The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21

So it Is not only the health but the happiness also of the Eastslde children that the city aims at. While New York may be regarded as hard and heartless In many respects. there is no denying that the city likes to see it's children 1 happy, the children of the poor as well as the rich, and In this effort to af- l ford health and amusement to it's chill dren the city Is truly democratie | Thus far mention has only been made
 of what the city itself has done and Is doing to make life tolerable for the unfortunate people of the Eastside. The l noble work of the municipality is
 nanted on all sides by charitable or-
 sani2ations that are constantly em- pIoyed In this amelioratlng work. Such l institutions as the Society for the Im-
 provement of the Condition of the Poor. l This organization. over 60 wears old. l takes thousands of children to the sea ! shore every summer. It has recently completed n hospital at Rockaway for crippled children and it maintains a resort at Sea Breeze where the moth CTS and their babies go fin an unbroSen stream throughout the sumner. Then there are almost numb minor organizations. one for almost ev- cry district on the liastside, that pro- vides vacation al the beach for as many mothers and babies as their funds will allow.
 These with individual philanthropists such Miss Helen Gould, all working constantly with one purpose, justify the statement made earlier in this arr tlcle that before the summer Is over the probabilities are that every child OH the Eastslde will have had a sea- son or play on tie joyous breeze swept sands
 In this heroic battle for the lives of the East Side babies, the city k baffled fl little ones. If the entire population east of the Bowery could be transported in q body, or at least. moved simultane- onsly. to various seaside places. the ideal way would have been achieved in the work of saving the babies. But. alas, there are too many of them. Because of conditions thot cannot be overcome, for long time at least. the little ones are obliged to take their turn SO whiIs the fortunate ones are revellng in the sands al Sea Breeze. or Coney Island. or Freeport, those that are left in tho city awaiting their turn are piteously panting for life.
 Ice ice," has been the frantic cry Of the East Side mother during every | super-heated period of the summer months. lee is indispensable to them. The ba bies' milk must be kept cold in | the hot weather The infants life de- | bends upon t. Although the city is un- able to provide the necessary lee. there are a number of philanthropic individuals | who have made It their self-imposed task to see that no East Side baby dies
 because i,s milk could not be kept cold. | if they can help it. Therefore. thous- ands of pounds of ice Is distributed throughout the East Side every day. free of charge This alone has heen the means of saving hundreds of little Ives. Through constant effort. such as has been described, the death rate among infants on the East Side has been ma terialy reduced. The decrease. even from last year. is very marked.
 And the city. with it's volunteer as- sistants, Is going to continue in this noble work Of saving the babies untll 1t will be as safe to be born on Arlington street as on Fifth avenue.