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ORPHANAGES OF THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
Rev. D. O. Crowle^ Director of
The Youths' Directory, -Writes
The Foreword of an Intimate
And Enlightening Series of
Articles to Be Published in
X lie OUnCIcLV v^clll
The institutions which care for the
homeless children of a big city con
stitute a unique and interesting: world
In themselves. The average reader
perhaps has some general knowledge
of the orphanages of San Francisco,
jet he has no intimate knowledge of
liow (hey are conducted or of the
lives of the children who know no
other home. The Sunday Call is
preparing to publish the story of the
orphanages, (akin? them up one at a
time on successive Sundays. The
first of these descriptive articles will
appear next Sunday. In the present
article lier. I). 0. Crowley writes in
a general way of the orphanages of
the city. His lone experience as di
rector of the Youths' directory emi
nently qualifies him for a discussion
of the subject. His articles will be
found of nincii interest, and it pre
pares the reader for the articles
which are to follow.
Rev. D. O. Crowley
Director Youths' Directory
SEVEN5 EVEN months ago. In response to
an Invitation from Mr. Roosevelt,
then president, a conference on.
the care of dependent children
assembled at Washington. D. C. The
keynote of that conference, which con
tinued for two daj-s and which was
characterized by numerous discussions
and lectures, was. as President Roose
velt Indicated in his communication to
congress of February 15, expressed in
these words: \u25a0'Home life is the high
est and finest product of civilization.
Children should not be deprived of it
except for urgent and compelling rea
sons." At each session of the confer
ence the superiority of the private fam
ily system for the care of dependent
children was vigorously asserted.
Sometimes This superiority was estab
lished by arguments emphasizing the
child's need of Individual attention and
personal, affection; sometimes it was
maintained by picturing: the comforts
and sanctity of family life; most fre
quently, however. St was made mani
fest by imputations, ar.d often by open
assertions of inferiority and defi
ciency on the part of charitable insti
tutions. So prevalent, inded. was the
tendency to idealize the; family system
by disparaging institutional life that
6. Lowenstein. superintendent of
the Hebrew orphan asylum of New
York, arose, toward the end of the
conference, "to protest against the in
sinuations that life in a congregate
Institution is of a dull, gloomy and
hopeless character." Mr. .Lowenstein
was and is a firm believer in the family
system. He strongly resented, how
ever, the project of popularizing the
family system by depreciating the
Work of corporate Institutions.
THE DARING LIFE-SAVING GREW AT THE BEACH IN ACTION
San Francisco's Tuberculosis Clinic
Continued from Preceding Page
flone after repeated instructions from
the nurse as to the danger of the habit.
With" a law, to compel this class to go
to the hospital the public would be pro
tected, but without It moral suasion is
the only weapon of defense against
this focus of infection, and that often
fails at the critical moment.
One of the ways the cJinic has helped
to protect the city from tuberculosis
has been by sending 20 patients be
longing to the above class to the city
and county hospital.
The colony of tents placed at the
hospital by the housing committee of
the Red Cross relief organization at
the request of the Associated Charities
has been of great value 5 to the clinic,
as moral suasion would have failed to
win the consent of the patients to en
ter the -hospital In many Instances if
the tents had not been theret o prof
fer them.
The community has been protected by
the strict adherence of the nurt.es . to
the health regulations, . which are- to
report to the board of health all cases
of tuberculosis for registration and 'all
removals of ' these patients, \u25a0 so that the
premises may be disinfected. Sixty
eight cases of . tuberculosis have been
reported,, to the board' of i health. The
\u25a0lx cases not reported were- referred
directly to the city and county, hospital:
s*w<»nty- three removals of patients have
i.f.nn reported and ? the premises have
been properly disinfected by. the. board
One result of - the recent conference
has been ,fb Intensify, the already
widely entertained, but * strictly erro
neous, impression, that charitable insti
tutions are, "unmitigated evils"— that
family life is. under all conditions and
in all circumstances, < the only suitable
life for dependent chlldren.-and that tho
sooner^ corporate" institutions, .with
their "submersion ;of individuality,"
their "inability to.supply a personal
affection," and their propensities"" for
developing "mere' automatons," are
abolished the better it will be for the
child and the community. The extent
to which this Impression Is entertained
and the celerity with which it Isjjeing
cultivated ; can be. realized - only by
those who hold thejr finger on the
pulse of public -opinion; the falsity of
the conviction and tne baneful Influ
ence which, uncombated, It is likely to
exert can be appreciated only by those
who are familiar with the methods
employed in corporate institutions,
and who are cognizant of the cogency
with which' public opinion is invested.
