New-York tribune., 1906-07-10
FRESH AIR CAMP.
Rockefeller Charity for Sick Babies
of This city Opens.

Tucked uD IN her little white crib in what used
20 be the carriage house Of the old Schermerfnorn
mansion, at 65th street and the East River, her
scanty brown locks neatly combed her tiny form
incased n the freshest Of clean nghties her pink
shells OF fists automatically folding and unfold
tng-for even at four months life is strenuous for
a New York baby-lies Carolina Gaudio, Of No
Centre Market Place the first baby TO be received
az John D. ROckefeller's fresh air camp for
sick babies Below Carolina flows the East River.
Just opposite are BlackwelTs Island and the
noble piers OF the new bridge. At her right
rises the Rockefeller Institute. and looking the
other way IS the red brick wall Of a brewery.
Ranged along the high plateau overlooking the
river arc the i've shacks, small. Japanesy looking
pavilons Is by 42 feet in dimensions painted dull
green, with removable walls. which constitute the
camp proper And here Carolina viii be treated
along with the ninety-nine other sick babies whom
the camp IS equipped to care for
This isn't a hospital" said Miss Alice c. Ea-
uson, the superintendent "And 1t isn't an insti-
tuition. either. It is just what its name mplies-a
fresh air camp for sick babies Everything is TO
be done in the simplest way and IS to
be entirely free-that IS what chiefly appeals to
me. There viii be no red tape. Any sick baby COM
ing within the age limit OF eighteen months and
not suffering from contagious disease will be ac-
cepted, day night. We desire to show how
simply and inexpensively the thing can be DONE
for. although Boston and Chicago have camps Of
this kind. this is the first IN New York.
For the Older children We shall have play
ground ana tents, ana TWO OF the ShackS will be
used for mothers and the day babies for we hope
20 do lot Of educational work among the mothers
in the way Of teaching them how 10 bathe dress
and teed their infants But all this is to be done
as simply as we know how TO do it-no scientific
s,natructiOn.' you know. but everything useful and
shOmely.
For instance we shan't show the mothers how
70 bathe their babies In bathtub. for the reason
rlat not one IN one hundred command a bath
tub, but will just set the baby in a washbasin on
the table, the way tenement house mother must
do"
Miss Ellison has been selected for superintendent
On account OF her large experience with children.
one OF last years graduates from the training
school OF the New York Hospital, she started the
43elknap Home at Far RockaWay, which Mrs
Henry James gave in memory of her son. Since
thea she has had charge of the private building
the New York Hospital.
The plant OF this summer camp has cost S6 900
9lr Rockefeller gave the use of the land for the
summer and some Of the necessary money to the
SoeleSy 3oT Improving the Condition Of the Poor
'py whom u VIII be operated. Already it is be-
ginning TO be called Junior Sea Breeze" after the
gocietys other and bigger hospital for babies which
PRESIDENT Roosevelt visited last summer. 1t is de-
Egned especially for the treatment Of summer
complaint and IS TO be conducted partly an eX-
pertinent with view TO demonstrating what be
oone 10 keep down infant mortality. It will re-
main open til October !.