The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-03

Inc last week OF June. ls1i was more
fatal to child iif" than the correspond
Ing week of the past iivo years
In four days j23 little lives were
sacrificed. Summer complaint carried
off Isl babies and runabouts Those
children wanted to live; they had II
right to live, and they would hav" lived
If they had had proper care. The
youngest pupil in the training Sc hoo Of
rUrsing knows that those pct lambs
were murdered not intentionally. per.
haps, but nevertheless murdered Death
caused by Carc,rssress or .nnO.ancr is
as criminal as death by violence. The
week before last the mortality among
children was Isl, and the fatal cases of
Summer complaint numbered 81. showing
total increase of li2. and an excess OF
100 In the dread disease. Az the weather
during the last week was not the most
trying of the month, the mothers stand
accused of criminal neglect. Those lSl
tots had gotten used to the heat: all
but the newborn babes were arrlimatcd
ana III majority would have thrivcn IL
they had been property fed and kept
cool and clean. Their lives were worth
only dollar n week. hut lacking tn"
price disease overpowerrd them. and
earth will know them 10 more.
Sadly enough those sweet litil" beings
| belonged 10 the tenement -huus'
| population. or the weeks NOR
iai,y n tho highest Of The
year, only M w"r" privat"-h"ua" rcsi-
dents. Thor" we're 2e funerals from
| the hospitals hut death visited Sal tcne-
mcnt-hrdsr homes ami J23 helpless little
| cnes bore him company. mi shows
| that IL H. not the adult, hut the "nld
who needs tho homage of love, sympathy
| nnl intelligent care Civ" tn" baby the
| clements OF health md h. viii grow Ia
| p,rfeci manhood. 4 NOR" eloquent az
lie offered than Registrar br Nagle's
record Of last weeks awful mortality.
| Their. IL not n more worthy or practical
| charity in exist"nc" than this fund II
| IL pre-eminently the peoples charity.
| Tho Childrnn Of the poor are sought for,
and after administering to their cumfor,
| such service as the family needs Is rem
| lurrl. Their" is no ChteChisinR. no pry-
ing into priva'" affairs and no class dis
tinct,on. zine Evening Worlds" STAFF
| physicians don't care who the parents
are, where they came from or what, con,
vlctions they may have on political and
| religious subjects. The object of their
visit iG to increase tho comfort of some
a,lng child, to ask permission To treat
him. to make tho sick well, tn keep the
well from gottnS III and to bring the
| dying back TO He. It no physician has
II ease in hand the doctor takes hold
of 1t AMI does his honest ableSt best
| to gave II.
This Sick Babies Fund Ia a fresh lair
| fund. an ice fund, food fund.- cloth
| ing fund and temporary relief fund
combined. 1t Is distinutivcly n fund for
sick babies, Their little wants are
catered to. and as far as possible kin
| drcd sufferers are relieved. Proper
tional to the money and clothing sub
scribed are the distributions. Every
| dime contributed does ten cents worth
| OF good and every dollar does ten times
more. II the Fund amounts to 500, 600
the children of the city poor Will have
had 10000 worth OF benefit; from II
| smaller total fewer benefits win acrue.
hut THE Evening World" Is figuring on
"A different basis In previous years the
support has been sufficient. This year
| the circle of want Is wider than ever
before. and bigger fund IL needed and
expected. The most encouraging sup
port has been extended during the past
month and n continuance is all that is
desired.
So far, 1920 sick visits have been
made by the stan doctors, and h,i30 lit :
| tie patients have been treated free Of
! any expense. Those two facts tell the
| story OF the Sick Babies Fund work.
| Send any small clothes suitable for
the season to Mrs Roberts. 22S East
| Twenty first street, and address money
| letters to the cashier OF The World
Live and let live is the moral of the true
moralist.