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tiataa mt a aaoaw Mat a awrtaat aawa.
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t.Ur eaaa. mm a jaar af aaaafetair aataw
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taaataaa. aaa ahara
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he aatr tm tnnriin a arh it ataaaa. ajat la
ht ruahfy i aatrl ihl tart tha the ta
faaaai 4ach rata aaaaa haadpiaat
:talMac ta aaatarnaOta atoh. anarh htataa.
iaaria, thaa the aaath mar ta the wihur
t aati . whara aaartt aaij aiat Jtaa
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taak aftar
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ae. Che II alia a t aax
rhaae tare aaaa
jt th Mbr a wick.
wiwcr a. nftrtain rra-e f milk Is er-
eerea Mi iMtefarraet la mUttral feed np
ey. wM et fee bribed tm bay ckap
r; aae M ae for ta ee sJI ta her
aever te aatagtierd the atotd that, after
th .mWm af her kM. yhe tars r In My
haasa aa hwwk ai hi tu aeek In keep
eff tw rr ry Th etfee af tbr evil
rr- ta taK )n T'!
k " QeHc fraaMoattr there mt maay
nu4 with a. iai urttil MtMwn. But
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t mS tho MmmtinkM !)' irtaR rdred
1 4m m hr 4Mtr r vtacttac Mx-and
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Reluctant Relinquishment.
Whea M mmm time for xoral of
(fetiM at the etya hea4qtartr.
that a MttaHkM. d(MtrHK af actafttln a
cUM. mar taake a 54clim fram an
z4dtKAe Mmder, there's a Jritty Imtv
.. Tarhatw wattatts have Ues aoat
c ta a 4zen aarcoa; a half dozan
UM ta fcar a, aad trhex titer are
Matt far ttary ttleal tjraaraaee ef the
Hafc-ttaa taacvae. make eauatlaact
ather HttaaMy false exraeaa aad
totally tearfailr deetare that it wtlt kill
1 tham ta ctve va the bahtaa. aaa pload
! ta ha aJlawed ta adapt them. Bat aa
Ibry ooald aat rtve the child rcn truly
, aaatfortaMe haae-a aad Ka adv&a
' tapes, they are farced ta auwer the
tvffiMM Thaee arha eeme a the
rs at are every Mt aa reluctant ta
I be aaaarated fram tbair bahlee. aad
' saaijr a mrae haa heaa kaevra ta tell a
! praaaeatlre "mather all aarta ef wild
' sariea ah aat the bad hahlta ef bar
, baby, la the hapc that it weuld be
i ifae4 by.
The Mkeae is t have a baby vnth a
wat iry aa laMser thaa siine months,
bat manHr It haa been adapted leng
bofara that time, aad aaly thut est I A
which m crtpp4d ar aifly beraad base
af aUnetiaf aay aae ta It la eventually
atacad ta aamc inatltatiaa, ad grows
aa with aat kaau-taK a mathera love
uid oare
Kvory aaetety haa handreds ef ap
pataattaaa far rfcltarea la the course of
a yaar. aad prahably aaly 24 children
with which ta meet all demaade. each
af the lw New Yark aaeletlea average
ahwat tWi aamber Sm t fver per
aa wha apMoa ce4 a child. About
fear ta every ave falL because they
furaiah the rcejtired mlt-edsed
r their Haaaeial status
mmmn aat aattafy the aectaty. When a
(MM Is ctvna te aay aae. the new
tame par eat is plact'd aa prabatioa for
a year, must repart monthly eeBoeraiai;
the ahUd. aad if. at the end af that
tiaae. ar a saeath after the probationary
yaar has baKaa. the ndety is aat satU-
itaa Usat the rhttd la irKtiac an the
aare aad tave that It ahauM, there Is
a teisaJ adapttaa. aad the baby is
sOaicMWfcy takea paaieaeiea af by the
variety.
Amusing Demands.
