The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-04

are Russian Hebrews Of the more intelli-
gent class. The mother is a pretty wo-
man of perhaps IS years and the father
is tail, slender. rather ascetic looking. He
is what is known in the cgar-making
| trade as "buncher." The wages are small
FOR this kind of work, and all he can make
| when employed is Sc per week
| When the infants came to them the man
| looked at his wife and she understood the
| look. 1t said plainly: How shall we ever
| keep them aliVe?" With his work internIit
tent, ii had been hard for the man TO sup
\ pert his wife and keep a roof over their
H heads from month to month, and food and
\ Clothing besides had to be provided.
4 So when, in the order of nature, three
H tiny little bits OF femininity came into this
4 world of struggle, handicapped by their
very sex, the fathers face set, yet the
A firm lines and fixed jaw showed that he
4 would put up a brave fight for the lives
\ of his children.
The babies weighed FIVE, four and three
quarters and four and one-haf pounds,
respectively, on their arrival, and wele
| named, according TO Jewish rite, Sarah,
Se.ah and Rebecca.
| The case had been reported to the Chi
cago Lying In Hospital and Disp ansary, 29S
Maxwell street. and the poverty of the
parents as wei as the desire 10 see the
little girls live has kept DR.. ]. b. de Lee
ana MS corps Oh helpers deeply interested
ever since they superintended the safe
launching of the three little ladies into so
| ciety.
Statistics show that twins occur once in
every eighty births, triplets once in $500 or
| 5000 and quadruplets once in $4,000 or
| 100000 births. But triplets very seldom al
| survive. so the case of the Misses Askenas
is exciting widespread interest throughout
| the city, as they are in the best of health.
and were weighed last week, tipping the
beam at 1913, 1914 and 924 pounds, respect
| lively.
A look at the young mother a week or
! two after the ba bies came told how the
care of them, even helped out by the use
of the bottle, was telling upon her. Ii is
| not possible for a mother to nourish three
| children at the breast, so the need of plen-
ty of good, pure baby milk was apparent
to the doctors of the hospital, who spoke
of the case to some patrons of the insti-
tuition, and an order for three pints daily
| of their prepared milk was given to the
| Walker-Gordon Company by a lady who
| lives on Prairie avenue.
A grateful look stole into the eyes of the
| father as the doctors told him he need no
longer worry over having enough milk for
the babies. He felt relieved about his pale
little wife, too, and thought to himself
''They will live nowr'
The zeal OF the doctors led to much inter-
| est being taken in the case by South Side
ladies. Little parcels began to arrive at the
simple home. Opened they disclosed the
cutest long clothes, the snowiest of baby
socks and the warmest of underclothes.
Hidden lights deepened in the large. black
eyes of the mother and the babies were
soon dressed in red white and blue, much
to the delight of the patriotic father who
when returning from a vain hunt for work
consoles himself with walking up and
down, a baby in each arm.
One day some good, womanly soul sent a
bed. big enough for three, ana the ba-
bies, hitherto kept on chairs connected
to their mothers bed by pillows had a
clean, nice sleeping place all to themselves.
and could suck their thumbs and take in
bottle milk to their hearts content.
Too much credit cannot be given to the
Jealous care given to this and other cases
of less interest, yet similar difficulties, by
the doctors of the lying in hospital Owing
to them and some South Side ladies who
do not talk philanthropy but act it, three
lives, perhaps five (who knowsD have been
saved and given chance to meet the
unequal conditions of modern society.
Now, there is still a sad element in the
case. The breadwinner of this family for
three weeks had been without work. He is
yet. He was working for Cohen Bros
| cigar manufacturers-"bu they let him go
| work is dull" he said, lately.
The babies drink 40 cents worth of milk
| a day. That, thank God, is provided for.
The doctors of the hospital say the peo-
pie of this district are so poor that they
have to wrap the babies sometimes in the
canvas bags they carry to cover up the
mother during the confinement.
at is easier" said "a matron of great
experience, to the New York Tribune. 80
train a child in good table manners than
one would think, but one cannot begin too
early. 1t is fatal mistake to consign the
little one to a nursery table, in charge of
an uneducated woman. and allow habits
to be formed which are almost impossible
to eradicate
"At one meal day at least the mother
should have the child brought to the fam
lily table, and although at first tray and
a bib are necessities, they should be dis
| penSed with as soon as possible and only
used as a punishment for untidjness. A
child Is nothing il not initiative, and il
VIII quickly recognize the fact that the
older members of the family have no use
Tor such accessories, and win understand
| the reason therefor.
This plan will Invariably result In a
great Improvement in the eating habits of
young children. In most cases, however
a tray is simply used to allow slovenly
eating and as protection to the cloth.
| instead Of, as IL should be, an aid in edu-
cation 1t is only after a child has been
! given perfect freedom in this way, and
1 its habits of cerelessness are formed. that
| the effort is made TO correct them, causing
| thereby annoyance to every one and often
making the little one ill-tempered and
| stubborn by constant reproof.
at is easy to teach "a little child in the
beginning to regard soiled table-cloth
with dislike and the use Of a tray as
/ disgrace. The honor of coming to the
grown-up table may also easily be en-
phasized and sal uncouth manners or rude
noises discouraged Above all, it should
be always remembered that it is far easier
| to prevent 8he acquisition of disagreeabIe
table manners than to correct them after
| they are formed"
Every one knows the game called "gos-
| sip'-how a tale told in confidence at one
end of row of people and repeated to
| ba