Show HAS BEEN CHILDRENS FRIEND splendid record made by mrs mra E C pickert of st louis louie mrs E 0 pickert of st louis has had charge during fifteen years of children with this record she retires from the position of ma tron iron of the south side day nursery in st louis an interesting fact la Is that she disapproves of whipping when it is considered bi that none mrs pickert of the children in her care had passed the age of six years and that the majority ranged in age from three weeks to four years the prodigious task that mrs pickert accomplished can be readily appreciated still a young woman she does not look a day over 40 M mrs r s pickert relinquishes her arduous duties to confine her attention to the proud development of her only son now a bright young man of 19 years all of the thousands of children childre n I 1 that mrs pickert cared for as only a woman and a mother can were housed from time to time in the build building hig at 1621 south tenth street the commodo com commodious home of the south side day nursery the object of the nursery was and is to care for the small children of mothers who are forced to earn a livelihood for themselves and children and also for the children of widowers |