The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-07-24
Leases Long Island site for New
Home to BE Opened Next
Spring. I,
son TO AID WIVES Too
President Wilson'S Future Son
in-law to Hunt Runaway
Husbands for whitman.

Mrs. Robert ~ Sayre. mother or Fran
els II. Sayre. whose engagement TO Miss
Jessie Wilson was recently announced.
signed a lease yesterday for fve lots on
the shore OF Oak Beach. Long Island,
where home for expecsant mothers--the
first OF its kind---will be erected next fall.
About the same time yesterday young
Mr.. Sayre was placed In charge OF the
abandonment bureau at District Attor-
his wedding day will be to aid wives who
have been left with dependent children by
runaway husbands.
The home for mothers which will con-
sist OF Ave buildings. will be the nrst Of
number OF prenatal feeding. educa.
tionai and social centres which Miss A.
Mabel Parker. president o! the Babies
Aid and MIX station Association. plans
to establish In and about the city. Funds
for the Ave buildings. which include a
dining room. sitting room, kitchen and
laundry and cottages containing single
rooms for 100 mothers. will be supplied
BY a wealthy woman. whose name Is
withheld for the present.
Mrs. Sayre has been interested In
work among prospective mothers for sew
eral years" said Miss Parker yeserday.
The milk stations have carried on this
work in small way and the infant
death rate has been reduced so per cent.
hut many babies stu die OF inanitlon
because their mothers have been insuffi-
ciently nourished or have worked too
hard before they were born.
Mothers VIII ne Taught.
We propose to take the expectant
mother as early as possible and keep her
for a month at our home where she will
not only be well fed but will be taught ~
make her baby's iayette ana will have
lessons In the care and feeding OF chill
dren.
When she is able to do 10 she will be
expected to pay = dollar a week. for
the people We want to reach are the
thrifty poor. who are not on the rells Of
the charity societies.
our new restagsnt -jQK-- ssApsf,an'
mothers at 6cS West l:6th street. which
will be open In about ten days, will re-
eeive our guests on their return SO that
what they have gained will not be lost.
Here they will be furnished with appe-
tixing dinners at five cents apiece. and when
they are unable to do any cooking for
themselves they will be provided with
something in the way of Cruel for the
evening meal
Many TO Look After.
"As we expect to have eight relays
OF mothers during the eight months that
our country home IL open from April tc
December We shall have a good many to
look after here In town. where all will bs
given advice and medical attendance as
they need II. DR.. Benjamin J. Beck will
give this attendance. DR.. ]. Gardner Il
interested also and will be chairman OF
our extension committee.
"Dr. Thomas D. Wood. head OF the do
mestic science department Of Teacher
College. and Prof. woiston OF the Cit!
College are members Of the board o
managers. which also includes DR.. Mar!
Halton. Miss Ida AinQuist and Mrs. JohI
Moore McAdam. who will he president o
the auxiliary to the Prenatal Feeding
and Educational Association. Member
ship In :his auxiliary will be open to an!
one interested at a fee Of 80 a year
Coroner Feinberg will be chairman Of tn,
relief committee and X. g. Vanderbilt O
the finance committee. Richard webber
, Jr.. will be treasurer Of the association.
Mrs. Mary Rose. the dietician o.
| Teachers College. will supervise that de
partment for US. We shall have a resi-
dent physician. and l shall live at tn
home as supervisor.
I'VE expect to begin building In IN,
! fall and to be ready for our hrst guesti
next April"
Mrs. sayre Is still In Long Island
When questioned over the telephone las
! evening Mr.. Sayre said he knew nothinl
about the matter Of the new home