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race, Che Fpening STA. vores o-v WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. TO ADVERTISERS. Advertisers are urgently re quested to hand in advertisements the day prior to publication, in order that insertion may be as- sured. Want advertisements will be received up to noon of the day ©f publication, precedence being given to those first received. AMUSEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS. EDUCATIONAL. 7 RAND OPERA HOUSE. IN WASHINGTON. Svnny “Eves ont MATINEE SATURDAY. hoe bf m,, eee Fal ieee repo cone COMPETENT C R/ AN N = as €e€ At the ¥. 3 C. A., MOD New York ave. nw Hon. James T. DuBois will have for his subject L. Ava Bis 8 admirable com company, wander the Of the “CONSULAR REMINISCENCES."* A DI | acm fosient "A: Np. cD WenNesbay" Nik bax. SIGHT AND BROTHER JOHN, met,? “On Probation,” SIGE, “The Senator.”” Magnitice mery. Hi peat tonal Schone Cast Gass. Bh, Next Week TH METZEROTT MUSIC HALL TONIGHT, Iilustrated Lecture cn Indias. by WM. MOREY, JR., A NATIVE. CEYLON. THE SACRED RUINS AT Anuradhapura, THE CITY OF A HUNDRED KINGS. Kandy, THE ANCIENT — OF THE KANDYAN ASTY. INTRODUCTION ‘OF BUDDHISM AND THE HINDOO TEMPLES OF Ramesweram. POPULAK PRICES, 25 and 50 CENTS. gEaTs NOW ON SALE aT METZEROTT’S. it Illustrated Lecture (00 ILLUSTRATIONS) On the World's Fair, BY PROF. OTIS T. MASON, At the FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, 16TH & © STS. N.W. Wednesday, Jan. 24, 1894, AT S$ P.M., UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE YOUNG LADIES LEAGUE. Oona akesnse<letaseed 23 CENTS. ja2b2t The Cricket on the Hearth, UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE GUILD OF THE HOLY CHILD, ‘St. John’s Parish, Washi fiall, At Willard January 24, 1894. AT'S O'CLOCK. ++--23 cents. i Eee - Mr tee. — Stockbridge, ag bo A Grand Success. Original Food Exposition. ALBAUEH'S OPERA HOUS' «w. L. L aRMORY). MRS. S. T. RORER WILL LECTURE Tomorrow (Wednesday), AT 3 P.M. SUBJECT: NEW DISHES. Royal Hungarian Band AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ADMISSION TO ALI -25 CENTS. _ w@ibtt KERNAN'S LYCEUM THEATER. TONIGHT AT 8. Matinee Thursday and Saturday. THE CITY CLUB BURLESQUE CO, ‘Note—Returns of the Corbett-Mitcheil fight will be ead from thestaze Thursday afternoon or evening, according to time of fight. Next Week—The City Sports Burlesque Co.ja22-6t ACADEITY, wae 50 Cents. Every Evening, Wednesday and Ssturday Matinees. Archie Boyd, Jn His Rural Drama, “The Country Squire.” ast | SRS. BLUE JEAR NEW NATIONAL THEATER. Every Evening and Saturday Matinee. Francis Wilson’s Magnificent Produetion of the NEW 6 ° ° 99 “Ermimnie,” | a 4s presented at the Broadway Theater, “New Scenery, New Costumes, New Music, writ-| ten especially for this production by Mr. E. Jako- bowski, composer of the o a Week-HOYT'S new play, se A_MILK-WHITE FLAG. Your Last Chance! To See “Christ in Gethsemane.””| ‘This famovs painting Wy Hoffman has been viewed and adimired by cura | during its eantbition here YOU have t seen it you are cordially invited to call and do so. It will be sent away on Wednesday, and tu one who enjoys pictures miss this opportu: | LFPhoto-engravings of “Christ in! in Gethsemane for sale. as well as| Frames and Fine Gold Furniture Veerhoff’s Galleries, 1217 FSt.N.W. BRANCHES: 1221 PA. AVE. AND 916 7TH ST. Capital Glee Club Concert, XN. DU SHANE CLOWARD, Director, Assisted by THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC CLUB, With Miss MARION S. WEED, soprano, and Mr. | LEONARD E. AUTY, tenor, of New York. Metzerott Music Hall, THURSDAY, Seats, $1. FEBRUARY 1, 1894. Te. and We. For sale at Metzerott's | S17 Market space. GREAT FOOD ~~ | EXPOSITION, CONVENTION WALL. The Press! The Elks! TONIGHT. This Afternoon MISS JOHNSON Will Lecture on Cake Making and Baking. Miss JOHNSON will be in the Lecture Hall dur- ing the evening to meet her friends and answer any questions they may ask on the subjects of her lec- tures. TONIGHT COUPONS will be issued with each ticket purchased at the box office, entitling bolder to a package of WILBUR’S CHOCOLATE. MARINE BAND CONCERTS jas Afternoon and Evening. Attention! ELKS! Tonight. ELKS) You are summoned to appear at CONVENTION HALL PURE FOOD EXPOSITION TONIGHT. A BROTHER ELK