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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 27, 1908.
DAY NURSERY
DEEPEST OF
Takes Care and Worry Off
the Working Mother, and
Starts the Tiny Tot on
Koad to Good Citizenship
and Good Health.
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
Copyright. 1908, by Frederic J. Haskln.)
New York City, Nov. 27. One of the
most telling factors In a big city's work
of helping the poor to better citizenship
Is the day nursery. To these, working
mothers bring ' their babies and llttlo
children, leaving them all day to be
cared for after the most scientific meth
ods, 'ihe total cost to the mother is
flVe cents a day, to the, nursery 25 cents.
The further benefits the mother, - and
baby and the rest of the family receive
are beyond measure. The gospels of
cleanliness and health are taught Uy
precept and example: The uneonsclouH
Influence of the beautiful clean rooma.
the careful preparation of the food and
the Joy of good work well done, per
meate a wide ctrcl. of homes about each
day nursery. ,
Here in New York there are 48 day
nurseries in Manhattan, and 66 in
Greater New York, all supported by pri
vate philanthropy and churches. They
each house anywhere from 20 to several
hundred every day, and cost on an av
erage of from 14,000 to $7,000 apiece a
yenr. In these are representatives of
nearlv all nations. As it is easier for
a foreign-born woman to get work, hera
than It is for her husband, the nursery
comes as a happy solution to the prob
lem of what to do with the children
while the mother Is away. Through the
babies the mothers are reached and the
home of the- foreigner who comes In
contact with the day nursery becomes
Amerlcanlaed quicker than the home of
Ills neighbor.
Watched. Till Able to Sara X.ivlnf .
There are children from homes where
the father is often a drunkard while
the mother supports the family. Argu
men has been made that such fathers
Hhould be made to care for the children
and leave their place in the day nursery
for others. To this the board of mali
ngers of each nursery has Invariably
made answer:
"The children of such a father need
nur influence more than those who have
no father, or whose fathers are hard
working men. They need to learn les
sons of sobriety, industry and honesty
that will save them from the state Into
which their father has fallen. Wha
a child is before the age of eight, that
It will be all- its vllfe."
The influence of the average day nur
sery here on a child extends over a pe
riod of life from a few weeks old until
he Is 14 or 15. Under the constant care
of a matron, trained nurses and kinder
garteners, . the -babies and "runabouts
are kept for 10 or 12 hours a day at
the nursery until they are six years oH,
they then are required by law to go to
school, but the nursery does not lone
sight of them. Many of these children
are collected In the nurseries after
school hours and taught Industrial arts,
or games, until their parents come for
them. Next morning they gather again
ha nnrun- at 7 o'clock. The hair.
fare and dress are Inspected, the matron
elves them a light breakfast and from
there they are sent to school. This
pliin IS kept Up until some ui mw i-.i.i-dren
are old enough under the law to
go to work. Day nursery children can
always find a Job. A number of tho
biggest employers give them preference
over other applicants. There has not
yet been a known case of a child who
lias Deen carea iur in u uj '"""J
appearing in tne courts.
Cleanliness and Good rood.
The day nurseries In New York, since
they are Intended tor ennaren
Ins mothers, are In the districts when
,ho hnmen of such workers are
thixircut Often a familv IS helped to
move close to a nursery In order that
It may enjoy Its benefits. It Is inter
esting to. watcn me arrivals m '
come In groups each morning at 7. Kaon
child is given over to the matron by Its
mother or father or older sister. The
matron looks to see that they are clean
and well. The babies are sent upstairs
to be bathed, fed and dreBsed in clothes
belonging to the nursery, and are then
put to sleep. The little fellows of "run
about" age have their faces and hands
washed, their clothes covered with clean
aprons, and after a breakfast, are sent
to the kindergarten or to roof play
grounds. At feeding time the run
abouts" sit at a seml-clrcular table de
signed by Miss Marjory Hall, now sec
retary of the Federation of Day Nur
series, and face their nurse, who feeds
them, turn about, each from its own
bowl and spoon. Every Monday morn
ing the inspection is most rigid. Every
article of the children's apparel must
be clean, every button must be In place
and every hole neatly mended. ,
The first time a mother comes to a
nursery she Is allowed to see where the
babv Is put, what it wears, and what
it will eat. One German mother gazed
in awe on her own baby in its little
white dress and sobbed with Joy. "So
clean, so pretty, it is an angel It Is
not mine leetle baby.'" When the baby's
own clothes are put on at night for the
mother to take it home, the keenness
of contrast between clean, whole clothes
and unclean, ragged ones is noticed.
Better clothes are soon provided by the
CLEVER WIFE
Knew How to Keep Bmoi In Family.
It is quite significant, the number of
persons who get well of alarming heart
trouble when they let up on coffee and
use Postum, as the, beverage at meals.
There Is nothing' surprising about It,
however, because the harmful alkaloid
In coffee caffeine is not present in
Postum, which is made of clean, hard
.wheat. , '
two years ago x was naving so mucn
parents and the first victory for good
citizenship is scored by the day nursery.
