Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28

statistics Of Paris do not represent the tru,
social state OF that city in this regard.
am told that mothers often bring theil
| babies to this institution and afterwart
/ apply to the establishment for places q
| wet nurses, and thus manage to get hold
OF their own babies and get paid for feeding
| them.
The Reoaption OF the Wallis.
watched the bringing in cf the babies
| and saw . number sent out into the country.
The receiving. room was about 20 feet
square, and in the center Of one side of 1t,
behind low table, sat an intelligent Rus
sian girl with . ledger before her. At one
side OF her was . pair of large scales, for
all the world like . pair OF grocer's scales
In which sugar is weighed. and before her
stood another Of the matrons with tape
measure thrown over her shoulder. AS I
stood in the room took out my watch and
timed the taking in Of half dozen babie&
These were brought in within 20 minutes,
and it did not take more than three minutes
at the outside to register, wash and take
care OF each of them. Their mothers, sup
pose, brought the babies in.
One was pretty Russian peasant girl,
who came in in her bare feet with . bundle
In her armA She took this to the table and
handed Q slip Of paper, ON which was
written the name of the bahy to the book
keeper She was asked the date of its birth
and was then given check with number
on 1t, and her baby was handed over to the
girl with the tape measure. The girl nm
wrapped the little ono in jify and laid it
squalling on the scales. She then gave its
weight to the bookkeeper, and taking the
tape measure from her shoulders ran 1t
around the head Of the baby, noted the size
OF it and then measured its length from
crown to sole. These figures were put down
and the infant was carried of, naked a. it
was, into the next room and handed over to
the washer. First, however, its check of
white bone bearing its number was tied
about Its neck and it from this time lost its
name and became . number.
Prepared for Its New Life.
Let us follow it as did and sec how It Is
taken care of In the next room an old lady
is washing baby that was brought in fve
minutes earlier. She speaks to the girl who
brings the new baby in and the baby Is
dropped gently on . padded table and left
second while number one 10 dressed. 1t
continues to squall and kick as it lies there
tor I've seconds on its back, but stops sud-
denly as the old lady picks 1t up II starts
up again as she lays il in the copper bath
tub lined with flannel This has warm
Wasct Az ~ duu 1utO IL HOF0 warm Wdter IL
flowing. With soap the old lady quickly
washes the baby, and in ten seconds by my
watch she has cleaned every part of its body.
She now raises it in her hands and lays 1t on
3 dry padded table She dries its red limbs
with soft towel and puts little long shirt
on its body. Then comes . necessary article,
which is much the same a. that used by our
babies At home, and then the old lady wraps
around 1t these swaddling clothes and the
infant is complete. 1t Is carried to its little
iron crib, and its life q Russian founding
has begun.
Eight davs later it will be baptized by
The priest in . great silver urn which stands
On the floor Of the next room, and for the
next four weeks it is sure Of as good at
'entien and as good food as any baby can
have Its health will be carefully watched
Ind it will be vsceinated with matter taken
rom inoculated calves, which are selected
or this purpose and which are kept in
mother part of the establishment The
racine matter 10 transferred directly from
he calf to the child, and the greatest at
ention is paid to having the animals clean
md healthy. FRANK G. CARPENTER.