will meet | you at the door and give) you the PASSWORD. COME! Bischoff Concerts, | = CONGREGATIONAL, CHURCH, Toth and G_ sts. now. "OND “CONCERT. EVENING, Jan. 26, 8 o'clock. Fray Die BSCHOFF, Organist, assisted by the CHURCH quakrer. MISS CORA M. BOYD, S Soprano. ELLY, Coatralto. it. D. G. MILLER, MR. ELPONZO YOU THE OLMO LIN ORCHESTRA of Washington. | Reserved seats, 50 cents. Now on sale at Ehis | PI & Co.'s, 987 Pennsylvania ‘avenue. $a22-5 HARRIS’ THEATER. WEEK OF JANUARY 22. Matinees ‘Tuesday, ‘Thursday and Saturday. DAN McCARTHY Rambler From Clare. Next Week—MY JACK Co. ot “THE LAST DAYS OF THE CONFEDERAC) Encampment No. 69, Union, Veteran Legion, The Confederate Veterans’ Assoclatgon Respectfully a ent ba have secured the | vices of Gen. John B. Gordon, Who will deliver his celebrated lecture, entitled “THE LaST DAYS OF THE CONFEDERACY,” Convention Hail, Sth and L sts. nw., Saturday, Jan. 27, 1894, At 7: e Proceeds for the benstit of the relief funds of the two associations. extra, Ste had only at Metzerott’s, 12th nnd F ats. Reserved ‘seats now on sale. Tickets for general admission from members of the Union Vet Confederate Veterans’ Associations. -No reserved seats Will be sold after 7 g’clock p.m. on 27th, and none will be sold at the hall. azy-td in be obtained ran Legion and | MISS ‘The — cordially invited. Tickets. . .-.-Complimentary. Ja23-it Indoor Athietic Exhibition, | WEDNESDAY, < Seal 24, 1804, Tickets... Ja28-2¢ ILLUSTRATED TECTURE (00 ILLUSTRATIONS) on the WORLD'S FAIR, by Prof. Otis 'T. Mason, at tue Furst Baptist Chuireh, 162 and 0 WEDNESDAY, January 2- at 8 p. der the ausplees of the ‘Young "Ladies ets, 25 cents, O THOROUGHLY TAUGHT B implied method; only $7 per quarter. 1 guar- antee to teach the most uamusical person to phiy @ perfect tune each lesson by my simple method or no charge. Parlors ‘a trom 10 a.m. me 9 p.m. GEORGE DRAEGER, 631 I st. nw. THE HOUSE IN WEIGH, ai ABRAHAM LINCOLN | S16 10 Pow contains over 2,500 relics of Mr. | Lincoln, post of them from the “Homestead” at open at cue sexceot Serdag, O12 ant 1-4 Tues aissioa, 0c26-3m ‘ante LECTURES. LEC LURES ON MEMORY CULTURE—PROF. A. Boyd will Instruct a few more pupils at 922 Fare ac ommultation free Hundreds have been 1 BY JANAT ELIZABETH RICHARDS. Church of the Reformation—2d and Pa. MONDAY, JANUARY 3 aT st Admission: " Adult he, (Stereopticon operated Mr B. P. Murray). 20-3t* ____ EXCURSIONS. &c. BY RAIL TO” Mount Vernon, TOMB OF WASHINGTON. ave. .¢. Take trains Pennsylvania depot 8:40, 9:45, 10:45 a.m., 12:50 a.m. and 2:11 p.m. Also vla ferry to Alexandria, 7th’ st. wharf, at "9:80, | 10:30, (11:30 ain. and 12:30, 1:30, 2:30' p.m. Fare, round trip. So cents. Grounds open 11 a.m. to 4 pam. d22-tf WEST INDIA TOURS. ‘The elegant Passenger Steamer MADIANA, 3,050 TONS, SAILS JAN. 10 & FEB. 17, Spectally’fittew with electric lights, baths aud all Istest linprovewents. For St. Thomas, St. Crolx, St. Kitts; Antiqua, | Guadaloupe, iniea, Mare tintque, St. Lucia,’ Barbados. Hotel coupon tick- fis; good at the Marine Hotel, Barbados, wold at ow rates. For beauty of scenery and perfection of climate this trip is unsurpa: For illustrated pamphlets iving rates of passage and all information apply QUEBEC 8. 8. CO. A. E. OUTERBRIDGE & CO., Agents, 39 Broadway, New Y Or THOS. COOK & SONS, 615 15th et. ington, D. C. 423. STEAMER MACALESTER TO MOUNT VERNON. 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Evening classes “Autique and men's life, For circulars send t oc8-tf 808 17th st. ow. strong, pure 1 Aidtunt fu few lessons; month- Jnusicales. Examination free. ja1s3m GUNSTCN 7 i Auterican aad European New term begius now. 1226 15TH 5 ages in primary dad advanced departments, NEW TI February 1. Mise CEAUDIA SEUAIE, Principal, 185-1: PRIVATE LESSONS IN MATHEMATICS, MODERN Tunguaxes and engineering studies; by an ex- Regie university graduate. “STH office. Jal-1mo* MOUNT VERNON SEMINARY, M and 1ith sts. fad Day School for Young Ladies and roughly ods “and” spirit. glate classes. Spring teem begins Febrwary 1. MRS. ELIZABETH J. SOMERS, modern and progressive in meth- Primary, secondary and colle Ja-tt Principal. MME. Ts L, PIANO, theory pice for ig and con- cert a speciult teacher using alphabetic _ methos withor notes. — 516 11th st. a.w.ds0-I1m* F L best sgstem-of shorthand, ay dnt frou. two to three v shorthand and ty ACME SCHOOL OF new. FR Fit Proficiency reach- hontha, |The oldest ex- iting school in the PHONOGIEAPatY, 1110 fal0-im* AR ENGLISH AND PHOOL POR GIRLS, st. Q ench kindergarten. Im HNGTON C1 loth now. ‘Tw violin," flute, pupiis. 