Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-07-13

N. D. Conway's Letter to Cincinnati Coa
merclall


merclal.
A very interesting, and at the same
time unobtrusive work, has been going
on In London through the devotion Of
truly "noble' lady-the Countess
Ebersburg. Some years ago thls count
ess lost tU, 70 ot- and she then c0nse-
Grated her :.ru.e Al life to the work
of saving tie lives o., treU. AS she
began to examine the icc: .s.c met
with the statement that ia l. -.anltw
hundred thousand children C,e annra'.
ly under the age Of five, and d tLt-e
three per centum die Of prevCn'sb!e
causes. She wrote 10 the Reg:-lra:-
Genera, 10 ask II this rate Of inf
mortality ia really true, and receiy'
confirmation Of il. Then she set h,
,elito the task Of going around
visiting the poor and couyersing ".
mc'a,r-. Sle found these poor moi -
% lope.cssly ignorant Of the ! ;,
primary iaws OF health,o II they 4ew
them So entirely unable from druggery
and poverty 10 practise them, that
she the Countess gradually fCit her
way 10 some k.ld OF practical method,
In the frst place she instituted week.
ly Mothers Meetings, which might be
attended by those who were able, at
which she gave them instructions IL
eConomizlng their poor means, and il
the kinds OF food most nourishing, and
answered from the best authorities the
mothers questions as to treating their
own and their children's ailments. The
Countess is highly educated and quite
able 10 impart information. AS az
illustration OF how minutely she studies
the situation Of these mothers, | may
mention that she found that, In their
desire TO make their little means go as
far as possible, they were pretty gen.
orally in the habit OF buying q salt
herring for breakfast, because It can be
bought for penny. But the herring
makes the husband or son thirsty, anc
after 1t he goes aud spend, two.pence
for beer. So she persuaded the mother
that the herring is a delusive economy,
and the instruction has been justified.
The countess next drew upon her OWE
means and those OF her friends to
provide Matted Food Extract and
similar things for ailiug children, and,
by spending about Elpp = ear IN thi.
way, saved many lives.
The i.l-spelt tcsg-b,o;;ed letters c.
gratitude showeged upon Aer Dy CRATE.
10, mothers are preserved By her a.
proudly So any warrior preserves the
medals that reward lis successfu.
slaughters. No cry OF mother or child
Las ever been uuheedcd Gradually
she has extended her plan, to include
. achi,drens retreat in the country fos
babies whose lives depend ON change
Of air, and day nursery, where We
men may leave their children in goot.
care while they are at work. i now ar.
ranged in districts amid the poores
parts ci London. and she distributes
some nine thousand pounds Of bttv
,ocd per annum. Instruction as Il
health Is given in four different cen.
tres. A great many leaflets cug'1iui.2
simple SANITARY instructions re also
distributed. The crusade G., r.is ger.
tie Countess again.t Eercd, though il
has attracted 10 attention il roya,
circles here, seems to have been leard
o!elsewhere and the Empress Of Russia
.ast year sent the Counties donation
for her wo.S and warm letter O.
sympathy. The Grand prchess Q.
htde; has this year done the same