Apaiacaat far rbttdrcA make all
aerta ef amaads. The baby mast be a
?4rJ; a rrl ulM be beUer cemaaay far
aad atay taaer at heme with the
"mother " "Our baby bey has Just died,
and we wurt eae exaetly like htm." and
a photatrraph ef ts aaattractive baby
is eleaed ta sruide the society. Or.
-I wat a baby that leak Hke xay
haabaad. He has red hair, and the
tafby ma have red hair, tee.'' It
U frrqueatty stipuUted that the baby
mart leak Mke the head ef the
household. Or. strain, blue eyes and a
retoeaaee aee are deaMBded. and if i
there Is bah- ea haad wkh which
ta HiH the bHl it is well RlRh impofesl
Me ta t4k the woman late taking
Mat ether baby with her. It is also
hard ta iret the averase woman to
adapt a hay Bays seem to be uapopu
ter feoeau "they rreir up too aeon:
hot by eeepleylHC Mae of the 1b hoc eat
tctak that the feundllac; societies
k.aaw. very few beys who rail into
their haaaVs sesfe adoptiea. .V repre
yeatatree trick la worked when a wo
aaaa ks for a hah-y with dark red
hair, and aaly a baby with llfrbt red
hair ta available Jt before the ap
pttaaat arrlvas ta leek the ohlld over.
wWlae is rubbed ea Its hair until the
preacr shade is secured, an hour or sol
tater the tricksters rejoice mignuiy
that the In Mecca t has at tast found a
mather. aad a day er two later they are
aertata ta roaefve a letter declarlafr
thai the child's hair surely changed
eater after its head was wxahed. and
It's etraage. and she eaa't understand
tt. bat the little this? is a dear, her
hjbajd If mm attached te it already,
aad a to she. that they couldn't think
af baatiBr It far another baby, and
tdM! i?uejica the hair is near enough
Mke her taMbaad's. anyway.
Jtequcats for ahiidrea come fratn Qttsr
ten least expected. I am the mctlit? cf
THE SUNDAY OREGON! AN, PORTLAND, SANUAET 29, 1905.
20 children." one woman wrote, "and all
but four have married and left home,
and I am lonesome with only four, and
would dearly love to adopt twins. If you
have any." The society in question hap
pened to have seven sets of twins on
hand. , Indeed, many women who have
reared large families and seen them mar
ried make application for babies, each In
varltbly pleading; that she cannot be
happy all day long when no prattling
tongue is about. Women who can scarce
ly scrape together enough pennies to keep
body and soul together go away broken
hearted when told that their financial and
social condition precludes their adopting
babies; while the number of wealthy ap
plicants is astounding, one society in New
York placing no fewer than S babies one
year with women whose worldly posses
sions, or their husbands, ran all the way
from JKO.000 to $1,000,000 and over.
For some reason or other, these wealthy
women take particular pains to keep the
society informed aa to the line care 4hey
are giving tho babies. They send photo
graphs of baby enthroned In a pony-cart,
or out riding with "mamma" In her car
Harr or taken with mamma In some
lovlnc pose. They often even go to tho
length of bringing the children to head
quarters and getting thorn to show off for
the society's benefit say their prayers,
recite verses from the Bible, and In vari
ous ways prove by act and word of
mAniii that thev are belnc reared In
orthodox fashion After a baby has been
logally adopted, the society no longer has
any supervision over it. but that parent
is rare who does not keep the society
more or less posted as to" the child's prog
ress. Sacrifices by Parents.
The sacrifices which are made by the
parents for these adopted babies prove
their great love for them. In order to
keep his baby from ever learning that It
had been adopted, and was not of his own
flesh and Wood, a Jersey City civil en
gineer took up his household goods and
moved them to The Bronx. New York.
The wife of a certain freight steamboat
owner, whose vessel Is in the Hudson
River trade, came beaming into the office
of the society which provided her with a
baby. "We have saved our first thous
and dollars." she announced. Joyfully.
