The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-21
Save THE BABIES
How the Wealthy Could Aid
Poor Mothers.
EXCURSIONS BETTER THAN MEDICINE
Scenes in the Dwellings Of the Distressed
Working People.

tho HERALD oihcc yesterday morning ana inpeiuousy
demanded 10 know OF the writer why something was
tor tho relief OF all The sick aud SUI
fer,nx poor babies IN New York. /. suggested to
her that great deal was being donc, Dnd that the
HxRALp had contained several articles during tho
current week. in which tho manner OF the good work
was faithfully described.
eyes, but why are they not all taken 10 To, sea
side or into the country where they will gel wcIli
Every OF them ought to be taken" Insisted the
ii,tc iady and uIi tho wri,er could do 10 urge
mildly that an cItaking oil that kind would be
very expensive ana that SO Tar as the means were
forthcoming tho Cbildren's Aid Society doing
actly that work. The little ldy was not
to DO apreasea. however and insisted that
there we're plenty Of rich men and women
who ought to love babes II they dds.
and that inoy should BIO urged provide the seaside
home, TOR the children, and that an arcc should b
printed In tho HEsAhD urging Them to 10 u. Thcnn
appeared what had caused her intensity OF fociing IN
the matter 'Itthey could only go around among the
poor and SEQ thor children as have done" she
said 'they could easily be persuaded to do H. Why.
have been among them aud have the little
dying from want and The want OF care iactuuIiy saw
die last night" aud She burst Into tears.
fMATEKxAL SYMPATHY
Alter she had composed herself somewhat sho sx-
seIt pretty nearly Inc same work that the visiting
pr ysioAns oil the Board oil Hsah doing. Sho hid,
n,
the poor ana trying TO help the poor mothers II
lost my little boy, she said. ''bciose he
was year ola Your doctors gave him up, and TOOK
oil him mys xcd brought him through, aud
when see mothers looking At their children dyinl
hear them say that II Is better that the chi.
dren are better oil dead than nve, think Il IL
almost enough TO break any woman's heart, aud /
wish these rich women who could do SO much Tor tho
littie oacs, could realizc IL all. know gave away
the last quar- ter OF dollar that mad in the world last
pirhI It's awful 10 scs the way tho little ones
suffer"
VALUE cHILDRES's EXCURSION.
While u IL true that this has little to do with tho
work OF the phys'cians appointed by the Board OF
Health It cannot DO despscd, Tor II shows how warm
hearted woman has undertaken single handed 70 do
something toward ths great work which me Board OF
Health has hand, aud IL also serves TO indicate the
amount oil good that could 20 done by properly d.
reo,ed charity, and the amount Of suffering mat now
exists but could DO relieved
tho excursion tickets VIC have to give to thu
mothers said ono oil tho visiting physicians yestcr-
medicine for the little ones rne mothers know ttis
but there arc only few tickets, comparatively, TO
ST. John's Gud III giving up ITS Saturday excursions,
Tor saturday IS the best day In the week Tor mo poor
people 10 go"
By standcr suggested that tho Guild had ourta,Iei
Its work, because the public had ceased to support
as 1t used 10 DO supported ''Ycs, know," said The
physician, 'and II serves them right But tho work
ought 10 10 carried somehow; Tor IL does an
mense amount OF good" Tpst this 10 entirely truo
cunnct be doubted by who viii take trouble
10 exam the way IN which tue poor iive and VINO
will Tor himself inc nature OF tho work that ~
carrsed on in their oohAli And no better charity OK
than that which cares Tor tho innocent chlldron
and rchevss thor suffering.
.s.fu rnw POLISH QUARTER ol.
Tho district inspected yesterday by tho HERALD
representative - that 70 which DIR. Puizel APP
pointed II Is bounded by the Bow~ry DIVISION street
one angle OF which reaches Chatham square aud me
other end Vt which the great German quarter
los. and resorts on The east ss Of
tho city, apd slso snoraees gocdiy nanbsr Of the
hives wnSa are N ssd yo 70 % the ess paving ss
IL hiied with the four ave ana six STORY scnsmsnls,
OF winch each s,sry shelters from iour 70 ton families
| In the immediate neighbornood OF tho Bowery,
DIVISION and Canal streets, the great thorough
iarcs OF mat part Of the city, the suffering 70
lower ana the tenants poorer ana generally more
ignorant Through tho lower ends OF Ludlow, EsscI
aud suffolk and other streets. house alter house 70
nlsd with foreigners. who understand little Engish
ami speak less, aud VINO earn precarious wages the
humbiess pursuits Among these people there 10 an
appalling ignorauco OF tho simplest rules OF living.
and nth Is 10 them a second nature. "some Of them
isconcetvabiy stupid" said Dr. Puxoi yostsrday,
! "zsd actually many oil these Polish Jews, Of whom
you see many IN this quarter, do not know how
many children they have Ia their amiiies until thcy
now TO ave. for asids from the difculty In inter.
pretng English 10 them, they cannot be.mAde 70 see
the necessity OF using even tho poor cosvsnsocee they
have In easement houses"
PksriLxxriAL pwELLiSos.
Here " perhaps, one 81 the worst pisces IN my
DISTRICT" he contioaed, indicating No 80 Ludlow
street. ana he led the way room aad bedroom'i
on ths nrst noor. The house OF the ordssry
tenement houses tho work OF the visiting physician
being connned to tenement houses those contain
ing three or more iamiIss. IL 10, or rather was,
originally provided with tho usual appurtsnapess Of
tenement house In the shape Of water pipes, s,aks
and water closets, but the tenants seem entirety
igaorant how 10 keep them Ia ordor and apparently
only care 10 get what water tney need pAyiug ne
heed 10 what becomes OF water and refuse, all
the eonvenences have become nuisances and
more mi urious than beneficial 10 the health Of The
inmates rhe front stood wido open, course.
IL would not be closed WINTER ana swclier.
isg heat forbade tho shutting OF doors or
windows. But Enough tns air In the street soomsd
uncomfortable IRON the stepchss srIspg from The
cutters and garbage boxes, The atmosphere in the
house iDasitey wosse and seemed sotuaiiy pu-
tr,d Children played aoout the halls aod front sieps
showed by their appearances that they had
knowledge OF what bath was The walls were
streaked and dauDed win grease asd dirt and The
stsirs only successive shelves which roiuse
seemcd 10 have been Laid away 10 rot. The apart
mcnt Of which Dr. Putze had spoken consisted OF .
room aud bedroom = the former wish windows open
fDg doors the latter 6pening cut from the
larger room, aud only ventilated Ny small square
window opening INTO the hall Apparently this win-
dow was never opened, for the layers Of dir and hs
canopIes OF cobwcbs That vo,lsd u must have taken