0. _B. ‘MISS AMY. “Voardinig puplls tmitea. cornet, BULL. Ai. Free _ Dire, NCERT to | ‘Tendered Miss Feilding C. Roselle, Assisted b; bari Mr. Thomas Evans | Mr. Anton Kaspar, violinist; accompanist. Phitharmonic Club. Universalist Church, 12th and L sts. n.w. Second Concert, WEDNESDAY, . JANUARY 24. Mrs. ERNEST LENT, Pianist. Mrs. ERNEST LENT, Pianist and Violoncellist. Mr. BERMAN C. RAKEMANS, AND Miss LEONORA VON STOSCH, Violin Virtuoso. Reserved seats, $1, 75 and 50 cents. At Knabe's, ja20-4t Violinist. MEIZEROTT MUSIC HALL. WEDNESDAY EVENING, Jan. 24, 8 o'clock, First production in Washington of Smart's Cantata, King Rene’s Daughter, By MISS WILSON'S PUPILS AND AN AUGMENT- ED CHORUS of 70 VOICES, assisted by an or- | chestra from | S. MARINE RAND | (Under the direction of Mr. HAINA). | Thi» cantata will be under the entire direction of MISS KATIE V. WILSON. Reserved sents, cents; admission, 50 cents, Seats now on sale at Metzerott’s Musle Store. Jals-6t WEBER'S SOCIETY mauste OKCHESTRA FURNISHES | . xermans, &e. Orders left | 305 1. st." n.w., Droop's or | Bue Muste Store’ will receive promipt attention. | | PIANG | NEW YERM OPENS JA We ND LARMONY. _se?1-tf LESSONS ON TRE JANKO ‘KEYBOARD. a 3. ESPUTA DALY, mnsie at sight. aly indorsed by J. P. Cthiere of note and tame. UDIO, 224 SERVICE INSTI TUTE AND Pupils prepared ies Le fp ay : 14TH STREET AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, ACADI MY OF HOLY CROSS, 1312 MASS. AVE. A day school for young ladics and little girls. The cours> of study embraces a!l the branches THE of a practical education. au31-6m )UCATION FOR REAL LIFE—1994 DNS AND DAUGHT THE S ERIAN BUSINESS COLLEGE, tional Tank of the Republic building, corner 7th n.w. Day and night sessions begun Practical English, shorthand und | pencerian rapid Writing; mechani: architectural drawing. Corps of ten thoroughly trained teachers. Location central. Services of graduates always in demand. Office open every business day and night. Write of call for new annual announcement. SARA A. SPENCER, Tel. call 1084. (oct6). Prine!pal a Proprietor. — INSTRUCTION—MISS “MAY H. MEAD, | certificated pupil of Herr Ralf of the a Con: | servatory of Berlin, Lessons at pupils’ homes desired. 2001 T st. nev will be w zood time to enter Wood's Commercial Coll 407 East Capitol st. All who join i January will be “pt. Day and evening sessions. 425 IN RUCTION TD ATIN, GREEK AND MATHE- matics, by day teaching or private lessons: pa- pils prepared for college, by & young woman, graduate. Address S$. P- Stir office, TAUGHT per euarter, 12 Parlors. open from 10 &.m. 3E DEABGER. O31 T st. new. RN THE EASIEST | note chaia | Sousa and aiding and abetting the inspectors in the | a allowed a discount of 10 per “OLNEY INSTITUTE, 1827 I ST. School for young ladies abd Ute girls, Virginia Mason Dorsey, 49-tf Miss Laura Lee Dorsey, Palncipats, ste MISSES’, stock at In order to make room All garments are of cloths at 416 SEVEN Popular Shopping Place, | 416 SEVENTH STREET. ks Cot in Ba We have determined to seli every LADIES’, and CHILDREN’S garment in our Aetual Half Marked Prices Nothing Is Reserved. ture, comprising BLACKS, NAVIES, BROWNS, TANS, &c., Braided, Fur Trimmed or Plain. Here’s How They Go: $5.00 Coats, Also Balance of LADIES’ REEFER SUITS, consist- ing of Navy Blue Cheviot and small “im for spring merchandise. this season’s manufac- checked ‘| | Half Marked Prices. i EAn Early Pick is the Best AUM Popular Shopping Place, TH STREET. NISS C MATILDA MINKE. 312 DELAWARE AVE. n.e., graduate of the New Eng. Conservatory of Music, Boston, organist and experienced teacher _of plano and harmony. 0c24-3m* PROF. J. FRANCIS GERMUILLER, TEACHER OF | piano, ‘organ, vocal music and ‘harmony; espe- to pupils: ‘se25-tm* cially’ attentive, to berinners as well 8 GH INSTI TOE, TAKOMA PAR joanting and Pay School for Young 1 dies. and Children, Second half-year opens Feb- ruuary 1, 1884. Terms tnoderate, Advantages: excellent.’ Address MISS ROSS, Principal. Jad-co-1m STUDIO W. H. REDWAY, 122 N. Y. AVE. ‘Thorcugh tustruction tn drawing and painting in French oils; tapestry painting in dyes after method; classes limited; special attention to each pupil. Visitors welcomed Thursdays and Orders taken for decorative work Ja6-colm* ouT T OF WASHINGTO: st. HALL FOR BOYS, ST. GEORGE'S near Baltimore, Md. Prof. J. ©. Kin Prin.; 18th year; noted for situation, a fond health, comfort; terms and references. Ja20-Im* MISS PEEBLES AND MISS THOMPSON'S ENGLISH, FRENCH AND GERMAN BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, 30. 82, 34 East Sith street, New York. _G1G6-cod2m Special students admitted, ~ ACTING and practically taught at the LAW- OOL, 106 West 42d st.,New York elty. ‘Thoroug’ Teck son JaG-Im* McKANE ON TRIAL, Gravesend’s Chief Charged With Frauds on Election Day. John Y. McKane, chief of police of the town of Gravesend, was placed on trial yesterday before Judge Bartlett, in the court of oyer and terminer, at Brooklyn, for frauds alleged to have been committed on election day. Twenty-two persons are under indictment for frauds committed in the Gravesend elections, and McKane him- self has eleven indictments hanging over him. Six of these are for misconduct in six election districts of Gravesend in vi lating the law, and in which he is jointly indicted with the inspectors. it is on these indictments that the prose- they committed and which he authorized day. x-Judge Troy demanded a separate trial for McKare. This was granted, whereupon counsel added that he would apply for a separate trial for each of the other de- fendants. The assembly and senatorial subcommit- tee on privileges and elections saw the drilled voters go through their tricks at Gravesend yesterday morning. The follow- ers of McKane had evidently been well drilled for the occasion, for they did their work ‘excellently. Voting began at exactly seven had deposited their ballots, In three minutes ten jnad done so, in five minutes ltwenty, in six minutes ‘twenty-eight, in| jeleven minutes forty-eight, in fourteen | minutes sixty-three and fifteen minutes | sixty-six. Each man votes about ten times. | This farce is being gone through to show that the bogus vote declared could have been put in the ballot boxes in the time |the polls were open. The absurdity of the | scheme would be patent in the face of the; | declarations of plenty of outside witnesses \like the newspaper men, who were at | Gravesend on election day. and saw leng | stretches of time, during which not a voter went near the polls. To poll the vote Mc- Kane declared it would be necessarv to FOR THE CHILDREN: How'Shall Congressional Appropria-| tions for Them Be Made? Mr. R. Ross Perry Speaks in Their | | cution is expected to make Its first effort | to secure the punishment of McKane and; his heelers for the arbitrary acts which | and sanctioned on and before last election | 11:30 o'clock. During the first few minutes | Behalf. SUPT. TRACEY’S VIEWS The subcommittee of the House appro- | priations committee are now struggiing with the subject of what shall be done with the orphan and friendless children of the District. The committee desires to in- corporate in the forthcoming District ap- propriation bill fund to be appropriated by Congress for the care of such wards of the city. It is deemed best in view of the conflicts of opia- ion which have arisen between the various charitable organizations of the city and the board of children’s guardians as to the plen to be pursued for Congress to decide upon some permanent system in this regard. To this end the subcommittee has given a series of hearines to interested persons upon the subject, which have been men- tioned from time to time in The Star. The situation as developed at these hearings is best explained in the words of those ‘pre- senting the two sides of the case. Mr. Perry's Argument. Mr. R. Ross Perry, on behalf of the board of children's guardians, stated that “the point at issue is not so much the amount of the appropriation to be given amount to be given is to be made up by reducing the amount given to these insti- tutions, but the question fs as to the func- tions-of this board of children’s guardian For a number of years these different insti- tutions have sprung ub, one after the other, and no doubt they