The New York herald., 1877-07-08
SAVING THE LITTLE ONES

A DAY ON ruE FLOATING HospIrAL--rHE GOOD
THAT MONTY WELL SPENT CAN Do
PATHETIC SCENES AND INcIpINTs.
If yesterday had been mado to order It could not
have been better day Tor excursion down tho Buy
by eight O'Clock in the morning six hundred ana
sixty mothers aud children got safely on board the
Floating Hospital of st Johns GULL AS they crossed
the gang plank their credentials wore examine. and
they were passed to what to them floating
palace OLD mothers with young babies and young
mothers with Old babies little boys with hats big
and little boys without any hats all, crowded each
other up tho plank Crowds OF st,y-at homes
down to the wharf to their families ana friends
OF and shouted farewell from the shore There was
an unusually respectable crowd board the boat
Although they were mostly from tho slums Of
tho city, from tho most broken down and
miserable tenement houses the women were no.
without eye fashion, and ovcrsk irt here AM
feather there proved that women from A are
not without touch OF womauiy vanity. Those who
had 40 good dresses OF thor borrowed from thor
neighbors, and If tho clothes did not all match who
cared The orcezes wero quite as fresh though tho
suits had been sent by Worth. Few women Gu me
with ono child tue illustrous family OF Mc(,overns
Was represented Dy three or four ofsprDg hang
lug to thor mothers skirts aud Que IN the ms
Fat mothers and lean mothers German mothers aud
IRISH mothers, NIL ut gan gplunk as me nlbers
OF one family. Some o! the baUies, us they came
aboard, Sat up IN their mothers arms anu looked
quite risky, while others hung their heads and lay
with closed eyes and tightly drawn lips There were
quito number who appeared as though they would
not 1.-Two 10 get home, Dut VINO revived with. tho
first salt breeze, and won't home live rather than 10
die fhera wero lot OF little fellows who came with
their munmas because they could bo left At home
aud these made the upper deck lively their romp
ing. They were the ones who enjoyed themselves
and tho tired. MISUNDERSTANDING Great ures pacing
tho dock, with their pale, hoow-cyed baoes In their
arms.
FEEDING THE HUNGRY
.t n.ied n nflarr ..tp ~ dNoo rt
breakiast-an Important consideration to OF the
passenpers-and general rush made Tor the gen.
tenen who distributed tue tickets When the tickets
| we're distributed the women and children nlod down
| 10 the dining room, where they were served with
! OF milk Tor the children They ute ravenousiy, poor
souls, that bcng. perhaps, The only "square mcal''
not not s.and upon ceremony. nor ' Sid iney y ca. cat
with that grace and delbcraton which char
acerzes inc ep'c9re; out they enjoyed wnat they
Tor propriey. and many who were accustomed to
their fingers substituted knife. out oil deerence 10
the occasion Dinner Was the great meal Of the day,
tor ", dinner they had meat, gro<t 'huuks' n
tho boys said aud they atc with rensh, and bowls
UNUSUAL ofde prevalied sometimes there is little
trouble experienced as some vi the women from
the lighting districts, and II only wants word
row. Watching tho faces tie women US they
passed down the stars 10 thor dnnor was interest,"
tuIes WHO looked as though IL was all Their riglt and
they had gratitude, while otuers with their palo
faces ana eyes showed thoir apprecutoa 10
| every movement TO mud the dinner tckcls as they
cume down stars was the busiDess OF the moment
Some held them IN their mouths, others IN iiitle
safely IN the corners Of their handkcrchicls.
when an unruIy chiid got IN iis mothers way box
manners and caused u howl Of pain which, mingl led
with the cries of the suffering babies, made conic-
son on the stairway that was not musical. A numGer
OF the women bought iood Tor their children bananas
and hard, unrpc peaches Tor those With tho summer
complaint, which latter DR.. Thurman not slow TO
copnscatc The Doctor says that has often caught
mothers feeding thrce-weeks-old chiaren on sponge
cako Want OF caro- seems 10 b. one oil the greatest
troubles the hyscians have to contend win. There
some cases however, where the most devoted
has done no good.
