The Washington times., 1914-07-07
I truths by Women Who.
~ Mothering Babies and
NIlOW Training Nurses
Home for Foundlings

mother to love and care for II, so
we try and all q mothers place
until some one who has not been
blessed with child comes and
takes by legal adoption one OF our
babies and makes the child their
We have at present ffty-three
children in the home. about twenty
under one year Of age. tie eldest
being six years. Sometimes the
t;.b es are only q few hours old
when found and brought to the
home. ricked up in the parks. YES
tibl les. and alleys.
We cannot help but feel that the
hand which placed them there
must have been sorely pressed for
lack of home and shelter for the
baby. feeling that somc one woald
give her helpless babe a cnancr
for better things than she could
provide for IL.
Sometimes a mother or father 10
III, and has 10 go to a hospital.
leaving no one at home to care
for the little one. They place the
baby with US during their inability
TO care for Ii. When the patents
health Is restored. they receive
the child back into their homes.
Often a mother dies at the birth
Of her child: the father IS unable to
care for the infant. He can place IL
with us to De nursed, loved, and
mothered until IL reaches the age
when he can have II with him or
can provide another home.
Partial Support.
Some Of the little ones have moth
ers who arc obliged to work and
who are only partially able to sup
port them, and cannot find work
where the child could stay with
them Wa should like To be able to
provide s home for these mothers
where they could come after their
work Is done and stay with their
little ones, making a real home for
them both. At present our buildings
are too small. We hope to realize
this dream some day by some gen.
erous friend Of poor mothers pro-
yiding US with the necessary funds
for such a building as an addition
to the hon:e where their babies can
be intelligensiy cared for while they
are away from them
Many of these poor little mothers
have lost kind, good husbands, and
have TO work and support themselves
and their children. or a husband has
abandoned his wife and little unes,
so she has to appeal to US for help.
Many mothers come to us for help.
having a sick husband whom they
must work for and support until he
is restored to health and his family.
Aside from being q home for babies.
we are trying to benefit the COM
munity at large by training mothers
to iptelligently nurse and mother
int b and small children; we feel
this very important work, when
we look around us ard see many
home being cared for by ignorant
and careless nurses who have had
no training.
The Training School.
It Ii not generally known by nur-
ses what valuable knowledge can
be obtained In our training school,
where they receive one years train
ing In infant nursing as most Of
our little charges come to Us with
depleted system. requiring careful,
intelligent mothering to carry than
through the first year of their lives.
The home Is situated 115 F1fteenth
street northwest, Washington We
sspepd the summer months ae the
country home, Bethesda, Nd. We
have large sleeping porches Wnicn
the children sleep upon tho year
around, helping to make them strong
and robust
The wants of these little tots are
many, we should like to Be able TO
do more for them, to have the pub
lie cooperate with US, and make the
home a model in every respect II
Is non-sectarian. We have no reg
ular visiting hours and are always
glad to have friends come and see
the children and home any day be-
tween 10 a. m, and p. m
The home Ii under the superVis-
ion of Miss NJ. Amelia Schott,
graduate nurse who Is assisted by
Miss Alice c. Blumerhassett. Miss
Schott receives many letters from
time to time from those who adopt
the babies, telling of the happiness
they bring into the lives of the peo-
pie who have taken them into Their
homes.