The evening world., 1894-05-21
BENEFITS FOR Babes.
Actors Will Sing and Dance for
the Free Doctors Fund.
Four Pretty Girls to Manage the
Entertainment.
Good Work Being Done by the Free
Physicians.

Two benefits for the Sick Babies
fund arc on the carpet.
one is n vaudeville show. to be given
Saturday evening at the Central Opera
House, under the management. of Miss
Ida Ellsberg. Miss Nathan and the
Misses Diamond. This pretty quartz:
has arranged n frst-class entertain
ment. The programme has length,
variety and excellence 10 recommend II.
Every performer Is n specialist, and
every ticket holder will find something
particularly interesting.
The young ladies' have arranged
things after ting style OF the big Vaude-
VILE Club. and those who don care for
singing, dancing, skits. sketches and
footlight fun will have n chance to visit
and chatter before. after and all through
the performance without disturbing
anybody or being disturbed. Flower
girls will sell buttonhole bouquets at
wholesale prices in the lobby; there are
to be girl ushers. girl Ganymedes and
girls in charge of the programmes and
opera-glasses. Girls will sell the tick
cts and take very good care that they
are paid for at regular rates, to help the
babies of the New York poor.
The Central Opera-House Is In Sixty
seventh street, near Third avenue, and
those who ave no engagement for next
Saturday evening. and want to be
amused are advised to see the show.
The May party of Prof. Steininger's
pupils will occur May 20 at Renwick
cesses Of the Academy. socially. imam
cially and artistically.
A graceful and bewitching army of
100 Ia In practice for the carnival. New
| 1rnoan nNa Alprr YAal- 49, VFtth lll~r
and down little satin breeches and
round about dress coats and Etor
Jackets and so,o every afternoon o a:
are rehearsals. One the solo dance,
Marks; She is to be dressed like q
sailor-boy and will dance the Highland
fling. Baby Sadie. is a quarter to six
years OF age. 1t Is all she can do tc
keep on her feet, and her steps M
gesture Ss ,b are VERY very wlnsome so,ro 20 he,,
the Sick Babies Fund must be some
thing OF an inspiration to other well-dis
posed boys and girls.
The fund Is two months ahead OF IT.
beautiful self this year, the idea beinl
to five the free doctors an opportunit,
to check the diseases known as Summe
complaints, so common and so. fatal I,
mild life, and also to give the lucky lit
tie. New Workers n chance to subscrih,
before leaving town. Private schools viii
close In n few weeks n there Is talk o
dismissing the public schools earlier thar
usual. This will cause an exodus o
pleasure-seekers and the city babies vii
be forS often. They don't go out Of town
Many OF them never leave the stihini
rooms where they were born until tn
little white hearse appears. Last weeI
The World" doctors made 1850 visit
and prescribed for nearly 400 tots. Man
OF the parents did not even suspect tina
their children were unwell, yet on OK
animation cases of diphtheria. mcaslc.
scarlet fever and pneumonia We're dis
covered. together with the physical dis
tress attending the period OF teethinl
There were 2lO cases of d~iphtheria Las
week, and seventy proved fatal. PerhaT
the most pltiful sufferers were the babie
found to be actually starving In the mid:
of rl.nty through the ignorance OF de
voted parents. In n city like New Yor
there Is no time of year when the sci
Vices of intelligent doctors are not neede
to save the newborn from ~well-meaninl
but misguided nurses. If you want /
Insure some midget's life send n dolla
to the cashier OF THE World" and mar
II for the Sick Babies Fund,