The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-03

6N HERE is an old .aphorism which
 is true. as we all know, ana
 that is that "all the world loves a lover" and l think 1t may be truthfully pharaphrased into "all Che world loves a precious little old cunning baby"
 am reminded of this today be- cause this week, as you know, is "Children's Aid Week" and is being observed throughout Alabama, and a little incident happened the other day which might have been set by the craftiest of stage managers" so we'll did it fit in with the thought and the observance of "Childrena Aid Week."
 It was at the Louisville and Nash ville station, and if you will follow me for moment as l paint the pie- ture you will see a crowd which llt- erally surrounded a smiling, cooihg happy little fellow, just such a little old chubby listed, pink faced, baby. like every women would adore to hold close to her heart and lovel
 Whose was it?
 Nobodys.
 Just another smiling little baby who had good reason to smile the smile that won't come off" because he had fallen into good hands, for nearby stood MT. Ralph Barrow, al- ways so gentle and kind and sym ps sthetic. No wonder he has made such wonderful success as state superintendent of the Alabama Chil- dfen's Aid society, and no wonder everybody feels that the work IS in such capable. efficient hands. And near him stood one of the visitors" to the Children's Aid society--sweet- faced, tender hearted Mrs. Jones' adding her kindness and sympathy to the situation.
 Everybody who knows Mir. Ralph Barrow and the wonderful work the Alabama Childrens Aid society has accomplished under his splendid leadership, knows perfectly well that that little youngster will be beauti- fully taken care of and watched and nursed and finally placed in some good home, somewhere in Alabama, where it can be loved and taught and brought up in a perfectly normal way into perfectly normal man.
 And this little fellow Is only one of hundreds-actually hundreds--of little babies and boys and girls that this wonderful society is caring for and helping to become the kind or men and women that we want all boys and girls. to grow into. Poor babiesi Poor little dependent chil- drenl Surely 1t is no fault of their own that they have been deprived
 A..A 0tsK no one who would say that they should not have q homel And that Is just what Ralph Barrow and the childrcn's Aid society Is doing---fnd- ing homes, real homes, for homeless children.
 And while this work of finding homes is the greatest work. it isn't by any means the only. work that the society is doing. As MT. Barrow says: "The normal home Is the best place for child. The childs own home Is the best place, so we all ways try to make it possible to keep the child in his own home If he has one. But If we find that conditions make 1t impossible to keep the child in It's own home. or if the childs home has been broken up or ceased to exist, then we immediately begin to look for a home that will be the hest home we can find for that par ticular child. Sometimes It takes some time to find home that suits thc child. and that the child will suit but we have found just literally hun dreds of homes in good old Alabama that arc wiling to take in. these lit- tie appealing. homeless children and make them real members of the fam ,,v The ultimate aim, of course, IS i'd have the child legally adopted as soon as the society and the home