All the milk used 1b prepared by trained
nurses, and' when the babies are taken
home at night, the mothers are 'given
night steeds in bottles to take with them.
Keep Home Life Intact
' As a means of keeping home life In
tact, the day nursery has already proved
its usefulness. The baby that Is taken
home by the tired mother is not
fretful, hungry bundle, but a happy lit
tle human being nourished with - good
food, - pure air and a long - sleep and
now ready to be a Joy to Its people.
There is no known cas. of a mother
who has children at the day nursery
ever being willing to give away . one
child for adoption. '
The "nursery lady"tbecomes tha best
of neighbors to the babies' mothers. Her
visits are welcome because she comes
helping, not inquiring. She commends
cleanliness and thrift, and lets the moth
er see how sweet and clean her sim
ple rooms can be. She finds that her
example Is followed and when chairs
take the places of overturned boxes and
a bit of whito linen appears nthe
shelf or a picture on th. wall, another
victory has been scored. '
Amusements lot Tired Mothers,
It was tried for awhile to Interest
the mothers in evening lectures, but
when you have scrubbed or worked in
a factory all day your back Is too tired
and your brain too dull' to absorb in
struction. You want to be amused. So
now these tired mothers are taken to
some entertainment, usually at the Hip
podrome, for, since many are foreign
ers, ey understand that best Their
faces -are a study.' One woman looked
so happy a matron asked: "You enjoyed
it, didn't you?" The eyes widened and
overflowed. "Enjoy! I am glad I see
it before I die." Another looked serious.
"And you? I am afraid you did not
have a good time." "I only thlnka what
musta heaven be Ilka, If this so beauti
ful!" Heaven and the Hippodrome! She
supported an invalid husband and sev
eral children and pleasure had never
come her way before.
Sometimes a tragedy makes the need
of a nursery known. Some one urged
that one be onened In a downtown dis
trict. , where th office cleaners could
leave their children. This or that de
layed the work. , One day a mother
locked her two little ones in and went
to work. The room caught fire and
when the neighbors broke in the door,
the children were dtad, locked In each
other's arms, and between them, dead,
too, the kitten they had tried to save.
Another little child, locked In, leaned
from the window to wave goodbye to
thje mother and fell to death below. One
mother is crazed; the other still bowed
In grief, but in that neighborhood a
nursery has1 been opened for such moth
ers and at 20 minutes to 8 every morn
ing the children are received and put to
bed to finish their sleep.
Nurseries for Good Cltiasnshlp.
The Jewell nursery, organized 20 years
ago, and maintained In memory of her
own child by Mrs. Arthur M. Dodge,
now president of the" Federation" of Day
Nurseries, Is down In the Italian quar
ter. When she stated not long ago that,
she was to hr.ve a model six story new
building, someone said, "Why, they are
only Italians down there," and she re
plied, "Yes, but they are babies Just' the
same." Because of this spirit, from
these Italian babies some of New York's
best citizens will be made. It Is In this
same nursery that much has been "done
to teach kindness to animals. The chil
dren of the neighborhood were eager to
torture cats and dogs. The matron let
It be known that children who wanted
to might bring In sick cats and dogs
and help her treat them. The plan has
worked beautifully. True, the nursery
sometimes acquires an embarrassment
of riches. This summer a very small
boy with a very lare package Inquired
for "the nursery lady." Answering' this,
as she does all appeals, the matron
found herself the recipient of five younar
kittens Cftrefu'ly packed In Ice and
wrapned in a newspaper by their kind
guardian!
First Nursery Opened la 1854.
The first dny nursery In this country
was the Nursery and Child's hospital of
New York, opened In 1854, but later dis
continued. The next, and the first real
ly permanent one, was established by
Miss H. 8. Blddle of Philadelphia in
1863, and three years later St. Barnabas'
House Day nursery, now God's Provi
dence, was established In New York.
The largest day nursery In point of,
numbers Is Brlghtslde In New York, a
nonsectarlan house maintained by Jew
ish philanthropy, and caring for many
thousand children every year. The larg
est building endowed for such work Is
the one in Passlac, New Jersey. Manu
facturers are onenlnir them for th rhll-
dren of their workers, and when the
annual conference of the Pederntlnn nt
Day NurserRs Is held in Atlanta early!
next year, a greater showing than the
325 now known will possibly he made
ana anotner cnapter written In The great
uplift of humanity.
ANNIVERSARY OF
. MORGAN'S ESCAPE
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(Special Dlapatcb to Tat Journal.) -'
Columbus, Ohio, Nov, J7. Today was
tha forty-fifth anniversary of the s
cape of General John H. Morgan, the
famous "raider," and Thomas H. HInes
from tha penitentiary In this city. The
sensation which the escape of tha fa
mous prisoners of war caused Is still
fresh in the memory of the older gen
eration both north and south.
