera. I'm all the 300 visits
made, only eleven OF the children
were found at the time OF the visit,
indulging in any form OF recreation
A very few were in school, the rest
were always found hard at work in
a steady, solemn sort OF way, m a
well-esiablished gait. Anything
bleaker than the lives Of some of
these children would be hard TO i'm
agine. Separated from friends and
relatives, perhaps never out OF a city
before, suddenly put down on a desc
late farm, where he knows neither the
people on- the customs, and made to
work early and late at strange, new
tasks, with a licking now and then II
he does not do well.
"The following story may sound ex-
aggerated, but in reality is not:
james, bright boy OF "A. is living
with a farmer and his wife, who are
weh past middle life and who are
quite devoted to James. The worker
calling on the foster mother In her
neat, clean little sitting room, with
It's shining furniture pushed well
back toward the wall, asks the foster
mother what James gets in he way
OF AMUSEMENT: Well he goes TO
church on Sunday mornings, and in
the afternoon he rests and goes 10
church again. When pushed further
by the worker, her face Frightened
and she said There is never a
funeral notice comes TO this house
but what James goes.
Concerning racial difficulties, the
REPORT also presents a grim tale. II
says in part:
perhaps the lonellest child OF all is
the cOlOred child in white home.
Often he comes from a city Orphanage,
where he has been for several years.
Friends and relatives have drifted
away from him and frequently there
are no colOred families near and he Is
too far from church and Sunday
school 30 attend There is no one OF
his own race 10 whom he may go,
even the agent who visits and super
vises him is white. He must eat
alone and work alone and play alone.
lie has no outlet for his natural emo
tons and social instincts, which are
strong in the c0l0red race.
1.-THE list as IL stands today, shows
&c cOlOred children in white homes.
This must not be taken as meaning
that the cOlOred children In white
homes are not treated as well as the
ton arising naturally from the combi-
nation Is not good. One or two cases
were seen where the white foster
parents showed a remarkable affection
for the colorcd child, for example, Ar
thur, a light muiatto boy Of II, has
been for a year in the home of an ell
derby white couple who seem really
fond Of him and try 10 make him feel
at home. But even he says, "Oi
course the home Is as nice as IL could
be, but / am cOlored and they are
white
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. i5-As one
OF the consequences OF the report on
child labor on Delaware farms, a de-
termined effort Is to be made by the
associated child welfare organizations
Of Pennsylvania to abolish the bind
ing out practice and to provide for
frequent adequate inspection Of every
home into which a dependent child
shall hereafter be sent.
SO far as the sending Of Phlladel
hphla children into Delaware is con
cerned, the practice virtually came q
an end four years ago. 10 came 10 an
, end when a number OF States adopted
the plan Of requiring bonds for IN,
care Of children sent into them from
other states
j. Prentice Murphy, executive sec
retary OF the Chihren's Bureau OF
Pennsylvania, has summed up the sit
uation as follows
"The Delaware conditions revealed
In Miss LOgie's report show how we
supposedly civilized fathers and
mothers have 'doped' ourselves about
this child question We have gone
along thinking and saying 'all's well
with the world" while neglected little
ones were given over into virtual
slavery.
Let not Pennsylvania smugly sneer
at Delaware. our sin Is as bad "a.
hers. and unless we change the in.
famous binding out laws at the mex
session OF the Legislature our shame
and our offense will cry 90 In,
heavens Child labor was bad, but
this Is infinitely worse
"rhe duponts in Delaware are do.
ing a magnificent work in remakine
social conditions down there. The
state which was among the mos
backward is well on the way TO leaC
an the others In real honest clear.
seeing protection OF its weak ones
We have nothing in this State Z
touch the magnificent organization
that has been createl In Wilmington
20 nght 10 a finish for real srhoo
'le and for laws which will safe
guard children. Morb than a quarter
of a million OF children throughou
the country will be benefited indt
rectly by that effort IN Delaware. an,
the report by Miss Logic which
have read will be one of the biz
factors In that upheaval and reform.
CHICAGO GRAIN.
CHICAGO, Dec. 70 UNITED Press.)-
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