The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-02
The Day Nursery
Now Open For
Infants.
BEING
FED AND CLOTHED
Old Stable CONVEX ed Into
Comfortable Place by Many
Willing Hands.
THE BENEVOLENT ladies who

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/ have had in hand the plans for
the institution of day nursery
for children have finally succeeded in
Lperfecting and putting them into opera
4 ton, and since last week the renovated
stable back of the Castle Home has been
the daytime home of many lusty-lunged
infants. The nursery is now running IN
perfect order, and many infants may be
seen any Gay creeping about the floor,
Growing from high-chairs, swinging IN
hammocks to the soothing melody of q
lullaby, or sleeping sweetly. freshly bath
ed and dressed, in the pretty white
cribs that are provided for the after
noon maps of the Juveniles
While two chubby and thriving bits of
humanity engage in a rough-and-tumoie
froiic upon rug in one corner. after the
manner of good-natured little grizzlies,
a pensive youth of some seven or eight
months may be seen In anolner corner
/ fndustriously assisting Mother Nature
by means of a rubber teething ring.
Babies of all sizes and nat Qualities are
Ireceived, the nominal sum of ten cents
Hper day being charged for the care they
treceive from o'clock in the morning
| until o'clock in the afternoon, during
| which hours the mother may go about
her work with the comforting assurance
| that her little one is being gently cared
for by kindly nurses ana bathed and fed
and put to sleep as tenderly and as
carefully as is the most ar-stocratic in
! FAINT in the land.
| This charge will not be made, howev-
! er in the case of parents who are I'M
able to afford the small fee for the care
of their infants. The institution aims to
I l. ytnN a
| in occupations through the day, and to
whom the system will be great con-
venience and comfort. 1t will MT, how
ever, necessarily be of a charitable ma
| ture, and those who wish thesr little
ones to be cared for through the day as
a matter of convenience, may pay any
| fee they wish for the service. The kind
| lest of care will be accorded all infants
alike, and every comfort known to baby
hood will be furnished the little charges.
| The nursery cottage was formerly a
stable, but under the clever hands of the
ladies in charge it has been transformed
! into a pretty little home. the windows
! hung with soft muslin, attractive pic
/! lures and decorations on the walls, and
/ soft rugs upon the shining floors Mrs.
o. NJ S. Castle donated the building
and superintendent its renovation. 1t Is
situated in the grounds at the back Of
| the Castle Home, and has green lawns
and plenty of shrubbery and trees at the
front for the swinging of the small
| hammocks for the babies. New flooring
has been put in and the building reno
waited throughout. Lanais are to be
added in the near future.
There are three rooms in the cottage,
the largest being the nursery room, and
the two smaller ones the bath room and
kitchen, with large closets adjoining fer
the reception of linen and clothes. The
large room is fitted up with cribs. chairs
and little stools, and in the bath room
a porcelain bath has been elevated SO
that the infants may be bathed with
lease by the nurses. In the kitchen there
are rows of nails, upon which are hung
the individual cups Of the little charges
and the cupboard is fitted up with mugs
and bowls for the Cruel, and other focd
served to the little ones. Several oil
stoves have been provided for the cook
ing of the food, and the culinary de-
partment is furnished with all the uten.
sis needed in the subsistence depart
ment.
Several extra windows have been SCI
in, and these, as also the doors, have
been made n1osquito-proof by screens. A
laundry, with sanitary plumbing, has
been arranged near the cottage, and alb
solute cleanliness is the first rule of the
nursery. If baby is brought in during
the morning unkempt, 1t will be Sent
away neatly clothed in the afternoon
4.
morning, has It's clothes removed, un.
dergoes the process of the infantile bath
and is dressed again in clothes provided
by the institution. its own being hung
In the air, until the change Is made
again at O'Clock.
A liberal supply of linen and garment:
have been donated from different sources
but further donations would be accept
able, as the charges are daily increasing
in number. Mrs. Elizabeth Chamberlain
has been appointed matron and assist
ants will be appointed within few lays
it is also contemplated to institute {
tsystem of training young girls in the car,
of infants. after the methods of The
nurseries and infants homes in othel
cities, the work of the novices being az
icepted in remuneration for the training
Mrs. Thompson of the Kamehamehs
School is in charge and makes a Ia i.
sanitary inspection on her round as san
itary inspector of the Free KindergarseJ
near by. A dispensary Is also kept II
connection with the nursery, and tn,
simpler remedies for baby ailments ar,
always at hand in case of Illness, and n
all times they will have the benefit o
Mrs. Thompson's watchful and discern
ing care. A Government physician VII
be called in case of serious develop
ments of illness among the BABIES
Under the able direction Of is pafro
nesses, the day nursery should be
great success and boon TO the worry
ing mother who is compelled 20 labo
for her bread while her offspring is ,ef
70 the careless attention of other chill
tdren, as well as to those who will max
it convenience on occasions OF day
outing or an afternoons shopping. IT i
within reach of all, and no io,,Ss 1t vii
be quickly taken advantage Of
e~A donation of $50 per month has bee
4 regularly received by Mrs Coleman
81 Castle from an unknown friend zinc
Hast September for the purpose of char
I liable work among the poorer classe.
and this will be devoted to ne mainte
nance of the nursery, there being nov
J $500 of this fund on hand. The marro
} and assistant matron will be paid sala
, ries, and as soon as the number of In
fants will warrant 1t. the training sys
tenn for nurses will be instituted. Dona
tons will be thankfully received at an
time, infants clothes, linen, cribs, sna
chairs, toys and such other things a
would be of use about the nursery ar
solicited from the charitably inclined.
Mrs. ]. T. Mcdonald has been ar
pointed financial secretary. and the pa