Show SWEDEN CARES FOR WAYWARD W A y 11 ARD OR DEPRAVED CHILDREN j New Law Requires State Be Given Their Custody I Stockholm Compulsory Compulsory removal of ot otwa wa wayward ward or depraved children from their homes Into public custody and subsequent supervision up to the age of eighteen Is provided for In n a new law for the care of children which has hus Just been passe passed 1 by the The law further provides for public care of children who are found to be exposed expose 1 to undesirable Influence nn andIn und and 1 In danger of becoming depraved Children removed from irom their homes by government Inspectors and matrons In compliance with this law are ure placed In government Institutions or In good private homes in the country countr where they receive expert training and can grow up In h surroundings Social service of a similar sort has been carried on In the tho cities of Sweden Swed Swed- en especially Stockholm for many years ears b by municipal and state stute boards who place the children In desirable homes far fur out In the country an and pay an annual compensation to these homes In many cases a u strong bond of affection grows up between these waifs of the slums and 1 their foster parents which culminates In legal adoption Un Under the new law every city and parish will have n a special board for forthe forthe forthe the care curo of children Including local pastors and teachers as permanent members while Inspectors will travel I all nIl over the country countr for the purpose of observing und and controlling Individual ual development Thousands of country country country coun coun- try homes receive the poor children I of tJ the e city as guests during the summer summer summer sum sum- mer mer and send them back buck to their homes with cheeks round and rosy wide Nation nn and 1 energetic philanthropic philanthropic philan philan- work also is carried on by the Swedish society Save the Children the c campaign culminating In an annual annual annual an an- nual Childrens Children's day when large amounts are raised to provide sum slim summer slimmer mer vacations In chil childrens children's colonies by the seaside and In some cases on Islands specially reserved I |