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

The last week OF June, 1894. was more
fatal to child life than the correspond
Ing week of the past five years.
In four days 523 little lives were
sacrificed. Summer complaint carried
off Isl babies and runabouts. Those
children wanted to live; they had Il
right to live. and they would have lived
II they had had proper care. The
youngest iupil in the training school Of
nursing knows that those pet lambs
were murdered-not Intentionally, per-
haps. but nevertheless murdered. Death
caused by care.cssness or ignorance is
as criminal as death by violence. The
week before last the mortality among
children YVES 3Sl, and the fatal cases of
Summer complaint numbered 81, showing
total increase Of li2, and an excess Of
100 In the dread disease. AS the weather
during the last week was not the most
trying Of the month, the mothers stand
accused of criminal neglect. Those ISL
tots had gotten used to the heat: all
but the newborn babes were acclimated.
and the majority would have thriven "
they had been properly fed and kept
cool ard clean. Their lives were worth
price disease overpowercd them. and
earth will know them no more.
Sadly enough those sweet little beings
belonged to the tenement-hous
population. or the weeks NOR
tally. 37l, the highest OF the
year. only III were privatehouse resi-
dents. There were 2O0 funerals from
the hospitals, bat death visited 65l tenr-
Tho hpl nj
ones bore him company. This shows
that 1t IL not the adult, but the child.
who needs the homage OF love. sympathy
and intelligent care Give the baby the
elements OF health and he will grow to
perfect manhood. A more eloquent ap-
zeal for the Sick Babies Fund cannot
be offered than Registrar DR.. Magic
record OF last weeks awful mortality.
There Is not a more worthy or practical
charity in existence than this fund. 1t
Is pre-emlnently the people charity.
The children of the poor are sought for,
and after administering to their comfort
such service as the family needs IL r-n-
dercd. There is no catechising. no pry-
Ing into private affairs and no class dis
tinction. ''Thr Evening Worlds" staff
physicians don't care who the parents
are. where they came from or what con-
victions they may have ON political and
religious subjects. The object OF their
visit Is to increase the comfort of some
a.ling child, to ask permission to treat
him. to make the sick we'll. to keep the
well from getting in and to bring the
dying back to life. If no physician has
tie case In hand the doctor takes hold
of 1t and does his honest. abiest best
to save II.
This Sick Babies Fund Is a fresh-air
fund, an ice fund a food fund. Il cloth
ing fund and IL temporary relief fund
combined. 1t Is distinctively IL fund for
sick babies. Their little wants are
catered to. and as far AZ possible kim
dred 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. If the Fund amounts to $4,000
the children OF the city poor will have
had $4,000 worth of benefit; from a
SIN Her total fewer benefits will acrue
But THE Evening World Is figuring on
Il different basis In previous years the
support has been sufficient. This year
the circle OF want is wider than ever
before. and a bigger fund Is needed and
expected. The most encouraging sup
port has been extended during the past
month. and a continuance Is all that is
desired.
SO far 1880 sick visits have been
made by the STAFF doctors, and 5,+3O 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, "2S East
Twenty-iirst street. and address money
letters to the cashier of THE World
Live and let live is the moral OF the true
moralist.