"Before James came to us. my husband
spent all his -money, and so did I. and no
was disappointed because I bad given him
no childrea. and he was never at homo
evenings. Now we're as happy as when
wc were first married, and we're saving
ever" cent we can, so that when James
grows up we can educate him and give
him a good start in the world." More
than one adopted child has unconsciously
induced its parents to take thought of the
rainy day. and. for its sake, led them to
give heed to the higher alms of life.
vorr nald one man. when reporting to
the society, "my wife aad I never thought
much about religion and such things six
months ago: but now mat we ve &. oaoy
te be responsible for, why well. It's
different, somehow."
Net Satisfied With One.
Not a few persons are so pleased with
the first child they adopt that they come
back for another. "Constance Is lone
some and wants a little brother," is a
common explanation of the second re
quest. "'My husband bos been so happy
with the first baby that I want another
now as a Christmas present for him." was
the request that led to a blue-eyed,
flsxoa-balred little girl, who was found In
a valUe. getting a iiome with a well-to-do
Ixng Island con pie. December-a year ago.
"You may remember that I adopted a -boy
about eix months ago." said a woman
from a fashionable section of an Eastern
city. "Well. I want a girl now. No. I
don't want to give back the boy, hut ho
sits all day at the front door waiting for
his father to return from the office, and
I'm tired of being alone, and I want a
little girl to keep me company and love
me as much as Henry loves his father."
But one of the most humorous requests
for a second child ever recorded was that
of a wealthy mulatto woman who drove
to the society's door In her carriage.
"This chocolate boy thinks he owns tho
town," she 6ald. "and now I want a girl
his color to let him know that the whole
world wasn't made Just for him."
Colored Foundlings.
The few colored babies that are picked
up In the streets In the course of a year
are speedily adopted, applications from
comfortably situated colored citizens far
outnumbering the supply of babies. It Is
a remarkable fact that scarcely any coal-
BRISBANE'S HEROICS
BRISBANE descended the steps and
came down the path like a man who
was walking In his sleep. Tho blow had
been so unexpected and so complete In its
execution that it had left him stunned
and helpless. He could not as yet realize
the full import of it alL He only knew
that the bottom had dropped out of the
world, and that there was a dull, heavy
ache In his heart a sense of Isolation
and. bitter, rankling defeat. His teeth
were shut tight as if to stifle some physi
cal pain; his shoulders were bent as be
neath some crushing load.
Before his eyes there was but one pic
turethe picture of a slight, girlish fig
ure standing by the window with the
dying light of the afternoon resting on
her copper-colored hair; her eyes were
grave and sad, but her head was poised
proudly. Over nd over again her words
rang in Brisbane's ears.
"I dare not risk my future with you,
John, because you are cold and hard
and utterly without emotion. The forces
tnat have opposed you, you have always
crushed ruthlessly. I'm afraid my fear
of you. would be greater than my love for
you."
Without emotion! Brisbane groaned
aloud. Did she think that because his
emotions were always well controlled that
he had none? Did she think that because
he bore -pain stoically that he bad no
feeling? A lump rose In his throat, and-a
mist blurred his eyes. It was too late for
analysis. Melicent Ryder had gone out
of his life. He must bear the pain of It
"with the stoic fortitude she had con
demned.
At the gate he climbed into his auto
mobile and went down the road at a mad
pace. Action was what he wanted vig
orous, desperate action, that would clear
his brain and make him forget He sent
the powerful machine flying along: he
swung about corners In the fashion that
threatened to tear the tires from the
wheels.
Scarcely notlcintr whero he was going.
he turned into the poorer quarter of ihe
little city where the streets were narrow
andcrooked. He decided to run out on
the old turnpike outside the city, and
have It out wltn "himself. He was aware
black babies are foundlings, the majority
being very light In color. This Is a fortu
nate circumstance, as the demand Is al
ways for a light baby the lighter the
better. And the pains an applicant will
take to get a baby Just the shade of skin
she fancies nearly send3 the society
agents into hysterics. A certain woman
not long ago consumed a half day decid
ing between three babies, critically exam
ining them by brilliant light, by subdued
light and by gaslight. "I'm taking so long
so as to be sure I'll get a child the color
of his father, who Is the handsomest gen
tleman I know," she naively explained.
