Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-01-07
APPEAL TOTHE CHURCHES

\ Day Nursery For the Children of Poor
 workinS women.
 The following is copy of letter just sent to the pastors of the different churches in the city by E. NJ Dickinson, superintend- ent of the Dire ctors of Christian Visitation and Charity:
 WATERBURY, Jan ,, 1895.
 Dear Sir-There. are many poor women in our city with small children. who have to support themselves and their children by working away from home. Some of the children are too small to be left alone, and if the mother goes out to work, either the older children have to stay out of school to care for the little ones or. as is often the case. they are left with TO one to care for them.
 Some of the women could get more re- munerative employment if thsy could safely leave their children all day.
 One woman has four children-ages ?. i. and years. She goes out washing cl-ening, etc, and leaves the older ones to care for the younger. A policeman told me that he found them without any fire on a cold day; the oldest child went out to play and let the fire go out On another occasion something was left so near the stove that it caught fire and was dis covered just in time to prevent q serious fire. I could give other instances of A similar nature.
 These conditions show the need of day nursery where mothers can leave their little ones during the day while they are working. They would not only have the best of care, but would be surrounded by influences that would be felt throughout their lives.
 Will YOU please present this subject to your people tomorrow snd invite them to the meeting of which you have received a notice. Yours Truly.
 E. Nj. DICKINSON.
 Superintendent Dickinson also writes as follows to the DEMOCRAT: ''Those who have cast of shoes, rubbers Or clothing that have some service left, can put them to a very good use by sending them 10 the office of the United Charities at IS Leaven- worth street, or send us a card and we will call for them Very frtque' tly a man comes along who wants to work for pair of shoes or some article of clothing. and We want to give each one an opportunity to do this. A little work can be given each man at the Salvation Army woo iyard. then sales of wood are so limited that they cannot give enough work to each man so that he can earn a new pair of shoes or a garment and at the same time earn his board and lodging. If We had a sufficient quantity of second hand shoes and cloth ing nominal price could be put upon them so that man could earn them Tn a day or part of a day. In this way work can be given to more men. whereas thirty men have been turned away in one week. It is very much better for the man to work even a little for what he gets than to give it to him without any compensation. We are very fortunate in having a work test that costs the community nothing and you can increase it's efficiency by sending in such second hand articles as you have. If 6 man asks for them at your door send him to me or to the wood yard and then send what you might be tempted to give him.
 At the last mass at the Immaculate Con- ception church. yesterday. Vicar-General J. A MulcAhy dwelt at some length on this matter and said it was worth some consideration on the part of the parishion- CTS. He thought if & nursery was estab- lished in the parish where women who have few small children could leave them during the day time feeling satisfied that they would be properly cared fer, the mothers might be enabled to earn sufficient money to maintain the household and bring up the children without any ex- pense to the town. He said there are now thirty five boys which the parish is caring for and he believed If some suitable place was procured where they could sleep Dights, the boys would be able to earn their own living by acting as messenger boys and doing light work whenever they could secure it around town. He did not like the idea of giving the children into the charge of individuals if it could be avoided for the reason that in too many cases boys thus secured are often over worked, being made to do almost mans work for their support. He deemed the parish nursery of sufficient importance tc call meeting of the church committee foi wsdpusday night, when some dshnite a. ten sytli ba kaksu en the fnnlsaF,