New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-14
TWO WAITS ON HER HANDS
Woman Appeals to Police to
Help Find the Mother.
After Four Weeks No Money Has
Been Sent and Parents
Can't Be Found.

Captain Post. OF the Alexander avenue
police station. was appealed to yesterday BY
Mrs. Margaret Drscoll. OF no. $40 East
1Hth street. The Bronx. who asked that
the police assist her in securing Q home for
two infants whom she had boarded and
| cared for without remuneration for nearly
four weeks.
Mrs. Driscol said that on May Is she saw
an advertisement in one of the newspapers
| requesting board for two babies. each t7'o
months old. for which would be paid IS a
week. Calling at the address given. No. 10
West 10th street. she met a woman who
said her name was Mrs. George Felsinger.
Arrangements were made for Mrs. Driscoll
to take charge Of the infants the next day.
so the following afternoon a taxicab drove
up to the Driscol home and the babies
, were taken over by her.
At this point I'm her narrative the wom-
ans eyes filled with tears as she exclaimed:
And captain. what poor, sickly. emaciatet
abies they were l took them in my arms
and mothered them. On seeing how was
affected by their appearance, the woman.
Mrs Felsnger, said L see you are KIND.
motherly woman, and II after trial |
find that can trust Godfrey and Frank to
your care I will give you another one to
care for that Is now on Long Island.
"Whereupon she, after promising to call
the next day with the money for their
board entered the taxicab and drove on.
That is the last have ever seen or heard
of her, although the same day | received
from one OF the department stores pack
age. but the delivery boy said that | would
have TO pay charges on il II l wished to
keep it, | removed the paper and found
that It was a bottle OF cod liver oil ev-
IDENTIFY sent by this Mrs. Felsinger for the
babies. but / cannot understand why she
would send 1t c. o. d., for had explained
TO her that we are very poor and hava a
daughter, Ellen. fourteen years old, whom
nv husband, Pat" and | have 10 send 70
school.
"Of course Pat works, but what little he
gets is hardly sufficient for us to exc out
a very meagre existence. | looked upon
those babies as a boon from heaven, for the
Sc every week meant so much TO me and
mine. Although / have never received a
cent for my trouble have atttnded those
two little unfortunates as II they had been
my own and have got TO love them dearly.
So has Pat But it Is impossible that W.
keep them. / called at the address on
lO9th street in hopes that I might learn
the address OF the woman. but there / met
a Mrs. Parker who informed me that the
woman had only stayed there short time
and that she did not know her address.
After making inquiries In the neishbor-
hood learned that she might be At No. 700
Manhattan street, but when / went there !
found that, although the woman had left
trunk she had not called for 1t nor leit
am address.
CAPTAIN Post advised the distracted
woman to ask some of the charity organi-
cations to take the infants, but later she
reappeared at tie station with the story
that several organizations had emphatical-
" refused to help her out of her trouble.
She said she also called at the Gerry So
c,atv and was informed there that the best
they could do was TO make an EFFORT TO
find the parent
Mrs. DriscolI gave a description OF Mrs
Felsnger as a tall. handsome women
dressed In expensive clothes. The ponce
sent out a general alarm for the parents
cantain Post consoled the woman with the
hone that the missing woman might Or
found within a few days ana As she 'ei'
thu. station she cried;
..1 will pray TO God that they be touno
~ no relieved by some kind Chrlsuan OF
-, bobies whom Il will be impossiole
90 food | have worried mysef
LOT ny - over IL and think that IL some
U.s. u.s. is not done I will commit sulcIue.