This same women; when she was asked
by tho Surrogate, before he made out the
papers of adoption for the boy. If she
realized the responsibility of her step and
had sufficient means with which to sup
port a child, drew herself up In all her
dignity and replied: "I have money In tho
bank, sah!" The Surrogate ceased from
troubling.
- One of tho hardest tasks of love in con
nection with foundlings Is to get names
that he was vainly trying to escape from
his own bitter thoughts, but he pushed on
In vague hope of finding some relief.
He turned another corner, and as he
did so he saw a group of dirty children
playing in the street He sounded the
horn and there was a great scattering of
urchins before the oncoming car. One of
the children missed his footing on the
slippery pavement and fell flat directly
In Brisbane's path.
The street was narrow; the heavy au
tomobile was almost upon the prostrate
child; there was no time to slow down.
Brisbane swerved tho car sharply to the
left One forward wheel struck the curb;
the automobile rocked crazlly; the steering-
wheel was torn from his grasp- He
saw a lamppost looming directly Deiore
him.
An ambulance came and Brisbane was
taken to the hospital. They set his
broken leg, bound up his crushed hand,
and swathed his head ridiculously. On
the following day, as he lay on his cot a
nurse brought him the papers. It was
glaringly told, under heavily leaded head
ings. Young millionaire Brisbane had
risked his life to save a street urchin.
Brisbane threw aside the papers and
grunted disgustedly.
"Rot! he tersely characterized tne
overdrawn picture.
Ho had scarcely tossed the papers aside
when one of the hospital surgeons es
corted Mellcent Ryder Into the room. She
was very pale, and her big gray eyes
were full of anxiety and pity. She came
straight to the cot and took Brisbane's
Sound hand in both her own.
"Oh, John, it was splendid:" she said
brokenly.
Brisbane looked at her curiously. A
grim smile hovered for a moment on his
lips. He detested heroics.
"Sit down. Mellcent." he said. "Let's
get at the truth of the matter. Give the
credit to remarkable coincidence rather
than to any heroism on my part I was
running the car for all there was in her,
and when I went round that corner I
pulled- off a tire. It was the loose tire
that threw me onto the curb and saved
the kid. These newspaper reports are
very pretty, but the truth of the matter
is Just as I've told you." -
for them. It's not aa easy Job, as many
grown-ups can testify, to supply a name
for Just one chick, but when soma two
hundred or more have to be named In
the course of a year by- the average so
ciety there Is trouble for some one con
tinually. Generally a society delegates
this work to one member, and this is the
way she goes about It: She writes down
a long string of Christian names, which
13 easy, and then scans books, newspa
pers, her visiting lists, social registers
and what not for surnames that will fit
with the Christian names. The Idea now
adays is to give each child a decent
sounding name, and to this end hundreds
of names that suggest themselves are re
jected. When a list of names is finally
made out it is handed to the priest, or
the minister, as the case may be, who is
regularly employed by the society to
christen the babies as soon as they are
turned over by the city. Sometimes, the
names on the list are exhausted before
others have been prepared, this lamenta
ble circumstance Is discovered at the last
By Leonard
The girl's eyes widened.
"And and If the tiro hadn't come oft?"
she asked huskily.
"Well, It did come off," was the non
committal reply.
After the girl had left the hospital
Brisbane was uneasy and feverish. They
gave him opiates and he sank Into deep
slumber.