The cell from which General Morgan
escaped is still pointed out to visitors
to the penitentiary. The . round hole
which formed the entrance to the tpn
nel through which the escape, was ef
fected may still be seen. Soma years
ago a tablet commemorating tho event
was placed above the cell door. Since
the day of Morgan's escape the celH
nas never been occupied..
Accounts of the escape differ , and
are told In many and varied forms. . The
most plausible, however, is that a hole
was cut in the stone slab In the floor,
through the ground beneath Into an air
chamber which1 runs beneath the cell
block.1 Moving along the air ! chamber
the prisoners wormed their way eight
cells east and then started digging out
beneath the hall and under the wall
until the level of the female department
was reached. Here the tunnel was dug
upward and opened In the yard. Se
curing a rope and a hook on the night of
November 27, 186S. the escape was ef
fected by throwing the .hook upon the
wall and climbing the rope. After clear
ing the prison wall General Morgan
hailed a passing cab and was driven to
the depot - Ha took a train for Cin
cinnati and from there crossed the Ohio
river into' Kentucky.
Locomotor Ataxia
"I suffered intensely from Loco
motor Ataxia, and Dr. Miles' Anti-
Pain Pills gave me great relief. I
have taken them for a long time,
and some people say they are not
good for me. Well, maybe, not, but
they relieve my pain and I will take
them' as long as they continue to do
so. Anti-Pain and Nerve and Liver
Fills keep me up and I assure you
I am thankful for that."
JACOB HIRGEL, Covington, Ind.
Many persons .who suffer con
stantly from chronic diseases, find
great relief by the use of Dr. Miles'
Anti-Pain Pills, and after several
years use, say that they have in no
way injured them or created a habit
Tha first package will benefit; if not,
your druggist will return your money.
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EIGHT HOUR LAW
NOT GOOD UI
Effect of Oklahoma Decision,
One Can Work Over
time If One Likes.
MEN'S ALLW00L
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Underwear
Best $1.50 Value
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Tulsa, Okla.. Nov. 27. The Oklahoma
"eight hour" law Is believed to bo In
validated by a decision of a. local court
today, acquitting the New State PavInK
company or a violation of the law be
cause the company showed that the men
were anxious to work more than elsrht
hours.
Preparations nre helnar mndo tn fiy.t
the case on appoal by those Interested in
the Integrity of the statute Involved !
'HATS OFF" SIGX TO
HANG IX CHURCH
Jtforth Yakima. Wimh Vn n r-i
lowing his crusade against hatwearlnar
of the First Baptist "church, here, has
made arrangements to havo in rim nn '
printed and hunj? conspicuously In" the
front of the auditorium of the new
church Into which the congregation will
move In a few weeks. The placard will
say, "Please remove your hats," and
all women adorned with millinery are
OKLAHOMA SENATOR
' UNDER CHARGES
I United Proas Imrl Wlra. I
Oklahoma, City, Okla.. Nov. 27. Sen-
trouble with my heart," writes a lady in deposit law, is under bond of $750
Washington, "that at times I felt quite 1 after being charged with embezzlement
alarmed. My husband took; me to a j by. W. H. Merchant who alleges ibt
specialist to have my heart examined. Roddie diverted funds that should have
"The doctor said he could find no or- been turned over to an Insurance cora
ranln trouble., but said m V heart was lr-. Dan v- for which the. nnnatnr
rltable from some food I had been ac- j ing. 'The amount alleged to have been
customed to eat, and asked me to try
and remember what disagreed with me.
"I remembered "that coffee always
soured on my stomach and caused me
' trouble from1 palpitation of the heart.
80 I stopped coffee and began to use
Postum. I have had no further trouble
since.
"A neighbor of ours, an old man, was
so irritable from drinking coffee that
his wife wanted him to drink Postum,
embeuled Is 197.60.
HURLED FROM WATER
WAGON; MAY I)IE
Pasadena, Cat, Nov. 27. J. P. Mun
dorff, 60 years of age, Is at the hos
pital with a fractured Bkull, following
... w. . amo local train ana a water wagon.,
ecured some Postum and made It care- whl(,h Mundorff was driving mh5S? F
fully according to directions. ... . wft8 huri 30 feet Into the air and tha
wagon was xnrown 60 yards, by the
"Ha drank the Postum and' did ItOt
know the difference, and is still using it
to ms lasting benefit. Hateiis his wife
thai the coffee is better than it used to
bfe, so she . smiles with, him and keeps
peace In the family by serving- Postum
instead of coffee." "There's a Reftson."
Name given by "Postum , Co., iPnttl
t:reek, Mich. Read 'The Road tp Well1
ville," In packages. . jy. ;; ". ..
- Ever read the above letter? 1 A
,new, one appears from time tof time.
They are. genuine, true and full of
uuman
force- of the collision.
SLIGHT EARTHQUAKE
AT SWEET HOME
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Sweet Home, Or., Nov. 2. A slight
earthquake wan felt In Sweet Home f
shortly after 10 o'clock last night.
Three slight ' shocks were '-- felt, . each
lasting about one minute, with three
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