, 1877-03-17
THE HOME.


Never mind about the wealth
I've enough for both Of l'e'f,
Sarah lane!
Little matters it to me
What vour rank or fame may be,
1lrom tridine yon are free,
Sarah janet
IT you have a loving heart,
and are tole:ably smart.
Twill take thee as thou art,
Sarah Janet
So In sadness sit no more,
Nor your '.unsought lot" dcplore,
Fate has Joy for you In store,
Sarah Janel
If to this you make reply.
oyour Aidc I'll gladly Ay,
and will quickly make you my
Sarah Jane!
CHICAGO, March l.. F. MoRTt-~
CARE OF CHILDREN IN ILLNESS AND HEALTH.
10 tie Editor of The Tribune.
CHICAGO, March l6.-The appalling nortahty
among children which il at once the despair o'
medical science and the shame OF our sanitary sss
tenn must very largely, no doubt, be get down 10
an ignorance IN the part Of the mother not only
OF proper nursing in illness, but OF the method W
which sound hcalth may be maintained. bes'oes
the actual loss OF life, the amount of suffering en-
80. 1r .o,,, ch;,drcn directly truccablc in
oae .s,.,s ~ ..sa. ~ n;sn,nare,,cnt on ,he
.~, ~ 49, ,,o,hor 10 ono of tho znost painful
s,:...s -. .suc,faa ol,aerycr Inns to con-
template. ignorance OF the requirements OF IN
iutant: ignorance OF the Indications OF grave DIS
..aaa .ra ;,a1:1;+v n d,xtipop;eh betwecn these
and those slight ailments which need no trtatmcal'
readiness to accept foolish counsel without feAec-
lion: an easy adoption OF failacious theories anu
noAlons wv 'oans 49,. ,hn 1,,1o onc for
,ea.lof's a5"n.s ... 10 s.:s.sS.a
Aea.o 49, A''o 49,. a,os y, ,;rcc 10
:. . A4' v o1a. - -. ..,,e., ~, CONSIDER ho,
eAhes ~ .e. .,,.t.-.& .ra f cnv ,now,-
'4.'oe'. 49, 'osA :'.....n,. and ,,,,..1 s,utcsy
cue "io'c'e' ~ " 'net' - - 49, :. ~ - ;,f,,
hast''s n'1 tl,'e77 s'e .,>x.o.,,,- H.
loat'on rom '"e hu'ec ne' Ao'ne1 " ,,.;.,, -
law' orth maiden aon. may m "s ~ na'.u w.. 49,
VICE. inns ao'ace may Ut "no!, ~, :. ',;1, IN
o' II VIII aouo'ess ~ ''..4,' s',:., ,r,,,n,s
Strange II H. - no. ao Ateo w. -. :.
anu cfnce aosur''tee' sueh as - 80 ~ a'.
L. '''e soa's ''o'ae' "Ae eA 49,. ,.,,o,i;-
''oA"1 e17es' w oA ' ,ase - s,;,a .,,a
sene" can a1one 'o' 'aa!.!.oa.o W ..sn,
ttiat h1''e sooo esIec WIZ ., - ~ I.,, - -
1oF want OF Il pe1le"ce' ou. 1h's w 80.
the heeu- Fo' INC so'a =, as. a.,,;,o
neeos ~. 'ne t'7 wv ..,S.. :: ,,.o,,-
eapesaaaea " aef o"n 'uu5'n e'' ~ what 40
ana 0esl1aoie-
II il i dreary thing for the mothcf 10 lencce'
ycars after the grave l.as closed her child. that
II she had kr,on rlier what khc knows now, what
" - -. 80 ..,. -. ,,.x~, t,,,, .1o ,r;.ht
rt'e'"s eo o.a"p4e 'e 80 ~ ,,+ 80
have saved the precious lie wh'eh went out 81
soon. ..-
r., MN conroes rannot he confortei for this
49,. .s.1a+;~ thet ,bo ,it,,a
loss oi li'e " the .f'1e eonsoa1on tt1' .ne 49,,
one better of and perhaps TAX taken away from from
thins that its experience is necdful for the sym
netrical T rounding ont Of human character and that
to give, nc matter how far transcendiug its en-
tovncnts are those Of that other life Of which VIC
a.. 1,.,'a .no' T,. M r;',, aaa ~, a. md mr..