/That, home life is the highest and
finest product of .civilization — that It is
the "great molding force of mind, and
character," and that the good, private
family constitutes a congenial and'
wholesome environment for the rearing
of children, no thinking** person can
consistently deny. That the private
home system is in many instances pain
fully inadequate, and that the families
able or willing to properly care for
dependent children are lamentably few,
is the, experience of most persons
prominently identified with child caring
activities. To place dependent chil
dren with families of good character
and broad sympathies is the aim of all
conscientious institutional directors. To
find families suitable to care- for neg
lected children has jjroved'so difficult-T
in many- instances so well nigh Impos
sible — that most, institutional workers
have abandoned the attempt in despair.
In theory, the home placing system is
one of singular efficacy— in practice, it
is one of countless shortcomings and
grave difficulties. This has been my
experience: this has been the experi
ence of all the institutional workers
with whom I have conversed; this, to a
far greater extent than is at times ad
mitted, has been the experience of
those agencies and institutions which
profess the greatest' success in their
home placing endeavors.
Of the Inadequacy of the family sys
tem I had a. striking. illustration last
Tuesday afternoon, when I had occasion
to call on Mrs. Corneen, head of the
McKinley orphanage, which is located
In Nineteenth street, immediately ; adj
oining the new Youths' Directory
building. In the reception room- Mrs.
Corneen' and I briefly discussed certain
aspects of institutionalwork. "»Ve had
been conversing but a few moments
when I inquired, mechanically/'; what
her latest experiences in home placing
had been. Mrs. Corneen did not an
swer. She excused herself and '"urried
from the room. She, returned ,a mo
ment later with a little bundle wrapped
in a soiled newspaper. Without utter
of health.. Insanitary -premises ' have
also been reported and legal condem
nation procedures have been . instituted
-.against three of these places.
The clinic seeks to protect other com- (
munitles as-weH.asHts own by dis
couraging the practice 'of the » unedu^}
cated tuberculous patient' who - wan -^
ders from one locallty'to another'leav-'
Ing a" well marked patlr of .Infection/ In
his wake. . In spite of protests *15 / pa
tients have begun the chase for health 1
In unknown -localities. ,i '.With; super-:
vision' the change is ! often ; ; of ;'dlstinct
value. ," It;is :with' the.- advlce^of ,the
clinicians' that; 13 Datients; have .been
sent to the'eountry.:, The children have,
been sent to a ranch at San Jose, which'
Is like a land- flowing .wlthjmUk:^ and
honey; as there .. isT a large "dairy find
acres' of fruit trees, the % products ";Of
which • are: as- free^.tOi the", chlldren'ras
the- air and sunshine. V; The.; children
\u25a0 sleep on "porches, /or i' with-' thelr ( ',beds :
close to wide j open : window's. . -*,The "iim-^
provement in j health' of ; all .the . children
that have: been; sent : from the clinic
i» marked.. -i\\)z-'- '\u25a0\u25a0 -'- '\u25a0"\u25a0', .•'•\u25a0". '-• : '\u25a0 -".,;-.'••'-- U
The clinic ; has been i compelled \u25a0 to \u25a0 use
heroic treatment in^someiof'itsjpros
; pective i measures,' and \ in \ Its 1 • severe "ac
tion -. has had to {choose? between~<;the'
' eacrifice \ of : the , individual 'andf society.
It '\u25a0\u25a0 has . expedltlbuslyjj chosen . the ;. lndi-.
v ldual ( each 1 , time,* but ; has [always] given
. tne one : to bej sacrificeda; way,rpf escaped
\u25a0 : In bne^ instance thelvlctlmvwea a7young.
" girl" in, her! early teens. working i in' a
: chocolate .< fa'ctory. She: was. diagnosed
ing a word she untied the . bundle and
held up to my \u25a0 view- a .garment - in
tended, no doubt, \ for: a 4 ; or
5 years of; age. Rudely made,', the
garment resembled a piece of a flour
sack in which two -holes had been cut."