have fulfilled a good work. Some three or four years ago Con- gress thought it desirable that all of these institutions should be placed under public supervision, and for that purpose the office of superintendent of charities was created. The idea in creating that office was that Congress recognized that these institu- tions, so long as they were under no con- troliing hand whatever, were Mable, nat- urally, to fall into certain errors of admin- ‘istration. There njturally arose competi- tion hetween them.” Some were religious in- stitutions, others were associated with dif- ferent schools of medicine, and upon re- | have a Ine at each box voting constaatly ‘all day. +6 Marriage Licenses, Marriage licenses have been issued by the clerk of the court to the following: |James T. Anderson and Mary Agnes Jokn- |son; Cornelius J. Brown and Alice G. Davis; J. Walter Mitchell and E, Gertrude | Reeder. flection you will necessarily see that there was great competition between them. Each was anxious to have as large a number of children as possible under its care in order to justify its own existence and to show what it was doing. They increased their operations each' year in order to show that they were increasing and not stationary or retrograding. “Various evils followed that method. Some were these: That it became known THE BOARD OF GUARDIANS HEARD | or the question as to whether or not the | | in other neighborhoods and in the adjoin- ing counties of Virginia and Maryland, for instance, that if a woman wanted to get rid of an illegitimate child she could bring |it to Washington, and, in cases where parents had children that they wanted to get rid of, they knew they could get rid of them by bringing them here. Paupers were shipped here to be supported by the District of Columbia. It was for the pur- pose of correcting all that and of giving Congress a controlling hand over all of | these institutions that the office of super- intendent of charities was established. I | think Congress meant that the functions of | that officer should not be in subordination ;to these institutions, but that he should | have power to superintend their workings | and to see that the money which they got | was earned by the work done, and, again, that they were not creating work in order to have their appropriations increased. I take it that those were the functions of } the superintendent of charities. To Save Them if Possible. “At the last session of Congress another step forward was made in the same direc- tion. It was seen by Congress that there | were a large number of institutions whose , objects were to provide for indigent, help- less, and, in some cases, criminal children, by bringing them into good associations nd to save them if possibie. It was also ;known that work of that kind could be done cnly by some central body. One way \in which work of that kind could be prop- erly done was to follow the lines of simi- lar work which are successfully pursued elsewhere by taking these children, provid- ing them with private homes where they might as near as possible receive the edu- cation and care and attention which for- tunate children receive in their own homes, and that their future would be somewhat looked after, thus laying a foundation in the children themselves for a future useful Ife. Of course it was seen that it was a dangerous thing for a number of institu- tions to have the power of disposing of children in that way. There were several reasons for that. To do it successfully re- quires experience and wide knowledge, and after it is successfully done, in the first place, it requires that there should be some supervision over those children. Very few children when they are placed out have adequate supervision made for looking after them for the purpose of seeing that the obligations incurred by the families taking them had been fulfilled. For that reason Congress created the board of children’s guardians, and if members will look at the | title of the act and its preamble and then |at the section which defines the clauses | they will see that I do not e it too | broadly. The object was that every child , Who was dependent on the charity of Con- gress for ‘ts support should be under the control of this board of children’s guardians for very many