Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-17
LITTLE SUFFERERS
AT ST. CHRISTOPHER s
BRAVE AND CHERRY
Hospital in Northeast Sec
ton the Daily Scene of
Hopeful Struggle Against
Diseases of Children.

Just at present st. Christopher Hos
pital Lawrence and Huntingdon streets
has "a little patients,
Opportunity to study child life Is ever
present to the visitor at st. Christopher's
Teddy Roosevelt will not greet him at the
door but Teddy Roosevelt Wick will well
/ come him on the roof garden. This little
boy, like Miss Jomords head nurse wishes
to- interest every one in the work of the
hospital, and consequently he will talk
for half hour without a complaint and
smile during waking and sleeping hours.
1t is the build of priaefghter in en-
bryo that Teddy carries when he is
stretched in bed He has hip disease.
From his waist UP he is perfect. Miss
Jefurds does not think that Teddy will
ever be far-famed as an athlete. but
eventually he may walk without false
step. and make a name for himself.
In the cot next to Teddy on the roof
garden is Isabella Lawson, years old,
a sufferer from infantie paralysis. She
is walking today. but it Is with the
hesItating steps of n old woman or child
lust learning to walk The fact is, she is
Just learning over how to walk. She is
confident. and when she falls she smiles
in an apologize manner, She is the mes
senger and errand girl for Teddy Roose-
Welt Wick She is about as speedy as
the average messenger boy, but she Is
much more certain of results.
Ida Rudolph, years old, is also on the
roof. She has been there two months
but shows little Improvement. Inc doC-
tors see her every day. There Is some
thing wrong with Ida because she wont
grow strong. The doctors have lot OF
names for her complaint.
Then there is Beatrice, IA years old
Beatrice is favorite, but the nurses
have forgotten her last name She VIII
he operated upon tomorrow or the day
after bv DR.. e. c. Alexander. There Is
tubercular condition of her spine and one
Of her legs Miss Beatrice has not
GUESSED that an operation is imminent
So she has not become hysterical as
.p.ue Of her older sisters might. When
She isn't sleep .e she IS sucking her leit
tr1b. 1, Is always he left one.
lr nsico Disco has spent SIX or MS
zen years in the hospital. AS an old resi-
dent he SAYS hat he prefers the roof
garden to n ward. There is more air,
and then he can hear all the street noises.
He can tell just what is happening by
the cries of the newsboys and he also
is a nudge of the prices Of tomatoes,
reaches nd such staples by the shouts
of the vendors. Fransico, who is one OF
lie oldcs PATIENTS will never push
truck or sling a bale nook on the wharf.
He may be made for better things and
an easier job. He has hip disease
Tfe'en Horkins 3 years old had a fall.
Hin disease and tubcrcu'ar bones fol-
loved she has been in many ho pita!s
she smiles when she does not feel pain.
When she does she holds the hand OF
one OF the nurses or bears the pain alone
The nurses say that children have more
courage than most grown people they
have met.
clarence wallace has started into train
ing that he may reach the roof garden
He was operated on for appendicitis Ave
davs ago. For three days Miss Jetfords
feared for her patient, but now since
Clarence is always hungry there must be
hone for him.
In the surgical ward lies Billy Garnett,
8 years old. The tiny boy who IS the
most If the time In a sleep or stupor'
crossed the path OF a horse on January
o. and was knocked down He was
picked IN and hurried to the hospital
Every one but the physician who re-
ceived him SAID that the child was dead
He is alive but that Is all
The f,atherweight of the hospital IS
.
uarenta-e and at noon Wednesday
weighed exactly two pounds six and one
haIr ounces She will live, probably,
under hospital care, but II she had been
left with her mother she would have
perished.
Nearly all the other children in the
/ hospitals wards are recovering from
summer complaints or marasmus,
Al the side Of the hospital under
T small tent are children recovering from
Illness or children with pneumonia or
other lung complaints. There Tom holds
sway Although he Is suffering from
mrlnurrit!on and Is only year old Tom
. MANAGES 20 hold his own. Tom was taken
. To the hospital last January by a man
/ and woman who said that he was their
! SON The man and woman have not
/ since been seen,
| The tent patients will remain out Of
/ doors until the weather becomes severe.
/ To help keep down the number Of little
T 1attsrrs at rhe hospital the surgeons and
+ uHy-trlunS each Wednesday give lectures
to mothers who bring their babies with
4 them The women are told how to ward
. r. diseases prevalent among youngsters
and are given lessons In how 10 give the
first aid tn the injured.