\u25a0 \u25a0.-\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0 • " ; - •" \u25a0\u25a0•'."-..\u25a0' .v;'-; 'jr. :^'^ : ':i :-.
at the clinic as , a moderately advanced
, case of tuberculosis. "^ She was .offered
the "opportunity to' go ' to^the \u25a0 farm , at
San Jose,, which "she emphatically ' re^"
f fused. 1 Not until the. nurse had;made
many:yisits onherto urge the accept-"
. ance of :. the J . plan ~ "that ; would ' in "." all
". probability, restore 'her to : ,h'ealth"'and'at:
'the \u25a0same; > time' protect ithe.V community, '
. was r the "caustic : treatment^ used '] of ire
: porting ; the matter ".to the board -of
1 beaith.^)i?iggpßsßjp^s^. : >':.V \u25a0- ' \u25a0
•*\u25a0•\u25a0; A* situation promising an : equally^per-'.
V nlcious v- effect . / upon " T , society, -;, unless 1 ,
• changed,' i%i,that} of ;\u25a0 a ' clgarette^roller.
- who livesVwlth" her/son; "a ;far advanced
, case "of .tuberculosis.' ; '.The ; woman car-;
:.'i rles jotci\ her i trade In *. the \i obni^where
>ithe patient f sits: c; He ; belongs \u25a0to I the
unteachable class and deposits his,ex
!\! \ pectoratlonlin the places ;that,bestj suit'
Xhls' convenience." \He -has {been purged;
."- . repeatedly ,tb"gb" to .the clty^'and > eounty
1.-; hospital,: but refuses \to "do * so; although
\u25a0'/., to;, report Hh'eJ matter ?tot the aboard of
-health 'must V v mean\ ; the loss "of .) the ;
1\u25a0» woman's"'; income," it .was ; a 1;a 1 ; legal as well
. -as < an';: imperative " social V duty to t be
'?-performed.*:;-v ; j \u25a0 , •;,'''\u25a0 .'•';•! \u25a0..-'•. '•,;'\u25a0•.:'\u25a0/..\u25a0 '~ . .
... Fortunately, , not < only - for,", the . recovf
y cry, of .the] patients, \u25a0 but f orj, thej courage ;
ii of : the : ,tuberculosisLworker,ithe antlpo"
. {dai; type ; of -patient; to J this -order \u25a0"exists. 1
It has? only>, been 3 necessary,^ for :^the"
\u25a0 \physlciansl; andlvnursesj'itojj recommend;
'; the routdborisleeplng^arrangements,~;the
1 : careful dlsposal^bf -HheV sputum,**:- rest,
Kmllk.'pßss .;- i a_n'd. ;! fats *lnl abundance, in
order, to- have" thVv teachable -type "act
.'- "' ' . \u25a0-'-:- '\u25a0;\u25a0' ' '\u25a0 . \
\u25a0 REV. D. O. CROWLEY,
Indescribably dirty, damp and soggy,, lt
was disgusting to look upon. <\u25a0 "This,"
said Mrs. Corneen, , "is what^l j took | off
a ; baby to me .. from ; a private
family last \u25a0 Sunday. 1 '• And this, , ; and
this,? she continued, as she held up
eagerlyvupon th«{ advice. \u25a0. One "patient"
; has planted' a tent >In a . friend's > yard
in Berkeley ;, another; ln , her; ownTsmall
yard: A\ third patient fhas : moved; to the
suburbs i : , with a: tent 'and several -others'
have . moved ..thelri beds ; close jto .their
;" open '-windows/ ,'^The ft six .;\u25a0 eggs { a'!'" day ,
with itwo quarts of ";. milk as a'supple
,; mentary diet Is the regime (6t seyeraL
Notebooks f- are \u25a0given vt the ; patients v In
which •« the spaces T for
, pulse, ; food, /; lying » down ;; out ; of t doors, \u25a0
- hours iof Bleep,- are s indicated I for ;, them ;
to" record daily. ' . The; weights j recorded
at s the -clinic in several instances; show.
the i good . results of this 1 method of .
'..treatment. '/-.'_.,\u25a0 ;';. .-/\u25a0\u25a0- ;. V>> : - \;.>.^ - \u25a0
* For ; example— -MrsK S.; . who -weighed:
,100 % pounds, January/ 28, : on f the ; date"
\u25a0: of^her : first visit Ito i the ; cllnlcA weighed :
;-.118%v pounds :onVjuneV,s.' ; ' Mrs. SK-.i5 K-.i, on \u25a0
\u25a0date of her nrst r yiiilt,- March 4, c weighed
;169*4:pburids. .On JuneK weighed 18SH
\u25a0pounds.- Mr.*; N/ : on' first' visit,; March"; s,*'
weighed 147 4 pounds; on' July r 25,1 161 % *
' pounds. . :',:', ; \u25a0;;. \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0.\u25a0 \u25a0;v. : -/- ', ;;\u25a0: . :\u25a0
-2^lt-has '; not ; been ' possible* with } so | few..
