Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-02-24
HOMES FOR THE HOMELESS.

N N INSTITUTION which is doing
: noble work in Georgia and to
which the Times-Recorder takes great
pleasure in calling the attention of
the public is the Georgia Children's
Home Society, with headquarters in
Atlanta, This week there appeared
il fhfs paper a4naws item concern
ing the placing of boy in a splendid
Americas home, where he will be
properly reared and educated and
where he will be given treatment for
the cure of an injured limb.
This boy, aged IL, had been in
the Scottish Rite hospital for Grip
pied children in Atlanta for several
years, and was known as Reliable
Joe,' child with fine disposition.
When child he was injured by a
fall from his crib or carriage, and
now is lame. Through the agency
of the Georgia Children's Home So
ciety Reliable Joe" has been placed
with DR.. and Mrs. E. l.. Thurman,
osteopathic physicians, who believe
they can cure his injury and make
him whole and strong, and at the
same time willsgive him home and
education as their own child.
Here are a few interesting obser-
vations about homes for children by
Robert d. McCord. of Atlanta, state
superintendent of the cociety, that
are worth reading:
sThe little babies left homeless and
coming under the care of the Geor-
gia Children's Home Society are get
ting located in the arms of foster
mothers right fast now" says Mr.,
McCord. "But the boys and girls
from 6 years old up to Is are not
being taken as rapidly as these brigh,
Youngsters deserve. The receiving
homes in Atlanta and Augusta are
literally full of the handsomest, most
promising children of these ages that
have come under our observation in
"a long time.
III 4 don't want to be misunderstood
The people are taking them, and we
placed more children in better homes
last year than in any year since the
home society was incorporated ten
years ago. But the state is growing
the policy of giving children home
life, rather than institutional life, is
growing. The public is making great.
Ter demands for the children who q
generation ago were allowed to grow
2 Up neglected and without any special
training for life. All these influ.
eisiiss;se;ss at work are bringing more chill.
dren to the doors of the states child
Placing system. Now, when we know
that there is also an increasing nun.
ber. Of chfdless homes in the state
Just the kind that ought to take
q child, just the kind that will be
much happier for having taken the
right child, we naturally feel some Of
these excellent childless homes have
not been awakened to the oppor
tunities that are before them in Thu
rearing of a young life to carry Oh
the family heritage after they them
selves are gone.
'The life Of Mr.. and Mrs. Blanl
may be made eternal in this worlC
By rearing boy or girl who will b,
the father or mother of counties
generations to fellow. The youngste
takes on the thoughts and ways AM
ideals as one, born to them. he vii
carry these things on with him int,
future generations. Life is too shor
when confined to only one genera
ton. | say, let every worthy life b
handed down as nearly in. toto as pos
sibIe through some boy or girl VIII
wants D daddy and mother to folio,
and initiate.
The Georgia Chlidren's Home Sc
eiety now has in round numbers,
thousand children placed in some o
the best homes in Georgia. Thes
children and these foster parents ar
The happiest folks | meet as | g
about the state,
Judge Lands will give all his a
1st ~ fa,,y. s,ff;nes Lo