The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-01-12
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So snll another way of making q living
Ia untolded by some speculauons aOont mauaule
pesteI notorious woman VINO reslees III Ine
M Tort of Fifth avenue, IN one OF its finest
tPRR,nP nPRJ,I residences, and makes her living and
small balance for a rainy day out OF procuring
shortons for ladies of the more refined circles OF
onr New York society. 1t IS said mat Madame
Vna,cIJ has in the basement of her establish
ment a large furnace, which an lll-behaved ser
want Girl has had the temerlty 10 say must De
used for burning ew.bOIn OaDlGs,. as she never
cav Il used for anything else. Ihls m1sG De 20
avert the rude necessity of having chldren's
funerals passing down tlitn avenue anu hs
ndiacents II Is unfashionaOle ana counteu
common for respectable laoles oy 20 hISg oHTte into
Madame Restell's hands Tor treatment, the mere
burning of the offspring is but a small
atonemeDt for human nature TO make ior the
horrid intrusion which very juvenile young
stera are guilty of in these latter days. I'M
sgine that babies hereafter to be- b)rn, If they
would avert the calamity that might pc their
fate if there is the slightest tendency 10 Eneir
being born in Fifth avenue, had better study
fhe manner in which TOpsey came 70 grist
without encountering the dangers lncldent 10
lofty birth II is much better to be ,'ralsed' or
10 grow" than to be martYre1 t ot vWe MS saae vi
society, IN q red-hot furnace. Ihat Madame Is
frightened about this statement, ls apparent
by her rushing into PRINT IN caro- com-
planning of counsel VINO ueIenuSu poor
servant girl charged with stealing some
towels asking questions about things which
were not towels, The Madame Will find her
house The subject of very close scrutiny within
a few days The sanitary department. of the
Board of Health is going to search for the ter
rible furnace If the Madame IS guilty of any
such business as has been intlmated, she must
have been doing it without the license usually
accorded to bone-dust people and fat-bollers. 1t
NAV be interesting to know that this not very
fascinating locking person, Madame Restel was
originally a tailoress, but not satisfied with that
slow method OF earning livelihood, she went
to Paris 10 acquaint hei self with the "baby-
business and having become thoroughly in
doctrinated into the French system, returned to
fame and fortune. Her husband is a DR.. Maui
riceau, alias Lohman, who, like his illustrious
wife, advertises in the Herald. He was formerly
a tailor. The Madames maiden name was
Caroline Lobman. Mr.. Harris, our Register
General is accustomed to charge that certain
foul air, or some other incongruous gas of the
zymotic persuasion, "destroysn go many chill
dren and people smile at the Doctors odium (;
but what will they say when they are told of
our vital statistics report some of these weeks
that q number of newborn babies have been
Destroyed by the consuming fire OF furnace in
with avenue basement? Will the fact that
such den is near the new cathedral that is to
be, help it to respeCtabIlity? Think OF the re-
spectacle society sustaining such an institution
such practice Think of women who know
no better than to turn up their noses at any
urchin who dares to call them mother" or
"mamma," or anything of maternal kind,
'belore peoplew