Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-03-02
CRIPPLED CHILDREN.
LITTLE ONES WITH MERRY HEARTS
AND WiTHERED LIMBS.

4 Sunshine and Shadow, Mirth and Patho
in IA Hospital for Unfortunate Children
In tho Wards.
Only crippled newsboy, swinging himself
| along with the aid of a crutch. Ali Its
| hard lines for such ladl But there is d
place in this city where there are scores OF
| such children g, en- more helpless than he. Ii
| is the Crippled Children's hospital on Forty
| second street.
They look bright and happy enough at first
! glance, as you SEQ them at play i'll the big
hall at the top of the building, with its four
| great wide Widowed towers. Happy enough!
| As they swing high in the air in high backed
chairs suspended from strong ropes or play
hide and seek around the pillars, in the
| depths of tho big windows and behind the
| screens And they are very happy and
| bright when, for awhile, they forget their
| pain and quivering nerves. and shout with
| laughter quite rs gleeful as if many of the
| little heads and crooked backs were not
l. bound up in hideous iron frames. And they
trudge around the room after a runaway ball
with as much zest rs though the hating
tedious step and clanking braces did not hold
them back at every turn.
Hank! What a rumble Look down to
the end of the hall. There is a great chatter
ing going on, and out from the crowd ny
half dozen tricyces abreast, each manned
by girl OF ten or thereabouts. With
swiftly working feet and hands and shining
eyes they roll down the long hall side by
side Evidently they are running race. AT
the further end they wheel round and roll
back again more slowly, guiding with dex-
terity their wheels through the score or more
of advancing riders who had followed in
their wake.
PAIN AFTER PLEASURE.
All 90 NOT NAV bowaver mucb nc thew
80, "A All nr.t+y coon Gonna n,lo facad ,ri,.,
49, ~, ont ~ the sida and nnfastening The
trans tb,t hold her foot in tbe stem she
,nisas - ~, ho. l,,oa ord cbaf.s n With ber
h.nds Will Sbo moans with min
Every aftornoon the oh ,idren coma nm
bere and tba norolvzed and lame rer.ove one
or hoth shnoc nrd C,n throrob tbose oxorc;soo
~ stro,,,rt.,er Their a;saased limbs r. 10 oil
,,ono ,r1or Tho oxyo If a sl-;,lfnI nrnfossor who
ton,,,ars ovsrv eye,c;se 70 tba condition ~
tha i;ttlo ,,ro so,,,o+;,,,oS r,ha,, ha fosto,e
80 go. >f +hn +.;,,,al> +ho ah;la - .
ouick crv and oftentimes n,ust he lifted off
the machine, being TOO tender TO endure the
exercise for that day.
There are the bars for paralytics at one
end. where the child seats herself and with
nor hands on the opposite bar works herself
with a swinging motion back and forth This
is to try to bring life back into the withered
muscles and after weeks of practice it some
times succeeds.
After play hour comes tho hard part of the
H.
wards. each in his or her own little chair
and wait for the surgeon to come and band
,ge them. Four o'clock is their dark hour.
and it is with fearful faces and many a sigh
that they wait the coming of the house
loctor.
The nurses go from one to the other. loosen
ing braces and straps and unwrapping band
Tres and then with ouick stem and business
ike air, albeit with kindly touch in his
,l,illful fingers. the surgeon comes in and be-
ms his work. And then there are pallid
.heeks and lips. clenched FINGERS and brave
struggles to hold back the cries that seem as
if they would come out, and there are tears
Ind means from the little ones whose bahv
hearts cannot understand the SUFFERING tbev
have come into
WAITING FOR BREAD AND MrK
Affair nm horr nv On ho s,,;,ho, a. Ia.
handaga is fostanad tha las. 800. Wv, a los.
- i"''o,eu, 'lo ia'' ois'ce hriniy
:" pi'0o "no ono iaSo s'rap ouchieo
III "nu ,lon o.lo oniiuo on move aoou'
''+a";io 49," 49, puoU'is away 'le uoc1ors
W. 49,. p.1hS up Vno SOAPS ne mas ielt
o"e ,ooil ieaiy io' 'ieii evening
.,ioain. - 10 n' .noi ona an: asaih ana,
H. - 'n ~. -, ~. Nv, one u,eu'iy oeiiihu
- 1iD W "eio u,,'ii Tue waitress
tra,,s ' 80 e. NC. Sns 'o"i' 0i hniA anu heapihe
rho ,,,and ~ a;,.;,o,
i n1 ~aIu 10 uiViieo iii'o TWO sections, with
= uoupie row Vi tao'es III each: Inc children
q. -, os',eVcieo guy Ill TWO rows IN the rear OF
VIC Oaoies' A' 'he zap Vi Inc nurses Dell, the
~ ~ ~" fises anu processes IN an orderly
.'lii up ono s''' Vi Lrne 'aoie I'LL each enid
ppoaioe noi Plioe' lucy 20 pushlng their
'..,n ia II on1 VI 'nehi' loE puU Ie" Oh the
'o we, oies oouiu Walk WITHOUT this support.
When these were all in places the nurse
,ippett lne oeil again Il, as signal to those in
no oVnei Seo'ioh' ihere was rush OF wheels
III III . 'n' ~ aoiapiis Souho. ana Then the
-, '',ppeu aSan, anu instantly each tiny
ana was folded and each head bowed and
trough the room:
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