St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-24
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If there is anything that has not been
provided for in the way OF securing
comfort for the worlds fair visitors, 1t
must be something that no one ever
thought of. There are bureaus for this,
that and the other. Homes for visitors
from different states, where they can
read the name of the best state in the Un
ion, or see their own stateflag, and hear
their own particular vernacular spoken ;
sit in the rooms that the taxes they have
paid helps to furnish, and where they
feel free to ask their friends to come
and admire. But the best thing of all
is that there is a place provided for ba-
bes. where the tots can be taken care
OF, and have good time, besides, while
fathers, and more especially mothers,
can play they we're just married and had
no cares. An admirer of babies writes
this way about it:
Along with the other provisions for
the comfort of Sightleers at the Co.
lumbian exposition is day nursery for
the reception of babies and youngsters
too small or too troublesome to toddle
along with father or mother, who are
"dofpg" the fair
TWENTY-FIVE cents is the modest fee
charged by the managers of the creche
for days care, beside a bountiful feed
ing in the nursery dining room morning
and afternoon, SterliZed milk is given
the smaller ones, and good, wholesome.
nutritious food to those who have out
grown purely baby diet. They are
served at little tables, and are much
dragged about looking at sights they
care nothing for, and worrying the life
out of the mother who has been foolish
enough to bring them along.
When the child Is brought to the creche
In the morning its Name and that of its
parents is registered i'll the secretary's
book. The permanent residence is
taken as well as the temporary one in
Chicago and the fathers occupation or
profession is recorded. A minute de-
scription of the child's dress is also
written out in detail, and then round
brass numbered check is given to the
one bringing in the baby, while another
is put on the back Of the little ones dress
under its collar, where it cannot easily
be detached.
The sight of the little folks is never
failing attaction, but at the very begin
ming the rule was made that no out
Siders should be allowed to enter the
play rooms or nurseries, otherwise
nurses and children would not have had
room to turn around, for even as it is
the windows are obscured most of the
time by crowds of curious men and
women anxious to get a look at the
checked babies.
This nursery is really an exhibit of
the Buffalo Charities organization. Miss
Maria NJ. Love, chairman of the ad-
visory board. is in executive charge,
with Miss Fanny E. Harris as matron.
The creche, as organized and run in
Buffalo. is solely to benefit the laboring
classes. and babies are there taken for
five cents a day and clothed, washed
and fed, instead of being sadly neglect
ed. as they would have to be while their
mothers we're al work, if there were no
such blessed institution. If the well-to-
10 mothers who leave their little ones
IN charge are enthusiastic in their
praise Of such an arrangement, imagine
the amount of relief that the main
creche brings to the hearts of many
women who must toll for their daily
bread, and WHO would find their bur-
tlens much heavier to bear if there were
no such pleasant home in which to
leave their little ones while they strug-
gle for their maintenance.