The Washington times., 1910-12-01
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occasion nave tney ever before received
the attention and recognition which ba-
bies deserve They remember what a
triumph Il was when Commissioner
Johnston said To Miss Hum.
If we are TO judge the merits Of
Nathan StTaus pasteUrized milk by the
good temper Of all these babies present
Miss Hurn, I think we viii have TO find
some way TO keep that laboratory go
ing"
Champion Pacifer.
And they remember with joy. how.
when the Commissioner had said this
each baby in the room smiled its sweet
est, and in II own utterly uninteligible
way, said.
Take It from me, Mr. Commissioner,
Nathan Straus' pasteurized milk IS the
champion baby paciher Of the world.
But even with dll the testimony
which the Commissioners have before
them" continued Mrs Walsh, when she
told me her story this morning. and
even though the babies they saw. before
them were the best evidence that could
be presented to the Commissioners, I
wanted TO tell what the laboratory had
done for me And I want TO tell II to
you now, so that other mothers, and
perhaps the Commissioners themselves.
may read how one mother no longer
fears motherhood. because Mr. Straus
has taught her that she need not see
her baby die"
But One Of Many.
When the Walsh baby came into the
world, il was the same rosy, dimpIed,
and altogether wonderful bit Of human
1ty as - the average well and happy
baby As the months went By, the child
grew stronger and more beautiful, and
became the envy Of every mother and
father who saE ~ About its carriage
own parents, who made their happy
plans without thought that death, with
lts shining wings, could ever hover near
their child
In the summer. shortly after the
baby's first birthday, Il became I'll with
one OF the intestinal diseases so COM
mon among children Still the mother
sang at her work. for what could life
so radiant as her child-s know Of death2
Day by day the baby grew weaker.
In vain the physicians changed its
diet and its milk Every mOuthful Of
food given il in the hope of building
up its frail strength and nOuTishing
IL back TO health was as 50 much
poison to its system
Saved From Death.
THAT is when a mother meets her
Gethsenane." says Mrs. Walsh today,
with = sob IN her throat 1t Is when
she hears her child CRY for food
through the long hours OF the day and
night. begging in its piteOus language
for something to eat without being
able TO satisfy its hunger Hour by
hour, she sees its strength wasting.
The little face, once so round and
rosy, becomes pinched like an old
woman 5. Then comes the awful hour
when the little white hearse stands
at the door For the baby, through
its inability TO digest nOurishment,
has died OF starvation
Two other children have come 10
bless the Walsh home. but the mother
and IA atller today mourn for their first
child as for one lost through ignOT-
aGCe-
For when their third baby was taken
IL last summer. and when It seemed
that despite the efforts of nurses and
physicians, the child must starTe, the
mother decided TO try as a last resort
the milk prepared by the Nathan
StraUs Laboratory And today she r.
ioices IN a child which she believes
has been given back TO her from the
grave
Tell all mothers about II, and tell
the Commissioners" says Mrs Walsh,
s.as I wanted to tell them yesterday
And If there IS a Commissioner, or a
man or a woman IN the District Of
Columbia who is not willing TO main
tain the Straus pasteuriZed milk lab
oraLoTy at any cost. ask him II he
has ever watched d child starve to
death. as hundreds Of children must
DO without Straus pasteurized milk"