!^ urs «3. ; to maintain* ; ? absolutely/<;the :
.routine, practice'.of.visltirig;each ; patient
i once ?a 1 week;' but jit has .beerif adhered'
,to \ as ' closely, as ; posslble^'^iTbe -, nurses
• have : ; made *in \ thej^ lei weeks <65 8 is! ts '
on ; the 'patients, -and* tlie' patients ; have
: niadej4B3] ( vlsits!tblthejcllnlc. i ? 'I . V
, 4 - The -of .the: medical.
universities}: ahdf Mount '-Zion^ hospital;
.who \u25a0 iri-atteridance (at)thelcllnic ' are":
-Dr:w.:R^O^Clarke^Cobper;:Dr"f Edgar)
Voorsanger, Mount- Zion^arid!Dr.:' James"
L. Whitney,: University^ of ,? California:
'Trielnbee,'; throat -and'ear 'specialists 'are
Dr. Edward F.;Glaser ? arid,Dr.lWilliam'
- • • . \u25a0-.•\u25a0\u25a0
two ' other ; articles^of . clothing as damp
pandas dirty as the' first. . • -
\u25a0_"That baby," said Mrs. Corneen, "was
I brought here ,by.: a; widowed father who
\u25a0aid that he had placed the child with
a: private family three weeks previous.
; Ford Blake. ', The ivlsltlng, nurses are:
•\u25a0> IJiss : Mary^ R. '^Walsh, ,; Miss" Edna M.
Shuey; Miss Luoy B. Fisher, supervising
s nurse. \u25a0 Miss; Mary, RilWalsh 1 has gerier
.; ously.i contributed « her"i services" to' the
r .work since February. Miss -Walsh •is a
- graduate^ of ' the -Massachusetts general
; and" brings ; to ; the work,'. the
skill V and;' experience of her. training
'•there. ' \u25a0'>''\u25a0 V,;'V^f <\u25a0' : X .
. '\u25a0 It Is -expected', that the ] organization's
building,* now 1 : in ! progress 7 of .construe-:
tion Yon V; Jackson;' street, .will x be ', : com
;"pleted:by:October^ t This ''buildins'i will
\ consist . of , two stories. ; The | lower •
; :.,wllli'-'. lncludes the.i'executlve "'of flcos, " a
; room ; for "the J board - :of directors, a
-• waiting ?" room?; two J; statement Jrooms;
.j two'- examination rooms,"! two I rooms '\u25a0 for
J physicians,t kTsm^ll \ dark, room? for the
i; exarninatlon'; of 'throats; 1 and-;a ; labora-
Xtbry^v,V v^j~-'.VA-V'-''- :: -.:' ' '^' : :\u25a0 "
-'Tlie; upper \u25a0 floors will; be devoted ral
,molßt7excluslvelyitovexhiblts, 'cohslstlng
of .maps* {charts,^ statistical records, and
'-\ instructions % \ri\ the \ methods lot preven
\u25a0'\u25a0 tlon^of ;the; disease.^ f;,'^'',i r-v_v;r -v_v; '
X^ThaYestabllshmerit :of ' the clinic was
f made "\u25a0 possible * by } the 7 generous i gift' of
;; $1,800 1 of fMrsJ^Wllllam i H. : Crocker for
maintenance; and by* the
; off er^bf t theiTeJegraph',hill'jnelghbor- £
association'fof ithe use" !of ; its; clinic
v rooms-at'l734; Stockton street.' iThei gift
"of 'all :the> tuberculin; that >-the clinic
.wishes to^use.byjthe Cutter' laboratory'
';c6mpanv,Ya.hd[theToffer*ofjMr. Sengfeld,
!iMr7;^airoschmidt/SBowerman's;';phar
1; and "the^Colombb; drug \u25a0-company
to ./ill f prescriptions -^f or J indlgeht ' pa
tionlafre^Jbf'charge.lare": contributions
:(<rtlio> clinic; of "decided* value! "But the
Uii"- ntenance?of;th« fcllnlo; logically be
, ' . \u25a0.* \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0'.'\u25a0 \u25a0"\u25a0 '^-^BBrisHHHMI
The San Francisco Sunday CaD
The baby's face was covered .with scars
and sores— its hands were bruised and
scratched.' At first I hesitated] to bring
the child into the" house.^fearing it was
afflicted with some contagious disease;
a ';• few moments*i;inspectlon, however,
convinced me that the child was 'merely
suffereing from improper attention and
lack of -suitable v nourishment. . The
family with < which the child had been
placed is one .'of -the families which
should be in a position to give the child
every attention— every care.* Those
clothes „ and the '" shameful 'condition of
that child have served to make me more
/wary of the family, system.