reasons. One reason is that central unified control is the only one j Which would be effective, and which would segs the machinery to carry out its ob- ct. The Composition of the Board. “There are nine members of this board, and I think I can say that it is a represent- ative beard, composed of all coiors and | faiths. Congress provided that that board should be authorized to employ an agent, jthose children by the supervision which jhe would give them. It was necessary to have one person who was absolutely re- sponsible to the board, and one board abso- j lutely responsible to the community, first, from the fact that it provides a respon- sibility for the community's bounty, and secondly, because the children are cared for in every respect—physically, ‘morally, and, so far as possible, educationally hat II think was the object of Congress. This committee, representing the board of chil- dren's guardians, takes absolute issue with the present superintendent of charities. It seems to us that the tions jand thus control could be exercised over made in his report are a step me | They simply mean that Congress have no administrative conti over = charities. So far as the board of children's guardians is concerned, it is proposed now to restore the appropriations of these ent instituiions to former respect to the amount of the Uons given to these institutions desire to occupy any time or to any hostile position to them in The amount to be given them regulated by the efficiency of they do. The result of placing private homes will be to lessen ber placed in those institutions, reducing the aid that they receive. | that it ought to be reduced. |not want to aid institutions to Dauperism. The institutions which ought to be provided for simply to them to do what is necessary in administer the amount which they properly when it is not adequately’ 5 for elsewhere.” No Separate Fu Needed. In answer to a question Mr. Perry that the superintendent of charities mends that a separate fund be created this board of children’s guardians by propriations being made as they tofore. “The consequence of this he added,“that they would be ina sition than they were before superintendent of charities or children’s guardians was of Congress in creating a ing it functions, provided, in that the inmates of these dil tions. which received public aid provided for in these institutions, ondly, that there should be no of the work with this public the institutions should receive extent to which they provided fi needs. Needs were not to be creat to continue them in their their functions were to be extent that they cease to provide public needs, mean’ stitutions should discharge properly. There is no conflict When we get the children wards of the board. I ui gress meant that every child of Columbia who is dependent from Congress should be a board, whether left in an whether provided with a out. I onderstand, further, the board is, after a child has ted, to use its best efforts for the child. If cireumstances req agent of the board shoul an institution it can be left seems best to put a child elsewhere would be done.” Where There is a Clash. In answer to an inquiry as to where this board clashes with the cheritable institu-’ tions Mrs. McFarland said: “We take away #0 per cent of their appropriation and they want to get it back. We are taking care of 40 per cent of the children. They know that we will keep them only temporarily, | until we get homes for them. People who want to take children into their homes want them as early in life as possible, so @s to make an impression upon them. It has my duty to visit some of the children in homes, and I have been delighted with happiness of the children. We find homes incompatible wi oe the children, but try to ding to the classes in hated What Superintendent Tracey At this point Supt. Tracey said: is no clashing in the matter of the children’s guardians. It was brought attention simply as a question of tration. I am very favorable to of children’s guardians, as member of you will bear me I was first appointed I gave time and at~ tention to it, and it developed in the of time that this plan of appropriating fund of $24,200 for the board of children’ guardians by taking 40 per cent a the other institutions dj recelve brought trouble. The