New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-03-21

the boreIessv broken merchant whose lor1ly mansion
End sumner friends have forssken him, aai who has
,hruIk into some gaTretO cellar % de-he sick SCANS
tress or book folder who barely abls 70 I've wile
the could work-these sri thousands Ike them are
helped end tuhss'ed by agencies Of which tie heed
less mutuce take account aud very often by those
WHO are populsry regarded idle deyoees Of fash n
AID luxury. OF course. there are many OF the Rich
who DO noting for the Poor but there even more
VITO DO something and some contribute literally ID
mitigate the Of sickness and want who are cur
renty accounted selfish and hesr;less and who rather
encourage the miscOpception 1t is luxury 10 give,
but perpetual torment, 10 city like ours, 70 have
tie reputation of wealth conOiBed with benevolence
and we have known men publicly srrsgned as mig
eardy and uDfeelpg, Whose private charities would if
exposed have shamed their detractors
And yet we know that thousands still suffer from
wsrt whom wise charity might relieye-that wealth
is often squandered in wssteful pomp and hurtful
Teasing which ought to be devoted to benevoence-
and that the annually spent here their super
auities would amply relieve the needs even OF this
metropolis of American Pauperism. And, as the
great porium enlarges her borders and receives
more ard more Of the antaught and rannycrippled
Poor Of the Old World-as rents rise and lsborers
flock hitler by thousands, while provisions
ssry dear We must expect hrcer, more varied,
urgent appeals TO generosity. And they whose pro-
perty annually enhanced in value some FIVE 10 twenty
per cent ought 10, 10 grudge giving liberal share OF
the resulting income to works of charity And lie. it
never be forgotten that while the helpless and hope
less must somehow be cared for, Charity is never
more proftAbly employed than in helping those who
are theoretically trying to help themselves.
4 very judicous and vigorous effort is now in pro-
gress 10 eseblish in our City a model or pioneer
Nursery for Poor Children such SIS are known in Paris
as Cyccies In these Establishments, whereof every
Ward (ArToEdistment) OF Paris has one, each poor
mother who goes out 10 work her bread, aud who
would otherwise find her infant an mpedlment 70 so
doing NAY leave her child in he nursery she goes to
Ter labor returning at intervals to nourish it, bu
otherwise trusting it 10 the of the skilfu ana eX-
perenced nurses who are paid for deyoog their lives
tc this work Wet Nurses who compelled to up
their own infants when employed in giving sustenance
to Others have their own boarded at these Nurseries az
lower price than any private person could afford 10
keep them for while they are morally certain to re-
ceye here a more enlightened aud unailiDg attention
Tie obvious fact that ten trained and experienced
nurses in ore house entirely devoted TO the purpose can
dred women could in SO many different houses shows
why such establishments are needed and how much
good they can accomplish And if there be class
among US who are most nobly fighting the battle Of
le-agailst fearful odds certainly but with firm re-
solve not to surrenderthat class must include the poor
mothers who must earn their living by their daily labor
while burthened as well as blessed by the care of in
FAINT children.
A lady of this City, born in aflluence and moving
always among those who are popularity supposed to
care nothing for the Poor, struck, while lately re-
siding in Paris with the Obvious advantages Of the es
Establishments we have briefly delineated, and resolved
to promote their transfer to this side of the ocean
Primarily through her exertions, preliminary organ
Eat on was formed, and subscription started, which,
though yet but partially circulated already amounts
10 several thousands of dollars, the list being headed
by Moses II Grinnell and Mrs VIM. 3. Aston with
$3.50 each followed by Goodhue 4 Co, A. T Stewart,
r. b Mnturn, Henry Chauncey James Phaen, Moses
Taylor Mrs Stuyyesant, Mrs. H. Fish, c. Dubois j.
Sampson, Andrew Foster, Mrs. j. c. Green, Mrs. j.
C. Stevens and several others with 800 each and
loDg list Of subscriptions Of so, S25 $50 aud SO,
until the total Las been deemed sufficient by the la
dies wto have consented to form Board OF Direction
20 justify the hiring OF commoiious house near
TompklDs square, where the pioneer establishment
Will he opened on the lst of May ensuing.
We bespeak for this enterprise the further aid and
encourae of the prosperous aud humane. 1t will
have great obstacles to encounter in the want of Amer
lean experience the ignorance of the great majority
of all conditions but especially in the Jealousy and sus
picon Of the uneducated Poor taught to regard the
Rich with mstrus and rightly tenacious of the care
and management of their children. 1t must take time
to get the tNursery in operation but the plan is ex'
celeut, the need urgent and experience with patience
will insure signal triumph. And as small charge is
to be made for the daily care of each infant the house
will in time become nearly or quite setsupporting,
and Will suggest improvements in the construction and
management Of those which will naturally follow it in
different parts of our and other cities Subscrlp-
tions and suggestions may be addressed to Mrs Corne
us Dubois No 20 Last 2lst-st Mrs Philip Van Rens-
selaer, No. Washipgtensquare, or Mrs John Wurtz'
No Al Blocker ST. Directresses,) to Mrs. Theodore
Bronson, Treasurer Mrs. Henry Remsen, Financial
Secretary or to Mrs L. NJ. Van Buren, Secretary
by either of whom donations whether in money or
goods adapted to the wants Of such an establishment,
will be gratefully received
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