: -"During my fourteen years' of Insti
tutional work I have't always made
every. endeavor to place my. wards with
desirable" families. In all but a few
instanc.es my efforts have been fruit
less. .' I found home placing difficult
and unsatisfactory , 14 . years ago.
—I find It Increasingly difficult and un
satisfactory as the years advance. In
fants I "have sometimes been able to
place successfully. . But grown chil
dren—those between the ages of S
and Vt 4—l have always found , it
advisable and .necessary to keep .at ; the
institution. . This, also, "has been the
experience of the directors of the Fred
Finch , orphanage, of which institution
we.constitute the local .branch." -V
VDuring the. 21 years I have
been connected with this institution."
said Superintendent Mauser of the local
Hebrew, orphan 'asylum to me a few
days ago," "I have not succeeded in
; placing one child in a family home.
Nobody believes more'flrmly than I that
the . good private family is the - most
suitable place for the rearing of the
child. Of, these good private families
willing^to .care for" children there is,
however, a distinct. paucity. There Is,
it Is s true, many worthless families
willing to adopt infants," but it is al
most Impossible to , find . families dis
posed or able satisfactorily to care for
children between the ages of- 7 and
14.- People come- to me professing
willingness .to take a little boy or
a little girlaa a companion. But, it Is
not companionship they seek. It is the
money- we are willing to contribute
toward the child's care — it is the man
ual labor the child Is able to perform.
Experience teaches us that the children
placed In private families are used as
little draft horses; that they are
sometimes abused; that their education
Is sometimes Ignored; that their proper
moral development Is . frequently over
looked, ; and that their comfort, their
education and their physical well befng
are j not as . adequately provided for as
In the Institution. "While we are >al-^
ways on the alert for good homes, we
have practically dispensed with the
placing 1 out system. . , ;
"All this may sound strange In view
of the resolutions. r<#ently adopted at
"Washington. You lviow ' and I know,
however, that the • Washington child
\u25a0 caring conference was not , the great
and infallible assemblage the general
public believes it to have been. The
conclusions reached by that body have
been vigorously criticised. . Assertions
have been made, by men whose utter
ances carry weight, that the conference
was composed of men acquainted with
the theory rather tnan the practical
work of child -'caring. The Influence
exerted in certain directions by the
"Washington conference has been wide
ly deplored. In one of- the eastern
magazines, Doctor "Wolf enstein, secre
tary of the Cleveland ..orphan- asylum,
and who at the conference of last Jan
uary, was conceded to stand preeminent
for all that Is best In child caring, re
futed and condemned many of the as
sertions made at the Washington as
sembly.. Nor has Doctor Wolf enstein
ceased to assail some" of the impres
sions given circulation by the confer
ence. Only, yesterday 'I ; came across
an article in which Doctor Wolf enstein
seeks to remove » some misapprehen
sions in regard to charitable institu
tions." . .
Here Mr. Mauser read several para
graphs from the June issue of the Jew
longs to every citizen In the city and
not to a diminutive group lUce'thls. >
-The ammunition; needed to : fight and
defeat It. ls. mojiey— s2o,ooo Is a con
servative estimate of the amount nec
essary. 5 for. the annual maintenance of
the, several Tdepartments of the .Tuber
culosis, association. \"
": The: map. of : the ;city. at the business
office" of - the association ' has
on It the location -of. the deaths from
Hairvon the Face, Neck and Arms
> igE3j|^^_ Instantly Removed Without In-
j£X§yV9R} jury to tho Most Delicate Skin.
