The evening world., 1894-07-13
The Free Doctors Arc Doing Their
Best for the Tots.


Those people who write letters to the
newspapers pleading for the birds"
should not forget the babies. The dea tn
rate IL going UP, and the children VI the
poor are going down to untimcly graves.
Last week the clty's mortality reached
30. an increase Of slNty-two compared
With the record OF the CORES ponding
week OF 1885,. only los deaths occurred
IN private residences the lanes of pow
erty and the wards OF charity hospitals
contributed the others.
As during the past two weeks. the
greatest mortality was due to diarrho-al
troubles. which sacrificed 81 babies
The total loss OF child life during the
week from all diseases numbered G}S
And yet wrll.meanins women plead for
the birds OF New York"
The fatal trouble with the children Is
neglect. what they need is "are---H few
ounces OF good food suitable TO their
constitutions. e couple OF baths. n Cou-
plr or suits OF clean clothes ana q good
place 10 sleep. Given those conditions
daily for - few wears. tn. average child
may be expected to Ov-rconl even the
curses OF h-redity." More little people
dice last week from poisonous food, bad
air and neglect than the child popula-
ton OF the whole OF Murray lin. city
life had nothing 10 do with their eNtinr-
ton. New YORK * one OF the healthiest
cities in IN" world. ! nfoItunately,
there are uninha hitahle houses, where
people are hetdrd Ink" dumb cattle, and
where only the stuutest and strongest
manage to live,
An illustra ION or thr wholesome
ness OF New York a. Summer resort
kaY he found up in Thirty-fuurth street
view hundred feet from broadway. with
it, ronr OF surface and Elevated trattic.
About o'clock ia the morning u
small carriage with silk umbrella and
lace hefrilled cushions rolls out OF a big
brown stone re1idence. The driver is a
woman dressed in Bingham, and the
occupant is a BIT Of mortality with blue
.yes, delicate pink cheeks and no hair
Ia speak of All day long those two
Jolly Migrants follow the sun from one
side of the square 90 the other. couuette
with The street sprlnkling-Cart and APP
propriate front-door steps. They are no
respecters Of property or parsonage.
The ltiltons. tn" Clcwes, the loonises,
ne, Aspinwslls, the famous Manhattan
'lub ana the Aston estates invite maid
and baby TO rest, nap or have good
time. Every hour or two the pair go
N for r.fr"'hm"nt," but they are sci
babN's folks have been Obliged to remain
In town all summer. hut his little high
ness has suffered no Inconvenience. He
thing at all to eat, lie is very hard
drinker. though. often his bills run up
to cents day. lie gets fatter. prettier
and saucer every week.
IT the poor tots in the crowded neigh
borhOois OF the east side had half
the care this sweet little street baby
gets. they wouldn't die as they are dy-
ing, at the rate OF ninety a day. THE
Evening World' doctors do their ut
most to have the fund patients kept in
the street. but II is often advice thrown
away. The poor parents have many en-
ruses-all good but heplorablc. A moth
er who takes in work to support her
indeed there ia no time for ANYTHING
else. and II hcr baby lives the doctor
deserves credit and gives it to the Sick
Babies Fund. OF which ho Is an in
strument. NELL NELSON.