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.
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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.
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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.
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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 '
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