'\u25a0ISE*'' '"^ffi Ia compoundlnff an incomplete
mixture was accidentally spilled
ig^l rR« ou the bac * of tbe hands, and
JRSSW:* fir oa w*shloSw * sh l0S afterward It wm
JH^Sr SB discovered that the hair was
*£-^m»»E?£L completely removed. We named
P#. the new d^overy ,
"MODE \ E M
Apply for a few minutes and th« hair disappears
vas ( If., by marie. \u25a0r IT CAN »0T : FAIL. Modens
- supersedes electrolysis. Us^d by peoplo of re-
finement, and ' recommended by all who - have
* tested <\u25a0 its-jnerlts. Modene ts now. for sals •at
Urne stores, or will be trat by maU in safety
\u25a0 mailing cases . on receipt of $1.00 per bottle.
-Postage stamps taken. AddrMs MODENE MAN-
: UFACtTJBIKO CO., Dept..Bl«, Cindnn*ti, O. '
I&p£s\ f- burUham's
V&£9(3&tn C»c»Bi»«raa«E2VFfew»r Cream
;. When "Answering 'These -Advertisements 'Please-
- Uentlon th« San rranclsco CaU
lsh- Orphan Asylum Magazine, In which
Dr. Wolf enatvin: comments, tn sarcastic
vein, on "those modern charity workers
.who ; h*v« been and are continually
carping- at Institutions."
'At Mount St. Joseph asylum, the lo
cal Catholto Institution where a large
number of children are being cared for
by the Sisters of Charity, I discussed
the merits and tho defects of home
placing work. -
The elaters have .experienced great
difficulty In their 'efforts to find homes
•o constituted as -to bring "bliss" Into
the lives of dependent children. "It Is
comparatively easy," said sister supe
rior, "to flnd homes, but it la extremely
dlflloult .toi'flnd good homes for de
pendent children. The children taken
Into famlliea"are usually wanted. • not
to spread cheer, but to be little drudsjea.
Experience teaches that they are often
111 treated, given little or no opportu
nity for an education, and deprived of
all -facilities for gaining a knowledge
of the tenets of morality. We have
placed out children , repeatedly; but
have almost Invariably been obliged yto
bring them back to institution life."
The parent or guardian who presents
a child at the Ladies' Protective and
Relief socie'ty-at Franklin and Ge^ry
ctreets, where 130 : children are bPinsr
cared for, Is urged by Mi3s Wallbridsre.
the matron, to seek accommodations
In a private family. It is significant.
however, that tlje greater number of
applicants Insist that they do not care
to place their ; children with private
families.
"We Indicate the advantages of fam
ily life to the parent or the guardian."
\u25a0ays Miss "Wallbrldge. "but many of
them protest against the private horn*.
Judging merely from remarks made by
persons seeking to place their charges
in Institutions, one would conclude that
parents and guardians are greatly prej
udiced against the family system."
Other instances and other statements
might be adduced to indicate what
those well qualified to speak think of
the home placing system. - Although
possessed of certain well defined ad
vantages, it is not so all competent as
to denote the decay or make desirable
the abolition of .corporate institutions.
Cottage workers and home finders ar»
working zealously, and with a measure
of success, but there are contingencies
with which, in- spite of zeal and re
sourcefulness." they can not cope. It Is
here that the need and worth of char
itable Institutions become manifest.
Critics may condemn and theorists may
devise vain .things, but as long as ther«
are dependent' children to be cared for,
the Institution .is likely to remain a
valuable and : Indispensable accommo
dation. ,t- This. being true, it is impor
tant " H that?, the" general public whose
moral sympathy or apathy works so
powerfully: for or against the success
of any undertaking, be correctly in
formed as to the methods employed in,
and the results achieved by, corporate
Institutions.
, How to make public the exact value
of charitable institutions has lons been
a provoking question. Under prevail
ing * conditions, those (and their nam«
is legion) who (hirst for a knowledge
of child caring work must go. to the
institution, or the Institution must go
to them. As institutional workers are
loath to force themselves Into the pub
lic eye. and as the average reader has
little time to give to a. personal inves
tigation., the desir* for this knowledge
Is usually suffered to go unrequited. In
view of these facts, it is refreshing to
announce that The Sunday Call will un
dertake the important work of placing
the methods and achievements of the
local child caring institutions before
the,' people of this and neighboring
cities. These methods and these
achievements will be embodied in a ser
ries of several articles, which will em
brace the history of every institution,
denominational and otherwise, in San
Francisco. The Call's labors will be
equally profitable to the proponents of
both', systems, and extremely Interest
ing to the general public
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ported to the board of health In the
last 11 months. Such a graphic pic
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