The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-10
SCHOOL FOR NURSEMA1Ds.
The Inmates Are Taught to Care for Chill
dren, to Amuse Them, and to Make
Themselves Useful.

The Inmates Are Taught to Care for Chill
dren, to Amuse Them, and to Make
Themselves Useful.
Boston has a school for nursemaids at which
the care OF children is taught as II for a profess
sion. 1t is the first school OF tho kind to be
started in his country. Here in New York
there Is a school connected with a hospital for
tho training Of nursemaids. but this Is devoted
to instruction in the care OF sick children.
A New York woman who has Just returned
from Boston tells some interesting things
about the new institution and It's work. When
questioned she said. with a great deal OF en-
thuslasm:
THE Boston School OF Nursery Maids is a
great thing. l wish we had a dozen here in
this city. for we certainly need them. No woman
who has ever watched the fat. lazy. elderly. ex-
perienced nurses or the careless. Indifferent,
pert, saucy ones with their precious charges in
Central Park on a bright, warm afternoon can
enough eSi 6t in the ir' Way. + iii G grant. but theS Sf arg s9 TOO
set in that way, and absolutely refuse generally
to lake advice from the mother 3t the little
ones they are hired to care for. Those Of the
but they forget TO follow 1t. The wonder to me
nEected with The West End Daty; Nursery. and
girls. The frst year Of its existence Proved Tic
need for such an institution, and it has always
takGi& rFy sirls in AZ the r seSodl. 'h TFey T i've ttT y q t}ea or
ant home connected with the nursery. and their
lessons are Learned IS systsmRtlcaly as chll:,
under IL years OF age or over 80 d re-
Seiysd don as 2 h 9PTpil q and each apPliGant
of study, or she is not allowed to enter. She
must have n common school, education aud
come well recomHended as to her moral char
pcter, Each maid is also required TO provide
herself with a supply, Of plain underwear, two
wash dresses, ten white aprons. laundry and
course She Is 6oarded and lodged at at M the ex-
pe.!'Se OF the school and receives IS monthly,
had succeeded in attracting. a very intelligent.
ref ni4,t type pc q girl 2 The school; Many, q t6emi
better to care for the children in a weii-rcgu-
SSIERtSsfb v al bes day H1i a .S snG a even 50, the sum ro-
There are Six, day nurseries in Boston. and
tsSyi 0lie 5r q ans field IA, IN which these GlT5ls' may
the others i've az the he h "Sr snIaifsT hom nom" Th Sss
the school daily for lectures and other %instTue.
ION, Director OF nurses and a medical direc-
one monthis probation, u girl is found to be un-
the care Of, children She is dismissed" ''
the authority answered;
The students II this school are taught
infants and small children. They receive thor
9 NRs training In bathing them properly, In
Muut ulplnlhR " Deht Tor a chlld under varying
CONDITIONS ana how % put IL on and take II on.
ana az about diet, They are also taught TO do
pam laundry work In the most approved way,
plain sewing and mending." '
Are the maids taught TO care for sick chill
dren as well as robust Ones?"
les. Tor the training would be incomplete
without that, Mind you, these nursery maids
are not taught TO be trained nurses in the
sense that We commonly understand thai term.
bHt their scho9l Il next door TO an Infants hos.
infant diseases, The insttuetors dlscoS SfSSS
Inhlr nuDllA III bnllnNlnU that NhAu a..
10 care Tor Il really sick child without
a physiTlan and its mother, but. at the
y experienced 10 go Into service unless they
KNOW how 70 care for a slightly ailing child. or
70 detect disease so that proper treatment can
pc eommenced IN the nick of time. Asummer
hospital for, children has been established on
one OF the islands In Boston harbor, and here
pa bIeular line OF their profession.
Inc faculty at this school Is composed Of
NE mAtrons q me six day nurseries aud a mum.
Der9 l special lecturers. These lecturers tally
70 the girls ON such subjects as the need Oh
trnslIulness on their part and the great crime on
Tl Haf so SRaSF e and they teach them also
tot tell then, and how 10 play kindsrgarten 9amss