Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-07-23

them, she who had laid her last child to
sleep under the warm earth last winter,
said: Give II to me-" And the tender
hands Of the gentle woman bnthcd aud
dressed this awful specimen Of mans
brutality 10 his own and the rest of us
thought We saw halo about her head
The woman who brought Il said: 81
thought maybe you'd like to have Jimmy
rs well rs the rest. Mrs Connolly, she
has been worrying me 10 bring him. md
she said, You're 80 fond of tour baby,
You ought to give IL a chance to get we'll
Iimmy's mighty poor, to look at, but
lie is mine, aud IN the long nights, when
his fathers away getting drunk, me and
Jimmy understands each other, aud he
snuggles up TO ne, aud / think. oh. well
no matter If Tom Is getting drunk. II he
Is had sometimes. he is rimmy's faith
en- She was asked 10 sit down aud
be a little noighhorly, aud az she APP
parently had nothing to do aud didn't
seem to be quite willing 10 leave Jimmy
with strangers, she stayed. and hands
that last summer made tea In n swngger
drnwing-r0om In London made her cup
and . good one, Of TINT drink which al
ways docs cheer woman. When she
saw suit of clean clothes laid ont Tor
Jimmy, her joy was unbnundpd, and
later on, when the babies began TO waken
up, and were given sweet. cool milk and
bit Of ice, and where q baby was sick
tcaspooninl Of brandy and cracked ice
were given around, Timmy's mother
turned in, and was n great deal of help.
and ! heard Mrs. Connolly Saying to
her, when you come tomorrow. 20 be
ncighborly. brush your hair nice and wash
your face clean and | will be perfectly
willing to bet that T,mmy's mother look
ed "a deal neiter the next day The
sweet bath, the rcst, plenn clothes, The
good food, 50 delighted the well babies
that they sat ~ In their cradles and
crowed as II they owned all New York.
and put their fists IN their eyes, tried 10
swallow their pinl, little feet. and he
havrd as i there were no troubles In the
world and us If tho white scarf were
WHY BABIES DIE.
When we weren't looking nftcr the
babies, one of these good neighbsts read
ana the rest seweh' sewed on plain In.
tie garments that were TO be made TO
be given away, and when the reading
stopped, Mrs Connolly talked Slid
she; 'The reason the babies die and arc
80 miserable Is because their mothers
don't know how 10 take care of them,
though they love them just as well as
do women who are richer. 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 il clean. but you see. Miss while
there Is plenty Of people come down
here 10 teach them how much God loves
'em, and to tell EN- that thay ought
TO 90 to church every Sunday, there's
nobody who says. Scrub the floor, do .
the shutters, aud make the room cool;
wash the crying baby and II will 90 to
sleep: keep yourself clean and yon won't
feel the heat so much There was ne
woman who. came once to tel 'em that
they oughtn't TO have any children; but
was mighty proud of my sex when !
heard that d woman up stairs threw a
bucket Of wafer on her. There Is nobody
81 poor. Miss, or so miserable that any
body else has a right to come and talk
to them about the secrets ~ their welded
life; and II the good God didn't intend
them to have children, he wOnln't send
them. Sometimes | wonder why there
are so mauy, and then ! think Oh, well
there's a reason. But OH Miss, Ii these
good ladies could make them understand
how close you can come 70 being re-
spectacle and honest, and have honest.
happy children II you keep clean"
laughed approv.ngy al this practical
sermon. and answered: Mrs CONNOLLY.
you must have some Quaker blood IN
yon,r and she said "Well. no. Mis-
/ don't remember any; and I'm loo fond
NJ Connolly 30 be separated from him
In church: bot, because Of their being /
clean, l think they've a chance with the
rest Of Us.
CLEANLINESS AND KINDNESS.
of course. this one effort on the part