South Bend News-Times, Volume 33, Number 147, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 26 May 1916 — Page 2
THE SOUTH tfLND NEWS-TIMES
LATEST HAPPENINGS IN AND ABOUT SOUTH BEND
What Local Societies
Are Doing for Babies
i;payoktii HOSPITAL. Of course thre FhajM never sut c tu. lly of t'iurse, thre '..'111 always j., mc'k lnhi'-.s !a'if.s whoe Mrthrisht i. -narred. or i-aM. whf.. enxlronmcnt I t-uch as to discount the most r"rft MrthrU'ht. To ar? for pith KaMr-s is tho misFion of th l;ai-y ho:;? at Kp-.orth hc?iit:il, and in the ear and a half of its r xiy.lcr.ce- it hau prfornifJ its mission wr-11. Moror, It r r s proxd that th--r is a rral nM for a haby ho.apital ir. Fouth I'.end, r.no l.:rge cnouch to aro pmprrly for all of the :ck KiMc-s a large number ft whom have a t ially died merely herauf it v.-as Imposit, to u'ive thrm proper tratm. nt at home, and the Ha by Ilmis" was too crowd-t-.l to rf'ffivp th'-ni. Th l:ahy Hoii, which is nothing i. .or- than a small portable. :uildin t up under a trr hack of Kpworth ho..pial on .Main :-t.. wa.s t,.blished "t. 1. The building was purchased l,y the Viitlnq Xursj association anl furnished throughout hy the merchants of the city. In nn year's time, from Jaunary, U14,. K January, 151 It tok car rf 14"' children under 10 years old. It wa.s, h re that Annie l"rb kson. the city's ; little eh.iri;'1, spirit h r last year at the hospital. She now lives in the country and attends country school. !
heard that the hospital was tryins lo start a fresh air school they were "Try much interested and through the generous donations of the city sf hools and erdor cla?s of the hisrh F'.hool, the school, after einx moved to a larger shack, was well fitted ut with uVks and blackboards. Those that hae seen a freth air S'. hoo! know that the windows are If ft open in cold weather as well aa in warm weather. Of course you
dent take orr your wraps, .so, you j
wear felt boots, your cap, and a few layers of coat. If you have cold inhere, you iill your hot water bottle v. ith boiling hot water and Lrin that. The school has an attendance of :ive to eiKht pupil?. The teacher is also a patient, who is a high school piaduate. The school has a morning sehsion only, which lasts from 'i until 11 :';, with a recess of IS minutes at 10:1.',. ' The pupils are taught the regular fithjects taught in the public schools. The teacher has tried, a.s near as possible, to take up the work where the pupil left off, and continue the work of each particular grade. An Italian boy, who is ery eaer to learn IOnclish and the American ays. has attended school for some
time. He has progressed from the first reader to the second, and is now taking fifth grade arithmetic, lie Is also taking: civics. Already he has learned the functions of our city department and the duties of the officials. He is now beginning to ttudy about thestate and national povernment. an education much needed hy all foreigners. The one great advantage of fresh air school 13 that the mind is more active, and one doe not s;row tired nrd weary as one often does in a closed school house. The pupils as well as the teacher hae noticed and remarked about this. This fact and others, such as prevent the final break down of a child, should interest nearly every one in South Bend in our earnest efforts to establish and maintain open air schools. visitixc; xntsi: association'. In reviewing the work wiM children, which has been accomplished the past ear, three divisions may be made: (1) Tha: work with i'u newborn; (2) TVith the chlldroi", fie years and under, and (? Ali vor! in the three schools allofod lis by the board of education. Goinfr back to the first division, 4St visits were m'ade to the new born babies, averaging six visits to each child. In general, the care was the baby's bath. Just one cae of sore eyes developed and this was not a surprise, considering family conditions. Of the children, live ears and
under, instruction to the mother!
