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THE . OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAt, PORTLAND, , SUNDAY. MORNING, MAY 3.. 1008. PARIS IS DUMPING GROUND FOR iAJBANDONED BABIES Aliens Go Tkcrc WitK the Avowe ' Purpose of Getting Rid of TLeir. . Progeny and tne' State . Tales Care of ; TLem and Provides ' TLem Witt Foster Parents 1 By K. Franklin. . (Copyright by Curtl Brown.) fAIU8, April IS. Th French have VJ a girdle of protective tariff all IT around their frontiers. Tou muat - A V amok state-mad. tobaoco and strifes state-mad matches. Every ', thing that la tt foreign manufacture la rigidly excluded or roada to pay a pro hibitive duty everything with on ex ception: r Babies! Little aa the reader : may. hare suspected It. Pari la th dumpier-ground for abandoned foreign "babies, f 00 to TOO of whom are annually , confided to lta kindly care. This aston ishing feet has only Utely been revealed to: the man In th street by the sensa tlonal abandonment in a Pari hotel of ' two babies by an English woman who apparently came over from Folkestone for that purpose. Aa no on claimed them, th poor little watfa were taken to . the Ilonpices dea Enfanta Asslstes or Foundling hospital and it was -thus ' that T learned from the director, M. May, all about thla interesting institu tion, which 1 almost unique in tha world, for Russia la the only country with a similar charitable organisation, modeled on the French one. It Is true, but fir Inferior in point of develop ment. - " Tea.' Foreigner' may come, dump their children down la Paria and return ' whence they came, free of all anxiety as to their fate, free of all responsibil ity aa to their future. No awkward questions are asked, or if they are asked they need not be answered. There la only one condition; the children must be officially abandoned and not be clandes tinely deserted, for that la an offence punishable by law. And thus It cornea , about that among th 600 or 700 alien bnble which pass annually through th portal or tne ftospice an n.nim ai elvtes. almost every nation under th ' un 1 at torn tlm or other repre sented, the Turk not excepted. Th vast majority consist, however, of the oriepring or nuuian ana x-oiian jewm- Thee wretched outcast, stranded on Authorities Careful. I heir way to . England ' and the new , . . , . . , . world, are fully aware of the xiatenc To such a degree Is thia acrupulous of the 'Hospice and they do not heal- ness on th part of th authorities car tJt.kto ittm?Jlft' cumbre progeny 1(Kl th&t a woman j. free t0 g0 to a on the hospitable soil of France In tha , -,-. ., ,T . - certain knowledge that they will be lylng-ln hospital and declare that h cared for. Rusaian and Polish alien Intends to abandon her child aa soon as located in London, even cross th Chan- t t. born. The only formality ah haa Ifr 'f III Interest in AUens. - -1 ! , - , ' t . i i Hit i ItlM ? f i t 1 i f ' It H ) i. - it lik 1 : fa .,- " .l KIWI IMU '" ' -: '11MI '.W JRQtV OF LIT TLB publio cquarea, a used to be frequently the case and as still happens, though- very rarejy. to comply with is to writ her nam and address and any other particulars ah may desire on a sheet of paper, aeal It herself In an "envelope and hand it to the hospital authorities,- ao that in the event of nor death th necessary formalities may be carried out The envelope is . otherwise returned to her unopened on her leaving the hospital. Should th parent abandoning th child declare lta name and other par ticulars, so much the -better; otherwise rif ' created in 1JS. but it was not until the revolution that the present system was raanised aa we now see it. , ' In 1S14 th convent -of th Oratory Fathers, situated In what . is now th Rue Denfert-Rochereau, was converted ' into the present Hospice dea Enfanta Asslstes, for until then the little found lings Jiad no fixed f abiding-place, but were taken to whatever charltabla Insti tution' would receive them. . . when th revolution had eet the oun' try aflame with patriotic ardor, the lit tle i foundlings were characteristically dubbed "enfant de la patrl," and Na poleon turned thenv to good' account by , deciding that they should all hence-' fortn. be trained to become, seamen of the fleet This regulation ceased with the end of th first empire. ; Nothing now remain of the original . hospic except - the creche or grand sail nd th infirmary. Th exterior of th old -building, a een from the garden, is shown in the Illustration, with the statu of Bt. Vincent de Paul. - The -good priest tenderly holds an infant In his arms, whilst two others are on the ground at his feet. Bt Vincent do Paul, as everyone knows, was also the creator of those devoted women, named Bister of Mercy, who Uvea ar spent in tend ing; th ick. ; '.