Dr. Barnardo's Homes.

Manawatu Herald, 10 July 1897, Page 2

Dr. Barnardo's Homes.

• In his May issue of " Night and Day," juat out, Dr. Barnardo has much to tell that will interest all who arc interested (and who is not ?) in the philanthropic movements of the day. His well-known Homes still stand in the forefront of modern enterprises for the benefit of Orphan, Destitute, and Waif and Stray Children. Close upon five thousand boys and girls in residence (" the largest family in the world "), with a daily inflow of six or eight additional cases, is a huge record and means an immense responsibility. Dr. Barnardo has to tell a tale of reduced income, due to the countless . appeals to the pocket of the average citizen made in connection with the celebrations of the Diamond Jubilee Year, and he earnestly asks his sympathisers to prevent his gigantic work from being crippled for lack of the sinews of war. It is clear from the pages of this issue that the task iv which the Homes have been for 81 years engaged is as urgent as ever , it was. Dr. Barnardo can match from his case-histories of to-day any of the stories of want, of degradation, and of neglect which have been . dredged up in bygone years from the lowest deeps of slnmdom. We observe that the Duke of Marlborough is to preside over the annual meeting of the Homes this year, on 2nd June ; that " Founders' Day " i 9 to' be observed, with the customary celebrations, at the Ilford Village Home on 7th July ; and that the Street Collection for the benefit of the Homes is to be held on Waif Saturday, 26th June. A copy of the magazine will be sent, gratis and post free, to anyone who applies for it at 18 to 26, Stepney Causeway, London, E., where Dr. Barnardo sits daily, as he reminds us, " at the receipt of custom."