The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-14
NURSERY AT THE
REVIVAL UNIQUE.
Sunday Urges Mothers to
Check Babies at
the Church
CAN CARE FOR EIGHTY
M Chance for Punster to
Mix Up Infants as in
"Virginian" Affair

Would you recognise your baby
among so babies?
sunday campaign committeeman
abae their doots," SO they careful
" check and re-check ahd\ tag all
,bs mink mites OF humanity cared
,,r I'm the nursery at the First Bap-
,s, church while mothers attend tho
services u
bp indignant about the red tape at
,rst hut they take kindly to II
u 'ber 0ts explained. First, baby's
Taps are hung In the anteroem,
tagged and similar tag given the
mothcr. Then numbered tag is
safety pinned to the back OF baby's
dress and duplicate tag given
mama Baby's tag bears his or her
name and information as to what
lime II Is wont to take its daily. or
thrice daily beauty nap, and When
II is I'm the habit of getting refresh
ments from certain bottle. Last
the mother In the case Is handed "A
moihrr's pass to the tabernacle,
where she viii sit in a special sec.
lion so that she may be reached
easily by ushers in case the baby
gets ill.
Halt Changing Babies Stunt
There are good reasons for all
this caution. Maybe once upon a
tine. way back In the dawn of sun
DAYS oyangclistic work. "A woman
claimed some one else's baby. or
perhaps some intruder played the
Impractical joke of changing the
N babies clothes. one with the other,
Y ss Steve and his friend did in owen
Wisters well known novel, The Nir-
gnian 4 former oklahoma City
i woman told n nursery copmittee-
4 woman last week how a friend dur
ing the sunday campaign lost the
check for her little girl and could
not collect until all the children
we're lined up in a row and the little
girl flew up at sight OF mother.
The nursery has not been well
patronizcd because many mothers do
not know about IT, There were 43
children the opening Sunday. but
twice last week the number was only
4 is ana II and the committee chaiF-
woman sent number OF her help
ers to the services.
No mother need fear TO leave her
4 baby at the nursery. II is located
4 IN the church basement and con-
a dsts OF the three connecting rooms
4 which form the primary Sunday
n school department. II is kept at an
n even temperature OF heat and Is well
lighted. II has been fumigated and
every afternoon 1t is carefully
cleaned and fresh linen placed on
the cribs and beds. There is "a sup
ply OF pure driking water and IA
c,ius for keeping milk fresh.
Trained Nurse Is New.
nurse visits the nursery every
Gay and can be reached Immediate
y IL case OF emergency and first
aid remedies are at hand. Those
In charge are all responsible women,
mostly mothers themselves. To
watch them watching over the chill
oren Is TO know their genuine love
'or little ones, They keep eagle
N eyes on little Sue who yearns to get
~ crayon In her mouth and 4-year-
old Johnny. who insits on reckless
a climbs They take special pains TO
entertain Junior whose rosebud
. mouth quivers ocsosoEs;y al every
thought Of Mama" No sick ba-
oles will be admitted to the nursery
and all special directions as TO
sdIe OF individual babies are faith
81 llly followed out. When sleepy
S&me comes for some little young
'Wer committeewoman sometimes
sea,hers It up in her arms and rocks
10 sleep. Again, committee
Y woman plays simple games with the
children or reads nursery rhymes.
n The nursery ls ready TO receive
lsoies at 1880 o'clock each after
noon and at 6:3O o'clock in the eve
q aihs' an hour before the services.
& mus permitting mothers to take
heir places in the tabernacle in good
" ,he. The nursery Is closed when
Ihe last baby Is handed back to it's
q Iehd parent. There Is an age limit
"A ~ ilVe years, though children over
.Aat age have been taken when only
rev babies were present The
y old. "0'"'
Eghty children can be aceommo-
ealed' In the playroom are five
smail round tables around which the
,nllafen gather 10 gaze at gaily