New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-22
DAY NURSERIES,, CRECHES.
SIXTEEN THOUSAND CHILDREN CARED
FOR DAILY.
ALFRED T. WHITE AND MISS REIMER TELL. OF
THIRTY-ETGHT BABY HOMES ACCEssI-
BILE To NETWORK MOTHERS.

THIRTY-EIGHT BABY HOMES ACCESSI-
BILE TO NETWORK MOTHERS
An historical resume OF the evolution Of Brooklyn
charities by Alfred r. White held the attention 81
the phanthropic class IN the United Charities
Building Thursday morning. despite heat that was
scarcely conducive TO charitable feeling. Mr..
Whites long personal association with the subject
lent particular value TO the points he emphasized
and which nvit ID discussion among various we'll
known charity workers.
After the address the city departments including
the model frc-engine house. were visited The
major report of Miss Reimer covered vital sub
ject Of far-reachIng Importance, Day Nurseries
and Creches"
The day nursery creche is French importa-
ton More than a century ago. at the suggestion
of st. Vincent de Paul. the Sisters OF Charity
opened at Paris the first creche. 1t provided per-
manent shelter for outcast children The creche or
baby mission. II is known to-day. originated with
NJ. Marsbeau who opened over century ago a
nursery for the children OF day workers in Paris.
There forty-eght creches I'm the working
centres OF France. and The Government recognizes
the creche public educational institution and
lea was opened d. at Philadelphia in 1853 by Miss Bid
die The movement. said Miss Reimer did not
spread rapidly. and II was not until lSb mat Il
creche opened in New-York. under the patron
age Of Grace Church.
THE City Mission ard Tract Society followed with
the Virginia Day Nursery AZ presen, mere are are
thrty-seven nurseries In this city besides ~, x sne
York mothers. These nurseries extend from 1atn H.
arno-st 10 One-hundred- and thrteenth-st ana are
under the auspices OF all sorts OF societies ana in"-
viduas. ,-,,., ,,.o,,
lighthouses. and conform TO the requirements OF me
Health Department. to whose supervision they are
subject. The same regime prevails with ilttle vari-
alton in all the nurseries Children come at I in
the morning and remain usually until in the even
ing. They are bathed at once and pu; mo cltdp
nursery clothes. The latter are limited In some
places to fresh apron a,..,,o ,bo
babes is mooted question. The majority o. w, .
matrons are Of the opinion that II Is necessary LOT
the good the nursery for the latter to attend 10
that feature. although II would be better TOT .,e
mother to do If she would ST kmgw while
the babes put to play or In the Sleeping room.
per then preparation for the home return. AS TO
the location Of creches. one marion thinks that
so She need not retrace her steps Such os titles
she asserts. II is not difficult 10 obtain ADMISSION
TO a nursery exacts the part OF the authori-
BILE. The physical condition OF the child Is Of para
Guided. yet contagious diseases must be guarded
against Most nurseries have physician to whon
the children are sent for first examination. Only
upon a Doctors certificate Is child received. The
physician is often regular visitor Thanks to ms
made any Roadway In some nurseries the matron
examines the throats of the twenty-five children
/ various contagious diseases. -
| mo nursery has an soa,ng- room. This Is
an Immediate necessity, go that suspected cases
is is'"I determined The kindergarten is a part OF
! every nursery on the character Of the matro1
! largely depends the practical good of the day nurs
| cry II is asserted that the managers OF nurseries
are beginning awaken to the fact that the
| matron Of such institution should be woman
of higher social status than that Of the women who
bring children there. II the matron exalts her po'
! stion. she can do great good outside OF her nurs
| Some crhches tea and rolls to the tired
mothers when they call for their children. II is a
| kindness that the mothers appreciate. Mother
meetings with informal talks on the hundred sub
jects pertaining 10 maternity and the home, are
! held at Il number OF the nurseries.
lone has n circulating library for the mothers
; Only one nursery. strange 10 relate has trained
nurse. One OF the weakest points In the manage
! ment Of New York nurseries is their failure &c
follow up tho children after they leave the nursery
! The New York report of 1897 shows enrolment
in seventeen nurseries Of over two thousand chill
dren representing twelve hundred families. II /;
/ estimated that sixteen thousand children are cared
for in day nurseries throughout the United States.
This morning the president Of the Police Board
Bernard York. and David Willard teacher or the
boys at the Tombs. will address the class.