The morning call., 1892-08-28

l watched the bringing In of the babies and
saw number sent out into the country.
The receiving room was about 90 feet
square and in the center Of one side of it,
behind low table, sat an intelligent Rus
sian girl with a ledger before her. At
one side OF her was a pair OF large scales,
for all the world like pair of gracer's
scales In which sugar is weighed, and before
her stood another OF the matrOns with a
tape measure thrown over her shoulder.
AS l stood in the room | took out my watch
and tuned the taking in of half a dozen
ba bles. These were brought in within 90
minutes and il did not take more than three
minutes at the outside to register. wash and
take care Of each Of them. Their mothers
| suppose, brought the babies in. One was
pretty Russian peasant girl. who came in
IN her bare feet. with bundle in her arms.
She took TINS to the table and handed a
slip of paper on which was written the
name Of the baby to the bookkeeper
She was asked the date of its birth and
was then given check with number on
II, and her baby was handed over to the
girl with the tape-measuTe. This girl up-
wrapped the little one In a jiffy ana laid 1t
Squallng on the scales. Size then gave its
weight TO the bookkeeper and taking the
tape-measure from her shoulders ran it
around the head Of the baby. noted the size
or 1t, and then measured its length from
crown to sole. These figures were put
down and the infant was carried off, naked
as it was, into the next room aud handed
over to the washer. First, however, its
check Of white bone bearing its number
was tied about its neck, and 1t from this
time lost its name and became a number.
Let us follow IL as did and see how il Is
taken care OF. In the next room an old
lady is washing baby that was brought ia
five minutes earlier. Sae speaks TO the cir!
who brings the new baby in and the baby is
dropped gently on padded table and left
second while number one is dressed. 1t
continues to squaIl and kick as it lies there
Tor i've seconds on lis back, but stops sud-
denly as the old lady picks il up. II starts
up again as she lays it in the copper bathtub
lined with flannel. This has warm water
10 IL and Into 1t more warm water is flow
ing. with soap the old lady quickly washes
tne DaDy, and in ten seconds by my watch
sue mas cleaned every part of its body. She
now raised 1t In her hands aud laws ii on a
dry padded table. She dries its red limbs
with soft towel and puts a little long shirt
on It's body. Then comes the diaper.
whlch IS inuch the same as the article used
by our babies at home, and then the old
LADY wraps around it these swaddliuq
clothes and the infant is complete'
1t IS carried to its little iron crib
ana Its life as Russian found
ling has begun. Eight days later il
Will be baptized by tle priest in A silver nrn
which stands on the floor OF the next room.
and for the beXt four weeks il is sure of es
good attention and as good food as any baby
can have. Its health will be carefully
watched and ii will be vaccnated with mat
Ter taken from inoculated calves, which
are selected for this purpose ana which are
Kept IN another part Of the establishment.
lhe vaccine matter is transferred directly
from the calf to the child, and the greatest
attention is paid to having tho animals clean
ana healthy. FRANK q. CARPENTER.