Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-12
NEWS TOPICS FROM OLD new YORK

NEW YORK, July l2.--As usual
| after the closing OF the schools the va.
cation Fairgrounds OF which this city
has more than IN hundred, have been
| opened and daily they are thronged
vita thousands of those poor children
who are not so fortunate as to be
able II spend the summer months In
the country. Last summer these play
| grounds had a total attendance OF
1889 SIG children and 1t is expected
that this year the attendance will be
tar in excess of that figure. Many OF
these Fairgrounds are equipped with
shower baths which are thoroughly
enjoyed by the youngsters.
There are also morning and after
noon Fairgrounds for mothers with
babies and roof Fairgrounds whica
last year were p%atronized by an az.
gregate of more than two million wo.
men and children. These Fairgrounds
are scattered owe the whole city and
are in most cases connected with pub
lie school buildings. They are a great
boon to the many thousands of child
ICh al Nv SOISCotCu VI liz
city who are compelled to remain in
the city during the vacation months
and are even to poor to make trips to
the woods and large natural parks in
the immediate vicinity of the city.
Some OF the suffrage a%gitators try
ing to make converts in the density
populated sections Of the Feast and
thA yVnct cido u,oro uivar n taste ~
their medicine the other day and,
as was to be expected, did not enjoy
the experience. They were lombard
ed with oyer-ripe hen-fruit, garbage
and bags filled with dirty water and
afterwards made indignant complaints
to the police department because they
had not been given adequate protec-
ton. 1t is rather odd that n of the
speakers was an English s%uffragette
who had taken part in the window
smashing riots in London.
During the last few years energetic
efforts have been made by public spir-
tied men and women in this city to
reduce the tremendous mortality
among infants which prevailed in the
crowded sections Of this city during
the summer months. Now there are
about $50 organizations in the city
engaged in work of n kind or an
other in behalf of babies. Until last
year each society planned its cam
paign with little knowledge of what
the others we're doing. Under such
conditions duplication of effort, and
much waste Of energy was inevitable.
The need of a clearing house for in
formation and general cooperation
was felt. To meet this last season the
Health Department and seven private
milk station agencies united in form
ing the Association of Infant Milk
Stations.
With a view CT extending the scope
of the work and still better systemat-
izing it a new society was formed un-
her the name of Babies Welfare AS.
ISOLATION and at present more than
thirty of the various organizations are
represented in it. 1t is expected that
by the end of the present summer all
the other organizations will be en-.
rolled in the new association. The
latter, which is under the general
supervision and direction of the health
department, has made considerable
progress in ~systematizing the work by
introducing a uniform method Of
weekly reports. The Board of Health
is running fifty-five milk stations this
summer and in addition to these there
are numerous other stations conduct