The evening world., 1888-08-11
THE SICK BABIES FRIEND.
ADJUSTS swELTERINa DAYS KEEP 1.-THE
EVENING WORLD" PHYSICIAN BUSY.

Visiting the Tencments Of the 'Long-horc-
men-Ciennliness aud Order Prevailing
Even In the Midst Of P~ovrrtv-Orders for
Matted MILK Given to Bnbic.-st. John's
Guild Sends "Tbr Evening World n
Generous supply Of Excursion Tickets.
TIE EVENING WORLD physician took a tour
yesterday through those parts of Washington
and Green Sich streets which lie below Lib
erty street. Here are large. towering tene-
monts thickly populated with children
The men seem to be, for the most part,
'longshoremen. Although they are compelled
to live in rather small apartments, yet there
is about the houses an air of order and clean
Illness which shows that the people are
worthy and doing the best they can under
the circumstance A number of the mothers
stated that they were generally able to EN-
ploy o physician. but at the present time
work was scarce md times were dull along
shore. and the services of THE EVENING
WoRLD's doctor would be very acceptable in
deed.
Scarcely without exception they had read
of The EVENING WORLDS mission to the poor
children, and We're loud i'll their praises of
the thong htfulness of the paper. A fact,
indeed, with which the phvsic an is every
where impressed. ls the evident gratitude of
the poor people whom he attends. Not n
single case can be called to mind where he
has not been profusely thanked for any
service rendered.
In comfortable airy rooms on the second
floor of 1872 Greenwich street was seen yester-
day an interest ng family of bright children.
Two of the children. one two years and the
other four, were SICK. The devoted mother
was holding them.both in her arms. Medicine
was prescribed and some matted milk given.
The mother said that they Ii d been in bet
ter circumstances. but the children had been
sick O great deal Of late and her husband,
too, is in delicate health 80 rhat his carvings
are small. The house was one of those land
marks of old New ldrk--an ancient two-and-
one-half story house, with dormer windows,
which had probably been occupied by some
wcll-to-do family when this was a fashionable
part of the city-when to go up a. far as
Grand street was TO 20 out in the country.
The poor people who occupy such houses are
fortuna e., Every hing s. ems so roomy and
crowded ( nements,
While at 11 Washington street the ply
stefan was specially requested to see a poor.
sick widow at 1903 Greenwich street. Al
request was willingly granted, as has been
done before in several instances.
In making visits on Greenwich street q case
of most abiect poverty was seen in a rear
passing through the hall a door stood partly
open. In the room not a thing was to be
seen but an old stove, not a carpet or rug or
chair or table.
The sole occupant of the oom-an aged
scantily clad oman was sitting on the
floor eating from an apology for q d sh.
What this poor creature had for her dinner
could mt be seen. but the dish was on the
floor, and she was picking something from it
with her finters. The majority of the people
of New York have no id u of the scenes of
poverty that can be witnessed in places not
more than a stones throw from the great
cen. res of wealth and traffic of the city.
The EVENING WORLD eXpresse, its thanks
to the managers of st. Johns Guild for a
generous batch of tickets for the guild ex-
cursions. Tuey will be distributed by The
EVENING WORLD physician in his dai y
rounds. II any mo e are needed, MIR. Will
lam H. Wiley has kindly offered to supply
them,