Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-09-29 | Page 9 | Couple Wage Fight to Adopt Child Left on Their Doorstep

I Coupe Wage Fight To ado Adopt I Child LeftOn Left LeU LeUOn On Their Doorstep Mr Sir and Mrs Charles Hoff of the Godbe apartments are putting up a I strenuous fight to tb recover from the juvenile juvenile court the old months baby which was left at nt their door last I Thursday night and which has since been taken from them on the ground I that they were both too old to make malte proper parents prents for the foundling At 84 o'clock Thursday night the I Hoffs walked out into inlo their hall and andI toward the door of a storeroom They I found a wee bit of cherubic loveliness loveliness loveli loveli- ness snugly wrapped In warm clothing cloth cloth- ing lying in front of ot the door The bab baby's s nursing bottle bottle- together with acan a acan acan can of condensed baby food was at its Side ide A note pinned to the clothing cloth cloth- ling ling ing of the deserted babe read BORN ON JULY 28 I Please share half half of your jour our home with it Cant Can't care for it Was Vas born July 28 1919 The note was unsigned The Hoffs HortS' are childless and Mrs Irs Hoff who had many times expressed th the wish to neighbor women women th that t someone someone some some- one would leave her a a. a baby on her herI I doorstep cared for the child and InI inso in inso I so doing the baby aby s So o endeared itself I Ito to her that she is now nearly heartbroken heartbroken heart heart- I broken over the Juvenile court taking it from her Mrs Hoff Is 45 years ears of age and Mr Hoff Is 57 67 They are well fixed financially and able to give the child which IS js a boy boy- boya a good home They wish to adopt it but the juvenile court courtis is of the opinion that their ages ases would be detrimental in the rearing of the I baby It has blue eyes and black hair and I L do so love It and I 1 want it Mrs Hoff said today INTENDED FOR HOFFS The Hoffs are both of the opinion that the baby was intended especially for them for circumstances of at the leaving of the babe show snow almost conclusively conclusively conclusively con con- that it was intended that they should have it The person who left the baby was evidently acquainted with the habits of the Hoffs and their apartments Mrs Irs Hoff says she has expressed the wish that someone would leave a baby on her doorstep more than once and she believes that the mother of the child has heard of it through one of her friends The Hoffs Hofts are endeavoring to get in touch with the parents of the littie little lit lit- tie tle one In order that all drawbacks to Its proper adoption may be eliminated eliminated