New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-03
DAY WITH "THE LITTLE MOTHERS"
GLORIOUS Fun PICKING DAISIES AND PADDING
IN THE WATER.

GLORIOUS Fun PICKING DAISIES AND PADDING
IN THE WATER.
Nev-York is the city of a thousand charities but
probably OF the fairest OF them TO exist Is
that OF the Little Notices. Ever since that day
when gazing from her study window Mrs. Alma
Calder Johnston made UP her mind that these poor
little weak backed, burdene1 children OF the slums
were the section of humanity most overlooked In
the charitable plan big shafts of light have pene-
traed the od-tme gloomy tenement ana new
days OF rest and happiness have dawned Tor the
Little Mothers"
Just now they the long days OF holiday In
the country. Every Tuesday and Friday at 9:i5
"a m parry leaves One-hundred twenty ninth
St and Thrd-ave by the Harlem Railroad for Bar
tow on Sound under the of Miss j. Ohm
stead superintendent of the Little Mothers Aid
Society" female doctor and three four chapc-
rones The day ; passed at the Holiday House"
which has been gift to the society and is one
OF the quaintest, most delightful Old mansions in the
country. Here for $50 years il has stood in the
heart OF green meadow untouched by convention.
with the daisies and clover noddlng over It's window
ss and no paths cut beyond the laneway TO the
wicket gate and the green. grassy slope TO the
waters edge.
Never hopeful a group OF children set out for
days pleasuring these poor little waits. Some
OF them have green stretch Of grass
or sheet of flowing water. The little mother
is the slender, pale-faced child of the sums, who
has had no childhood Of her own, VINO never knew
anything from the time she could understand but
being a little mother TO the poor. haN-starvea
brothers and sisters younger than herself while the
real mother OF all laid the entire household burden
on her small thin shoulders and went out to earn
the daily bread-or sometimes. perhaps. didn't the
little mother is the child born TO responsibility
She always dragging" somewhere, because
she always had a burden. Her little feet never
tripped anywhere Ike those Of other children
And now since the establishment OF the Little
Mothers Aid Society many happy winter TsuNdIS
have come and sewing and cooking schools exist
for tbree-fourths of the year. and friendly, symra-
thetic eyes are at all times the watch for their
special we-being. But above all things when sum
mcr comes there are the days IN Inc country.
long clear cool green days with never fleck OF
sadness on the sunshine And ia! : NlSioH -.
these Little Mothers a-holiday making Is worth
making a good long journey to behold ,,,,,
The first thing they do on reaching me io!luhH
House after being welcomed by the gehla, ma" T,
Mrs Mrs ss nni hall V which runs from from, back
porch is to have breakfast 81 nrvap ~, h.' nary
on the day the writer accomp@niei t3S' wi
smaller number than usual s,,d grnce srsthcr
aloud for what was probably goihg 10 W. e mt ms
sTse good meal msn fGc Gi w Snr ao ali over
meadows shaking the ehetry tree. T Going is, as
in il all BY the time the horn bcw lo' H'1 &c.
nearly big herself and what nsco vs. Mr. ln@
grant burden she fel she was t III M The bic hail
| table. add to by and ny no ,oe,, Neat gray
Then ther% wsn nT wc ' given Out, with towel
each and AZ after the exertion OF howef,pnhE vi i,
were all h9i ana Ut To- ' y,vos were calm ana
numerous smnu rocks ran far on into IN" Lu". W.
little ones who afraid obeyed tne doctor ~ ~
weitIne their heads and then sat In safety on 'nr
rocks. letting the water Hash up U,.i gri@ -
delightful refreshment. Tn're WcTe MY go IN
six and the oldest was about eleven toI WILL ,
the lain ne are At which she can in shop or
factory she IS sent out. ana younger "' - civ
r. f. hard 70 realize that their frail backs coun -.
moment siagger under the weight 81 a DE r,
| IN hem ina; nothing DO they resent NOR i'rTcry
than the nslnuaiion tina, they ma> not rm'hT 'S
| rmr..s "Surelv" was said 10 one lttlr man VIZ
was tumbling long skirt pnt On 'or III" sbe
y you Guckiy tears yelling up into her eyes
can carry our baby and can ia.e PIN 1n' I'll
and when ait down near the ti' s. me. uon,hs
all all ,aap.d in big hurry. AMI with thr"aen'nf -
hresk Down completely any moment IN me I'M
aglnei wrong. Ths litile gri haa Sin. Near the
river where she could the water low anu t tnar
the current breeze which never reachsf me man
alleys She had the evidence o, NOR Ia not hav,
most for her hands were yet esoy nanrS and her
ng begun to get worn IKE the ''n' sn ' In The
SnTk' Of h TN tSdren were small slight ami
oa,s ny hui even where the hand was not
naturally small dwarfed 1t was alwayf w"i" ,
without exception pale and their features plDH H
and accusiomel as they were 70 hcry %, 81 %
10 the other TO keep up the happy belief mat me-
| couid sill pluck flowers. she said We might, one
| would cav to the other And she toid "a - pun
| he whole field If We wanted to- anne from ano'nrr
| And th.n pull away children. rall"l from "'e
chan.rones on the porch set IN little minds Al ''S
| and the hands bus-r than ever ~ ..,o
| Dinner is served at o'clock Good meat Ne8',a
| bles fresh milk and bread and butter mao" u ~
Ii was remarkable that TIE rh''arc 'Kra meat
bread and butter and left the more SaVUit NV ,S
| ana vegetable as an afterthOught hut Wh'h '''c
| ice-cream ana cake cane thcr" was n ehS''h u,
ihe owe IL good ice-cr"an. 700. cut ~ l,"o
si,ces from bricks Of vanilla strawberry ana ch1c
| oi,,e and a fresh slice OF homemade spongt TX
went with IL. So thckly do The tenen"nts NJ
with these child houseke epers That "Ach utS Il,
! fcrent party goes during the season, ahn W., ~
| lasted longer than from June to oc'oD'' MI NIL
| ,ronId still De other children LETT 10 tak, pne
hing however Is done In the case OF sprclay uel'-
| cate children. they kept at the hondty ilVu,u
Tor a week or for two. II necessary uht 'heN sh'"
strong signs Of IMMIGRATION. - -, o. tr tho
| Af,er dinner there Toll on the grass III INV
| yh1ie a few rocks IL The hammt ckS: ana thr'.
| vrheo II was whispered mat coming nome UNI
| was near a final rush for more arm!uls OF now. =,
| i'ro,rhIes and tail grasses they tore up IN mn
| 90 anrncss as we'll blossoms. HugglnR theif
TO their breasts. the Little Mot-
| ers' turned their faces cityward by inc p III
| train from Barlow they got TO town ana lurnhR 10
| cast and west from the stations or the lhlru-aNr =.
! railroad they reached home to i've over ana oN'I
in memory for months to come the JOYS OF 'he per
feet day