The evening world., 1893-07-18

| The Sick Babies Fund would like to
| know what has become of the Society
OF Little Defenders.
| heretofore these small Samaritans
| have rallied to the support OF the poor
tots at the very first call. Something
is the matter this year. There must be
some misunderstanding. for the Fund
| has been opened nearly two months
and not an l.. u. has come to the res
cue
| 1t can't be that they have forgotten
| their baby friends.
People with big heads may forget their
| first love, but people with big hearts
never do, they are constant and true
to the end of time.
"Thc Evening World" takes this op-
portunity to remind every boy and girl
who we'rs the badge of the Society
that the sick babies of the poor are
patiently waiting to hear from them.
They arr in ii pretty bad condition this
summer. being attacked by bronchitis
hlphth"iia and pneumonia, and threat
cn'i with cholera. They are in need
OF everything food, clothing, health.
if'sh ar and even care. Last week
nearly iOO little ones yielded up their IN
There was not one of them over five
years of age, nor one whose death was
not preventable.. They died because
they did not have half chance to live.
y IN one of the SiNteth streets, near
Ihird avenue, IA good man has car
riage house. Instead of keeping his
carriages and livery there hc has them
stored elsewhere, and the entire build
ing Is used as "A day nursery. Here poor
working women leave their babies from
a. NJ until l.. Nj. Those who can
afford to do so pay cents. which does
not begin to compensate for the care
of the child, but which is accepted to
preserve the pride of the parent.
Mothers are allowed to run up accounts,
but no record is ever kept. Two sweet
little nuns from the New York Infant
Asylum donate their services. They
bnthe. dress. feed and amu'e the guests
and from them 1t Is learned that q
cents n day will keep baby happy
and well.
Unfortunately there is no such crib.
side down on the east side, and even
If there We're n score there are hundreds
of mothers who could not take advan'
tage of them for divers and good rca
sons Sick babies are not generally
admitted to nurseries or kindcrgartens
the risks are too great
1t Is hard enough to care for IA fret
ful child, but IT Is ten times harder t.
mind one who Is ailinE with II disease
| that Is apt to 'be contagious. Then, too
many OF the mothers are not able Il
leave home, particularly when there
| are three or more littlc ones. DO yol
| think that YOU could rise ut 3 y. NJ.
| convey your tired self ana two, three o
| four tots to n ncighboring nursery
| work all day and bc ready 1T clucl
| to go foi them and take them home?
| II YOU got - cents or 30 cents 70
your labor as many women VINO wori
| in factories, lanndries and public build
ings do. you could hardly afford car
! fare. and. unless you were as superb,
| built rs .Sandow. you could not rcpea
| these duubl, trips daily. Nor can tn
mothers. And 50 they go off to worl
and an elder child Is left to care TO
the babies.
In the last month "'rhe Evenin
Worlds" doctors have called on 800,
families The misery they have see
and are seeing every hour is appallinl
It is to help mitigate some of 1t tina
the Sick Ruhics' Fund Is In cXisnnc,
and that AN appeal is m9de to the Lit
he Defenders.
If ~ cents will feed Il baby how man
NELL. NELSON.