was more often siven than actual nursing care. Classed with the diagnosis, improper feeding and intestinal disorders came first in order of recurrence. Many a time the mother needed to be reassured, that exactly what she was doing for her child wa.1 rlßht in accord with the nurse's best known methods. The school work was carried on in three places in the school, the home, and at doctors' (or dentists) office-4-The nurse maie routine examination of school children (a medical inspector should conduct or supervise this work) and Inspected the school for contagious disease. All children with skin eruptions, those running a temperature and tho?e with suspicious throats were excluded from school. No child with a bad throat waa allowed to return to school until a "negative" report came back from the city laboratory'. More than one- visit was made to a room where, sitting in the front row, was a child down with the measles. Why was that boy in school? "Last time Jennie Ketch the red measles, the 'cop (sanitary officer) stick a card on me." To promote personal cleanliness, round buttons with the word "Doctor" or "Nurse" in red letters, were awarded; one doctor and one nurse being appointed in each room. Each officer made it his or her duty to see that their classmates came to school with clean faces, clean hands
The ward contains 1J small white hr.ds. though the room has accommodated as many as 1 children. Tho daily average has been eight babies. It is summer time when summer complaint claims s many little victims, that the hospita' feels most t keenly the Inadequacy of its r.aby j House, for then thrre are always .".0 i or more suffering Kibes clamoring j for admission. Two day nurses and one ni.-'ht nurse are furnished to the children and they are cared for by the staff physicians who show more than a professional Interest In the pitifully ; hampered and oftentimes orphaned "
little ones who are brought to them for help. The average cost for the maintenance of the institution is $Tr a a month. While pay cases are accepted. 7 5 per cent of the cats are charity, many of them accepted in cooperation with the Children's dispensary, which is maintained chiefly for the. children of less fortunate paren.3. Hi-hty quarts of milk a. month is the aerage consumption at the Ha by Hou-e and this of course is no small item of the cost of maintenance. Ilpworth hospital being a private institution, this expense is of course sustained by a comparatively few persons In the community.
"That is one of the main arguments in faor of a. county hospital." says of tlie staff physician. "There is no oo.l reason why one small group of people should have the support of such an institution tnrust upon them. It should b maintained by the entire county and then the entire county should enjoy its benefits. As it is only a small percentage of the really deserving cases tan be taken care of, because the hospital has room for but a limited number. "The m'.-t crying need in the community, it seems to mo, is a. maternity hospital. T.cter mothers," of course, means 'better babies.' In fact, we cannot hae better babies until we do have better mothers. The conditions under which some babies are brought into the world merely because we ln o no room lor tluir mothers in the hospitals, are little short of horrifying. Not hr.g ago I was called into a home t- hrinu a baby into the world. The home consisted of one room and a little lean-to kitchen in one of the c muested section.-: of the city. The room where the mother lay contained a dilapidated couch, a fullsued bed. a crib, a tabic, some chairs ard an organ. Three .r four other persons besides mself ere in the loom. There v. as scarcely room lo turn around The place was absolutely insanitary.' It was out of the question to give the mother any attention in such a place, so s.he was rushed to the hospital. "There are dozens of cases bke that in South I'.end every wcej. I dare sa. If these mothers all were to be given proper attention, it is easy to say that neither of orj- present hospitals could accommodate them. A motlu r saved is a mother pained. Moreover, a mother saved ften means a home saved, and a heme s.ived means the prevention of many of the eils which the county Is dailv spending its money to correct. " Hr..LTHYl HOSPITAL. About 1 i; 'hr.stuvis patients bef.an to arrive at Healthwin about the
ase found m ..r.y ordinary nursery
Ti.ev wet
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-chool and
baking he eure seemed to them rather a slew, tnesome thing. Most of the time they wandered about the wards or stave. 1 in bed. lamert- ;. the j '..-! ;o of childhood and t'-e fact that th-re was r.oth:r.g to do. About this time the ; u;' rmter.d.mt of r.ursts decided the best, remedy for thi ailuo :.l was an open air school. Th.s would keep the children busy, -ake up the broken thread r f their education. and create a
healths, normal atmosphere fur the
hilrtren which would be free from
ucht f ickr.ess.
r. a shack was thor.. such as
wntt live m. for a school house.
started Without desks or
L!s. hospital tables being
sks in the : euir.ning. rut
the people of fu-th Dctid
Oh, my, it is some hot too hot to bother with cooking come and lunch at our Tea Room it won't cost any more Parties arranged for.
Pure Ice Cream home made of jure cream served in our Tea Room from 11:30 to 5:30 daily; Saturdays to 7:00. Try a box of cur pure Candy main floor.
