The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-25
BABIES AT A DAY NURSERY
THE TIME or rE.fR THEN rUrry
FAINT CHORTS rs yOGDYsr '

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Springtimc is the busy season With tho IA.
nurseries. and the cause thereof Is NOT hor1 :, ~
find. All sorts OF things happen in ,hc .nr,S
There is love making. and there 4, honnc, bm,
ing. and then thcTS Is hougc-rlcaniu, ,rho..
arc the sad. glad days when carpets ar, ha,,os
nni floors are scrubbed and br. .,.artr bros,a
This Is this time when the scrubwoman :ny,Io.
the promises AMI holds high carnival therein =,
n dollar n dry, brcnkages not included. Ana
this, as an evident result, Is the time when thine,
begin TO get lively In the day nuts r,,a.
ASrS re porter visited one OF thcrc pir,c,,.
the othcr day. II IL In West Ninoty.nn,b .,roa,
aud is called the Bloomins talc bay Nur.c,~
The Interview with the mntron WIS curr,ci IN
principally in dumb show. OWN. TO he t,D,,.
OF an attempt To make two pair, ui lrnps "A
more work than n dozen. The mar un and ~,
reporter were somewhat hammered L., he "a.
ditions which forbid shouting in a room fycpr.
feet square. The babies. however. Woo a,,e,,,
u~ntrammelled by any such ideas. II PJmc Ind
bowlci with half the energy and pcr.i.'rnsem
those BlOoiningdalc infants, the Rgr. wuplt m,
have ceased 20 reverbcratc with the o.hocs.
There were fourteen OF these cheerful tlrrrl,
and II was n slack day at that. ON Nond,,
there had been twenty-five. eight " b,r
babies. OF course, they are all really IA.
bics, since most OF them are under 'hrc yea,
OF age. and all OF them under seven. BI. ,bc.o
eight were at that period when NGi,r- 20 Ll,
eggs. You can't even sc; them ~; 'i"y roll
over on their sides the minute yo': let 70 ": ,Lrn.
Naturally the matron has her hams nj. Nh,,
the attendance is 80 large in quanii'y a.d LIN,
in quality. She has not only her hand, :glL.h IN,
her high chairs and her cribs and lsf,g,s,,
well. She hasn't time 90 think. wnirl !. ,crhal,
jus: as we'll. for she conduit hear herself ..jrk
II she should try.
Choral services are vcry popular i. ID U.-e
ries. There is rarely a time when snnr oac .rran,
does not feel himself inclined 10 lit w. d.. roi,,
and howl. Then the temptation 10 uu,!o ia
first performer scizes his ncishJor. and. layin-
back his ears and shutting his oyes '.sAt. h,
second one sends out some skyrocke' aoie
which at first discourage all bckoldC-.. lq,
this triumph doesn't last long. SO;ng;,;nos ',-ys
or four start in together. as ii by a cons; Tracy 70
quench the skyrockets, cost what il mpv.
But why do the heather ragei In other wo-!s |
why do the babies how'll That was IA. cue.,.ca
which the reporter put TO the Ina.rIa whca.
lull in the chorus made speech possible. /, ,p-
peared that there was n disturbing element iuths
flock. II was a little. curiy.hea4ei thrnc,ear
old, who was making his day-nurse.y G,lGt .ht
very morning. He was under ;he wing o. hi,
older sister. a matronly damsel Of p-r71Ts
yeas of age, and he chung TO her as if % h, Jas.
earthly hope. She. poo. little mother. he'd hin
and coddled him and carried him in le- mall
arms and showed him the picture tu9k, md
tempted him with the woody horses. which were
no longer so very wooliy. But his poor. home
sick heart swellcd. nevertheless. until one could
almost sec his little checked apron rise with 10
enormity of his grief. And then all The a,cafrl.
lation OF sorrow and sobbing breath came OUT
in one trcm ndo,:s howl for "Ma-a-ma." IT, ma
iron took him and comiortcd him row and ,he:.
but wisely !eft him most OF the time 10 the lille
ister;mothcr, In a day or two the stranEcaes
would war of and the woolly horse would rHs
proudly INFO the newcomers affections.
