| Show IN THE BETHESDA MISS MISSION ON baby alil gli 14 in fix chicago a day dav nirm ones nt at dinner is one 1 bright spot in ill the v very 7 heart cl the levee joyce district it II I 1 is the daiy diy it is in 1 wretched hod n a district aher on OG and hin bill and sorrow and ami poverty iid the population is a horrid cn including tho the worst colored clement and the most vile character of the levee white population the streets are fri fre by bad characters by day and are hie lie scene of brawls and fights by nj night it D dives ves and dens and gambling resorts and doubtful lodging g places make the place one to lie be avoided ky by all respectable spec table tabla people it is in the hie very heart of this llila 11 pace ce that the christian temperance union is carrying carry ing on its most effective local inis ini rioh work dut cut its most flourishing dopart department ment is the day nursery alie work of this branch is presided over ky by mrs Wil william liani lovant who seems to bo be peculiarly peculia ily adapted for charitable work tile tho nursery was opened in ill november and from that date it lias has been the ilia home of the babo fraai the ilia 1 little ittle thin tiling 2 weeks old to the child of 7 there the little ones live and chatter and aad coo wad and crow and cry and laugh and eat and think during the day time while their widowed or deserted mothers others in are arc out scrubbing or washing striving rivine st to earn a livelihood livelihood for her family mrs 13 lias has been very successful in her work I 1 but of course does not receive the liberal donations in aid of tile the little ones that she desires slie she lias has secured as ni matron antron mrs 31 B smith who lias has tho the immediate care of ilia cundry nur kery it is located on oil the thes second and third floors of bf the building immediately above the mission chapel and is fitted up with a view to tha th 1 comfort of ilia babies mothers who are striving to earn an honest living and who are obliged to work out b by y the day may carry their little ones to the nursery in tho the morning mornin and call for them again at night when they lefurn from alie hard days toil to their miserable homes they ari are asked to pay each eacle lay day ten cc cents ita if tacy icy c cm in fio fia 0 cents if they cannot afford en I 1 tiro wo cents if they can spare it and nothing if they naught to give the reporter was taken into the nursery tho ilia other afternoon in the tha of tile twenty tareo babies and the sight that met his astonished gaze cannot v well all bo be described it m kiy ty bo be said at tho ilia outset that the nursery clothes and feeds these little ones as well as furnishes them a day home fienco they were all clean and neat really v clad the tha youngest was three acen old it was tugging away at a well filled bottle for dear life and badan had an extensive growth of black hair its eyes avero jot jet black and piercing 0 and there was a smile upon its fat i in tile tho crib room babies acro ii sleep in ing and cboin cooing 0 and crying and laughing and rolling upon tho the floor it was a queer sight to seethe see tho babies in the dwin roo room it is worth the walk valk to tile tho nursery therease there Ther eare are three long narrow tables ono one ia u about twelve indies inches high from the floor and ilia little chairs that surround it give the scene an all old fashioned appearance the other two are arc a little higher but tho the high chair business lias has been abolished twenty babies at dinnell well it is worth seeing it takes four nurses to pick up sr spoons and in d the ilia baby food it is delicious which is evidenced by ilia azoon appetites of the babies they aro a friendly frie adly lot at the table and are allowed considerable latitude johnny dips jils ills spoon for instance into eddies dish As an appreciation of this eddie lands a left hand full of bread and milk just under johnnys Jolin nys left eye spoons are ar a thrown aside and a hair pull ill tug of war ivar sets in in which is lovingly terminated by the gentle hands of the nurse muse such is happy baby life at tile the bethesda nursery chicago II herald erald |