and clean clothes. Thu scheme has
proved very popular in some of the grades. Minor s.Vin troubles. and cuts, bruises and small surgical dressings were cared for in the school dispensary (said dispensary happening to be the teachers' rest room in two Bchools. and the corner of the principal's office at a portable building.) Absences from school make necessary visits unto the home. Hundreds of visits. 1,600 to bo exact, were made by the nurse last year, and this wa? a valuable part o; the work for these reasons: (a) To detect physical defects. (b) To secure proper medical attention at time of Illness. (c) To teach the practice of hygiene and healthful living. (d) To make a social survey of home conditions. A woman, her husband and their three children were found renting two small rooms, but during the
winter month? the second room was used as a store room, because it had no heating appliances. After three visits, tho nurso was able to persuade the woman to move the three bed." into the store room. (Even yet the nurso gives due credit to the weather man for sending up the temperature one Saturday in February.) Because there are no free dispensaries in South I?end, the nurse was dependent upon the kindness and cooperation of doctors and dentists in the city, who gave much valuable time and thought to needy cases. Many children wished to pay a little money toward their teeth that wero treated, rilled or extracted; many paid the cost price of mediclno prescribed; a few paid nothing at all. A dozen who had adenoids or tonsils removed, are paying on the installment plan to the specialists who -were kind enough to "mako a price." (However, if a specialist
would "make a price" nearer the wage earner pocketbeok, say $15 or $20. he'd be kept busy all summer taking out abnormal growths. A second reason why the nur took the pupil to one of the professional men was because there was no one in the home to take the child. A man who worked for the city said: "Nurse, you take my kid. He's the only kid we've pot. Get his teeth f.xed up fin, so he can get a good Job when he goe." to the S's." Just a beginning was made this year in corrections, hut is it not something worth while to have male friends in a family: to have overcome their fear of the "rank outsider" who so many times exploits them? Is it not worth while to know that a dental clinic is .an absolute need for the coming year? S'ixteen hundred calls were made in the homes! To one who can read between the line, that means more than the sick boy or school girl.
Often a mother r.errle.1 medical care, or the Tvapce earner was "Mown ar. i out." and material relief had to be solicited from the proper cooperating agency. iThlldren of workir.c mothers were referred to the dy nursery. A number of caf s of tuberculosis suspected ) were reported 10 th Anti-Tuberculosis leag-ue. A number of impromptu talks were piven on correct d:s7rwal of carbage. The work of the Ymtir.jc Nurse association is only one spoke of tho wheel.
kiixs sLoo.YKj:i:rni. International Ne s Service: CHICAGO, May 2 6. Oran Cox. a faloonke.eper, wa.s shot and killed Thursday by Mrs Goldio Krogh, a divorcee, who claimed that Vx ur.i the father of her ir-mor.ths-oi A baby. The woman confessed. Cov leaves a wido"w and two children.
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Clearance Sale of Odd Suits Continues tomorrow Saturday Suits that sold at SI 5.00, S 19.75 to S40.00. Reduced to $10.00, $15.00 and $25.00. Many blues, black and white checks Silk Taffeta suits good assortment of sizes to 46.
Summer Sport Coats at $6.95, $10.00 and $15.00 Just arrived, every one a beauty. Jersey All-Wool Coats, $10, $15. Striped Silk Coats at $15.00. Plain Jersey Coats at $15.00. Chinchilla Sport Coats, $6.98 to $15.00.
Reduction on Fans tomorrow $1.50, $1.75, $2.00 Fans, hand painted, ivory frames, at 95c $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 Fans, lace chiffon and' silk, bone frames, at 75c. 79c and $1.00 Fans, silver and flowered chiffon, black and white, at 50c. 50c Fans, for children and grownups, ivory and silver, at 25c. 25c and 35c Fans, silk and white chiffon and colors at 15c.
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Blouses Here to Fit With Any Costume Blouses to meet with any individual taste and with all those fascinating feminine frills, ruf flings which mark them Summer 1 9 1 6. Wash Waists in voiles, batistes, organdies and dotted Swiss embrodered, tucked and fancy lace trimmed. From $1.00 to S2.98. Striped Madras Waists combined with pique, also in colored voiles and poplin; high or low collars, $1.00,. $1.50. Tub Silk Waists in all white, fancy stripes of black and navy at $2.50, $2.98. Middy Blouses, all sizes, 59c, $1.00, $1.50. Striped Sport Coats, in all widths, belted and patch pockets, at $1.50 to $4.50.
Children's Hats Ready to wear, 95c, $1.50, $1.95
Graduation Hats in White Attractive display now here models in choice Italian Leghorns with ribbons, ostrich and 'flowered trimmings. Priced from $5.00 to $10.00. Smart Sport Hats at $2.95 to $5.00 Nothing presents so much daring in design as the popular sport hats colors are vivid, decorations are origii.al and ingenious.
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The smartest garment for your vacation trip. $ÄÄ7i5".Ur
Rolling Collar style with sash or V-shaped neck; Jw
coat style with belt and pockets. Colors: Rose, itzj
wisteria, watermelon pink, 3 shades of blue, white; TilÜJV
all sizes.
Never have we been able to offer you such a beautiful line of such coats.