-!. hava aaid that" about 4.500 Infant ar abandoned to the hospice every year, Th number of children who annually pass through the hand of the nursea P1""."-. .however, be nearly double that total. 'for the children of the sick poor r looked after while their parents are in hospital or otherwise prevented from attending to them T ; . . - It would be difficult to say how many babies ar to be found in th hospic at on time, for the number varies greatly, but on would be generally sur IA IM MVAMl knnMJ fru U - from abroad, were received by th au- erence to St Vlnoent de Paul, the good doned tnfanta are a I have explained thorltiea from persons willing to adopt genius of -abandoned infanta r In his put out to nurse In the country within uiu, vu . nui iijniw, . nnir no was Dorn in aua uiaa in noun or meir arrival. They ar 1686 there was a- particular spot for paid for until thev are 13 years of age. p rom mat lime rorth their foster pa rents mav mnlnv th-m hut mi -Tw it may be said that France, with her d Notre Dam (ourlady's bed), and them a certain wage. At the age of It foundling In front of the cathedral of Moire - uaone net for this mimosa and it is no uncom mon occurrence for a woman, about to become a mother, to come over and he confined in a Pari hospital.- declare that she intend to abandon her child, and ' straightway return to London, ready to repeat th undertaking If need be. . Vast Organisation. -The vast organisation called th As- Istanc Publlqu. or public. relief, with the authorities hav to nam' It them its annual budget of lz.ooo.OOQ and of selves and give it what is termed an which tha iHosplces des Enfantes Aa- tat civil, tantampunt to our birth , . . .! ,. ..,, registration. When th infant haa ben slates is a part, was created shortly de(,ert,d, its name la frequenUy bor er ter th yea 178. A rounaung hos- rowed from tha plao where it was . f pltat,' of course, existed previously, but ""d- HttLfilUdJ?!.ir Ln" slstes." for th nam recalls diaagre- that If he had succeeded In his deslr th hospice, is It present form is a SjX wm deserted in a hotel f?.1!'. "w?"l.!uli-S2?2r?HEt h wuld have been th first to lead a creation or tn men wno mad tn, great , th. Boulevard de Rochechouart. may som. the,, children are de.tlned to forlorn hope and fall at th. head of Ms Is In tha history of th world. "r""""l J "r VI" 2,ctlv..v "th. ta-a f. i-r honorable, If not great, name, for men. ana numane principle uai as oener T.: 'lr.H. Bfcl,.rt 67, VI tnemseives ajia lutur proressors, ar- .Kin. i. rt.i.. TiTe ., usis, teachers and even millionaires ar thing Is certain: from th moment an k. .hi u-i. -v- pwOcaJly atationary population, has tb Httl ones wr picked up thera th foundling is free, but in a great n lnt..t tn Jh- -n- XhiMT- n taken to .various hospitals. Thmany caaea onaLmlght Umoat-eay the .anl.ntrflt-lnacceptlng-alieB children-compaaalonate Wrt of Vincent d Paul majority of cases th girl or boy', by who ar destined to swell th number of waa touched by th sufferings of the that time a part of the family in all but her citizens. This may bo so, but such innocent babes,, and h - took up their blood. So strong is often (he attaeh- . M..A.n; a!. vi-Toi eaus with the fervor of a Peter th ment between foter child and foster a consideration does not detract from Hermit or a Savonarola His eloquent parents that Mm. Vourlot. the head the generosity with which for years past preaching; smote th hearts of -the la- nurse, assures me she has known many ,. Marianne' has taken to her bosom the dies of the court, and fired with re- instance where the foundling, reclaimed cruelly abandoned offspring of her sis- Utrlous seal - they tor off their Jew- by to father or mother who abandoned ters. That