The following afternoon he received a
note with, the superscription In Melicent's
handwriting. He tore It open and read:
"Dear Mr. Modesty You are a brave,
delightful fibber. I have found out at
last that, because a man bides his emo
tions, it does not necessarily follow that
he has none. After I left the hospital
yesterday afternoon, I had a look at the
wreck of your car, and every tire wa3
intact. It was typical of you to hide your
own sacrifices; and I can see now that
this has always been your course. I am
coming to you this afternoon, and I
shall try to unsay many things which, in
my wanton blindness, I have said to you
In the past"
Brisbane lay quite still for awhile, star-
however, by the use of Mother's Friend before baby comes, as thi3
great liniment always prepares the body for the strain upon it, and
preserves the symmetry of her f onm. Mother's Friend overcomes all the
danger of child-birth, and carries the expectant mother safely through
this critical period without pain. It is woman's greatest blessing.
Thousands gratefully tell of the benefit and relief derived from tho
use of this wonderful
Timpi'r. SnM Trtr nil SB jmm
druggists at $x.oo per MWtm
bottle. Our little mWM
book, telling all about
this liniment, will be sent free.
tli BraffiiM Xepiirtr Ci., Atkiftf ft,
moment, the clergyman telephones.
"Please, what am I to name the child?
and some quick thinking has to be done.
Hence, such names as Jerome Travers,
New- York s District Attorney a name.
reversed; and Roosevelt Cleveland, the
source of which Is obvious.
Divided on Religious Lines.
The plan of equally apportioning all
foundlings between a Catholic and a
Protestant society is now pretty gen
erally followed In most American
cities. Each society alternates in get
ting a baby from the hospital where
all foundlings arc turned In by tha po
lice. Twins are counted as one baby
and never separated, and if a note is
found on a child, requesting that it
be raised in such a faith, it goes to
that society which can fulfill the re
quest, no matter if it is the rival so
ciety's turn for a baby. St. Louis has a
way of its own for apportioning found
lings. The city is divided into halves,
and the foundlings from the northern
half go to the Catholic society, while
the Protestant society gets all those
Irom the southern half.
Abandoned children .are also now
cared for as are the foundlings. An
abandoned child differs from a found
ling in that- one of its parents has
been seen with the child. For Instance,
a mother takes a sick baby to a hos
pital, gives a name and address, and
asks to be notified when she can get
tha child. In due time, a notice is
mailed to her that the child Is well and
ready to be discharged. There Is no re
sponse, and an attache looks up the
address, to find that no woman by the
name given ever lived there, or Is
known in the neighborhood. Quite
often the address, as well as the name,
proves to be fictitious. Another fa
vorite way of abandoning a child is
for the mother to share a room with
another woman in a furnished-room
house, get her roommate to, take care
of the child while she goes out shop
ping, and never return.
But, thank Heaven, even though
these babies mothers are unworthy of
the name, there are scores of self
sacrificing women in America who are
spending their days and means in be
half of the little onc3 and because of
these tender-hearted women America's
foundlings and abandoned children
have surely come of recent years into
their birthright of love. (Copyright,
1905.) GUY T. VISKNISKKL
Frank Adams
Ing at the celling. Then he fell to laugh
ing softly.
"I'll pension that kid for life if I can
find him," ho said.
The Moonbeam.
Stephen Chalmers in New York Times.
The moonbeam on tho water dances
Somehow I cannot think.
Oh. brother, why these doorward glances?
"Well, yes, let's hare a drink!
Tho moonbeam on the water stances.
Did I write that before?
Fudge! Never mind. My" fancy dances.
Eh. what? "Well just one more..
TSe moonbeam Bay, thlss tpewRItre
Is running aal to seed.
It drives me not; to what I want.
But whart i think I need
the moombarac g as I said be(Of&
Is knocldngins on the ! door 2 5
O wll you love me when 1m bald
And "Willie why did : : you do it,.?
,no more. No mora? I say no more zzz
The moog is gigltnf- at ThE door
Oak dOor moon blink
O wltlle we have mixed you
Feed th cat zzzz
& Every woman covets
snapeiy, pretty ngure, ana
many of them deplore the
loss of their girlish forms
after marriage. The bearing
of children it sf ten destructive
to the mother's shapeliness.
All of this can he avoided,
jdflk!
MmWi
lend
me