The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-20
HOME HEAL LTH CLUB
.(Edited by Dr. David H. Reeder.
 Chicago.)

Chicago.0
 A Helping Hand: Yesterday I was forced to take a long ride over 80 miles in a street car It's not un usual for dwellers in the large cities to ride 8. or 10 or even 5 miles to- and from their daily work, and as one watches the ever chang gdng load of passengers he finds himself in close contact with nearly every kind and class of humanity
 There are always the selflsh and the mean, seeking in every way to get a HttIe better seat or position or service than the other fellow. Strong young men who will sit comfortably while gray haired old women must stand in the crowded aisIes and hold to the straps. My age gives me the privilege 1f sitting while strong young women or school girls stand but have not yet been guilty of re- taining a seat while tired looking working woman or an older man i must stand.
 I That's getting away from my story l however. During the last g miles of my ride the car was crowded and I stood in the aisle while woman 1 with a baby sank wearily to the seat The heat from so many human l bodies together with the poor ventf- 1 Iation soon made the air of the car almost unbearable and the baby, g l plump hearty boy of about years Il Ipoor mother did her best to sooth 1t I and after a while it went to sleep I 1 got a seat farther back in the car 1 and presently I noticed the mothers head seemed to fall over and thought she too had gone to sleep as I have seen many others do. I could Inot see her face, but presently a l rnotherly old lady sitting near leaned I over and looked rather anxiousIy at
 her and then spoke to her, but there I ] r4Txas -sF1-.- I thing was wrong. I lost no time in lewaiting for some one to call a doc-
 tor but took command Of tlns situa- l ton.
 l Looking around at the curious faces that always crowd about at such times picked out a good, hon. est helpful face that belonged to a
 strong young man and asked him to take the baby and the woman's pack ages. Then I aroused the woman enough to get her street number. It l was only few blocks further. but
 a. very important individual just then
 e1bowed his way up and demanded I that the woman be at once taken I from the car and carried to a drug l store. A nasty examination had A shown me. however, that the woman Il was simply in collapse from ner- vous and physical strain which had been aggravated by car-sickness and bad air, therefore I paid no attention | to the important man but asked a l man of about my own size to help
 me get her off the car at her own street. He wasn't much help and so l just picked her up and carried her
 out alone. The other fellow was ] willing, however. and the fresh air
 revived the woman g. little so we just made a little seat of our crossed I hands and carried her home about
 two blocks away. The motherly wo4
 man asked me if she should go
 along and said 'sYes, there may not
 be a woman at her home and she f may need you.'' There was, how
 ever, and we soon had the sick moth
 CT well wrapped up on a big daven- port with her shoes off and the cold feet wrapped in a warm blanket. ] asked the motherly woman to loosen
 the dress and corsets and when ]
 saw that all was done that we could do I turned to thank my helpers
 They were all gone but the man who carried the baby, whom he was car ing for and calling "Babbie,' as if they had been old friends
 Not one of those that really helped
 seemed to expect thank you The
 young man and I went quietly out
 we did not ask the peoples name
 nor the name of the sick woman. We
 walked the 2 blocks togeener, shook hands and went on our way We don't know our next door neighbors
 ina large city. but there are always helping hands ready and human in. terest is the same as elsewhere.