she does so out of the good- els and . gave them to the good priest it, has absolutely .refused to quit its nesstrf her heart is evident to all who, for his T'Enfants Trouvea,r There is foster parents, Ilk th writer, have been privileged to an old painting in th creche of the Th creche, or grand salle. of which see th poor little waif and strays hospice, by an unknown master, show- a portion is shown in the illustration, clinglnar affctlonately to their nurses In In St. Vincent d Paul seated, at a Is a vast place, with lines of snow-white the warda of the hospice. table receiving th jewelry which prln- cots in which the little onea are placed . "After all," saidr the kind-hearted dl- cesses, duchessos and other great la- aa soon aa they arrive, and where they rector, with a -smile, "what difference do dies are laying in front of him. whll await the, doctor' visit and their re- a few hundred aliens make to our budget two babes swathed in swaddling clothes moval to the country. In conclusion, in the thousands of children we receive and looking for all the world like if I were asked to characterise toe Hos- annuallyri Egyptian mummies li at his feet pice ds Enfanta Asslstes in two words. No description of the foundling; hos- Thank to thla aalntly philanthropist. I should certainly choose as its motto pital would be complete without a ref- the service of the Enfanta Aaslates waa th words "humanity and cleanliness." OLD TIMES AND THE NEWBy Jokn Anderson Jayne E' whos Infant has been received Into the Hos pice des Enfants Asslstes its future whereabouts. Its history- and career ar alone known to th authorities. This is absolutely necessary, for if a mother Secrets Well Kept. Th director of th foundling having become a figure in history. That 1 th great philosopher. D'Alembert As for the still more fa- Enfants As- moua Jean Jacques Rousseau, on of ' for the stat openly to take over and rear th offspring of destitute cltltena, . rather than expose a child to th cruel . risk, of desertion by stealth. Parents, therefore, are at liberty to renounce their children ln the most matter-of-faot -way on- the simple declaration that they wish to do so. -The time-honored nractlce of. other countries of laying an infant on the steps of the foundling nl(rn irresistible. If. however, the a single Instance cmid s name has been duly declared on Tounaung" dv name, tie remarked tnat ilb using rouoivou mio ins nuspiuo, n is iiicbo puur tmiuren ci-ia no, - crn of written evidence ot this possible for the parents to reclaim Itmournful recollection ot th fact that ISijf. vwenc ot mis in alter years, ir tney aerray tne outlay tney were aDanaonea. it is a pne VERT once In a while you coma to sally oat drunk Into th streets to temperance and righteousness in contact with a man of 'sad nu"t the passers-Dy ana to sudjoci innuence cannot be calculated, , , . . ... , them, In mere wantonness, to the most Tou may hear of an occasional mur- countenance or a woman with a atrocious outrages. One of their favor- der In the dark streets of our cities, whine in her Voice who tells you ite amusements, called - 'tipping the but It Is occasional and not the regu- that today is the worst day there non,' waa to aqueeze tne nose or . tne lar, tning. x our wives, mothers, sweet- mLBi vicum liatl uuun vo, null iwsw uuv imi n wtu inmrv mil au ''.' w J e rc un- hi- - av. with their finders. Amonar molested, knowlna no nrotectlnn nv young men and women are leaa man- them were 'sweeters,' who formed a the protection that is given every true There Js only, aa far aa I hav been nerly. less ambitious, less honorable rci arouna tneir prisoner ana priciceu woman rrom ine man noon or America, able to rather, a atea-la Instance of a and mral than ' the r. In tha veara h,m wlth. P1"1' 0" . " L .! A " l?H Pittsburg ; - . - - . exnaustea to tne grouna; tne aancing 10 i-emn, rrom Boston to Homoay, rrom past and gone. Listen, if you must, to these csoak er's of society, and raelise that the pes the fathers of the revolution, it Is no- tlmih Jik.the-J?or man. must aj ways 7C . J V I , V influenced to hospital, rlnatng the bell and hastily retreating under cover of night 1. dis pensed with. Another walks through th. open doorway into the orric. Abandon this child," she says to tha official. It la the duty of the Utter to abandoning a child, were able to keep '"". aay to giv. au possmi -"- iT-' 12 VTI b with u.. Then, after herself informed of it. movements, th information with respect to hla numer- ." -L.ir?