Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1923-07-15 | Page 23 | Door Forever Parts Mother and Her Babe

DOOR FOREVER PARTS MOTHER HER AND BABE Foundling Asylum Never Returns Child to Parents i RIO DE DR JANEIRO July 14 One I One of most curious Institutions institutions Institutions in this city Is the tho Cass Casa dos s a a foundling asylum that receives its small inmates through a sort of revolting Ing door which Is Isso Isso so 80 built In a wall that the tho person operating It from the outside cannot can can- cannot can cannot not see Inside the tho building nor be seen by persons within The purpose of this mysterious door is to enable unfortunate moth ers ere to place their offspring In safe safekeepIng safekeeping safekeeping keepIng without I their identity or secrets may have been connect connected d with lIh their ex- ex exIstence ex existence LEfT LETT AT NIGHT Most of the tho foundlings the as- as asylum lum lurn officials sa sav are put within the Ing tog door at night there Is little or no traffic on the street outside With the tho turning of the thedoor thedoor door a bell rings which announces to tho the attendants that a new guest has arrived If It a note giving the childs child's name or other Information is pinned to Its clothes it Is baptized with Ith ith that name but once a baby Is placed within the door by the despairIng mother It is ne never neer er ned no DO matter what charge in fortune may come to the mother or what claims she may advance to support her lier re rOo r repentance bOn bOME GAl GAIN RENOWN RE O OThe OWN The Inmates of the Sasa dos doe are aro raised like orphans and prepared for life with the best care within the ability of the gen gen- gentie gen gentle tie tle nuns who manage the Institution Institution tion tion Many of the children are adopted by couples rounded In 1738 the Institution Inthe In Inthe the two centuries of Its e has furnished more moro than cit ctt- citizens cit citizens to this city some of oC whom ed renown and high position and and their Introduction to the orld was a a revolving door 00 00