New-York tribune., 1900-03-16
FOR THE BABIES WARD.
m PARKS AND Mr. CARTER sFhAh
ELOQUENTLT IN BEHALF Or
THE CHARITY.
LADIES, AUXILIARY OF THE POST GRADUATE
HOSPITAL HOLDS ITS ANNUAL RECEF-
-rOx-v1sr71NG THE CHILDREN

The Ladies Auxiliary Committee Of the Post
s- rr,s-s,a7 No So3 East Twentieth-st-'
g.. The annual reception Cor the babies wards
YESTERDAY from . until o'clock Notwithstaholhs
the digagreeabIe weather there was large hullOer
7-esent and the babies seemed duly honoreo anu
delighted, d they gave their prlshl sll1les - Liz
visitors. ~
roses darodtls tulips and lilies, the contribution
OF NJ Thorley. who has testified his interest," III
the same manner 1or four successive receptions
After al the babies had been visited all ad-
3ournec 10 the roof garden parlor' where DIT J.
Lewis Parks. rector OF Calvary Church. and James
c. Carter made eloquent addresses. Dr. Parks said
II beginning.
Il might be pertinent TO ask how an ideal city
would care 1or the sick children Of its poor, II an
.oeaI cttv could have such. But ideal city is 70
= ~oHrS oriv IN an deal country and Utopia is
not yet on the map. AS there is no ideal city, we
nay ask L any city could GO the work IN any Del
ter way than Il is so exquisitely done here -
I have been associated TO certain extent with
hospital work IN several cities, and with the very
poor IN many know. therefore, the deeply rooted
!!1orlor Q. oslllals ma me poor 7 .
AeVe Jhat their entrance INTO one is the sigma lot
their being promptly cut UP to satisfy the tnvesti-
The social functions OF such a work as yours is
OF Tar more value than even the personal satisfac
the Brightness come 10 The little suffering faces
Even more Than allayng the suffering of the chill
Of SO manv of .be Door and narr;cnIariT Of the
overeducated poor That feeling Is one OF the most
positive dangers thai threaten our National life
ahc anything tending 70 alleviate il is worth much
The unpurchased the unpurchasable labor given
@-sas @ me voluntary outreaching OF hand and heart
trouble, for sickness. They prove that the spirit
- 3 3rolhernooo ls growing strong in the For
nave nave 5earty support All charities are beggars
5f-ii -@s 10y opportunity TO expand And II you
~. friends find il quite disagreeable 10 say
Df- D. s. St John Roosa, Of the Board Of Direc-
lots made brlef speech, and introduced Mr. Car
Ter whose hTst sentence caused general laughter.
cannot quite forgive ny friend Mrs. Beaman,'
-e se-o, Tor dragging here-Ine. a reprobate
oI- bachelor-to discourse to a gathering OF women
On the subject Of babies Il recalls 10 me an Incl
cent o. my younger days. With another young
man went 10 pay visit Of congratulatiOn 10
4'-eHcs VINO were happy IL the possession OF their
-ts- many The baby duly trotted out and I
-9el 10 say al the proper things Ny companion
A9"eFer' was extremely shy and for some time
struggled 10 express himself dttingIy. At last he
size"
Knowing ntIe OF babies If is wiser 10 keen
away from the subject and 7 shall speak more
upon cnarity. Il might reasonably be thought tina
any one VINO becomes conversant with the merits
u this work would hasten pour out what money
he could spare for It's help. That it Is not always
50 we Know. Why2 What is the objection? Are
We cold hearted That answers for one class We
are none OF Us so sympathetic. so open hearted
50 willing TO 60 beyond the confines of our ouyn
families should be
But there are other obiecrions so-,a b,-ss+I,-
eo0nt the utility of such efforts. They think that
l-e Dest interests OF society are served by allow
ing the diseased 70 pass away. the ground that
science itself teaches the law OF survival OF the
L-les, That was the old Spartan idea when they