-" listened and hav. been ln temptation to the poorer classes to ou. famUy. declined abaolutalv to ouot laid at tha door of thi fnimdiinV ho.' least degree toard believing that abandon tneir orcspring would be well .. V .v.. " mtal. Ha. at lea.t. h himlf te.Mre. VI VX1W BUUWOOlUt J , , ii emu pro on Die, nowever, inai "wa merely a vain boast, for there 1 WlBu Itt that hue hMn 4nriirrv1 whliri im o hnnr nnmAnnn wti1rh f risia strain and 1100 a year in tne early period of the again observed tnt -.4 . -..iL.. v. . -.-.I.- cnim mw. auvu(, ivv uiumrva kfv mui una iiuwu iu mu i-h .-min given back to their parents every yuar. forgives its mother r5Ah. "teJLf h J. Hklv5, Until It has reached the age of 6 or birth to it, forgive. in the archives. I hav. already mentioned that th masters so-called from their skill In making men caper by thrusting their swords into their legs; th 'tumblers.' whos favorite amusement was to set women on their heads and commit various indecencies' and barbarities upon the limbs that were exposed. Matrons, the past is better than today, contrast th Bnr .. inrlln of Rnnw that past with today and yeu will die- , .? ,cep na tony lncllne or Hnow cover that today la .the best day that . - t.' . , the world haa ever seen or known. When one reads these things how he - Contrast for a moment the scene at J" turn with delight to the condi- tW Kn.nlr., nf tha liha.nth lontnrv tiOnS SJld CUStOmS Of OUT OWn times. with the every-day experiences of the . Less than 100 years ago nearly every- 7 years, every "foundling" wears under- abandoned it On thing. howver. eat i?" .IT.ll1"".'- T"A.."i"",c:t spwtabi and much barter in everyway ". "'"i. ",.V"?i'rw. "'.JT nekrth its clothing a little bona neck- like a canker at it heart the fact that AMffi.itontoii?i "V?0" 200 yrB. BO- nubTlc notice that he would not Sffl- ia1?ion,rbearra,,8U'mhernd,h.,m?; wneelYn"6' "Rr.t th.Pari ffutualor eU.ngTne mfn TheLelSern.ghrthaf ?labt"tn0aCVBhearalhf "V? VubWrer. dallion bearing its number, so that it whereabouts in after years. . eouP-.. -nd nn the .ale of theatre, tirk- -a i.E ."..ir41" wnlnt- "i anouia drunk. These thine rT'r.J,0.?.5ms"0.."! ets is also assigned to the Assistance a ATad h .li will b. dreaded un with are-not tolerated now. Even men who may be easily traced if lost As soon . . . . . . . ... . . ... - . . ... IB B.1BU HB1BIIOU LU L11B ABU HUUira "A Wl.rt nil I 7t 'own aTeTnY w ei't" iv'ea.? aTlelrr toTd lS, iS.F. flreworkV alid tVd looaV InfthS gam? "k jnoderately emselve. wmnot aeeklaoa la dlsnensed with. - kind-hearted dlrentor. aeekin to nnanli M.iiiu ami, wnicn n a pan di place; a dog will be dressed up Wltn S" , "f L"Tl - li l-.W"' . . . . - t . .. . : T ' - ini AMiRTRnnn niniimip AmniinTi trt riMwis.v- -11 that In abandoning her child she re nounce ail claim upon It and will re main ln absolute' ignorance a to it futurt career. She is urged not to take such step unless absolutely compelled. All this la purelv a matter of form, for , It is extremely rar that such friendly counsel induces . a change of purpose. The person is not bound to make any declaration at all as to the Infant's " versation niay be limited to This: , Question: What is this child's name? Answer: I do not know. Question: What is 'your name? Answer: ' Z do not know. ; "Tres blen. Bon jour, madam." "Bon Jour, monsieur." ' Every facility is thus granted for vadlna awkward auestlona as to Iden tity, aa that there la no excuse what- principle or tne authorities never to dl- ed to become an officer ln the army, but -hiid Thn in the om nt h twn n ever for the abandonment of an Infant vulge to the outside world the fact that unfortunately we set about It -too late, tie English watts already referred to, on the doorstep or on a bench ln the their nurseling, have been "enfants as- Well, I feel certain in my own mind some 60 applications, several coming annual htiriret of th Pnri A MiMtAnixi . . . ' , - . . v . ,., hmiv a ir.t.,.1.. n . - nKAR " ihec.huA.w"n." Publlque-To"r public relief organTiaUon) awm?Jf A VS. X"eiX.r S2 Z!" eou(InZt be Teld la bafnislni." a for having given 1" ui, ,1,4;!O2'0?0' ,wThl8 normou5 pie. though possibly reckless in many Juaklng or a harvesting a weeding or . 