New-York tribune., 1907-09-01
SAVING TpE BABIES.
Dqy .SDent 5cith Rockefeller Nurse
Fiating TeRementS.

ed 10
,.Irse-she Of the Rockefeller nurses from
Junior Sea Breeze and she was engaged IN the
difficult task of teaching West ed street how 10
keep its babies from dying-shook her head at
Peters grandmother Grandmother. who was fat
and very nessse g5lnned down ,- at Peter WIN me
4 labored with that voTl2r-she takes 1I G,tre o.
Peter. for his mother isn mere mGGIl mGGIl-I 5ogit1 ~
with her two hours the other cay to SNOW aeF low &
Lad such Ieoo - l0I oane' Si1r % he TcIiTds with
her And here I ind Petcr eating cake. and ne
s3als 3lS2 5s501S.1Ssi WHAT ti2i sl2ali ] say5
an les save him III cake TO satisfy him. 20
-.-,1srsfso' protested Peters grandmother An
lrow about raisln cen; an nae hf{eeR I'm nf5e e u
"a 9 own, ;-tTT3 T9gFst lax some o'''
I 5S2t ygp m r f 5v A45 1.-THE f4i PaT5 BABIES tS stSn
.-lc a-e constructed. with some side remarks on
TIE virtue q oesq |4'gj i,,1 and 50 on. Has
lurking N lle TaD1,r W.. eslrj Al the end
eS .Ie4: 5a = her fooSs soah Ahve jes sent her cut
70 some 5uhnnips'--
-.No'h: al wouldn't give Peter no tuanirss sa-,o,.
Did Matilda get the barley for Peters barley
-y.-e-g- asked the nurse -.
.sNo'u1 She had dollar'n seventy-flve cents oGC @
raised ma own chii'en and an 40 ma 9eSs TSe a13
Nat5lda-s but she woan't GO her pant l ne oI oiI
woman shook her head and tapped the mes Oh
ie'sF- 1ATLDAs INDIFFERENCE.
A. that moment the dusly Matilda arrived with
tba ti;,nIus. She sat in tie window, swinging her
foo- sulkIy while the nurse urged TIE young
peters necessities upon her You're the ilTst
1notrer I've found thar didn't seem 70 care Wel5e5
her baby had what II needed, the nurse ehueu
'sETSsSaid RsiI ana get the bailey but ah hadn't no
lleJS' bsI dollar, seventy-five cents, said her
mother .Cioodb-. m. TO the nurse An "o''
s@i hope she Doesn't said the nurse. as she ana
~ bsby in ead street Now. We'll visit two Of the
best cared for They are iWlns' L'oAei anu
The twins mother pleasant faced negro Wom- 6i-
on 1ras wasting. The twins father. VINO Is q COOK
70 y-9T.<
ing Lionel pillow Leonard was ,sleep III
a .Ahf 4lSI set h said the proud father All heah
him walin a.. - -,-., .,,-a,a 81. saf- nurse.
=. te eo4 45a 9elsns came on out Wita the blink onard
Won wanted 10 show him. you told s.oIE-
T. Sf bis soff voice Theirs ma friend" and
he picked Up cid Bible that lay near cal, ,--
The woman. baby on either arm, listened es=e
II 10 everything the nurse said and reason eHoL.i-
When the nurse made her hTst TlsI tne1: md
weeks ago sGe-tne motheT-W1s az -le' 49,, 80 80
with lionel who was nearly dead with d!scntSls'
and The nurse s, seq 3ra s muses. questions intel
lfeently Yes she pasteuriZed the twins IillF !17i
some water every morning and gave the babes
some when they cried And she loestd a l--s a.
The nurse gave her, which had directions on IL
All was ur lookir' at il las night" she said:
with The negro's rich laugh. "Ah had ma husband
M, Iookin too Al told him we was both so sleepy
We coaidn't see What il said. and Leonard was
cryln and We didn't know what TO do
As the nurse reached the street a black cycione
been to the stoa6 and got the bahiey She said tri
1Es.T1v- 81 d.
