Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-31

Six thousand unknown lSiddies have
wrlggled their way into the innermost
recesses of the heart of a Philadelphia
woman without her having even so much
as seen them. For weeks and months
all of her waking hours have been de-
voted to the single proposition of now
she might be best prepared to take care
of them when she does see them and
now that the time Is drawing near, she
is on the qui vive to put those prepa-
rations into operation.
Mrs Adolph Woll. chairman of the
"BIly" Sunday Nursery Committee is
the woman. and the children VINO VIII
be placed under her jurisdiction while
their mothers drink in the soul-reaching
words of the evangelist are the young
sters who have so insinuated themselves
into her motherly affections
Early last April, when Joseph M. Steele,
chairman of the local Sunday Campaign
Committee, undertook the task OF secur-
ing chairmen for the various important
committees, It was borne In on him that
so far as the nursery was concerned the
choice would have to be a very careful
and circumspect one; indeed, for the wo-
man who could take over the care OF a
hundred or more strange babies daily
while their mothers hit the sawdust
traiI' acros the way in the tabernacle
a
and very extraordinary feminine person.
And after many prospective candidates
were weighed In the balance and found
wanting Mrs Woll was decided upon as
being Just the right person for the job.
ENTHUSIASTIC OVER TASK.
Sneak of the babies and her plans for
caring for them to Mrs. Woll and her
warm, brown eyes take on an even
warmer light.
"T am frank to confess" she said con-
ndentially that / wasn't nearly so en-
thusiastic about Mr.. Sundays coming
here until undertook this baby propo-
sition. When read how the women OF
Pittsburgh and Des Moines appreciated
being able to leave their youngsters Win
responsible care-takers and how they took
advantage of the opportunity offered by
the nursery, just got into the swing or
the whole movement. and now I'm Just
ss much for Mr.. Sunday as though had
heard him and been converted by him.
"out In Des Molnes the number OF
babies brought to the nursery daily
while the Sunday campaign was IN
progress, averaged So II Is expected that
not fewer than 100 viii be turned over to
us here in philadelphia; at any rate, we
are making provisions for that many.
some Of our preparations? Well, in
the trst place, we are not taking any
chancAs on babies Delns lost OF mixed IN
the shuffle. II MIR. Sunday with his
wonderful gift makes the mothers Of
those lSiddies forget everything else but
their insatiable desire TO save their souls.
it's going 10 be our duty to remind them
OF their offspring.
'aTo this end every baby and its be-
lonRinRs brought to the nursery viii be
tagged ave times. There will be a tag
Tor the baby itself. a tag for the mother
10 correspond, a tag for the bottle, one
FOR the go-cart and one for the kiddie's
eap and coat In addition, a member OF
our COMMITTEES viii do nothing else but
attend to the registration. so that II the
mother loses her tag, the baby's name
and number win be entered on the books"
THE HUMAN WAY.
"And Just suppose" she was asked.
chat despite all OF your precautions.
sone mothers in the first fiush OF their
religious feryor do 90 on and forget their
babies, what. then, Will become OF the
moor. deserted youngstersT
Mrs Woli lives In spacious home at
the corner Of Diamond and sd streets.
She considered the question. then replied:
We'll, I suppose" she said nnally.
that I'd Just have 20 bring them home
here and, take care % them until their
rlshtfu mothers remembered them.
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