The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-06-02
SPUaNS HER INCUBATOR.
A Premature porn Baby Removed to He,

Cradle.
New York, May 2%s.-Having lain
dormant in her wire cradle in the Rob
inson baby incubator exactly three
months, the baby heiress of Edward
Clarence Hnight was removed, placed
in swaddling clothes and turned over
to the manipulat;ons of her trained
nurse. Little Miss Haight was preina.
turely born at 2s6 Madison avenue Feb.
ruary "a. She arrived three months
earlier than wa expected, and her
mother, nee Florence Hedden Granger,
died In giving her birth, after DR..
Carleton and his assistants had OK
haustcd their scientific to
save the mothers life.
DIR. Carleton determined to try to
save the infant, aud sent n hurried
note to the w. f. Ford Surgical Instru.
ment company, 3l5 Fifth avenue MIR.
Ford tclegrnphed to William &. Robin.
son, tipsmith. of 315 East Twenty-siXth
street, the inventor and maker of baby
incubators. Robinson hurriedly drove
up to the Haight mansion with his up.
paratus, and the fragile, feeble and nj
most inani1ute infant WAS placed in.
side. There she has remained for three
months, having been taken out but
twice or thrice daily for n moment
while her toilet was hastily made. The
young lady was fed upon m~edicated
milk. Ycarning eyes watched her day
and night. AS she grew older and
stronger she stretched her little limbs.
shrugged her wee shoulders and
ynwned, wondering no doubt, what all
the fuss wa about, anyhow. A
Under ordinary circumstances shl
should ave been born Saturday instead
! of three months ago, butshe commences
her natural life with II three months
novel experience. Soon she will by
| christened. She looked very comfort
able in her new clothes.
DR.. Carleton is pleased, Mr.. Height is
joyful and Inventor Robinson is proud
of the successful issue of the expert
ment. They call Robinson the "tin
father" a year ngo his neighbor, Mrs
Grevert, was confined three months be.
fore she had made any preparations fol
such nu event. The doctors pronounced
the child stillborn, and the nurse
wrapped it in a sheet and laid it at the
foot Of the bed ready for burial
Tho mother wished her dead
babe Baptized, and the neigh
bors were invited to witness the cere,
morv. Robinson declared the baby was
not dead. He ran for his incubator. In
three months little Joseph Robinson
Grevert opened his eyes and plainly
wanted to be taken out of his hot
house. Today he is alive and we'll at
Tenth avenue and Sixtieth street. The
Grcvert baby is poor; the Haight baby
is rich. but there is u common bond OF
sympathy between them. Robinson
visited the Haight mansion ten times
during the three months in order to
see that his apparatus was all right
He can rent his incuhators for $25 per
month, but ~millionaires like Haigh,
must pay more
The incubator is 90 inches long, Ii
wide and is high. The inside cradle,
which measures 25 inches, is made OF
tin and wire netting and lined with
cotton. The weight of the apparatus
is sixty pounds. 1t is made of timed
copper and has double walls and double
glass doors. The outside is covered by
a sheet of asbestos. with cabinet trim.
ming ornate with brass. The frs,
compartment contains the ''air body
to equalize the heat; the second the
water body and the third contains
the hot air body. In the latter Il gas
flame circulates to keep the water nj
it's proper temperature on all sides.
Hundreds of friends of the Haigh,
family from tho south and west have
been to see tho baby in the incubator