The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-27
THE FEEBLE .FOUNDLINGS.
Report Of the Sisters Of Charity on the Con-
ditiOn and Future Of the Asylum
in Washington Square.
An Appeal to the Legislature for
State Aid.
Statistics of the Work of the Institution
The New Building and the Funds
Needed for Its Completion.

No. 8 North Washington square, is one of those
kindly institutions which appeal directly to the
tenderest sympathles Of the public, and yet the
course oil its work has been marked by the seyerest
struggles for the means wherewith to save and
care for the unfortunate little beings whom destiny
has cast upon this world frendless and alone. 1t
is seldom that so deserving benevolence has been
compelled to pass through such arduous trials and
yet there is none the name OF which in its short.
existence has become SO well known and awakens
such kindly interest.
1t is three years since the institution
was Incorporated. The Sisters now present their
THIRD ANNUAL REPORT
OF its condition and their labors, accompanied by
the reports of the attending physician, the
financial statement of the treasurer and the archi-
tecu's description of the new buildings which are
now approaching completion, to be occupied by
the children as soon as possible. Ol course this
latter project, now so bravely gotten under way,
demands fresh contributions OF money from the
patrons OF the institutions but that Is already so
far advanced Is an impressive evidence OF the ex-
cellence Of the management OF the Sisters. The
enlargement OF their work in each succeeding year
has caused an increasing expenditure by
them for the cause Of charity That the
sincerely studied cannot but be apparent from the
fact that in employing suitable nurses and attend
ants outside OF the institution alone, the Sisters
paid out last year over eighty thousand dollars for
this purpose, which is onehaf OF the whole sum OF
expenses. They now strongly urge the propriety OF
LEGISLATIVE AID
being given them to perfect and carry on their
noble work.
The following is the Introductory report OF
Mother Maria Regina President OF the Asylum:-
THIRD FOUNDING ASYLUM or THE
e 10y 9rs q
would ask them to recall to mind the original object in
how natury pushing and l. another
charity OF a scarcely less high nature has been de-
on The 9th day Of October 1869 the institution in
m ct s poSnds AsuW OF tb the Sisters Of Char
though that the U Whole seope of the ' Hsyam would e"n
sist in providing home Tor that class suffering human
poor whose right to exist
s @ nna on al has
first necessities and suterngs before the disposition Of
It's tor the n p Of mp or
river The string and knife presented means
9s to Mn9 S Or m
for that class OF children whose aterng helpless lives
TINS charity, although interesting and wdespreadng,
e eeeens ana mna On ns
large the other which has insensby and almost neces
they have sunk 70 the hopeless depths Of misery and
THE HArLrss uswEpprp MOTHER
the n Asylum 5 s to vision
could enter and be saved to comnet the mission Of its
e. heter her The ana seons Of an u
snd ae since the opening q The Asylum a. i've
s yp TOOL Many 81 mem are now earnns RESPECT
tered the beso@s Of hsr antilles WHOSE rep p
t.,on would have been lost had nSt the Asylum
msaaans heir are and .cnodns s
the practice and ways Of virtue, that they
& AZ again a f a e es on as Pa Of
and others children. Still, all nurses
stances obse them 10 seek sheer for Se%sclves and
f Sn are + @aae as nrssu
e Humiliation e disprit the former and the visitor
clear explanation OF the practical operation and
ioows-A crib is placed in the vestibule Of the base,
ment tor the reception q such infants as have already
bellpuli the crib aorins The notifying the
known 10 be employed and amply compensated
on are 1 as Well
controlling economy The mother TOO whether married
and IN order 70 do 50 rds hers ., the burden Of her
an absence Of maternal duty which we ieel ourselves
Obliged to oppose and against which our moral sense
amarred mother who herself BY the Kind OF service
mother .S Who q. p T Oh a hn @
time the maternal duty OF nursing her own infant and
reckless and exeusanIe waste me contributions OF
s anq g dIG sh whs Sc
bathed and dressed II i then taaen e the nursery and
OUTSIDE AND INSIDE NURSING
Children two or three years old III the Asylum, under
our direct supervisory are found 70 thrive much better
san 6hoss Outside ssS and ias happen without me
and in spite OF our arrangement, which would seem to
The Asylum every month lor Inspection We 40 not mean
q vet the ri
which our experience affords between outside nursing
sSnG we retain IN the areT Number Of The
B. very much diminished. Many reasons may be ad'
perhaps the strongest is hat in the Asylum the ply
en be imnedialsly obained Tor cases Of inantile
dieases SO prsx a!cnt, especially during the summer
or ncxperenced nurse viii often defer the right adj
S.syeS y "a i The Asylum
nsarng too entail, apon tns INSTITUTION larger expense
this escei, ~ # a. we are a. present situated we cannot
Of the sllS6is $4,000 were paid 70 out
side nurses ms OF eonrse Is great beneht TO the
sp. sSgher % means sn Of eb I'D % FC HSugn
only So per month yet this may pay The rent and thus
secure root Tor The family, which Is in itself great
for this employment that average twenty or
number Of applicants only those are employea who
sent certificate of good health from ply stefan and
No question whatever religion arises to deter
mine the choice but whoever appears likely TO make the
best nurse receives the preference Yet
TnE FoUSpLtSGs
neins our primary object still another precaEon against
deception and neglect taken defective detailed to
the institution occasionally visits each nurse
when as ar s nc can Judge he least expected. STILL
we nave Already said Our daily experience shows that
me main object OF tile Asylum not well subservcd
by this outside nursing could desire ar as could he
accomplished within at a diminished outlay hence we
see ana ee the great and urgent
quickly a. possible The new Asylum buildings now in
the course oi erection IN which there will ample room
for al corners For want Of portion only OF the
intended and described can be nj prpse nj
erected-vtl one ward and mart of the centre mr. al
minstrntve building. This portion alone cannot lie
built oven III the plain manner IN which IL Is being pt
up at less expenditure than s23OUp In the treasury
there only S1bDO but rely the charity Of or
friends In New York to supply the deficiency and thus
the completion of this part the cdAce AT least
The honorable members OF the Legislature AT Albany
hnnhIy rennested consider and Nsnirht ~