That's right said the nurse heartily New.
SIZE told the reporter I've one more negro baby
10 Sc some white BABIES. These are reyists. you
know The cry was mapped olt IN @ otstLleis; t; d
was 70 make farniIy-to-faTnily canvass, find out
TneIe me made % s many as two hundred and forty
visits ia a day The sick babies We mace d Hote
on and we visit them again as often as neces-
The wee negro baby visited next , had 5S been very
sAn5 do you 20 down 10 the recreation pier in
10Th street, 10 get the Straus milk Tor II asked
7 vent once. hut the white boys stoned ne said
they stoned me in 5oth street. and on Tenth ave
Ya5Sa. : She was treated pretty bad said the
.sIts true. I've no doubt" the nurse said, going
dozn the stairs. These negro women and babies
can't enjoy the 5oth street per, because the boss
10 a negro woman Why don't you go TO the pier
with voIr baby?' and the answer almost always Is:
I'm afraid, the boys throw things al me. -.
Before making any more ylsis5 % me me no[ss "eat
s "a Ntsl s,,, 9o0 ,sTa 81 -, : she lxpIained
Her appearance was the signal for a riot All
tae children IN the place hurled themselves upon
ir5rIdTf ~ TS cardNone Bearing directions how
. care for habies-has colored picture on it ex-
asked the nurse said briskly- Wen, where's y5uT
baby and Only those who We're Little Mothers
or iitte Fathers, and could produce baby, were
allowed a card. One mite came Juggling BOY as
biE as herself DIS IS my BABY she puled'
TEA AND BREAD DIET,
Presently pale young Irishwoman carrying one
baby and leading another, touched The nurse
arm Please kin ] have tickets go St
Johns hospital hqatE she ] 2Sked her so ioye Nf tho 10
little admission cards, and asked some questions
about the baby Both children were pale as potato
sboots-they lived in a basement-and the little
W hat % YOU feed it," demanded the nurse.
Now. don't you give il tea sometimes?'
Yes, . sup o tay an whativer ate, confessed
A 6a5g eight months old said the nurse.
, ~ Il, Sl & o ~ i I'm! 81, sled Ia AM the women
wien II ot'-s p - ~ SLI- 80
saving '"Tn-t7s right" The nurse took the names
Of some, promising 10 call and see them one
woman with baby she gave carfare TO go to the
Wander bt Clinic, and another she sent to the pier
me children crowded around. toe, 7 frequently
marked the nurse as she and the reporter moved
sway. Yesterday very small boy asked me If
q baby he wanted He said he wanted one Just
Ike Jimmie s. told him thought he'd have one
about Christmas time knew was pretty sate
Two motaers the nurse visited on 55th street were
rather q contrast One, tired looking. pul WIN
clear. sensitive face with baby on her knee
and three other children under ten around her.
discussed babies in a way that made the nurse
In ano.her tenement house near by slatternly
woman, with d sore eyed baby in her arms, met
We'll" said the latter. after some other ques-
hospital boat2 You know the baby needs fresh
Mem. said the woman Maybe III be goin'
next week"
4 wonder" unused the nurse as she left If such
are worth saving Wen We eo' To Try Ias 10Y
srOw us = S7T7rnFr Z ? aa5ieS-Flardef
i-=n last SIMMER. though II has been cooler one
physician whom TALKED with tlle otner day saia
= vas because Of the greater humidity IN the ar
lls SUMMER. IL II pity this work OF VisIuhg
the babies ard inscructing the mothers cannot go
GA all Wuter- There sick babies all winter
Agt This work stops the 18th OF September.
The last visit tire made that day was 10
: tflE Ia = tunbiedoKn tenement mousse
where Baby Burns lay dead. Only few weeks
ago Baby Burns left Junior Sea Breeze quite cured
n n tie oysentery ior which she was taken there.
she Growing, curly haired negro baby, a
iaNorIe with al lie nurses az Junior Sea Breeze.