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SAVING THE BABIES.

WORK OF ANGLICAN MISSION.

APPEAL FOE FUNDS.

Because of the limitations of its home for children in AS ii on street Middle Brighton the Church of England Mission to the Streets and Lanes of Melbourne his obtained permission from the Chanties Board to make an appeal to the public for an amount of £10DOO ««Inch «rill be de- voted to purchasing and equipping a sepa rate home for babies The present house In SSiIson street has been in u»e as a home for children for Jl jems and accom modation in it is provided for 42 children of «shorn 16 are babies The sisters have found that the demand on the accommo dation is continual!) grossing and they are obliged to refuse shelter to man> chil

dren for whom if there was sufhcicnt room thev would be glad to pro« ide

The object of the appeal is to obtain a suitable home for babies onlj someivhero a«va> from Brighton, and to use all the accommodation in the SViIson street home as a hostel for older girls An option until March 31 has been obtained o« er a property at Maliern, near the Darling rail««a« sta tion Thi» building which is shown in the photograph on pace 0 stands m ncarlj two acres of ground It will pro «ide immediate accommodation for 30 bable«; and with n slight outlaj on alterations tins number could be nearly doubled Health and other medical officers who ha«c inspected the pro pert} regard it as being in even wa) suit able lor the purpose of a babies home The large grounds would permit of further ex tension when necessary for the accommo dation of 100 bable The price at which this projiert) is being offered is £0 000

Although the home is conducted bj an Anglican mission so far as its inmates are concerned the institution is undcnomina tional The Anglican Church has -it pre sent onl) two homes lor babies and both ire taxed to the utmost rho«c for «« horn accommodation cannot bo found are boarded out in place» ««Inch are not ah»a«s as suitable for tile «« chare of tile chil l i» the home would be Another objection to the boarding-out s)stem is that the cost of it is higher than for the children in the homo «s here the sisteis in charge recéis e no mone- tär.« remuneration foi thuruork

The babies home is onl« the first link in the tjstem of home» maintained b) the Anglican Church As the) become older the babies aro passed from institution to institution all within the organisation until the) arc able to fend for themselies after having been educated and taught some occupation b« which the« can make a li«

ing Their progress is followed in later life, and tlie affection «nth ««Inch the« re- tard their old home ma) be judged from the fact that some hi«e come back to be mar ned in the chapel

If the appeal for funds to purchase tht» home in Maliern should be successful it «sill be possible at the home in SVilson street to keep the older girls for two oi three «cars longer than at picscnt This extra period of super« ision and training «sill bo of great advantage to the girls at the most impressionable period of their

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The childi en are obtained from vndel« different sources Tile slaters of the com munit) regular!« attend the Children s Courts and the magistrates commit to them children who ma« be neglected or vi hose parents cannot cire for them Tt ma) be Mid that the pas pott» into the home» which will care for the children mil mould their li« es to «-orne useful purpose ire lic'p lessnes» necc sit« md »orrou

Ac*t in medical advice the homes do not t- children aged less than one «ear but board them out ««ith suitable foster parents under the strictest super« isior of the si«tcis The medical adusers non le commend that as tlie Brighton air is often too keen for antmie ill nouu«tied infants this branch of the «ioik should be remo« ed to an inland suburb lor that leison the site at Malvern was selected

ASe shall be pleased to rcceue and acknowledge donations

APPEAL MUNCHED

Encouraging Donations

To launch the appeal for £10 000 for acquiring the home for bibles at Maliern an at home was held at tie Childrens Home SS llson »treet Brighton vesteitla) afternoon

Ihe narden of the Biightou homes (Canon Snodgrass' i-aid tint apnit from other consideration the nece» it) for a larger home la) in the tact that ut present so many babies weie refused admittance because of the lack ot accommodation At Malvern it would be po sible to find room for four times the number that could be received at the present homed in Brigh

ton

Canon Hancock who is chaplain of the home« after 'mini, given examples of cases where children Intl been taken ironi surrourdings that must lia« o led to morai tletenoration as the«, gre«« older and formetl into good citizens sud tint one of the objects ot acquiring tlie Miller home lor the babies was to make u=e c the present home in Brighton is a girL hootel In existing circumstance» gills left the home when aged 14 or lo )ears to fend for themselves and it «sis difficult for the Sister» to keep in touch with them If the hostel were established it «vould be self supporting and the Sisters would be able to keep in close contact with the girls and retain then influence through the )ears ivhcn it his most needed A business man m the citv had

offered to give £100 if nine others «vould give a similar amount to the appeal, and a second £100 had been given

Tlie organiser of the appeal (Mr A L SSettcnhall) said that it was hoped that HisExcellcnc) the Governor (Lord Somers) and Lad) Somers would visit the insti tution during the month The Lord Mavor (Alderman Morell) had promised to assist in the appeal which was also «rarrolv endorsed bv Archbishop Lees Vi ith the amounts alreatlv subscribed 'he organiser was onl) £0"23 shoil uf the £10 000 the) required \ button da) in aid of the appeal ««ould be made on

March 21

ARCHBISHOP LEES S COMMENDATION

TO THE EDITOR OF TUL ARGUS.

Sir-I ha\e miali I'easurc in commend ing the ii peal «« 1 ii-h 1» 1 chu, iii i le 1 « tie (.huíiii of J-.ni.lin I Ali ton t) tie Streets and I incs> oi Aklbo lrnc tor a sum of ¿10 000 lu connection « ith ti c «soik ot .he Babies Home at Brighton 11 e .> sters of the mission live done a noble work ti it is bcsoi 1 ill pri «c ind tor 31 seals ti e C t« ot M 11 ouii e hi« 1 eon the bcttei ¡or ti ei li en e Tie c1 lidien ot o ir communit« ne m doubtcdl) i hist claim ni on our dllectioi te Fjmpith« \o one c n nedec the i ceds ol i child with o t p in^ ti e ponaitv in moial detenoia t on So n th ill m) heart I commet ti tin ai pea! t" the Christian public and e»pcL all« to ti e Snglicin pub! c of Ale!

HARRIXCTOX C MEI.BOURXE Bishopsiouit, irli 2S

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