Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-01-10
CHILDREN OF SHANE.

A. They Are Seen In ss. yineent's Ly-
fng-In Hospital, Mothers Who Have
Feeling for Their onsprinss, Mys-
terry of the Babe and the Caring
sickIy Children
Milwaukee sentinel
The mortality among the children
entrusted to the ST. NincentS Infant
! ASYLUM. located on Railroad street
has been very large. and the opinion
was expressed IN medical circle that
the deaths might be due, in measure,
20 the diet A visit made 10 The institu-
ton yesterday. in company with Or
| Stearns. and s. thorough examination,
served TO prove that the children are
well treated. and that the proportion
I of deaths is not greater than ID asylums
of a similar character in various
parts Of the country, The ships os
humanity who are sheltered under
I the roof of the asylum are nearly all
children Of misfortune, physically
and BY hereditv Over one half never
! emerge from It's doors except with
closed ewes and stlled hearts
/ we c4nnot afford 70 hire wet
nurses, said the sister servant IN
charge, and all the children who
survive are nuTtured with artificial
food. Would you like 20 look through
the building
On the first h01r = the room where
/ the larger children are c0ngreEated
during the day. AT present there are
fifteen of both sexes The girls are
retained until they reach their seventh
wear, and the boys until they are 5
/ years of age. when they are trans
7 ferred to other Institutions As the
door Of the room was opened, some Of
the children were playing, while
Others listlessly sat in seats, appar-
emily sick Crouching over tAe
: register. with dropping look, was a
( boy of peculiar appearance. HIS lips
were OF an indigo blue, IS were his
evelds. His hands bore the same
unnatural color, and his fingertips,
I the breadth of which was twice that
% the finger, were especially dark IN
color
THE BLUE DISEASE.
He has suffered terribly since his
birth. He has the blue disease, said
the sister, laying one hand gently
on the little fellows golden locks.
Yes, added the physician, his
blood Is mixed like that of cold
blooded animals, and that is the rea-
son he crouches so over the register
The defect in his heart occurred at
birth and the blood instead Of going
the usual course shoots right across
the breast
There is his brother added the
sister, me has the lip disease.
We have done all we could for
him.
Hiding behind chair in one corner
Of the room was dlminUtive speci-
men. even for childhood In com
paris9n with the other children, he
appeared dwarflike That is our
Tom Thumb, exclaimed the sister,
he is Z years old, and is, in fact the
oldest child in the room.
The boy was sprghty as a cricket
and remarkably intelligent. He had
an abnormallY large and peculiarly
/ shaped head, while his little blac k
eyes gaze at angles which cross each
! Ollltt. 4 iit 1llliD AtilOM nlAhbiN - -
sad one His parents were seat 10 the
House of Correction while he was yet
a wee infant His father was a cum-
inal. his mother drunkard He had
twin brother as well proportional
/ in form and handsome in feature as
/ he was deformed and ugly. Both
were placed in the infants asylum
| When the fathers term expired he
called and wanted TO get his children
! They were shown him and he took
the one favored by nature, and gruif-
4 w said he wanted nothing to do with
the other. Shortly after the mother
called and wanted her children. Find
ing only the one, she wanted him.
Acting By advice of tAe authorities,
to whom the mother was known ass a
vagab0nd drunkard, they refused to
give up the child unless reimbursed
for board. The woman utterly re-
FUSED TO pay anything and never
came 10 TO see the little child there
after
DIED IN ITS MOTHERS ARMS