, 1880-08-11
A NEW INDUSTRY.
The West Side Q Hospital for Dis
eased and Orphan Birds.
How the Institution 1a Managed BY the
:; Chief Matron and Proprietor.
a,no of tho Pecutiaritsea Attendant at q
Clinic.

s"med Bird, but n genuine retreat for sore-
,hrontrtf canarIes, md parrots whose peptlcs :
love deRenerated into being almost rs bad as
'their morals, and who arc consequently NJ
mini OF death; and tays whose topknots
have fallen Oh; md builtluohes that havo,got
consumption pulling up too much wntcr;
and toye-birds grown wan with despair and .
aout; IN fine, Il haven for feathercd lnvalids
n eyery description and compsatnt2 10
this. no doubt, the readers of TnE TRtnusE
viii @ eay, "Whyw or "I'll swow,"' or
swell p' or "Fl like to know1" or Stands
s,arsl' or some such brief formulaty Of STIR
nrisc. md refuse to believe that such thing
tol]i exist. Yet right here,, III
tho heart Of bustllng Chicago, thoro
il lust such an institution,
nlacc wl,cro all tho Ills that birds arc heir to
are treated OIL the most orthodox principles,
ind where there are oven now 'lialf hun
drca winged patients taking their medicine
as prescribed, as nicely, and naturally, and
beneaclally as do my OF tho sufferers In
Mercy or Cook County Hospitals. .
Yesterday TRIBUNE reporter went to
visit IT. Tho Aiatron, clilef physician, and
ntasMaceutlst Of the institution welcomed
SS;sentrnncc,-tlle three Offices dovolving upon
Mrs A. F. ,hfoIr, who, In addition, Is ltcnd
6ilfS9 uIl4 4AlSNtAIkVA-1A-<iAlGtt " Jpuu4 V!ANoA
Thchospitni proper Is a large and wu1l-ligElted
roor,, III No. g'5 West Monroe street.. subdl-
,Iled into wards, which are sylnmctrlcally
hing rp on 1lafls NIL over the walls.
Most Of these arc medical wards, twu arc
surgical, and four nre obstetrfc. There
mjsht also DO mentioned an asylum for tho
blind inhabited by O patient with hard
cataract; a1lu m orphan department. where
three Of the pertest and most pugnactous
mocktng-btrds iu tic world fight, and fuss,
and scold, nnd jtlrt their tails and "sass the
Matron tho WHOLE llyelong day, and sing Ut
oil hours ct the night, Just when they
shouldn't be doing anything llvoller than
holding up one foot and looking like brown
ball.
h Mrs. Motr Is mn enthusiast In her profess
sion, md explained bird anatomy md dis
cussel bird physics Will, an animation show
iDg she loved thenl.. =, -..- t......
aDrds," she said, ''havo organs, nerves,
suffer from diseases In like manner. To be
sure, their llte Is moro natnral,-they are not
dissfpated rs rule,-nnd If allowed to tako
care Of theinselyss will generally live 70 tae
from tho ailments aflLcting. the human falu-
III, And, bless their little hearts they do so
much to enilycn and Deallt!fy the world. 1t ls
right their brief ltvos should DO ell 10y and
themselves, a,!d lucy viii flourish and DO
happy and we'll tho whole year round;it Is
only cage-b!rtts, as q rule, that arc discussed.
There, lii their little cells, they nre Mt the
0 nsf sf soos ss e np5 s nS nfNsss Now eoi aS
1t these little fellows,' taking down the
lrge cago used as tho inoeklng.blrd orphan
asylum,-" see low they act"
- There wero three osphan@s. @ brothers, b baIs and
Dandy wore q vest Of freckled feathers. Q
collar OF black, a white and black and nlottled
cutaway, and tlrab ''shorts," faint!y bro!tl.
cred with black ut the hip, Below these, Ills
.Tiix's eo1ttaily wore cut bias eorea,
sashcd at the hip, md had an insertion Of
.whlte running; up tho side. Ills vest but
sone4 very high, and was OF n sofnbro cre-
,Boss affected no nonsense. he dIdn'tearo
how his. vest or Ills cont-talls looked. Boss
dlda't; he Just knew ho could lick any
orphan III that nsylun,, and that was style
sS$sE tsS ss ' sss ss 1 ns fas & q asys asa13's s
: r1Ac1xa TIE INSTITUTION on 4 cnAu,
Mrs. Moir began conversation with tho
orphans II, that peculiar variety Of Chinook
MlectGd w young. mothers and old nalrses,
ssSs NsIs y tRsSes RSSR'a1I a SiHp g S ~ nnss Is
tR!g!Ge Jay ae, e adults and annoying to bachelors
., "So Iis9,! tI D5nSy DsU cum 90 m'ss's- long
To ,this nlarsalngly tncomprchonslble OBJ
ese1yation, Dandy Replied BY flirting his tall
twlce, putting his head Oh one side, opening
hls s mouth Il on like split erowb9r and rema!ysk;
'g ,ya-aEaH,apW r. tn voice 70 between 4, the
whistle. Then lie lirted Ills tall olica Np
sal salsty tyice down, tlut1ed %p his collar,
aopRed 9n tho perch nearest Mre. Molr, give
yss, pSfs fhs T ieia~sx aisss2ss ss
Versatton then en5ucd.
~ Whaace. mat Dany q-whadee mat ?
Klasoo atlssis, lit 'fol--kissum klk-nlco itty
~, .",Ya,a;ap-clqggeo" Dandy concluded
i3wsr HSnaoiIp iIp for Ills lunch, and helping himself
na0 Daa.nyl mussens bitoo miss!s,''-hero
sIeaF's pAE1"s lnnch'-"bad 'tty fsl-k'ssoo n'Iasls
a Ie1c, before Dandy could conclude third
eaP!essoS, %h'eh s ev'hassyd heppSyd va va n III
NIX ysaisns S ss"p0 rap,,ty 81 rs hssH Besh '~sSe IT,
paans ga,,, then faeed each other opened their
saa fssady a saa yosf ss evs gss S Sf aat shss
S'th WI; wings half spread and head lowered.
snitoM sad. Men 1lrtea thc!r tg!s u unison @ a,il
sa esx hSss oM ecd wp,t oESss Yrsi ea1S Tn
Rater and panly for something TO cat, while
%pai. %h1's. Who bad boon grayely looking on hie
o soSatanss my ts1a,sy ay! ptseds tSS dsy@ 70 4ES 1e
A1Tg!y INK, ior msnll.o or two. >,,
iaght next to tsle asylum was the "Ilctreat
iss iss. usyerworkeu Criminals" and tlEs was
Snsntsa Sa,n ~ by greer, parrot with yellow
A1Q WHO called hlnlyn]f Hli0rrlsWOErle. y and