New-York tribune., 1902-03-09
SCHOOL FOR NURSEMAIDS.
GIRLS LEARN TO CARE FOR BABIES
DEMAND FOR GRADUATES FAR
EXCEEDS SIrppTy
EXCEEDS SUPPLY.

Cooking schools legion and domestic science
departments flourish in nearly every womans col
lege nowadays but the training school for nurse
maids, in connection with the Babies Hospital is
almost unique in the line of specialized instruction
In the hospital which is at Lexington-ave and
Fiftieth-st.. such department has been in opera
ton for some years. and it's students. after six
months of training. sent forth with the dignity
Of diploma and knowledge of children's needs
that they might not otherwise have gained in
lifetime.
The first thing the student is taught is how to
wash and dress the Daby. The proper temperature
of the water. the best kinds of soap. the length
Of time to be given to the bath and precautions
against taking cold. all are carefully taught with
the convalescent abies subjects.
The easier methods Of dressing the little one
so that shall be irrtated by thoughtIess
handling next in order. and the process is
made a festivity rather than ordeal How to
put the pins in that they shall not assert them
selves with uncomfortable emphasis is unquestion-
ably item of knowledge well worth acquiring
in the opinion Of the babies.
Each student has her little charges. who are at
tended carefully and methodicary as if they
were the children Of wealth. and they repay the
affectionate attention they receive with cooings
and smiles that their attendants consider too
sweet for anything"
How to keep the feeding bottles perfectly clean
and how to modify the milk for the babies
taught with scrupulous exactitude, and the hos
pta pantry forms an admirable object lesson.
mug holding rubber mouthpiece in an antsepuc
solution, and marked on the outside with its baby
owners name Every bottle also has metal name
tag attached, that each child is fed from its
own bottle at all times.
The students taught how TO prepare meat
pulp for delicate babies. and how to care for them
in ordinary ailments. They instructed also in
the dangers of infection from tuberculosis and other
diseases and in variety of ways are rendered
competent to give such once the prov
lnCe of the grandmother.
No student is accepted without investigation
into her antecedents and any one with the slight
est tUberCuoUs taint is refused Good health. good
character and Intelligence the requisites for ad
mission TO this practical college.
Six months given the OF training.
and then the student leaves kind Of pro
bationer she does receive a full certificate
until she has been three months in private situa
ton and filled the place satisfactorily. She is
then fuIhedGed graduate In her various situa-
tions the hospital follows her career, and keeps
record of her behavior and qualifications for ref
erenCe
So popular is the school that there is always
waiting list for the received by It's gradu-
ateS range from $50 to $50 month. Every In
the class graduate In September is already
gagged, and the demand is ten times the supply.
says Miss Mariana Wheeler superintendent of
the hospital.
The nursemaids who graduate from this school
retain the hospital uniform. which removes
the difficulty in regard to dress that many
ployers encounter. a dark blue gown with white
apron and cap is the costume, the apron having
bib and shoulder straps.