Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-15

may assist with the Work. iio I'VE -
! father and wishes that he might 60 back %
/ him or hear from him, and VINO Is there 70
! saw he shoulCsnot.
| TYPICAL CASE.
! ra,,,;, 4 pcculiar, sad little boy Of
So, birth lust L. years old when
| ,,Iaofj had q father who deserted, result
! No Il the child's being surrendered by the
,,e,hcr who is apparently hard-work-
~, rather we'll educated woman. lie Is
/ - ,,.itb a farmer in Delaware. The
/ -, bos a small son near the same age.
1 -, fools that much difference l. shown
1 i-o.,,.coy, the treatment Of him and the son.
IL ericves ia 90 back 70 his mother and
ZINES despondent He Is kept home
from school 10 work. his attendance the
/ mast wear being just S6 days when y shoula
bavc been $50 He was examined ~ l,r.
n d Weldon. Public Health Service VINO
renorted him neurotic and very unhappy
/ IN hi present circumstances " does seen,
,,,,1arcssarv that child OF this age ana
TN, should he placed away from his
n6tber when he might be at home with
bnr and his labor contributing to the sup
rort az the family. if need he instead oi
bu,inC for h3n an unCNngenlal homo.
John. cllnIi1g little dark haired boy,
;,,s+ i0 ,.ears' of age, IS q member Of q
family group which consisted OF the father.
~, Lr7tbcr ard two sisters. the mother
haIinr died The father places the chit
dro,, ~ hoard in an institution, fans 70
meet the payments The calidren are
,,iacad ant no question Of the father $ I'M
fitness being involved unless II be power
IL. John IS placed with tenant farmer
Clown-State, a man OF mediocre itIeln-
ro,,.o ana little education who admits
+ba+ he wbips the child with strap and
leaves him home alone nights, while the
family 20 INTO a neighboring town for the
r,o,-ics He shows unabashcd the chlid ;
scaln where great patches OF hair have
fallar olt due 10 Impetlgo. TOT which ne
! refused To procure treatment Says openly
10. mo foster mother IS nervous and
cavro+ got along with John. 4 note IN the
b;s+ory shows that the father had died
sinre the child was placed out and that
relatives are constantly asking for hun
and speaks of the little sisters as lovely
children. And so-here IS tsmliy Of
small attractive children torn apart and
scattered without the least apparent ei-
fort to keep them together,
These are only few illustrations Of
moro al the same kind which could be
cited.
CNF Mikes SEARCHING INQUIRY.
One of the organizations now placing
in the State makes very searching Inqulr-
ies recardint the home before placing and
follows tins up with visit once month or
oftener afterwards This organization also
ravs hoard for its children IN the home In
s+ead of allowing them TO work for their
hoard and clothing. Tbs Is the only OUT
side agency which Is using boarding homes
IN the State
Six of the agencies make certain IN
ouiries but not so detailed, OF the foster
homes and require that the VISITOR visit
the home before placing the child
Children are also frequently transferred
from one foster home 10 another, merely
on the recommendation of the foster
parent. These transfers are sometimes
very detrimental to the child. For IN
stance II :, a Young boy ID years OF age
who had been for some time with farmer
who no longer needed hun and asked that
he might be transferred to his son s home.
This was allowed without investigation
and II developed in the course Of few
months that the new foster father was
hiring the bov to a nelghDor for certain
amount each month and keeping a large
part of the money.
Russell. small boy Of l2 years Of age,
whose parents are dead, was placed, two
wears ago with 3 family IN Delaware. The
{ f.,
intending to give up farming and no long
er needing the services of the boy, trans
ferred him to the home Of her nephew
without any investigation Of the new home
When visited and talked to alone he com
! plains that they don't treat me very
good here" and that he does not get suf-
hcicnt pleasures and recreation, says that
he was fond Of the other lady that had him
and also says pathetically that she didn t
want him any longer because she had no
work for hun TO do.
EXAMPLE OF GOOD TREATMENT.
An example Of a good placement is
J. M, q delicate, sensitive and very frail
little boy, who was sent when nine years
old, to live with q couple who had no
children Of their own The foster mother
tells with tears in her eyes how delicate he
looked and how hard he coughed and how
she and the foster father agreed that
: ! though perhaps little disappointed that
he was not stronger, they would not part
with him. feeling that because Of his frailty
he needed their home more than huskier