The evening world., 1892-04-23
A BABES PARADISE.
Harlem'S Big Playhouse for
Children of the Poor,
Adult Sick Treated Free and In
fants Cared For by the Day.
All Sorts of Amuscments Provided
for the Wee Guests.

for the Wee Guests.
/ No. 9"Ig second avenue Is the address of
the International Medical Mission, considered
Uy many the most beautiful and praisewOrthy
charity in Harlem.
The n"lghbJrhOod In which the Mission IS
7 located Is dCnscy populated with the poor Of
all nattOnaiiIics.
Doctors, Kings Daughters and LIBERAL
minded and kind. hearted women divide the
work, and the misery and suffering they en-
compass with u measure Of relief cannot be
estimated IN figures or words.
4 For Instance, one feature Of the Mission is a
Harvest Home festival, held In september
when the men and women and the boys and
| girls get together In IA bl: Kitchen, the price
Of admission being package OF fruit weigh
/ ing not less than one ounce nor more than
one ton, Tor the purpose Of having good
time and canning or preserving tho fruit, to
be used during the Winter ior the sick pat
rons Of the. Dispcnsary.
There are at least hundred free dispen-
saries about New York where nasty drugs
and yilc-tasting pills may be had but this is
the only mission on record where sweet
charity prcscrIbcs and provides II cup OF pre-
! serves glass OF jelly or taste OF MARINA
lade for the hcaith-impoN erished or feeble
/ patient.
! The Mission House Is an old-fashioned man
/ sion remodelled and improved to facilitate
/ the work. In the rear Is a big back yard
where the babies from the day nursery get
! their sun baths In nnG weather, ana where
the runabouts make mud pies In summer
II there are no mud biscuits to make then
a Kings Daughter teaches the wan little
creatures 10 play and get acquainted with
one another, which has Il better effect than
most medicines.
The rooms Of the medical mission are on
the parlor floor. II Is here that the sick poor
are received and treated, here the aged as
well as the infant is benefited, here cases
come for investigation and here the business
Of the entire International Medical Mission is
transacted.
ON the floor above Is the day nursery, the
pride OF a band OF young ladies comprising
the silver cross Guild.
There, for nickel, or for nothing, poor
labOring women may leave their children
with the rrm conviction that they Will have
food, amusement, medical service and kind
treatment. The suit includes playroom, a
bathroom and rcception-room, where the
ladies and Visitors are received, where the
youngsters are washed and combed and
where they march and sing and play more
games than you ever heard OF.
The slecping-room, dining room, kitchen
and the private apartments OF the matron
4 ana nurses are on the top floor.
| The cribs and cots are all white. .enamelled
irpu n fp bpi
, the gifts OF benevolent persons or circles
: Little Howard Pomer0y gave cradle to the
babies with his "bcst love for blessing
Mrs. Lombard. Of Or. Virgins church, donated
S cot, ana SO did Mrs. Gorscher, of Great Bar.
a rlngton, Mass. one downy cot came from q
4 "Chlld's Circle" in Water town, Mass, and the
t "Co-workers Circle" OF. this city, contributed
A "nest" and Sl5, which Is the actual cost
n OF supporting child one year in the day
nursery.
. And such support, too, as It Is!
> 1t will pay you TO make the long journey tC
Il No. 2240 Second avenue some sunny day
y lust To see how very, very tcnderly thes,
Q midgcts are cared for, how swcctly they re
spond to love-makng and how much gOoC
: surroundings have to do with good healtl
i and good nature.
i ne girls WHO wear llt sllNtT CTDSS hut
9 mind these children all day long do so be
a cause they honestly love the little ones. The.
. are not paid, except in that medium OF cur
rency coined in the heart OF childhood-ca
" resses ana confidence.
i The first thing in the morning the tots ar
! washed and put into acknowledging slips o
d aprons OF bright gingham. Those needing
@ medical attention are sent 10 the dispensary
Il and the rest either go to sleep or go to thei
l. iavOrite games.
kiss me and bath me quick and give m
Pinkic !" was the morning greeting OF q nit
OF girl who rushed into the arms OF King
Is Daughter almost breathess with eXcitemen
O. "Pinkie was the new doll with very brigl
l. cheeks, and the sweet little blonde love
" her Just as hard as she could"
(, Most Of the children are less than two yeal
re OF age, but they are all kept clean, dry al
= comfortable and summed, aired, rubbed al
or fed so regularly that they sleep most OF u
time. AT noon dinner is served and tht
" there is Il general rolling of Jo dreamlan
'o TO avoid as much as possible the "Cro
oi waking up a toy or some pretty playthlng
e- laid on the pillow where the sweet lit
o. snoOzer Will nnd II soon after opening h
tn eyes.
er No sWeetor lullapies were ever Groom
\. than those heard at the cots and cradles
,is the Medical Mission. They are sung In En-
l,,. lish, but you err II you think these elhr
dolls, puppets, chits, Liliputians, hOp-o'-In
thumps, lambs and chickens from Europca
ASialic and African homes do not understaI
no them.
"A Unfortunately there is not sufficient mea
ed back OF the Medical Mission TO do the wo
dis that should be done. The demands are n
as only enormous, hut constantly incrcasir
,ts However, the omccrs and directors are hOT
ful OF the liberal patronage needed to susta
II not extend the the Mission.
NELL NILSSON
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