| on THE VERGE OF DEATH
la quiet corner sat young German woman only
twenty eight years OF age who had had children
Six had died, and on her lap lay the seventh poor
cmacatcd little creature lew weeks old suffering Win
one VI the scvercst OF chdren's maadioa Tenderly
she bent over It and rocked 1t in her On Thurs.
day snc had II ON thc excursion and the doctors
hardly thought 4 would 1--we TO get home. When she
brought It ABOARD yesterday 1t was gasping breath,
but before tho barge had boon hour began 10
revive and took some nourishment from bottle You
should have seen the Joy Of that mother; quiet
but 1t was intensc Another motaer had little baby
| III her arms that looked as Though II would not
live through tae day. II was twenty-five months
D since Sa, syss wss ssysH sSaxa months Old us
to have natural nights rest, tor every ten minutes
she has 10 get up and give The child water TO drink.
1t takes nothing else but occasionally little milk.
Before the day WAS over the chd was running round
tho deck. One baby had convusions on It's mothers
lap, while she sat eating her dinner Yon should have
heard weep when called her attention
TO tie tact which until tacn she had ignored. one
woman, tat enough to exhibit In museum, brought
baDy aboard that looked though II Had been the
offspring oi the living skeleton The child starv
Ing, when proper ood given her sho began to
| revive. The mother confessed that she had idea
how 10 feed It,
THE WORKERS OF GOOD.
Mrs Lcggat to whose kIud many oil tho ben
ehts OF these excursions due has beef made tor
| those del.catc mothers cannot tako the common
faro aud bit OF cake hid away Tor uc girls who pine
Tor goodies TINS lady devoes the greater part vi her
time to this noble charity and Is OF its strongest
pillars II would take page oi tho HERALD do jus
tce to day on the Floating Hospital, the ana a.
cidents are often humorous tbey are pathetic;
the latter however, are IN the majority Many Of tho
poor they leave the boat ask Tor "a bit OF
bread to take nome with them, which Is always given.
Yesterdays excursion was given by Mr. George osaood,
through Mr. Theodore Moss. Rev. Aivah Wiswall aud
Drs Thurman, +. T. Williams and David Philips, ss-
sisted ny William A. Dayton, and Mrs Lerpat assisted
by Miss Da. ton did Ia their power TO ma
the dny pleasant the excursionists ana they sue
ccedcd Let VINO VIII bc the follow Mrs.
Moss. Mi. rravers and Ars Osgood IN tue Iobc work
| Mr. william Guon No 20 Broadway, 10 the treasurer
OF the Gut, aud really to receive contributions for
the excursions II might DO wci to state that tickets
for sick children and neir mothers be procured VI
| any phys IN the city.
rnE sA,IrARrM At PAR EocKAwAr
The death rate 10 swelling up RAPIDLY among chill.
drcn. For the past week tho total largely IN excess
OF any previous week oi tho year. the total o deaths
on Wednesday alone reached l2.. iho Board 0 Health
recommend house To house visitation OF families, but
stl better yet than this they tho Seaside SAINT
tarum nt Jar i'ockaway. This Is tho only Institution
which oilers summer home for sick children cx-
ciusively. whore thoy can remain Tor n time under
medical care and diet. During this heated term the
alex children ought TO be no nrst care oi the chart
table, ana the vol and abc.bodlcd can take their
| afterward. All welcome. No woman with ch!l-
dren under i've years will DC refused ticket by up
plying tho oGcc No 4o3 West twenty ninth street,
lhc officers Of tho sanilarum have provided a spa.
ana comfortable summer home for ittc invalids
NJ Fur Rockaway, under the care oil resident physt
cian, and in addition they furnish medical treatment,
iooo &c 80 the sick children aId their mothers who
cannot get away from the city. fhs twoiod charity
! calls tor generous donations Giits may be sent 10
Henry Bcrgh. fwenty-secobd street aud Fourth ave.
nue.; Allan Hay Company, Thirty EIGHTH street and
North River; d. B. Howell Co, Masonic Tempe.
Twenty third street and sixth avenue Dundas Dick
No 35 wooster stfect; Caswch. Hazard a Co, NO.
l.os9 Broadway Newman Caprcn, No. i.iso Broad