The evening world., 1890-07-01
LITTLE LIVES.
First Days Work Of the Evening
Worlds" Corps Of Physicians
Touching Stories Of the Misery
and D%estltutiOn Found.
The Fund Has Now Passed the First
Thousand Dollar Mark.

In the quiet BACK parlOr OF an UnpIe'
tentious, yine.embowercd dwelling on
Thirty.ft street at 6 o'clock last even.
ing were grouped a hAlf.score of serious.
faced. ,arnest-looking men aud a bright,
brown.cyed young woman.
They were the vanguard of THE EVEN
rNa WORLD Corus OF Physicians for the
relief of sick children. and they were
simply TO report the retults IT the first
days tour of inspection and assistance
among the wretchedly poor and sadly
neglected humanity Of this vast metropo.
lis.
In truth they had much 10 tell. And
il was not of that character which makes
the listener the happier for the hearing
of n.
To know that in this great citadel OF
there are thousands Of our fell
low-men suffer ng the most AFFECT misery
is powerful enough. but to have set before
our eyes, pictured in narrowing vivid
ness. the w~retchedncss and restitution
and neglect of hundreds more of sickly.
puny, dying, innocent infants Is surely a
spectacle which touches our innermost
heartstrings and forces our warmest SYM
patty and quickest action.
Exnggeration is not necessary in de-
picting the scenes which The EVENING
WoHLp's Corps of Physicians met with
in their first detour of duty. The facts
are too narrowing without vanishing.
II was the first day of the midsummer
campaign against disease and depriva-
ton III the haun,s of the lowly oil the
part o tTHE EVENING WORLDS Samaritans
Perhaps it was best after all that it
should have been so blisteringly hot aud
unbearable. Certainly it exhibited the
want and wretchedness and sickness SO
persistently prevalent in truer II more
glaring %colors,
The visiting doctors worked heroically.
The longest flights of narrow. squeaking
stairs, the darkest dcscents of noisome
basement steps possessed no terrors for
them.
TIE EVENING WoI.Lp's intention and
desire was and is TO reach. personally,
every case of sicknessamong the offspring
of the lowliest III the burning, fostering
heart OF this sizzling city. and every
member Of Ink EVENING WORLDS Corps
of Physicians wns thoroughly and sym.
pathetivally attuned with these sentl-
ments.
IL was for this reason alone that sub
scrIptions were crayed from New Works
citizens.
Not one of those meic iful donors who
contribute his or her mite could have
10 the heartTeul ling reports
of the visiting physicians ana felt other.
wise thar that 1t had been most be-
bestowed.
Every penny that has been or will he
TO 1HE EVENING WORLD for
the Sick Rabies Benefit Fund. the con
may rest assured VIII be distrib-
uted i'll the most judIcIous manner and in
a wAv to obtain the greatest and most
desirable results.
There arc thousands of sick babies in
New York. Yes, not only sick but nbso-
diving, simply toI the want of
proper medical attendance.
When II IL known that perhaps a single
visit and prescription from one OF THE
MoRLpS physicians may save
cooling, innocent ones life, Is there "A
whu feels within him the heart
beat of "A man or woman but Will wish To
donate his modest Offering to swell tue
pile and speed the noble work:
IHE EVESISG NoRLD Knows there is
one.
The physician in charge of this grand
is DR.. NJ. l., Foster. The half score
Of assistants arr Drs IL. Freeman, j. i.
l., d. Henderson. ;, q. Mason. Martha
Herrick, and prs. Ahlsirom, Hall and
Chief Physician Foster had carefully
prepared for each of his ASSISTANTS a Well
lie fined district. Quarters wherein dwelt
the poorest II consequently the great
est sufferers were selected
In the very heart OF the Five Points:
the lowest slUms OF the most
blIni alle.s, up rlckrty stairs; no place,
IN fact, MAS too turbIddIug, too oblec-
,IOnab'r, too l!shearteuIug for this little
baud If Sanarltans 10 enter.
They hcsl,ated a; NJ place, DUTY bale
enter and minister to the wants of
OF their fellow ere ttures whom
nAd decrved should suffer.
nT. Freeman WAS assigned 10 Cherry
HILL. lie knew the district, for he had
there before in the service of IHE
EYENING NOBLp.
" IL Was a particularly pathetic case !
aim 81 At the start. . he said. II
lad Double alley aud Single alley " ia
Merry llII. lneN are famous spots III
Ills city. famous Tor their NTH ana pow
At rs Cherry street | found Mrs.
Thomas O'Henn and three children.
The husband and father Is confined
IN the Charity Hospital. Mrs. O'Hearn
has MANAGED 10 pay the rent OF her two
rooms ~ a. july 1. She has
her another tenant, a Mrs. Doll
two CEll zen
Mrs lota has no home now except
hat ing hearted Mrs. O'Hrarp gives LtT. /
She hAi been an occupant az a tenement
N the same house, hut Vas dlspossvE,ed
.uE nOu-payucrt ~ rent. Z
Nell, found Lr-. O'Ht3ru's chill
lren suferiu. With cholera lniautum
md the lttle Dole cullIrou slcS with
ilarrhupa. prescribed Tor them. aui
poor Mrs. II DID told me Eus tie
agent ~ tn house had
nFdt red Mrs OHearn out because she
herseli aud hltlr ones
e.. !ust because Mrs, O'Hearu
helpless Nrs. bold aud her tUo
SivAly youngsters & remain IN her 70 ms.
AFTER they had been rylctej from their -
apartments. a wit - e!e lion was served
by the owner AMI l-rut OF the ~. peTty
Mrs. UHvaru.
Adelis l.. Wheeler is the owner II
that house and Lowell Dudley Is tie
agent.
In these two small and msuficisut!y
rooms ten human beIuEs are Inv
ing.
4 don't think I need add more.
W hen ! visited Mrs O'HeaEu yvsieri.y
mad inst TagFlya3 a Rrpf-T vr-