2 5I i.5..;2 sum la furnished by the communes of Zt th.ii- nmnaemnnts. r more - re. funeral without strong drink. It Is on San Francisco to Sues and never hear a sound or see a sight that shall of fend. If you would know the value of hu man life, aa contrasted with that ot 200 years ago, think how men were hanged then for mutilating London bridge, and the expense the state todav assumes to protect even the lawbreak ers and the criminal. Everything In life today indicates that today la the best day In the his tory of the world. That tomorrow will be better than today. Life is on the upgrade. Our May flowers turn not backward, but ever turn their prows forward. The new time is better than the old time and the days that hang ov? ihe frn' ot the future are big with hope. more than 86 hos a, a aenral rul v ftbout -0MOO annually. The latter let too.; "at the'aame tlmeT and a cai being; aob meiwany-ajnaft drafted Into the country districts to be monsieur, at least I should have some limit of 1 ?e for ohan" areadmlt- works will bJ baited & P Ali alona- the lln. ther. 1. a reneral nursed In the houses of the peasantry, one belonging to me. I should not be ted uo to the Me of B o? 18 That Ts an ad that aoneared In a elelnini a reneral taught fidV or "tooVk1 fn7hi''wod'whlchese..mJ.h,a toE. It.wortho'raing' th'at once a London p"ap.? i KST"4 " Thre ismore incentive today for a i?.d th.J form thVSlita ilnJn. T.nS whlh hire1-Tin m.n ehlld na" been eed into the HoS- In the year 1714 In London a large young man to be clean and etralght- tLrv like atenrthap im.V; Zhul h! fJ E nf JfS iUm iS2" P,oe de" Enfants Asslstes, even If Ylt number of young men organUed a gang forward in his dealings than ever be- 7n hinm. Zm?r -eivtt th Ha SiV-tn? .. ' " alien, it i. adopted by the state, that they called th. "Mohawks. fore. Fifty years ago less than S per girls become domestic ' ervants. tlnued the Vitrector, is now the cap- and may not. therefore, be given to any These young men were from the no- cent of our young men were In the ea-uwa u.d ca.iu v vi t uuiiin.ua leal li iMtL m t, t au Dea nan Liu aiuci, , tie wauia ttriirata tniitriniio I r n rtaa siinntmi n khmip Tr,AU i- n hoan v a i . . "K.T .l. . iiiui au uaa v aw BuuLritii uo M in unit. i a i cava urjr.ii ni in amu a is liir mill v-i 'twm. i i w i na Buttons as Clues to Crimps. From the Westminster Gaaette. In the Black museum at New Scot land Tard ls,if fragment of.jk button found on th window, silLi.pfXaiJioiis which had been entered by burglars. Jt was the only clue the" police had to work on. but In the hands of a keen eyed young constable it led to the ar rest of its owner, whom the constable met casually in the street wearing the very waistcoat with its broken button of which the fragment bad formed a part The murderer of Mr. Delarne In Hl. nercentjts'A ninn b!b l.n l-nn.r..... M ... . ....... best colleges and schools of their day. over 33. The T. M. C. A. among. Pro- was brought to the gallows through the They were indeed "Indians. Leckv teatants. C. T. A. IT. moni Cathnllca. iniinimanioin. e - n,.i,in...v. r..... says of them: "They were accustomed has given to young men an Incentive to found near the body of his victim. mmm air, ,3 . a f- m 1 111 11 Mil 111 in 1 mil muuttr avir. r jt-v. 2 . '.. i . urn x. z w - i :. "t t av t i a i , stt t -m.'-ai . ai ijsftacaw t A' 1 A -i.i n-WsH! I I ItS - t r .rr - . - 7 F V(f3 l l v jIM. Wr,- k MfrTjHlW.M-' 1 - iiF rt'il i V m ( ' J li F- .Sn 5-Hf V-'i : r-.i , fW' ;.i'iiri! M- H if 5;::r1s- '"MKnnvmr iTflrii i ' sil . M fl if . 'I vi',: .. BtPWUMBVPI uttvi ' -.-..... " 11 I 1 11 ' l l- : : - ai!i smuer -s PpP.MiNPW "P.T TV3 "tti-lt 'X.TI xv urtmxi yIVlcSITCK5 1Rj XKICK -W1TM TlrA, COTT A TKlKKIJGoS. Nw- buildings .for the Alaska-Yukon Ex position, which will be come permanent Darts . of the - . Washington University after the , big fair is-over. The' structures are hand some specimens of ar ch I tectum ' " V 1 ? '.. . -- : . .. . ,'. , . . j ' ... . ' . - ' , " - : . . ' - ' 4 - ' ..7-7 -
