The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-11-08
Child Welfare Workaof Coun-
ty Reviewed by the Secretary

er's pension. Mothers pensions are
paid only to those mothers who with
out such aid, would be forced to place
their children in institutions. We all
feel. / think that no institution can
equal a home for children. A child
loses its place in the community II
isolated too long during the 1orina
tive period; it loses ability to tnlnk
for itself and the longer 1t remains ma
the less self-reliant it becomes. lners
IS nothing like the affectlon anu
fr;endly criticism of the family CIT
ola efor the normal development 81
those Qualities of mind and heart e
'ascossarv in adult life. The rapiu
ne. If the mothers pension move
s ,,eant IN a brief period indicates now
MAJ. DIV. held is the conviction that op, ?,
, "ar for such development sIall
Poi denied no child because OF power,
OF me tell you of an instance. one
H. H. M Srst cases that came to our
attention was that OF an ORPHAN s 81,
If 15. The case was repor'eu ~ ~
fhe hchild's bureau with onrs s;dar
noss;ble, address. We had coiislaSi
ablea difficulty in Locating !ne =,
at che was finally found living. ~
tha home of a well-to-do farmer IN a
s sao of our county noted Tor lts
% d;fferance to education, Sne nav
49,, taken when she was seven IRON .
p = St Pa Paul sorphanage. In the elgn'
aoars she had lived with thus 1amlly'
yea, o,;1dren had been born to tnem''
SIX cni, n.rad for the babies, cook
M n0. washed. scrubbed, MIXED cows
e eud q wnrlsed in the fields and all Tor
t t1,,e cneanest kind Of clothing: ana an
e s,,e of 40 days OF sehoollng .
wear. She was not ATTENDING Mit IS. H. the
found her but was reglstereu ~ Iii; ~.
third grade. She was the mos. pa..
ful SIGHT imaginable. Her si,ouuetd
We've sbent her teeth badly decayea,I
her hands and feet large, req ana
coarsened from exposure anu W.
work The best years OF her NE na.
gone into drudgery When we sug-
99 o a change to pleasantef sur
sSo,,ndinps. she refused. She loved Inc e
hoh;es and knew no other life. All
80 40. Of her own brothers and sisters
was lost. We were able to do very
little N, this case. .HoweVer,s tne lam.
;lv were persuaded to give ner pettei
-aiath;r6 more leisure and smali
waSe But best Of all, they agreed
~ Has Give her one whole uninterrupted
wear of schooling. We optalneo 'n :
co-operation of a new prlnrclpai III q
consolidated school three miles from
Mary's home, and Mary received spe-
cial help after hours. That.Was Tour
wears apo. We have visited this lam
ilv about twice a year since. Mary
now has a beau to which the family
reluctantly consented at our last visit
SO her future is not so blank. But
isn't it fine to. know that such a stu
alton is no longer possible IN Mime
sofa? sSeFa ;,
/ IT. is generally conceded that the
feeble-minded and the progeny OF the
feeble-mindd> constitute one OF the
great social and economic burdens OF
our modern civilization. One OF the
most difficult and disagreeable tasks
imposed by the board of control upor
the child welfare board is the work
with the unmarried mother because
of the extreme delicacy of it's nature
| the possibility for injustice and II
many cases, the efforts of the mar
and girl to protect themselves at the
expense of the child.
| The Minnesota law provides thai
! the father of an illegtimate chile
! shall be, subject to the same respon
sibility for the care of that child a:
though it were born in. lawful mar
riage. The statute also places upor
the state board of control responsible
ity for seeing that the child is giver
a fair chance and more particularly
| that. proceedings to establish pattern
| ity are begun and having been begun
rand properly concluded, that the re
sponsibility is assumed.
During 1922 there were S8 illegi
innate births in Stearns county, thus