Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-03-01
WITH A HEALTH DOCTOR.
EARLY MORNING SCENES N 1eNe,
meNT HOUSE DISTRICTS.

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ns'' starved Babes and Cht,s,. r..
lave ." Dscayed Fruit and So..,..
msnt That Is Worse Dead. s..,-
! ana How They Are Corrected.
twenty minutes in one of the djstr;cts
y tne summer corps Of the board ~
1a''" WIN enaple any one to obtain an
laea % how the tenement house peopl.
I'VE Imagine that you have accepted
an invitation to spend twenty minutes
win one OF the summer doctors
y 'sa hot August day eo'clock in the
morning The mir even at this eariv bopy
Is stiti'ng Are you surprised to And
NE astir heref ReIuember yon arr. n
.he MIDST o. the poor people who begin
their day labor al q o'clock Entering
our district, nothing escapes our ewes
zee TINS stand on the corner piled mn
with fruit, beautiful to behold suuoest.
ing garden IN the tropics But what
Is that odors And this wee newsbov-
what does he want 10 bnyY
Curiosity 10 see what the child ia 30
ing to buy also onr duty inpelling us
70 discover the cause Of the odor. hold
us moment We see hat he buys two
peaches tor a cent and then for the first
tliiie notice thai the luscious heaps CON
sist OF piles OF ,-caying frun thrown
proii'scnousiy together rotten pears.
bananas and peaches this rotten fruit
selling attwo and three for cent. We
mildly fhe
such fruit is not wholesome. it ought to
be thrown away
lie 'doesn care" about the unwhole-
someness Of the stuff We then show
our badge and make him throw il away
we pass on thinking that we have saved
the lives OF many children, an ounce of
prevention being better than a pound Of
cure
rushing our way we proceed 1t is
really pushing onr way. for the street is
lined with mothers each holding a baby
III her arms with another dragging on
to her skirts Some are sitting on the
stoops, some in the areas and others on
the curbstones. in fact they are all over
Suddenly We hear pitifuI wall from
little baby We know what that means
It means that the baby is thirsty The
mother also thinks she knows She
gives it the breast The poor baby, after
ciutchlng II eagerly and taking many
swallows. releases it aud again cries that
same pitiful, forlorn wall
BLESSED WATER
Can any one be ignorant that nothing
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poor substitute Here is chance to
give private lecture, and presently we
are telling the mother that the baby
needs water to quench its thirst. the hot
weather makes it sweat good deal it
loses Il great deal of water and SO needs
a great deal A passing ice wagon fur
nishes a scrap of ice 1t does one good
to see how eagerly baby sucks it. This
mother lives in ii house where there are
fifteen other mothers. aud asking her to
tell the others we walk away feeling
sure before night all these babies will be
drinking water We have told her to
boil the water, put 1t on ice and then
give 1t to The baby to drink
Looking up and down the street we
see that it is very dirty Going over to
investigate pile of dirt. we see on it's
uphill side pool of stagnant water
which Is almost green Given d hot
August day, peek of garbage and the
universal dust and we have germ
breeding center The people inhale this
air all day and all night
Looking around we see the houses that
need us most dirty filthy houses, No
wonder the people camp out in the streets
all day-yes, and all night We see a
group of mothers and children standing
at hall door They make room for us
to pass We stop to speak to them
Noticing a weary white faced girl of
about twenty years, and seeing child
clinging to her dress, we ask her about
the baby then about herself She tells
MS that the baby Is Il year and a half old,
still nursing Asking her if she does not
know that babies should be weaned at
nine months. the answer we receive is.
yes, that she knows but it does not hurt
it and it saves the cost of buying milk
for the baby, for they are very poor
DEATH IN THE CELLAR
OUl III the tdII We ttllii obOtit
three years old with an old mans face
this face heing characteristic of rick
etts. that disease now becoming so com
mon among poor people This'littlc one
is busy eating an apple skewered on
stick, and eating it as II 1t We're Its en-
tire breakfast. not dessert or any relish
but its whole meal In contrast to this
a Il
children attracted attention. and what
contrasts
Onr twenty minutes is almost mp, but
we can hardly teal ourselves away from
this gypsylike encampment last look
at them forces a smile, as we see Ger
man housefrau with her basket of lunch,
blanket and knitting She has evidently
come from an upper story to spend the
day on the sidewalk In the hall we
meet pleasant faced, motherly woman.
she is evidently the janitress, We ask
her about the number of families in the
house, children, plumbing. sickness, etc
We notice distinct odor in the hall
Well try the cellar She lights us down
there. and answers glibly all our ques
lions. We are really ashamed to have
suspected anything wrong in the cellar,
but the odor is IA danger signal. which
says, Take heed. dangerv'
We look around the cellar, all clean
and dry We are just going to leave
when we see Il relieved look in her face,
and suspecting at once something wrong
begin to pry about from end to end
Knocking on one end of the wall we find