The evening world., 1893-05-20
THE Evening World" Takes Up
Its Regular Summer Charity.
Free Doctors viii Soon Be at Work
Among the Poor.
Tho Tots of the Tenement VIII Need
Caro- and Medicine.

The Evening World" Sick rah!.-'
Fund. which has done such a world OF
good for the poor in the past five Sum
mers. IL now open. Contributions OF
money or clothing will be thankfully
accepted. and everything donated Will
be acknowledged in these columns.
Last Summer the friends OF this
Fund gave nearly $4,000 to be used in
saving the babies. The corps of free
doctors, which was over thirty strong,
were kept busy night and day fighting
disease in the tencments. They stayed
the hand OF death from many thousands
OF cradles. The misery and wretched-
ness they found In the homes of the
poor were heart -slckening. They came
upon whole families that were starving.
Every day they found innocent. help
less little ones in the thrall OF disease.
gasping for breath. fading and wasting
out OF the beautiful world OF which
they as yet had learned nothing.
Ragged children ran crying to the doc
tors for bread. Fathers and mothers
they encountered who had lost heart and
will, sitting In the gloom OF despair
waiting for they knew not what to hap
pen. Such awful suffering they unveiled
in the midst Of this quiet and powerful
Empire City. that tears came into the
eyes of many who read their reports
printed In THE Evening World"
And what did these doctors do? They
fed the hungry. they clothed the naked.
they mnlstered kindly to the sick, young
and old they bade the fathers and
mothers hope; they lifted the sorrow
from every heart and kindled new lights
OF hope there. They kept thousands Of
babies out OF the grave, saving them to
shine as jewels and Joys In the homes
which these same missionaries OF the
Sick Babies Fund bettered and bright
ened in other ways also.
Here in plain figures Is statement
of the work done last Summer in be-
half Of the babies by the Evening
Worlds free physicians: Only n few
short OF 100000 families were visited:
1926 patients were prescribed for, in
ISIS cases more than one visit was
necessary; In 2400 cases medicine was
' furnished free Of cost; in 7I food was
given, and 457 applications for clothing
wero filed There were trips into the
country for many, and free excursions
10 Glen Island for poor mothers and
sonvalescing children. During the chol-
era scare the corps was increased and
! their vigilance doubled. The children
we're looked after until hte middle Of
October.
This Summer. the men skilled In dag
nosing a community's condition say,
there Is going to be considerable sicxness
In New York. As usual, the babies will
suffer the most. and the children of the
poor will go down before disease quickly
and In great numbers. The Sick Babies
Fund mus. so to the rescue Of these ba-
les of the tenements again. 1t must
save them this year as 1t has In the
past There will be more work to do
than there was In any previous Sum
mer. and ~ must be done thoroughly.
Money will be needed for doctors, for
food, for medicines. Friends OF the
fund will see the Importance OF giving
as generously as they can. and OF get
ting their friends to give literally. Lit
tie folks cannot begin too early to get
up their lawn parties. bazaars, &c. The
more work done at the beginning the
larger the fund will be and the greater
its usefulness before 1t closes.