Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-07-27

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tried to swallow their pink little feet, and
behaved exactly as If there were no
troubles in the world. and as il the white
scarf were I'm unknown thing.
WHY BABIES DIR.
When we weren't looking after the
babies one Of these good neighbors read
and the rest sewed sewed on plain little
garments that were TO be made to be given
away, and when the reading stopped. Mrs
Connolly talked. Said she: The reason
the babies die and are so miserable is be-
cause their mothers don't know how TO
take care Of them though they love them
Just as well as do women who are richer
and happier. My mother told me what to
do with my babies when they were born,
and have never lived in such little place
yet that couldn't keep it clean; but you
see, miss. while there is plenty of people
come down here to teach them how much
| God loves 'em, and to tell EN- that they
ought to 60 to church every Sunday, there's
| nobody who says. Scrub the floor, close
| the shutters, and make the room cool;
wash the crying baby and it will go TO
sleep; keep yourself clean and you wont
| feel the heat so much There was one
woman who came once to tell 'em that
they ought'nt to have any children; put
| was mighty proud Of my sex when heard
that woman upstairs threw a. bucket of
| water on her. There is nobody SO poor,
| miss, or so miserable that anybody else
| has right to come and talk to them about
| the secrets of their welded life; and if the
| good God didn't intend them to have
| children, He wouldn't send them. Some
times wonder why there are SO many.
| and then | think, Oh, well there's a
| reason. But oh. miss, if these good ladies
| could make them understand how close
| you can come to being respectable and
honest, and have honest, happy children
if you keep clean"
laughed approvingly at this practical
sermon, and answered: MRS. Connolly,
you must have some Quaker blood IN YOU"
and she said: ,'Well, no. Miss; / don't re-
member any; and too fond of Connolly to
be separated from him in church; but be-
cause of their being clean, think they've
chance with the rest OF u.s."
CLEANLINESS AND KINDNESS.
OF course, this one effort on the part
of some good women toinduce those other
women TO appreciate the virtues, first OF
cleanliness, and of Kindness will do a
great deal. but that is just in one part of
New York, and though one never knows
how far its influence may spread, still
there are SO many cities and so many
babies on the other side, they tumble
up without seeming to be cared for and
with everything against them. They defy
starvation, sickness, foul air and bad treat
inent, and live through it all; and, my
friend, it is the greatest mystery to me thai
everyone of these boys and girls are not
bitter and vicious, and yet amongst them
is much kindness, if you know how tt
speak to them, with consideration ane
thoughtfulness. A little pleasure delights
them, and.life seems good TO them.
You shrug your shoulders, and yot
think, "Well, its probably all true, blu
they are NOT my babies" But | thini
they are. I think that in obeying thu
commandment and loving our neighbor
we are continually finding new neighbors
and if we do what is right, new response
bilities. You can help the babies in som,
way; you can give money for Ice, soap
, and, best of all, you can start daytim
nursery for them. II you are womal
! you can give little bit OF your time, AM
once yon try to do this, you will be sur
, prised to discover how generous you cal
= | become with that time. Women all owe
! the world, who, like Rachel, are weepin
for their children, because they are MOI
should dry their tears and help the siste
woman. 1t is just as much of sin I
weep too long for the dead as to be to
. selfish about the living.
, AscRNDED AND ENTHRoNEp.
e Did you ever have little child die? Dl
I you ever close your eyes and think that u
e in the skies, far, far back of the blu
d cloudland, there is little spirit waitin
for you, who. maybe, sees every action c
q your life? If it could speak, don't 20
s believe it would say, Help my littl
n brothers and sisters who are suffering
: ] cannot understand how women VIII
e have held their own children to the
!, breasts, who have nourished and love
+ them can fail to see the claims that oth'
e children have upon them. Motherboot
e the most superb crown for woman, los
y its lustre when the woman who wears
e forgets the claim of all little ones but HI
IS own. Think it over, Madam, and see
Z, you have done OF are doing your duty.
IS have worked hard this day that | hay
10 spent among the babies on the other sid
o and as go away see Jimmy looking
II little cheerier and certainly much cleane
l, being carried TO his home by his Town
d mother, because it is timeto get "her man
n supper" and just across the street there
e a white scarf on tenement house doc
n and all | can think Of, as the tears III
down my cheeks, is verse heard lol
y time ago:
,; ''As the little white hearse went glimmerii
L by
% A man looked out of window din,
a And his cheeks were wetand his heart was dI
Ia For dead child even was dear TO him."
'e OF how many is this true? Then, n
IN friend, what is your duty and what
s. mine? Answer Bah.
n | IS