New-York tribune., 1903-05-23

Fine Day Nursery for Little Chill
dren of All Shades.

Ficksnfnnies! Black pckaninnies. brown picka-
ninnies old gold ivory ecru. cream colored. white
picaninniesI Colored babies. halfbTeeds and white
babies-they crowed and gurgled and cooed and
rolled over one another on the floor OF Hope Day
Nursery which yesterday had a housewarnning and
formal opening.
What was formerly tenement house at No S25
West T'hirty4Afth-st- viii hereafter be devoted 10
the happiness and health Of little children ana
not colored children only Although Il is cooTeo
day nursery the result OF the interest shown by
colored women Of the West Side. designed primarily
for colored children and Offered by people OF the
same race. white children have already been ad-
Ynirted and VIII be long as there Is room lot
-re-, The Kindergarten is opened under the aus
rdces Of the kindergarten Association. and Mrs
Arthur NJ Dodge has made herself responsible Tor
The repairs and for the first years rent
There never has been day nursery in the city
.,,7-asslv for colored children" said Mrs z. E.
Greene the promoter and matron. "In fact there
has been no place the for them as the other
dav nurseries either OvercroWdeo as II was OF
else objected to admitting colored children This
house has been leased for four years II has been
rsmo5eIled from arret 10 cellar. and expect TO
care for forty children daily soon as we get IN
running order.
IF one could only instn sense Of responsibility
and decercy into these childrens fathers, half the
6sv nurseries in the city could close their doors
tl,fnk there isn't child in this nursery who isTl I
here because its father has run away and deserted
the mother This baby'-ano pointed 10 q little
IN CRIB. asleep. Will lle AS AO~---oS~ N~i-~
lifted over its curly head-'is the elder OF two
children who belong 10 deserted TnolneT. 30
foEv knows where the husband and father IS Be
fore the nursery opened The mother boarded tneIa
out but as she had 70 pa! s. - week allo t
only from "a 10 y week; sAt "1S aa
bsr5barl The other child is Only TWO years ol1
ssT7his child'-she st-oked the velvety cfeek oL a
,l,ira skinned fair haired boy OF hNe-haS Willte
father but its mother IS colored mat sweet ntIle
- --a-5er is one Of two children whose mOIaeT q
Terv pretty woman. was brought up IN a coINeilt.
She married headwaiter. and seemed 10 prosper
T5e --S ehii5 looked UP for a minute with large,
fawriike ewes. then bent its curly head over us
box Of blocks. . ...z o,a HE
.'fat hey there is only thirteen months OLD. ms
father lsft 70 20 to Boston one day, and mas ne
f.z.- hoard of since And 50 II goes. Always IN
f5eIfrv og some sort en- the part OF the man NeLs
liaaly after tea twelve years, By the uIne S IN
r. RACK 10 be supported by the vile ana chldTeIl.
bout three hundred invitations ffad oeeh Slt'
Cut for the afternoon and evening TecoL-IOlls.
it0rs shown the upper dio Lofssea. - 10 II
m slar beds which faStsn up agalnSt lie We!
when rot iY use the immaculate white iron cflD5
the lzrre hack yard where later the chlI1IsIi W
kitchen equipped with gas range an t,,,a1 zee
and several hundred small bottles Tor steittLLHou
r1ik Every crle was delighted with the lIesLlsF -
Of the building and the common sense Win
+ errr5 70 have been rsIllede44eo Si4o 04~-Ff
for iJs future 3 day nursery. -, 49, r.v
II the evening there were speecItes ps "a IL p =,
t7urchir C. Efsfop. Of St Fhps htlTcIli i, III 80 of
Fr Moore Of 81 Marks. and Father huIkes, % ..
s. Rered ct the Noo-'s and music py y -
GRAY Harry B,lrleie Leon Gray MISS NeILls ~
and Miss Emma AegEsgz. The Eeeep101r % 1or
els Miss F1nra Nagnan Mrs. Emma D2rsas' Sies
Wrt1r: A!re william HyligeT, Mrs Johf t hLns.
Miss Ito and Ms z 5-esns, ~. Jeqste
slesr Miss Kate Smith Miss Annie itlas' PIE PIE
Vsg5 c-347~ Afisr Emily Fletcher, Mss Lizzie
Frazer Miss Ernily Murray and Miss Brown