trouble came about practically in the nape 5 of an application for deficiency during second The first ao Beinn was iene by the tional Colored Home, for destitute colored ; women and children, of which Mr. who is present, had charge, and he was also a member of the Renee ot snneers Saeee dians. A similar question also arose cerning the Industrial Home School. on turned out that these institutions were ting some money from the District, but no Means enough to justify the idea they were being run at public These institutions were obliged to some money for work in advance appropriation becoming due. Possibly for the hard times. That raised a question’ of administration between these institutions . suardians.” Hsu rH a “tf Hilf f it j fee! agg 218i Toast it bee al j & z £ ' ih § 8 : i i z i 7 ! i i i it is fe | a i sft i i 8 8 i ili all ri and the board of children’s Wants to Disentangle Things. “I want to say that I am standing where my predecessor did, and if he were here and had observed during the first year the ope-/ rations of the board of children’s guardians, as I have observed them, and received the reports which I have received, he would be giving the same recommendations which I have. I have done this in order to disen- tangle these things. I want to get it into a condition where there will be no ground for the existence of these entanglements.” “The board has put out since the Ist of July 125 children. They have in private homes in the District of Columbia 25 dren; in Maryland they have 21; in ginia 9, and in New Jersey 3 1; a total of placed out. Some have been abducted some have absconded. They have now im the homes about 50. The difficulty is that, according to the showing of the board, it is not able to use the amount of money assigned to it, owing perhaps to the limi- tation of its work. The limitation of its work is due to the fact that it shall have | charge of only such children as are com- mitted to it by the Police Court. It does not follow that they are criminal but they must be committed to the the court, and that limits the field. Those are the only kind of children which have been taken care of in the District Columbia. It often happens that are brought in by persons in one way of the other, without going through the Pos lice Court. The statute, as it has been con= strued, is that the board of children’s. guardians shall not have jurisdiction of) children of that kind. They acquire a diction only through the court. 1 have no serious criticism to make of any work the board. wi to Give Them a Lump Sam. “I want to give the board $20,000 fornem® | year independent of any other institution, | Whether it shall be increased does not af, fect the question, I want them to have @/ lump sum, so that it can be used for pure. poses of administration or for boarding children out. The principal difference bee, tween the board of children's in its operation and the operation of the ine stitutions in which children are put out ts that the board of children’s guardians has supervision over them, There comes in @ question of administration. While the cost of putting out the child will cease when @ family takes a child, the cost of over the child in future goes on. These children are scattered throughout different states.” Judge Miller's Remarks. Judge Miller (of the Police Court). “There is another matter to which I would like to refer, and that is that an Institution was created by act of Congress called the board of children’s guardians. I certainly trust! that there will be no cutting down of the } amount asked for in that matter. I simply | desire to say that this has been the most efficient arm that our court has had. As to the agent he said: “He looks after the destitution, and a more efficient man I never saw. I want to say something about that. We have a large colored pppulation and a great many of them live in alleys, They have a great many children, some of them born in wedlock, but, unfortunately, a great many of them are not; yet have their natural feelings for their chile dren. Where these men live in alleys and have five or six children they wil many of them ultimately be brought in by the po- lice. Many of such colored boys are sent to the reform school. Very often we have — (Continued on Twelfth Page) & ¥ E ila