The evening world., 1889-07-15

ness. There arc five children unproyided
for. Clothes aud fannels are needed for the
! abY. and unless the mother is provided with
nourishing food she will not be able to nurse
her child. The doctor called again at B
O'Clock. put the broken arm, which is not as
long ns n lady's hand. in n new splint. gave
Miss Annie her first bath-in o bread and
milk bowl and dried her in his pockethand-
lkerchief Then he took a bottle Of sweet oil
from his breast pocket, poured n drop in
each crease OF the puny body md
with the tip OF his finger rubbed and
rubbed very gently but the flesh Ind chnfed
md the rcd lines would not come out. All
through tho treatment he was as gentle rs n
W man. and he did what few men ever sue
coed in doing. made a lap of his knees. Tn
poor, pale. sad, SILK mother watched every
movement, praised him with her Blessing
aud blessed him with her tears. An hour
later tho husband was treated at the doctor's
Office. and if the Consciousness Of doing good
sweetens rest, DIR. Freeman's dreams were
angels whispers.
Another mite of misfortune was met in the
hall III a ha!f-Laked condition. SO fr .g~htfully
bitten by mosquitoes that scarcely n patch OF
Hkin could be found on the little face. neck,
arms and legs free from the red commissions.
For an hour we treated hygienically, the d C.
tor giving practical lessons in the preparation
of broths. baths, teas, fruit drinks, disin.
f%ec'ants, bandnges and insect poison. |
looked after the dresses, slips and little
socks. showed one woman how to make n
bed and another how TO scrub her floor SO as
to savo soap and s.rength. Soap! There are
various kinds, and one kind is a brown bar,
hard as a brick, strong as mlnon and go
gritty that you can pick the ciuders and
ashes out of it. What do you think of
such on article Of toilet? Not delightful if
your skin is sensitive. Well we found moth
ers scrub blng young infants with just such
soap. OF course, the children's bodies
showed soreness and irritation. for the
I've in the soap would burn the hide of a pu-
gilist. Next time we will go provided with
CASTLE soap, for it is torture to think even
of latherlug the delicate skin OF a two-weeks-
old babe with the coarse soap used in scour-
ing kitchen tins. Ash result. we found doz-
ems of little children suffering from scalding
sores at the joints of the arms and logs. all Of
which the doctor treated with oil. Once he
asked n parent for n little -four to pun over
an infants body which was burning red un-
der the arms and about the knees, neck and
hips. She smiled wistfully and said. I'VE
never have any -four. Rye bread is all we ever
have and sometimes that is hard to get"
We could have used n III le of bandage il
we lad it, for in every house there was a
child or an adult suffering from q sore, bruise
or scald. One boy of three years whose
widowed mother washes for o living. was
wrapped i'll a towel and q little woollen
shawl sewed together. He was playing on
the floor n week or SO ago and the water in
The washkettle boiled over and scalded him
about lie waist and breast. L tile boys were
found by The score imprisoned in hot rooms
by injured feet-one toe bad been chopped
off, six soles had been pierced by nails, three
were Gashed with broken glass, two pairs of
ankles we're sprained and more were scalded
than the doctor had time to examine. There
were, TOO. sore necks, sore arms, bruised
fingers, hands cut and liberated, and not q
yard OF clean. soft lint to bind them with.
Three children in q garnet kitchen were
writhing it'll pain, the result of cucumbers
eaten the previous night. One wore a little
nlghtgown as black ms an engineers apron {;
the other had on a calico slip and the baby
WIS dressed in a ginGham apron.
My friend" said the doctor, after filling
two prescriptions, get strips of flannel.
about n hand wide, and pin about the
stomachs of these children. Put socks on the
baby. Do 30 Mt once. please; there is no
time to lose. Give the M dicine as the direc-
tions state and l will call on nv way home"
Do you know what the mother answered ?
II haven't had n blt OF flannel in the house
for five wears, and the child las no socks"
Will some little baby, who has grown to
be big, send me care of DR.. Foster. 30 West
Th.rty-fifth street. three little woolleu shirts
and one pair OF socks for Susie d. and her
two little brothers? I'm very sure the
children will thank you ana bless You, and
| will coax the editor to print your name in
The EVENING WORLDS list for tho relief Of
poor sick children.
In a lofty tenement, at the beginning of
Norfolk street, n ten-weeks.old boy lay dy-
ing. He is MT any larger than adolf baby for
which YOU pay 10 cents, and his wrists are not
a Ii, thicker than your fat LITTLE thumb. lie
hes ONT scrofu!uus disease that is slowly
consuming his strength, and the flesh is
withering away from the bones and hangs in
punches in his skIn. He has been
ba;ned but twice since his birth,
and the last time they thought
him dead. The excursion tickets from good
St. Johns Guild are useless 10 POOR Hiunie.
Tor the lightest .epuyr that blows makes hun
gasp. All day he lies In tho darkest corner
OF tie hot kitchen in al old clad!c that has
tut one rocker. There are eight little
brothers ami sisters IN the family. hey
sleep on the roof, an and every n ght before
lyiuy down 10 rest, each on Bonded knees and
with folded hunIs offers this prayer to the
heavens above:
Our Father Which art in heaven, hnllowed be
thy name, don't !ct II rain Tonight. We ask
in our SHviour's name, amen.
Three of the children have liberated sores
growing over their leads, and neither has
ever had ON n ralr Of shoes. The mother