New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-28

vour sister? She has only twenty-one per cent full
o,. that means she ONLY sees one-tfth well as she
sbouId DO Won understand? She is fOur-ttths blind,
and she II grow worse. Now, tell you what m going
to do If you don't get glasses for that GIRL don give
her at least chance to get started III me- III gong "
reoort to the Charities and have them investigate
I'm going TO send them down here to see II you are TOO
moor to spend one dollar and quarter to prevent TINS
little girl going blind. viii you like that?
II was evident to the meaneSt intelligence that they
we're filled with CONSERVATION at the thought, lhey tu
community to avoid having to support bind citlZefS'
They were simply ashamed OF being thought so poor as
to need charity.
c,a vent down the stairs a" hate to that kind OF
club: but I've been there twice before and that chlli
has simply got to have glasses or she will be hampered
all her life Oh have to use all sorts OF methods; but
there are times when am at my wits end lhere was
one little girl who had bad case OF adenoldS as ever
s,v-colldnt get enough air past them to keep her nan
SUPPLIED with oxygen and yet the mother OF that child
wouldn't do a thing kept going to see her ana using
every argument could invent but she SAID She coudh
afford it. Finally really got angry-you may nave
noticed that | sometimes pretend to get angry when
I'm not-well lust turned suddenly on her and cred
out: It'll ..
"You tell me YOU can't afford to take your child TO
the doctor-you with all those expensive pulls OH Sou
head - 49,.
~'Puffs!' said she, drawing it out slow like this
'P-u-u-ffS!
~'Yes. puffs, said |, 'puffs and two willow pumes-
I've seen EN-! And not enough money 70 nave you'
child made WE'LL ,
"Discouraging sometimes; but so interesting! And
they know that | don't get anything out OF their being
ILL., and trust me, that can give them advice tniJ
couldn't very well give to my private patients WHO are
paving me 50 much Il visit.
It's great incentive to be paid for dong your work
we, instead OF doing it ill., The public service physician
responsible for a district that Is nermttcntIy PIcarIed
with scarlet fever and dphthcrla signs Is neither Ou-
ing up her own income getting IN line tor promotion
TT was certainly not focusing her attention on ucrl-
tive practice that put Dr. Josephine Baker AT tle
head OF the Bureau OF Child Hygiene OIL Ne" oN Guy
one of the most important medical positions III the sec
onl largest city in the world and gave her charge o. al
the school physicians instead, II was her recognition
that the city could afford 10 have It's children IN Ill
health. Dr. Baker has built up system OIL ilcn," M
spection of school children that is not only model
for the whole country, but which doctors nave come
from as far as Australia 20 study ,
Now of course women doctors have had a good deal
to fight in a country where, whatever the 3dF'il,c
guard may think the majority believe that the only
rlght place for women is IN the home, regardless OF
the domestic congestion that would produce or the SEN
tncnt OF the home the subject; but, though every
step in progress shocks somebody, ana Ih' o' va! -
win universal approval Is 10 stand still, one does not
hear from Dr. Baker or the other women IN the public
service any cry about discrimination against them rs
women. "Whcn was appointed 10 thu, position, S,'il
DR.. Baker went to the board ana made ,4T',y De-
fore them What are YOU going 10 10 about the petit
colrs' asked, because there had been opposition TO
women in such offices.
Well sail they. we've decided that that is your
problem Youll have 90 struggle with them and the
Disadvantages and misunderstanding they onng YOUR
SELF
And, 10 YOU know, nobody seems to think now
whether I'm woman or man. they tnink C me SIM.
DIV AS he roOr the Department 81 Child Hygiene!
In her work DR.. Baker not lighting for patients: IN
stead she directing work that should considerably