Tag Archives: Charles Loring Brace

Invisible People

“When a child of the streets stands before you in rags, with a tear-stained face, you cannot easily forget him. And yet, you are perplexed what to do. The human soul is difficult to interfere with. You hesitate how far you should go.”  -Charles Loring Brace   Ever felt invisible? The waifs on the streets […]

Garth Brooks, Cheers and the Orphan Train

When Garth Brooks belted out his signature song and the audience sang along with him during a recently televised concert, my mind pictured an 1890 pub in Five Points with the whistle of the orphan train in the background. The words of Brooks’ song, “I Have Friends in Low Places”, bring his audience back to […]