The Columbus dispatch., 1922-02-19
GIRL BABY LEFT
AT BURRIS DOOR
PRETTY INFANT FOUND
SATURDAY MORNING BL,
COLUMBUS LADY
VERY YOUNG CHILD
Was Left At An Early Hour,
Presumably BY Parties Who
Came On Morning
Train.

Better baby week in Columbus had
dramatic climax, yesterday, in the
finding Of a pretty little girl on the
front gallery at the home of Mr. T.
Q. Burris, Sr., No. 504 South Fifth
Street.
/ II is supposed that the baby was
brought to Columbus on an early
morning train, Saturday, and was
placed on the gallery of the Burris
home by party or parties who wish
ed to be rid of it. Two negro women,
going from their homes to the kitch-
ems in which they are employed,
heard the baby crying. Upon investi-
cation, they found the infant wrap
ped in a nice blanket and lying in
basket on Mr.. Burris' gallery Going
across the street to the home of a
neighbor Of Mr.. Burris, they told what
they had seen and heard and re-
quested that the Burris family be
told Of the circumstance. The neigh
Dor crossed the street, rang the door
bell, and told Mrs. Burris about the
queer and unusual behavior of the
stork. This kind-hearted lady car
ried the baby into her home and an
examination was made.
1t was found that the little girl was
not more than one or two days old.
II was clad in clothing of fine ma
terial, and was wrapped in a nice
blanket to protect it from the cold.
There were no identification marks Of
any kind on the clothing, the blanket
or the basket.
Mrs. Burris summoned a physician
in order that the little waif might
be carefully looked after. The baby
few into instant popularity. Four
families expressed a desire to adopt
il and take it into their homes. Mr..
and Mrs. Roderick Funk were the
first TO speak, and the baby was turn
ed over to them. Mr. Funk is chief
of the Columbus Fire Department
and he and his good wife will make
life pleasant for the child They have
named her Elizabeth, that being Mrs.
Funks given name.
IL did not take long for the news Of
the discovery Of the baby to spread
over Columbus. When a reporter for
the Dispatch called at the Burris
home at nine o'clock, the house was
found full Of men and women who
had called TO see the baby. It was
not idle curiosity, but showed sympa-
thetic interest on the part of our peo-
pie in helpless, dependent little
piece Of humanity that had no voice
in the choosing of its destiny.
One Of the most prominent men in
political life in the United States to-
day, Hon. Benjamin w. Hooper, for
merly governor Of Tennessee, was
left when a baby on the doorstep of
Colonel Benjamin w. Hooper in New
port, Tenn. Colonel Hooper was
railroad magnate His wife,
a member Of the old Baxter family,
was thrown from a horse when she
was a girl and received an injury
which made it physically impossible
for her 10 bear children. Colonel
Hooper received the abandoned baby
into his heart and home, gave the
child his name. and reared and educat-
ed him Today he is one Of the
members Of the Railroad Wage Board
and is a great and good man.
The sympathetic heart Of Mrs.
Burris was profoundly touched as
she talked of the waif that was left
ln her doorstep. Tears came into
her eyes when she thought Of its in.
1ocence and helplessness.