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Mrs. C. W. Clark; financial secretary, Mrs. Wm. Bathgate; 

 Sunday service, Mrs. George Mc Vicar. The C. W. U. has a 

 Govemmnt grant of $250 and a civic grant of $300. 



THE CHILDKElsT'S HOME. 



Nothing appeals so strongly to the hearts of the benevo- 

 lent as work among the children. To smooth the path of life 

 for little footsteps will surely earn the blessing of Him who 

 said, "Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them 

 not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven." 



It has been already said in the sketch of the Christian 

 "Women's Union that the • Children's Home was commenced 

 by that society in 1885, and conducted by it until 1887, when 

 it became independent and obtained an Act of Incorporation 

 of its own. Those who applied for this Act were the follow- 

 ing officers : Mrs, Sarah McKilligan, first directress; Mrs. 

 G6;orgina Smith, second directress; Mrs. Ella Ross, third dir- 

 ectress; Mrs. Agnes Culver, secretary; Mrs. Lizzie Hunter, 

 treasurer, and others to the number of thirty constituting the 

 board of management. The annual membership fee was $3 ; 

 the fee for life membership, $25. 



The board was given power to contract with a parent plac- 

 ing a child under its care for absolute control of the ohild, 

 unless the parent by paying a yearly amount towards its main- 

 tenance shows a desire to retain possession of his or her child. 

 The children to be admitted into the home are boys under 6 

 years of age, and girls under 14, more or less destitute. Chil- 

 dren over whom the board of managment has absolute control 

 are, if possible, given for adoption, and it may be of interest 

 to know the terms on which adoptions are made : "When a 

 person makes application for a child, two certificates of char- 

 acter, one from a clergyman and the other from a justice of 

 the peace, are required to be furnished. Three months are 

 generally allowed for approbation and, if everything is satis- 



