The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-01-11
HELPS SICK
CITY BABIES
Speedwell Country Homes So
ciety Is Doing Noble Work
for Tenement Children.
AUXILIARY COMMITTEE REPORT

SICK DaOleS or the city Is the noble
work the auxiliary committee Of the
Speedwell Country Homes society is
engaged in. The babies are brought
to Morristown from New York anc
nursed back to a better physical con
dition than is possible in the dark ano
ill-healthful tenements.
There is no limit to the age at which
a child is received though most of the
work is confined to babies. Any little
one, from day old, is provided for.
There Is no limit to the number OF
children taken provided the funds OF
the committee are sufficient. They
are kept in the country, if their par
ents are willing, until they are strong
and healthy. The work Of the society
is not confined to the summer months,
children being received at all seasons.
The work sought to be dole is along
lines Of family life with individual
supervision, instead of those of the
collective life with Institutional
methods.
Mrs. Julius Catlin, the president, in
her annual report has this to say =
"Two hundred and twenty-four
children have been taken from the
close, unsanitary surroundings of the
great city and their sordid homes, and
in our good air. and with the kind and
capable care bestowed on them by DR..
Glazebrook, Miss Anderson and our
devoted superintendent, Mrs. Rigby,
the little ones begin at once to i'm
prove, and in place of the weak and
shadowy invalid, healty, happy child
goes home.
Among the most appealing cases is
that of Louis Spino, whose mother
had been in the hospital a month.
This poor little fellow, three years old,
with another baby only one year and a
half, had been left to the care of sis
ter Of eight. He had been badly
scalded on the head. After being out
here for five weeks he was returned in
good condition. having gained three
pounds.
Another interesting case was that
Filomenia Gala, aged eighteen months,
who was one of a family of seven chill
dren, the eldest eleven years old.
When Mrs. Rigby called for her, this
baby was having her dinner, which
consisted of tea and coffee mixed. She
was kept here for five weeks and
gained four and a half pounds. I"
Mrs. w. North Duane and Miss
Swords, secretaries, narrate in their
report how -Four years ago the
Speedwell Auxiliary was organized to
help the work being done in Norris
town, by the Speedwell Country Home
Society Of New York, for suffering
and convalescent little children from
the tenements of New York. Most OF
the cases come from the hospitals or
through the city missions, and of
these nearly ninety per cent. suffer
from mainutrition and need the ten
der care, good air and intelligent feed
ing they get in the homes of our foster
mothers. Instead Of maintaining an
expensive establishment with paid at
PENDANTS, the children are placed in
carefully selected private homes, where
they are visited daily by DIR. Glaze
brook, and Miss A Anderson, the trained
nurse.
"The board of the children, medi-
cines and medical attendance with tie
salaries at the trained nurse and SUI
perintendent are the only expense.
g Fifteen dollars will maintain a
child for month, and this often
means not only the saving of life but
what is more important, the keeping
them from a life Of hopeless suffering
and invalidism, where they will be
not only burden to themselves but
to the community.
"This work besides benefiting the
babies is source OF income and often
great help to the foster mothers.
" During the last seven years, since
the society was started, SIG, 632, IL has
been paid for the board of the children
alone.
d" In the past year besides our annua
subscriptions we have had many use
full donations of clothing, for which
we wish to express our hearty thanks
AS many children are brought oal
from the city clad in little more thar
rags, and when they are returned
they must be clothed throughout, We
can use all that our friends are kline
enough to send us.
"Another donation which was very
much appreciated was gift Of ter
quarts of milk a day from July 22nc
to September 18th, sent by DR.. ID. Ii
McAlpin, jr., from his dairy farm
There are many cases who owe Their
rapid improvement to his generosity
The special work BY whicn-the Aux
Hilary supplements the work OF the
New York society has been to pay tht
salary of the trained nurse and th,
CHEMISTS bill, not only for medica
articles but for large quantities of in
fants foods.
" A sewing class was held during
Lent. at which l02 garments were
made.