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Show j "Baby Grace's" Mother, How-j How-j ever. Is a Well-Knowii .Salt ! Iake young Woman. AFRAID TO ACKNOWLEDGE BIRTH OP THE CHILD Mrs. E. . Sakutli Appeals lo Ihc Court to Take Care of inl'anl. ''Baby Grace," a bright-eyed infant Kirl.Syho will he five months old March 17, was sent to tho Infants' JToine and Day .Nursery b' Judge Gownns, in the Juvenile- court, Tuesday. ' All that is 1 known of "Baby Grace" is that she came into tho world on October 17. It is uin.lerHtood that, her mother ia a well-known well-known young Salt Lake woman, and that Iho child was born out of wedlock, tt also is understood that the mother, rather than Fiiffor the humiliation thit would have been hers had it been known that she had given birth to an illegitimate child, abandoned the infant in-fant wifchm a. few hours after its birth, i , According lo the story 'of Mrs. E. j R. Sakuth. Dr, Downing, -whose oflicc was formerly on East Third South street, but who is not now in the city, took v'te child lo her on the evening even-ing of October 17. aud offered lo pay her .'?10 a week for the care of the infant, until some other disposition could be made of it. At tho tinio the child was dcliverod into the custody of M,rs. Sakuth it was onlv a few hours old. Dr. Downing. Mrs. Sakuth says, paid Tier for the enro of ..the child up to December De-cember 10. since which time sho has received re-ceived nothing. Later, it; is said. Dr. Dowing left the city, but as to whether or not he wili return is not known. , Some weeks ago Mrs. Sakuth appealed ap-pealed to the Juvenile court in tho matter, stating that she was unable to en re for tho baby, and asking that tho court lake it off her hands. After searching in tho statutes, it finally was decided that the court had jurisdiction juris-diction in the matter, and Tuesday the ?ourt adjudged "Baby Grace" a dependent, and ave her into the custody cus-tody of the Tntants Homo and Dav Nursery, until a homo can be secured for her. There is no record of the birth in the office of tho City Board of Health- |