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Show BABIES WANTED BY THE SALVATION ARMY Denver, Colo., Feb. 28. Ilables, hundreds of them, aro wanted by childless families In the Intermottn-taln Intermottn-taln province of tho Salvation Army ncocrdlng to Lieut. Col. John W. Cousins who Is In command ot tho province. Ho receives requests for children almost dally. "Its tho weo ones that aro most wanted," Cousins says. ''Most women wo-men want children from whom the secret or their blr.th may be kept. They want the little ones tojaow up Ignorant of tho fad that they aro living with foster parents. "It Is not the policy of tho army to perml fallan gills to give awny tlu'lr babies. Tho army cares for the girls, finds qmploment whero tho facts ne known to tho employer. As a rule tho fi'H sometimes mart lea and tho child has n home. "Dut thero are cases where the mother's soul wings out to tho tars at child birth. , In isuch. cases the babe is sent to n Christian home. Many more children might bo cared for In this way than we havo to offer. of-fer. "It Is pitiful, heart breaking, tho desire ot some families for children and the hundreds ot unwanted babies ba-bies who come to mothers who love Ignorently and too well Is one ot tho 'queer aspects ot the complexities ot life, The maternity homo at El Paso which we maintain for unfortunate girls, has at the present time neatly 100 Inmates. These cases aro brought to our attention every week and we try to care for them all." mi9 ' |