The storms at the day nursu-y are. after al,
only April showers. They seemed TO Irivel
around the room in tho sam. way that a rain.
cloud goes through the ". the newcolEe: e;
clad hoy beside him looked on for a moz.sni
with widefyed interest; then put up his Own lip
and wept also, Then the cloud moved % 10
baby in the high chair and thence TO the golden
haired little girl with the picture book. y!
that tine there was clear weather on The SO
didn't cry AT al. however. but proceeded ur,ga'
ccrncdly with their own amuscments. waiaa
chairs 10 slipping into the closet and cuns.ier
tiously pulling all the clothes on the hook.
so A. 5o % III, ,heFs is a big bowl Of agPe,:zi"g s2G,
furnished at approved intervals through, u.
day; In one room a half dozen snowy crib and
crib!ets are provided for the frequent nAi-. sur
ing which, the babies rest, their lungs IN! ::
ready for further choral efforts. Temper = o,e
Of the main causes OF these outbreaks. And : he
bane OF The n%atron's existence: pur:u- .sc:+
removed from the closet where. as fc.o-c ..4rc:,
she amused herself, by pulling all the clothes 81
the hooks. After she had filed The rr,au VIII
ear-splittinG protests for about ten m....#s!r
seemed TO the uninitiatcd mind as il s~1;ue.s.cy
In the way o. punishment would rot tc rls~
Gus tcnors. She shook her head nj til .uc-cs.
tion of punishment. Putting hes liz 'o Tie -
dcrea necessary by the circums,a-r, II no
case. that she was not allowed 70 atm.":,'r-"Hy
offender in a corner.
With he exception of these pass,n- ~, \
the life = :he nursery is serene an: en- ."'"r 7
There arc a good many playthiucS All '.--s"l
Is bright and clean and sunny. .t'.tn>- l'-'r
day some OF the young women in;cTc,rct 3d. %
so in Tor an hoar OF two AMI .r' %
amuse the children. There is a moral ina.rn,s
as T Vel a. as Z guarantee Of physical car .,,
but il is 10 the mothers that The day nursery ~
peals mos; powerfully. Many OF ihc-r mothers
NE widows, They support ,aemse!vc. - ,h'i'
ch!.orcn by going out by the day. Tn, lr"h',n
Of existence. hard enough nj hcs,. is coal-.. ,'cd
iloTc by the wonder ssto what >hO.! 80 do"s
very little ones. those who are zoo 'NE"s
to go TO school. The little mothers. who 40
among the most pathetic figures in N.w York
, .erns eo tnf ee wiss sh sSi,s s"n; Rn' Syf" d ia.,' Is f,
some Of the real m%Sthe7s, r@cr!.tr-. /. ~ 7
ike that. Many OF them have Hcrn Obliged %
choose between starvation. s%rndtts Their III.
the day What %to.tur.s Co: So c",c these ~
men suffer perhaps only ofhpr moihcrs an
guess. They never kno" What 'hcy VII md
they get home. Possibly y VIZ he 'Ae
ambulance. Little pc0r!r haze such a WAY NJ
falling down stairs. or into the Tire. or ,CalGlHS
themselves. or swallowIa- car0oAs acid. 90
mover knows. Or il ma h., A. in the cI-"o' 30
ot these BloonlingdHic mothers. that a "n''tN'
bor woman will report that a strange man. NO
he WAS an uncle 10 the children; has .rrn
the afternoon with them, No, wonirJ
hen. that the day nursery seems y haNtt ~
'cfnge TO the anxious mother, Five Gems DAY
s the price Of her peace nt mind. and for DIS
This Is the time OF year when going ont by no
lay is ut its height. Consequent, this = ne
inc when the nursery chorUsCS ar" !ouG'N'' 20
little cribs in the greatest demand, ,l.. ne
needs OF such institutions presumably the iEl't
The Bloomingialc Nursery j. ,,'Hgl
Turing the summer, but it f,ourishrr ~ 40
During these months Ii" n..i:On
plays every day TO crowded houses.
IShy Hopper Recitcs casey mt tho Hat 10