The Washington times., 1916-05-22
Board Of Lady Visitors in Charge
Of Card and Garden Party
for Youngsters.
70 KIDDIEs WILL RECEIVE


seventy-nine young men and women.
ranging in age from a few months to
ak years, will be the hosts and hostesses
at a card and garden party at the
washington Hospital for Foundlings.
l7l5 Fifteenth street. next Wednesday
afternoon from $3.50 to 6.
Arrangements for the party are being
made by the board of lady visitors. one
OF the organizations which aids in the
upkeep Of the institution. but the young.
sters themselves will be the principal
attraction.
or course, there will be ice cream and
those who wish to play-and everything
that IL sold means just so much more
for the babies.
The founding home really is in des-
perate need OF assistance. With an in
adequate appropriation. paid by Con-
gress through the Board of Charities.
| with twenty-nlne more children to care
for than the estimated capacity of the
home. and with scarcely any aid by
public subscription. Miss Miriam Schott.
superintendent OF the home, finds Il a
difficult task indeed TO support her big
family"
Problem Is Vast.
An idea OF what n vast problem IA
hers may be obtained from these
figures.
The home now has seventy-nine kid
dies, forty under two years old. the
rest from two TO six, with one excep-
ton. Ruth. little paralytic. who ID
eight years old. above the prescribed age
limit. but who has no place to 20.
by the Board OF Charities, which pays,
from ma ximum appropriation OF $1,000
a year. 6 cents n day for all babies
under two and Is cents for the older
| children.
From four to six Riddles are supported
| by the Board OF Lady Visitors and the
Pierce Guild. the latter institution also
making all the clothes for the babies.
The rest are sent to the home by par
ents who are unable to keep them. In
cases where Il Is possible the father OF
mother pays board.
That sums up the entire source OF
pitifuliy small sum subscribed by char.
table private individuals.
Needs $4,000 Annually.
And Miss schott estimates that al
least $4,000 a year is needed to supper,
the home comfortably. A Congressional
appropriation is to be sought. but ever
should the effort be successful much
money would be needed before the sun
| would be available.
| Despite these handicaps. Miss Schott
| with the aid OF her chief nurse. Miss
Eleanor Dove. and the fifteen or six
| teen members of the training school fol-
infant nursing. have made remarkable
| showing.
There will be both 800 and auction fol
| card players. Private parties will b
| accommodated, bu: Inconvenience will
| be avoided by making reservations fol
tables at the home In advance.
The mortality record at the tnstitu
ton II possibly the owest In the
United States for such home. or tbs
no children cared for In the last 81,
per cent. Physicians estimate the aver,
age death rate for founding homes Al
70 per cent or higher.
or these i4o babies received, sixt,
we're ak months old or less. And q
! fhes, only two died. The other two
deaths were caused by pneumonia ant
an incurable disease.
Home Is Modern.
And. while the home Is ono of TIT
most modern Of its kind In the country
with Montessori school. open-air sleep
ing quarters. and other approved al
vances cevr old methods. Il remains
Just what the name applles-a horne
with nothing whatever institutions
about It.
All Of the babies arc real Riddles. full
of fun and life. and with no institu
tional stamp on face or clothes.
The garden party next "Wednesday af
fords only small opportunity to sun
port this real charity-more money !
needed. OF course. than could possibi
be raised at the beneft-Dut every ex
ira person there will mean something
vital to the youngsters
These benefits are the only kind eve
given for the home. II has never ha
n tag day, contributions are never take
up for II in churches, II has none Il
, , the generally accented sources of rev
enue enjoyed by other chnritics-so
| n crowd M