THEY WON FAME

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 13, 16 January 1936, Page 5

THEY WON FAME

PARIS’S UNWANTED BABIES. Official statistics reveal that 200*1 | are abandoned n rh? Depart- I nient oi the >« ns. I’ari<, and d strict, • and left to th? cate nf the State, e'erv i xear. But, despite their poor Mart in ; ! life, stales Reuter, some of these waifs I have ’’made a hit” i n life. Two of p them are Senators, four are Deputies 1 ■ and one was a :1 j nder-secetarv of j State. In th* s army » vn are generals, and |' seven others hold high rank. One is i an admiral and nine aie captains in th?'' naw, while other “ unwanteds” have • made fortunes in commerce and indus- *« In franc? nn formalities are neees-11 aary for the surrender of a hahy.p oring rhtir children into the'« State Home at any hour nf the dav or i night. There are many who grow’ up i knowing neither their name nor the j place of their birth. f The little wards of th e State, as soon 1 a* they are big enough. ar- sent into humble families and there brought uj» r the State continuing m watch over r their education and welfare. In cases « where they show promise their educat- 5 inn is continued. They are sent to a r secondary school and then to a univer- r airy. But the waifs who fell in the war e still cannot have their real names on the role of honour. The State, sworn to secrecy, has to keep the list in its , secret archives. .