The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-23

Gsr lE Wa~ al bounded. E14 later aN-
when the babies began Co v-8S-u lp. aud
were given sweet. cool milk and hit Of
ice. ana where @ baby was sick @ tea-
spoonful ~ brandy and cracked ice were
given around. IIuLy's mother turned
In. aud was o great deal u help. ami I
heard Mrs. Connolly saving % her
When sou come to-uorrovv. % be- neigh
oor-y brush your hair nice and wash
Te.iF face clean. and ! VIII 1r perfectly
willing % bet that Timmy's mother look
ed deal heater the next day The
sweet hath, the rest. clean clothes the
. Cult food 50 delighted the well babies
that rleT sat uQ IN their cradles and
Cr0we1 as 4 they owned all New York.
aud pu- their fists In their eyes, tried 70
swallow their pink little feet. and be-
LaFe1 exactly as II there were no rrOu-
b-es in the world and as II tine white
. scarf were an unknown thing
WHY BABIES DIE.
/ When we weren't looking after The ba-
/ oies one OF these good neigh b0rs read o nd
[ the rest sewed on plain little garments
. that were 70 be made % be given away,
f. and when the reading stopped. Mrs. Con
I molly talked. said she. The reason the
I babies die and ara 50 miserao bic is because
. their mothers don't know how 70 take
I care OF them, though thes love them inst
. as well as do women who are richer and
. happier Nv mother told me what % do
Z with my babies when they were born.
/ and I have never lived il such q little
I place vet that 7 couldn't keep II clean;
! but you see, Miss while there IS plenty ef
/ people come down here 10 teach them how
much God loves EN-, and 70 tell EN- that
( they ought 10 90 church every sunday
( there's nobody who SAYS Scrub the floor
I close the shutters and make the room
I cool; wash the crying baby and IL viii 90
! 70 sleep, keep yourself clean and YOU
/ wont feel the heat 50 much There was
1 one woman who came once 70 tel EN-
/ that they Oughn't 10 have any children
/ but l was mighty proud OF my sex when I
/ heard that a woman upstairs threw 4
/ bucket Of water on her. There IS nobody
| 50 poor. Miss, or 50 miSeTa Die that any
! body else has right 10 come and talk TO
/ them about the secrets Of their welded
/ life. and If the good GOd didn't intend
/ them 10 have children. He wouldn't send
| them Sometimes I wonder why there
! are 80 many, and then think. On, we'll
! there's reason. But Oh. Miss If these
/ good ladies could make them understand
! how close YOU can come 70 being respect
! able ana honest. and have honest, happy
| children If YOU keep clean"
! l laughed appTOvingly at this practical
| sermon, and answered. Mrs. Connolly
| YOU must have some Quaker blood in You, "
| and she said: We'll. no, Miss; I don't
! remember any; and I'm too fond Of Con
/ molly 10 be separated from him in church;
! but, 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 Of
! some good women 70 induce those other
/ women 10 appreciate the virtues first Of
! cleanliness and Of kindness, viii do
/ 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 50 many cities and 50 many Da-
! bies on the other side, they tumble up
! without seeming TO he cared for and with
/ everything against them. They defy
| starvation. sickness foul air ana bad
/ treatment. and live through IL all; and,
/ my friend. il is the creates mystery 10
| me that everyone Of these boys and girls
! are not bitter rad vicious, and yet amongst
/ them is much kindness, if YOU know how
| TO speak 10 them. with COusiderar ton and
| thoughtfulncss. A little pleasure de-
| lights them, and life seems good TO them.
| You shrug your shoulders. and YOU
/ think, We'll, its probably all true, Dut
/ they are not my babies. " But ! think
| they are. l think that in obeying the
! commandment and loving our neighbor.
| we are continually finding new neigh bOrs,
and if we do what is right, new response
| bilities. You can help the babies in some
way; YOU can give money for Ice, soap,
/ and. best Of all, YOU can start a daytime
nursery for them. If you are woman
/ you can give little bit Of your time, and
| once you try 70 do this, YOU will be sur
prised TO discover now generous you can
/ become with that time Women all over
| the world, who Ike Rachel, are weeping
! for their children. because they are not,
should dry their tears and help the sister
/ woman. It is just as much Of a sin to
weep too long for the dead as 10 be too
/ selfish about the living.
AsCENDED AND ENTHRoNED.
! Did YOU ever have a little child die2
/ Did you ever close YOUR eyes and think
| that up in the skies, tar, far back Of the
| blue clOudland, there is a little spirit
/ waiting for YOU, who, maybe. sees every
action of your life? If it could speak,
J don't yOu believe it would say, Help my
! little brothers and sisters who are suffer
| ing," | cannot understand how women
who have held their own children to their
| breasts, who have nOurished and loved
| them. can fail TO see the claims that other
children have upon them Motherhood,
/ the most superb crown for a woman,
! loses its lustre when the woman who
/ wears il fOrgets the claim of all little
! ones but her own Think IL over, madam
and see if YOU have done or are doing
| your duty.
have worked hard this dav that Ihave
/ spent among the babies on the other side,
and as I go away see Jimmy looking a
/ little cheerier and certainly much clean
err, being carried TO his home by his low
! ing mother, because il is time to get her
mans supper" and just across the street
/ there is white scarf on a tenement
| house door; and all I can think of. as the
! tears run down my cheeks, is a verse I
| heard long time ago:
| As the little white hearse wen. glimmering
! by
! A man looked out Of a window dim
! And his cheeks were wet and his heart was
/ dry.
! For a dead child even was dear TO him"
} OF how many is this true Then. nv
! friend, what is your duty and what is
/ mine2 Answer BAB.
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