Dr. John Barnardo, who devoted his life to the rescue and cure of poor
children, tells the experiences here quoted:
A lady on one occasion came to Stepney in her carriage. A child
was in it. I granted her an interview, and she laid down five
100-pound notes, saying they were mine if I would take the
child and ask no questions. I did not take the child. Again, a
well-known peer of the realm once sent his footman here with
£100, asking me to take the footman’s son. No. The footman
could support his child. Gold and silver will never open my
doors unless there is real destitution.
“It is to the homeless,” said the doctor, “the actually
destitute, that we open our doors day and night, without money
and without price.” (Text.)--_Westminster Gazette_, London.
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