New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-26
VISIT TO NORTH BROTHER.
Hf--.E Protective Women Study
E=ciencg Of Reform Rule.


s---.- Is me dIphtheria and scarlet fever color
o. e---- Brother Island Every disease that is
--e=s -r--s tas its own color. which is worn by
- ---=--s and by the attendants who enter the
v---- when the members OF the woman's Health
Protective Association at DR.. Lederles invitation.
visited re island yesterday the little scarlet fever
-a--r--e were ravfrC in scarlet frocks. with their
dolls and rr-arrs Oh tie velvety lawn beside the
SCARLET sever pavilion. The scarlet fever pavilion
&C. 90 brick. ar5 red. Two tiny prisoners OF fate
Itall- babies with jet hair and the eyes OF
startled fawn stood the steps OF the dphtheria
pavilion iu their scarlet gowns and watched the
crowd of prosperous women as it swept up the
gravel path I'm the throat OF each tube,
ard Dr Nicholas. the house physician. showed the
women, hv means Of cruel looking steel iustrG-
rnarts. how the mouth Of the patient is held open
w1Io tho rubber tube. with a stout thread at
tache-. is dropped into place down the larynE In
ordinary cases az dphtheria Il remains there about
four days. but in chronic cases such as these. il
STAYS "a gear The child would Gle IL il were
moved. snd often Il is removed only when the
question OF lie or death makes an operation I'm
Derauve.
over by the tuberculosis pavilion the tuberculosis
patients were sitting around In pink pajamas with
straw hats on their heads and shswls or blankets
about their shoulders. One was playing
checkers with an orderly. in white duck uniform.
Three Gays before he had been given up for dead.
bat he had revived. and was able 10 play with
something like zest. SO far, he said. neither was
beating.
GO and speak 10 the man walking the sea
wall" SAID Dr. Lederle. He has gained twenty
pounds this sumner
The man wac was walking on the seavvau lifted
his han with unGuenchable gsnantry group Of
women approached him. They congratulated him
or his Improvement, and he bowed a pleased ac-
acknowledgement One said she wished she could put
on twenty pounds, and another told him she en-
vice him his fine color. whereupon his elderly
cheeks boomed into sudden brillianoe-
Bur there was no color-nothing but a wan pailor
or the face % a poor derelict who sat hUdded UP
IN wicker chair. under thick rug his COM
nsnd Of English was slight. but when the women.
fu Of pity at the spectacle Of this mortal about 70
put Immortality asked him how he did. be
struggled feebly 10 his feet, and replied. hat in
harl. that he did do very well He had been
80 four months. The doctor had told him he was
ineurable He far from his native land. He
spoke little English. He did not know what they
would DO with him. A dumb patience spoke IN his
voice but n his eyes there sort Of horror, as
= De- already looked into his new made grave.
EFcrwhere the women went one story repeated
itssf again and again. Il was the story Of in
toFrty. business acUmen. scientific skill and hu-
msn.ty replacing graft II was the story Of the
Low administration contrasted with Tammany.
Tho women visited the new storehouse. All the
stores for man and beast used be brought over
as needed from the mainland. They saw the dis
used stable which has been fitted Up dormitOry
Tor some Of the men employees. and the little con-
Eer,atory. which is to be enlarged 50 70 provide
more plants an1 flowers 10Y me O. the
hospitals They saw the smallpox pavhon-full
two wears ago under Tammany. empty now. They
visited one o. the old wooden shacks which gov
eminent c. every nan-for his-own-pocket erected
y TOOK SO 90 O. put Il IN condition 10 be warmed
las, winter. The winds Of heaven blew around and
Undsr ID un the repairs were mace, but Iamrnany
cered 90 GOOD enough 10 serve as "a hospital
Narl Tor the Clty'S sick.
Similar rerovatinC had been necessary al over
the island. The women saw how Tammany had
put up q wooden shanty Ike "a crossroads school
hOuEr Z home for the nurses Others Ci the
nurses ha6 been obliged 70 sleep over The engine
room. sun others over The stable brick ano
stone home for the nurses is now under way We
could not expect a good grade OF nurse 10 put up
wiz such treatment said Or Ieoerle
Prom the EtIle chapel and the summer house
fFaf going ND. the pavilion lu which Tour
CONTAGIOUS diseases be treated simultaneously
tie tennis court and The window boxes blooming I'D
roe windows ~ the power house everything De
Eroke l.sirtcrested. efficient, loving regard for
tlc interests o. the city anu the comfort or the
patients In another three weeks All the olQ frame
buicirFs beoueathsd by the IannianA regime VIII
D. freshly painted IN yellow, with white trimmings
Al he pretty luncheon in the doctors house
which followed The inspection, Airs i,aln lf.tul
mann. president OF the MOman's Health Protectlte
ASSOCIATION. urged the women 70 work Win me
men hers Of the various ORGANIZATIONS 70 Wtloh
they belonged 70 obtain q coulinuai'c OF tne ao-
rlri-trafor which had wrought such great better
merf I- North Brother Island II We reject
Low we rc-eIert Or Lederle. she said l ne
Momar's Health Protective Association has never
uleetiree n the tenement house districts 70 snow
he people what has beer done naflc.aflE ~ n
HeaItb Tcrarru7prr Dr. Lecerle thanked the
women for their interest and Their klnc speeches
nearest 10 my heart u al IL my oelai'tneLN
said re
Bee.des those already mentioned the visiting