The evening world., 1889-08-05

ticles for the new baby were purchased.
With "A. G. o. ." dollar u box of vase
line, q muslin sack, q gallon Of coal oil, a
package of corn.starch and several quarts OF
sweet milk were purchased for q poor family
in East Sixteenth street. The mother could
not take her child on the water because she
had no waist to wear.
Those pieces Of soft linen filled a long felt
want. witty, Hardy and Sictor." They
we're the only articles Of the kind contributed.
Tn other garments were given TO a couple OF
half orphans in East Fifteenth street who
have been obliged 10 20 to bed while their
dresses were being washed and dried.
Mrs. Davis's offer has been accepted and a
poor woman sent to her house. She has
five beautiful children under ten years,
and all are In need Of clothing, shoes and
stockings.
DR.. Hallwood resolved himself into q postal
clerk and delivered the books and little letter
from - Della and Isabel. of Whitestone, L.
l." Louise is too Ill to write at present, but
strong enough to extend q sincere and earnest
I" thank you, dear little girls"
&C. s.. J.'s' night gown and nickel were
given to q wee colored babe up in East
Ninety-seventh street.
A chicken, weighing -four and n half
pounds and costing 80 cents, was bought
with IS, of Nyack's'' dollar. The other
ten cents was used to purchase II bunch of
sweet pea for a poor sick boxmaker.
Good use can be made of as many bundles
of baby clothes as Mrs. Crawford. of New
Rochelle. can provide, and in advance the
gratitude of the babies and the thanks of the
corps are hers.
Those Danbury, Conn. shirts, made by
pretty, nimble fingers of Sadie, Lulu and
Bertha Lulu" were beautiful. They made
the doctors laugh. the sick babies smile and
the poor mothers cry n little for JOY.
The parcel from IN. S." came in from
Larchmont and was sampled and distributed
to needy tots in One Hundred and First and
Pike streets.
&C. q. B.'s" package il reserved for burial
clothes. Yesterday DR.. Hunt and Miss Mel
son fitted a poor child with a shroud from
the box.
&c. II. G."-Kindly address it to DIR.
Foster, SO West Thirty fifth street.
Mr.. s, NJ. Wilson can do much good.
Visit 335 East Ninoty-seventh street. 22O Mott
or 1870 Eli zabeth. Take II little basketful of
rolls. soup-meat, fresh eggs, ripe fruit, or
tsh, and you can find a family for every
mouthful. In the line of clothing there can
be nothing more acceptable than slips, the
palmer the better, which are at once night
gown and morning dress.
It's a capital idea, Lucy K" Ten dol
lars would give 100 children u quart of the
very best quality of sweet milk.
Mrs. Hunters address is lost, but the
| 7 s.. .-..o .l,,,k .l-. IL .u-.A. :.
Margaret Gooden, LOT Thompson street. She
will be glad to consider your proposition.
Thank are due the Diamond soap manu-
f~acturer, both for the soap and solicitude.
At the suggestion of Chief Foster. the soap
will be reserved for distribution in cases of
eczema, milk rash and eruption, and inham-
nation of the skin. Many children are to be
found in all the districts, the result of bad
nutrition and neglect as we'll as humidity.
Packages of books and clothing received
from "H. d." IL. A. G." Mrs. Sharp, &c.
E. S." "A. NJ" dot" ''E. K. r."
Cyrus. " - Elizabeth X. b." and Mrs. c. G.
Esterland were delivered as directed.
The supply of clothing has been very large,
dear Mrs. S. G. Seabury. but not o fraction
to the demaui Many of the tenement
houses contain twenty flats. with an average
of five children to each family. 1t is an
unusual thing to meet a child past fourteen
years unless in an invalid state, and the corps
have not found it possible III any one round
to carry a sutiiciency of clothes to cover the
nakedness of the babes and ruuabouts.
A towel is the standard attire for unfortu-
nate new-borns, aud if necessary you can be
furnished with the location of crowded tene-
ynar{u ruhara n, n hot Iau oo,,11 AL
dozens of children under seven years of age
playing in Railways, courts and back yards
without a vestige of clothing. Many of them
are naked from choice, but fully a third are
absolutely destitute. 1t is a fact, also. that a
lack of clothing deters many proud mothers
from taking their children on the water.
thereby mourning the censure of the doctors,
who are led to suppose that Indifference is
the reason.
In four instances of this sort, the results have
been fatal. and. on investigation, il was found
that three of the sick children were in need
of covering sufficiently decent to admit them
to the boat, the authorities requiring at least
one change of clothing on the excursion, and
two for the admission to the seaside hospital.
Mrs. LIS folding bed and mattress, will be
q real luxury TO the poor woman who will call
on you. She has a large family of children she
needs everything necessary to home comfort,
and is in every way worthy of your interest.
&C. b. RS" check was sent with the note,
that it was to be used at the discretion of the
recipient. Every penny was made to benefit,
either directly or indirectly, ZONE helpless
and suffering little one. With half the dona-
tion an obdurate renting agent was pacifed
and food, fuel and light for q family of three
little children was procured.
The woman for whom was bought the Cos
samer sells notions in Baxter street and at the
same time cares for q ~grandchild, whose
mother sorts rags for q livelihood. She was
fnund sitting on the cnrbatona in tho ~nalt;no