kno" 70 niue. 1ht F'@nl a.'a luz ~ ~ .'L anu 'I'
rral way is the Nvtn: ont OF THIS HE untal tne ripe
ness OF old age 1ooscus our hold upon it. These
co,sn,.ti,,n. which really console nobody are
-. 49, ; .+;,-;,,a ~ 1icb,cn tha h,r1en of
onis our 'a'a ~ 4:s,a 80. ne...,
INA. 'nsappoae anu ~ ueap sp ,o,,,.rs s
4,ur underf the shadow of rreat woe that need not
h.y. ho., ond her,nee nftr the noor l,ahes who
besides being exposed to The natural pcrfls OF IN
fancy, are subject to those Of otIlciousness and
ignorance. I PROPOSE to tell in few consecutive
papers "nal kno" aoou. ,, 'ah'a "a. , =. ~ =,
III sickness anu IN hcalths hoping mus III oe VI
some service to those who are willing to learn
! shall assert nothing which has not the ENC
~, -, no hnst sn,bor;tr md II At anv
uon Vi tAe oes1 auta"i"s' ~. - ~ :
time venture an oitn1nh OF suggestion opIoSeu ~
tue general view, shaH 1ake care 10 no!cate t1st
it IL my opinion and give my reasons lor H. ,..
At the outset wish to nrsse upon motn le"
considerations whose feasonaoleness "l's tulhh,
be easily apparent
20 not bc too ready to adopt seneral ma3,ms OF
such as that . an infant should have cold path
every da-," or that ''food should never be gwen
between meal" Ie satisfied with principles aha
III details be governed BY circumstances
l:emeriper that conditions vary constantly.
In case cT Illness, serious or otherwise,
when yon have chosen physician
do mot hastily discard his advice for that of the
wel!-meaninG. but perhans mistaken, mother, or
aunt or neighbor. 1t is true that the doctor may
BE- wrpn. but the chances are thousand 10 one
that Il is the friend who IL SO. Consider that,
though she may have nursed and raised half score
OF children his experience il wider than hers. A
nhvsfcinn in ron 1,actce sees murc disease in one
endemic than the u1ost perpatctic ncichhor, who
II 70 ,ood in sictness- sees IN lfetimc, The
1,;ns,s' ,hcb scau. fhe 1nnrofes;ona1 ere and h..
tnnws ""' s4so the;r "' rn1a1;ycs tm,,ortaucc.
,,,er,7- NJ Tho svnii. ct1ucafed ohysician. and
rg..h 80. ~ .ne -. e.ei,.' thesop ps3n.;l,in cnnd
% "asn ~ o4ner;nnce T. wnr,h mnr
"o.sn n.ss r. r .i E1ta - thn ;s,aran.
taaa ~ snpssAMg!a! M hlv"ieu;,e WV ~; 81 % @ .i. IL; III
Eiaeua:s wuuss ts s'u1s w, MMs .;n ~ is;cota tho
lonla u ttaua. WISH ca.ey " 1at a LUZ
!acs tnaI amasur auetoInSs 2 .uonn ~ s s - ho
nm n.e1p.es 70 Eu'aI ~, ana fnc.s i.s s,d t,oso
1oanaea UPON nmneu nnmncs o. iaces aiu taIse 3
Dat nnaess1oou ks ~; sthS rs,
anaSa.' ,s' y II Mn9if "nen 't1eo ~
auy En -. s1inuau ~ prugsslonai 1s;, II; r,o ~
<s ooss llG ooetot u'leIt!oiis 'inp!etttt. aac i1