DR. BARNARDO'S HOMES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 159, 4 January 1912, Page 3

DR. BARNARDO'S HOMES

r • ! '•THE MOTHER DIED PROM J&AR- ] ■ NATION-LAST DECEMBER.; ;".' Thisis /one sentence "from the record*' of Dr. Barnardo's Homes of the caße <>f little and Jane, age 9 and-4 and., suffices to tell the whole tragic ito'ey. A good wife and mother; a decent) hji'gband;''tramping week after wedfc-iW seatcli <of-wbrlc;- 1 these are the outsltand-,. i ing features hi this sad narrative! Audi ['the' eTOtiafief-all'the striving is "I)e4h. from 'starvation." Think of itHTfie. hard. to keep' jleatb.' ! frfl.mth9.4oor in this land of ciViliMioji —mllingvtQ work, seeing wife and chila-'. |.reh,,warttt{igihaire necessities, and y,ejt iin-' ablf,,^-provide them. The he&rtrend-'.™gi."pitJ?i«/-*W Enough to drive man or woman'to desperation under the: strain.. Thes#, writes "the Honorary Directjor' W the Homes, arfe two of the childjrefl, whpni,.by God's help, their&¥t>' ■aW,to succour. ;• In a'booklet erMlea' .'Tjfs, 5 '- is,;«hpwn what would haMe) Mti-' penedj-jf 75,000 children had not' rkssM' through yi^e. Rescue Doors. The greftt' 1 .'majority., iof these children would! h,aW become paupers,' and been chargeable.' "id the, State. Tlip average cost of eafch in-' dbor' p¥ii'pef r( in England and, Wales W : £?7-"l«s" 10%d', ' so that ,75,000 iexirri' 'Mi^Vs^vMd'co&^'s'Qnietiling lik<i t.wd" rdi,riion ; founds .'per annum. Many; "if" ,'these 0 children w.ould have drifted; Jjito' !'cHrW; 'ifis'tead'of ttiat, they areltyjfn'g'' I nMjltf" inHfe ;; la'\v-ahiding and useful 'cHs : ibrisj} l '■' *' V ''■'■ i • i:n

..'_'' 'liiesje '7&,<3PO "boys and girls libMing' jiajidk l 'wpuld' f rn'dke a line about GO 1 mil?!" 1 ;Tortg.' : ''They'Would .stretch from TjondoA" l to ;Caif|terpury; or they would j ■ Orjlaifer IJorfdon. This number ik icM- 1 • than, the populatjori 1 V IltinMngfloniriire or Westmoreland, • a%& ; ■it the population o| Cafe*? ' 'Kriagesifre.' 'lt. equals the populafoi"t>f '< 'Pe'tertiprough',"' Salisburv, CdieMsf6xd: Warwibk, and Kenilworth, all' added' 1 tfo- 0 eetlidr;,: ' • \ . •. I '; The figure''7s,ooo acquires terribie'^i* J nifieancc if• i'i is added to the popnlatjoi?" of oinf'gaols/j-foniiaiories, workioiises, 1 ,- the street ;l%gurs, and the .geherMh' unlit. •' '- ! i■'.! iThe Chnrbi- i? lb.- Homes, asl i'fr'always lias Iven, 'Wo l> stitute Chiljd'fife? Refused Adnii-isiou," and an urgent. l\P : peal is n-ade'for funds to carry ok' this Christian, Xational and fhilHjV- 1 thropic ,\vo: : '... Their Majesties ' 'fire lung and ;.:,.,/ii ;M! ,| n„„ en Alexa'dtH' am Patron?. • I "-• \!i ' Gifts- uf all kinds---mmey, clothing, blankets, U ":, et.-., will !.,■ s'pecia ly welcomed at' this season 'by 1 t]io Honorary Director, Mv. William'. Btifcer. 1 L.L.8.-, at hc;iff.(iV.iriers, 18 to 21), Stepney Sauseway, 'London, E. ( ' '" ;