Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-12-23

good people OF lnlS ldllu are "IdPPCu
up in making happiness for their little
ones, William II. Jeffrey, state proba-
ton officer, quite suddenly reminds us
of the less fortunate And his appeal
for homeless tots, who are so uniortu-
nate that they do not have the iondness
of parents to make glad their hearts at
Christmas, has in it a real element OF
pathos.
Mr. Jeffrey in his letter says:
al am taking the liberty to send to
Won herewith a little descriptive article
about some children in our care and for
whom we need homes. We have found
the people very generous when they
knew the necessity and ! am sure that
Won appreciate that the industrial CON
dition is such that we are being called
upon on every hand to give aid and III
order to give the greatest amount oil
relief, we have got to come frankly to
those who are willing to give homes,
either by trial or adoption, to some OF
these little people"
There are eight little children that
the Board of Charities are trying to
find comfortable homes for. Briefly, we
will describe the list as follows:
|. A two-year old Protestant boy OF
good parentage, very lovable and
bright. He can help say several Moth
er Goose Rhymes and can count to ten
when he thinks no one is looking The
lady who has boarded him up to this
time SAYS a have had to do with chill
dren all my life, and think without
any exception he is as good material
to make man of as | have ever
known"
9. A fine healthy looking child seven
wears. She likes to 90 to school ana IS
learning fast. When she is at home
she writes letters to the lady who IS
boarding her telling her how much she
loves her. Some Protestant home would
be made very happy by this little girl.
8. A Protestant family Of four chil-
dren, each one from the chubby four
wear old boy who is the baby, to the
oldest, a sweet faced brown-eyed girl
of nine. would be lucky hnd Tor some
family who is looking for small boy or
girl They would have plenty OF choice,
because there is another boy SIX years
old who has Just started school and an
other attractive little girl OF seven
Each one has started bank account
from their small earnings.
4. Two little Catholic boys ten
years old, who are twins but do not
look alike One is very bashful, but
the other especially since he has been
in a boarding home where an interest
has been taken in his training talks
easily to strangers They have a
younger brother who has been placed
in a free home, and they would Ike
free homes too
). A seven-year. old boy who went
to kindergarten last year and is very
proud that he was promoted to the
first grade this year He is very polite
to the matron of the Home where he
is and very affectonate too. He IS a
Protestant
6. Some Catholic family who would
like a little boy, not beautiful but full
of mischief and good spirits, could
find Just that kind of a boy in John
ny" who is seven years old,
I. A red-haired Protestant girl oil
sixteen who is still in school but who is
willing worker when She is at home
s. A ten-year old girl of Protestant
parentage, healthy and full Of life. She
is being taught good manners and how
10 sew and take care Of her clothes in
an excellent boarding home, but she
would like free home.
Too infrequently, probably because
we are so engrossed with our own al
fairs, do we allow ourselves to think
Of the needy and the distressed and
the forlorn right here in our own little
state. Neither do we sufficiently real
ize what the Board of Charities is do
ing in their unceasing efforts to ale
viate suffering, correct unworthy par
ents and save the poor children Of our
state. The problems confronting Mr.
Jeffrey and his workers have taxed
their resources during the past few
months. Mr. Jeffrey states that the
first of this month the Board had US
parolers and probationers. The prisons
and other institutions are filled, he
says, and the mentally and physically
weak, the vicious and inefficient are
the first to suffer when industrial con
ditions are bad. Crime, dependency
neglect and poverty result, and many
innocent little children, born to poor
fortune, suffer.
This is perhaps not the happiest oil
thoughts and does not fit in with the
joyous spirit of the gladstone season
But it may serve to remind us more
forcibly that, though we live in com
fort, there be those, living right beside
us, for whom life does not hold many
good things. These eight little children
are examples.
81 have written more than l intend
ed" says Mr.. Jeffrey, "but l do want
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