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PLEASE HELP TO FIND ME A HOME
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destitute children. They are all federated to
gether in what is known as The National Chil
dren’s Home Society. The Georgia Society is
accordingly a branch of a work that is national
in its scope.
The fact of the magnitude and generally suc
cessful character of the work of the Children’s
Home Societies was emphasized at the Louis
iana Purchase Exposition, when the National
Children’s Home Society received the highest
award among the child-helping organizations
of the country. A similar unanimous approval
of the methods employed by the Society was
given by the White House Conference on De
pendent Children, held in June 1909, and call
ed by President Roosevelt.
Conditions. —Governing the Placing Os Chil
dren in Family Homes.
1. Applicants for children are expected to
be kind-hearted, Sabbath-observing and church
going. They must be in such financial circum
stances and sustain such social relations as to
give the child good advantages and at least a
common-school education.
2. The child is sent on 90 days* trial, re
maining under the control of the Society, and
at the end of that time, if it is to be removed,
it may be at the expense of the Society; before
or after 90 days the removal must be at the
expense of the applicant. In case of removal
at the request of the applicant 30 days’ notice
must be given unless otherwise agreed upon.
3. In no case shall a child be given away to
a third party without the consent of the So
ciety.
4. Until the child is eighteen years old, or
has been legally adopted, foster parents will
make reports, when requested, on blanks to be
furnished by the Society.
5. Persons receiving children from this So
ciety may, by proper application,'for good and
sufficient reasons, have the trial period extend
ed.
6. This application must be filled out with
ink, signed by both husband and wife. Two
copies should be made, one to be returned by
the family making the application, the other
sent to the State Superintendent, either by
mail or through the agent instrumental in se
curing the application.
7. In order to protect the interests of chil
dren placed in our charge, it is necessary in all
cases to make careful inquiries, and to have the
papers duly executed and approved before de
livering the child.
We hereby agree to receive such a child as
we have described, and to give it good advan
tages, including at least a common school ed
ucation, companionship, and faithfully to pro
vide for its well-being, physical, mental and
moral, in all respects as our own child; and we
further agree that we will report in writing
to the Superintendent facts concerning the
welfare of the child, on blanks furnished by
the Society, when requested, until the child
reaches the full age of eighteen years or shall
have been legally adopted by us. Should we
fail to fulfill the provisions of this application
in the proper care of the child, or if in, the
judgment of Society, it should be for the best
interest of the child, then we will promptly
return the child to the care of the Society at
our expense.-
Orphans! Have you wealth today?
Here are little human souls
That alone must find the way
Through the years unto their goals.
Could you not take one and be
Teacher, counsellor to him,
Guide one little pair of feet
Through life’s mazes vast and dim?
Orphans! Oh, be good to them,
It’s the least that you can do,
Teach them how to find the paths
Leading to the good and true.
The Golden Age for October 12, 1911.
A Letter From One of Our Little Girls.
She was placed in a beautiful Christian
home. She had no one to whom she could
look to as a father and mother; but now she
has not only a-“good” papa and mamma, but
also a good grandma. A letter from the fos
ter-mother written a few days after the child
had been received into the home, shows the
tenderness and love which the little, hitherto
unfortunate child, has awakened in their
hearts.
‘ ‘ Dear Mr. Groover:
I have got a good home. I have got a good
- apa and mama. My mama has been learning
me Bible verses. I got a good grandma. I
been finding chickens. I can pull flowers. I
paste in my scrap book. I have pennies every
Sunday. I love to stay here. I got a little bed
to sleep in, and a rocking chair and a little
doll table. I got a picture of my other papa,
I pasted in my scrap book. I love my papa
and mamma so much, I don’t want to leave
here. And I got a little tea set. I pray for you
every night, and for everybody in the world.
I got a penny now in my hand. I can help my
mamma make up beds, and set the table.
That’s all, Good-bye.”
Signed
Needs of the Society.
The Georgia Children’s Home Society needs
the co-operation of everyone interested in sav
ing to the State its most useful and valuable
asset, the children.
This co-operation may be expressed in sev
eral ways:
First of all, let everyone who knows of the
existence of the Society,—and county officers,
preachers, lawyers and doctors, philanthro
pists, and public spirited men and women
throughout the State should know of its exis
tence and principles that underlie its work, —
bring to its attention cases of neglected, aban
doned, destitute, and orphan white children
that may arise from time to time in their com
munities.
