Show Your Baby Adopting Child Is Natural By MYRTLE l MEYER ELDRED The desire to be a parent is a natural natural natural nat nat- ural emotion and when denied the privilege of having children the next best solution for the thwarted parent is to adopt a child Mrs W. W writes I think babies are the sweetest things but I have never had one Will you give me methe methe methe the name of a good orphans' orphans home I am interested in a nice looking child from a good family who has neither living father nor mother Age between l L 1 and 3 years Do you know what a person has to todo todo todo do in order to get a child from such a home The first step is to inquire of your state board of control or a local doctor or minister who receive receive receive re re- re- re many such appeals where some state-licensed state adoptive homes Free Leaflet Myrtle Meyer Eldred will answer answer answer an an- your questions about diet general care and management of children if you will send a e. cent 3 stamped self-addressed self envelope with your letter to Mrs Eldred of the Your Baby and Mine department of The Salt Lake Telegram in your vicinity are located Then I put in your application for a baby to be filled when a child such as you want is available But But I I warn you if you want a baby not to be too to choosy about sex or age or appearance The demand for children to adopt far exceeds the supply and any child you take will soon so fill your heart that you'll be sure ure it is the most beautiful smartest baby in the world You know that to adopt a ab b baby by from froni a state-licensed state agency insures that the baby will be healthy of normal mentality and that all legal steps for the relin- relin ment of the baby have been taken Even if the parents still are alive you will not know who they are are if if you dont don't wish to and to-and and they I will never know what persons Dersons ot I their baby This does away with any future unpleasantness which is isso isso isso so apt to crop up if you do not in insure insure insure in- in sure that these necessary preliminaries preliminaries preliminaries are fulfilled The adoptive agency agency protects the baby too by putting it in your hands for a years year's probation period Obviously you must be of good character and economically able to tosu su support port a child |