Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1911 — CHICAGO BEHIND THE EAST [ARTICLE]

CHICAGO BEHIND THE EAST

Dr. Hart Says Other Cities Are Clot* ing Orphan Asylums and Putting . Children In Homes. Chicago.—“ Chicago is far behind the east in the care of the orphan and neglected child, although the east took up and followed along the lines laid down by Chicago years ago. “Orphan asylums in the future will be unheard of. In some states they have already disappeared. “Chicago must wake up and make haste along the lines originated by itself, by which other cities and states have profited.” Dr. Haatlnga H. Hart, who Is an expert in the care of neglected children, spoke these words in an address before the City club the other day. "The east, especially Baltimore and Philadelphia, have developed at a remarkable pace, after following In the footsteps of Chicago,” said the speaker. “Those cities have used family homes in providing for the motherless and fatherless and have closed up their orphan asylums. “Chicago h&B not kept up with the pace. Boston receives $125,000 a year -tor the support of its orphans. New York, exclusive of Brooklyn, is given $500,000 a year for the support of the children’s society, while Philadelphia gives $85,000 for the same purposes. “New York City haa $20,000,000 invested for the sake of these children, while Chicago has but one-half that aum, or possibly three-quarters. “I have a Hat of thirteen orphan aßylums being closed in Massachusetts and twelve in Indiana.” Dr. Hart, while declaring that Chicago waa lagging behind In the matter of orphaned and neglected children, insisted that the orphan asylums now conducted In Chicago were excellent In every way and the finest institutions of the kind. But home and family life, he said, should he provided for the children and there should he no more asylums built in Chicago.