Secondly, knowing that the Society is not an
experiment, but that it is here and to stay, do
ing the practical work of rescuing and placing
out children, and realizing that it will be con
stantly taking over children of all ages, boys
and girls, who are to be placed in family homes
childless homes, and homes that have success
fully reared children, should make application
to the Society at once for such a child as would
likely find its birthright of love, a fair chance
and Christian training in their midst.
Financial Assistance Needed.
In the third place, the Society needs your
financial backing. While the plan of caring
for children in families is an exceedingly eco
nomical one, giving the best at the lowest pub
lic expense, yet it requires MONEY to carry
on the work. It is greatly in need of an ade
quate income to provide for a competent force
of workers in the field. It has no endowment,
but is supported entirely by voluntary contrib
utions. Annual membership in the Society is
only five dollars a year, and those who believe
in the Cause should come to its assistance with
at least an Annual Membership, if it is impos
sible for them to aid more largely at this time.
Any contribution which you might make to the
work -would be greatly appreciated.
Even a dollar spent in the engrafting of a
little child onto a clean Christian family tree
may do more for the production of a useful
life than a thousand dollars spent afterwards
in its reformation.
Make checks payable to The Georgia Chil
dren’s Home Society, and send all contribu
tions, and address all communications about
children needing homes or homes needing chil
dren to Clifford Groover, State Superintend
ent, 419 Wesley Memorial Building, Atlanta,
Ga.
MRS. FELTON’S MEMOIRS OF GEORGIA
POLITICS.
Mrs. Felton’s age and experience, added to
her wonderful vitality of brain —and energy—
have been utilized in a very remarkable way..
At seventy-six the majority of people have
yielded to the infirmities of age—and the natu
ral inclination for repose; but Mrs. Felton,
who has been exceptional in many particulars,
has written a book of Memoirs that would do
credit to any masculine mind of whatever age
or opportunity. When it is recollected that
her handwriting was so clear and her manu
script so well constructed that the printers set
up the type therefrom, without difficulty or
hindrance, it is even more astonishing that a
person of Mrs. Felton’s age should have had
the physical strength to complete a volume of
700 pages within seven months.
This book is written in her usual terse and
concise style. Few words have been wasted,
and the story of Dr. Felton’s various political
campaigns have a personal touch and experi
ence, that is peculiarly attractive, because she
was at his side and in active sympathy with
every political movement he made. It is well
known that she was his clerk in Washington
City—when there was no provision made as to
salary for Congressmen’s clerks. Perhaps there
has never been a Congressman’s wife who was
so nearly the ALTER EGO of the man himself,
as Mrs. Felton, and such intimate connection
gave her exceptional opportunities for acquir
ing information as to state and national poli
tics.
The book before us begins with her early
recollections of national politics—before there
were railroads, telegraphs or telephones. As
she lived through the war, and was a keen ob
server of current events, she has given us her
opinions on men and measures with remarkable
frankness and with keen perception of sur
rounding conditions. Her husband’s contro
versies with the most prominent of Georgia’s
politicians in Georgia, will be very attractive to
the young and ambitious men of the present
time. The story of the Fraudulent Bonds of
Georgia is well worth the price of the book.
One who has been privileged to read in manu
script the history of the Reformatory movement
in the Georgia legislature, has said the Sim
mons incident alone is well worth the subscrip
tion price.
That there will be criticism, goes without
saying; for there are incidents never before
narrated, and plain speaking as to men and
their motives which will arouse strong feelings
and perhaps irate complaints. But it is Mrs.
Felton’s story, and her voluminous scrap-books
have furnished her a mine of information for
this book of Memoirs. Price, $2.50. A. B.
Caldwell, Publisher, Atlanta, Ga.
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AGRICULTURAL METHODS AND CONDI
TIONS IN THE SAXON AND BOHE
MIAN HIGHLANDS.
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the Bohemian. The light hair and blue eyes
of the beautiful Bohemian girls, and the vil
lages take on a little quainter and more pic
turesque appearance.
On the whole, I found the peasants of this
section, to my surprise, a happy, thrifty and
industrious people, in fairly comfortable cir
cumstances. Nearly all of them have the ele
ments of an education. They dress neatly, live
in attractive little homes, and show every sign
of an economical, but contented and, perhaps,
even happy, people.
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