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ARE YOU GOING TO SPEND THE WEEK END AND DECORATION DAY AWAY FROM HOME? Let us sell you a Traveling Bag or Trunk. You will wonder at the great collection of Practical traveling outfits we have to Show You. We have Mens' with Suit Folders, Shirt Compartment, Toilet Article Compartment. The best looking bags you ever saw, from $5.00 to $25.00. Splendid Trunks from $5.00 to $25.00. And every piece of luggage we offerfor sale is guaranteed to you.
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Children sBoys ' Girls' -Outfitted Here for Graduation for Vacation for Outing for Play
Night Gowns Of summer weight muslin, daintily trimmed with embroidery slipover styles, long sleeves, for girls 6 to 15. Price 50c. All She Need3. A combination garment waist and drawers, made of barred dimity all sizes to 10 years, at 50c.
Infants' Coats. Also capes in long or short styles. Bedford Cord, Cashmere and Crapella Cloth. Hand embroidered collars and culTs. Price $1.50 to $7.95.
Graduation or Decoration Day Dresses For Girls 14 and 16, intermediate dresses of Ginghams and Chambrays, in plain or striped designs.
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children 2
to 6 and girls 6 to 14. Voiles, Batiste and Organdies
with silk sashes. Full tlanng skirts, some witn ooiero effects in waists. Children's, $1.00 to $5.00. Girls',
V $1.25 to $10.00.
Graduation üresses for the eighth grade graduate. Short or long waist dresses or blouse effects with silk sashes and flower trimming. Prices $1.95 to $12.50.
Girls' Coats, 8 to 14 years, in checks and serges; washable collars and cuffs. Special tomorrow, $5.00.
Special Sale of Girls Vacation Play Dresses at 59c Splendid values that have been underpriced for this occasion. 300 dresses here in Gingham, wellmade in various styles. Special at 59c
Outing Shoes Extra qualitv for boys at 59c, 89c and $1.25. Boys' Tan Sport Shoes, lace shoe with elk sole, the ideal shoes for tennis and baseball; sizes 6 to 1 1, at $1.50 and $1.75. White Duck Shoes for children; Trot Moc sole; button, S1; to 2, at $2.50, $2.95. Girls' Patent and dull leather Shoes, at $2.00 to $3.00. Boys' Elk Skin Shoes, black and tan heavy leather sole, rubber heel, 9 to 13!-S, $3.00; 1 to 5, at $3.50.
We Specialize on Children's Shoes Special Sale of Sport Shoes for Children Also Bovs' and Girls' You'll Find Your Shoes Here.
During the past week we have received our complete line of Summer'Shoes and Sport Shoes. They have been priced for fast selling. Solid Leather Sandals Infants' Play Sandals, tan or black, heavy sole, sizes 5 to 8, at 89c, $1.15, $1.25. Children's Sandals, sizes 82 to 11, at $1.00, $1.35, $1.40. Misses' and Boys' Sandals, 1 1 to 2, $1.15, $1.50, $1.60. Tennis Shoes, the Goodyear Vim Shoes, best quality, children's sizes, 48c; youths', 50c
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Underwear for Boys and Girls. Union Suits for hoy?, 6 to 14 years Poros knit summer garment in white and ecru, at 39c. Union Suits for (lirls, 6 to 14 years; lile thread, tight or loose knee; splendid values at oOc. Half I1(M for little children. 2 to S years; whitn with colored tops, fast colors. 25c pair.
Boys' Wash Pants Made of genuine khaki and linens. The pants for hiking through the woods at Ö0c, 75c, $ISQ pair. Boys ' Summer Hats Individual shapes. Falm beach and Porto Rican styles; at 23c, ."VOc nrwl 51.00. Boys 7 Summer Shoes The best low shoes you can buy for $2..V to $S..".0. Splendi.1 P.ind.lis for vacation day?, from .! Hi S1..10.
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Sleeping Garments For Boys. Slip-on Nint Gowns of ood quality muslin with low neck ' braided in colors loose and roomy; also a white dainty own, all at 50c. Pajamas, the two-piece garments, boys like so well; tor boys 6 to 18 years, 75c. Play Suits, Cowboy, Indians. Baseball. Police,
Sailor, Military, Charlie I
Chaplin, from $1.00 up.
K. AND E. Sport Blouses for Boys It is a manly garment every boy who wears a sport blouse is his own man. There is no need to bother father or worry mother, for he can take care of himself. Look for Loop Blouse in exclusive materials and patterns, 50c, $1.00. Boys' Summer Trousers
Most bovs in summer will not wear a coat. Separate trousers and a blouse all he needs. Summer Pants in mixtures and plain liht colors, all sizes from 89c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50.
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Suits The new Summer Suit for little boys 2 to 8 years old. Plain colors, checks and stripes, self or contrasting collars and cuffs. Prices 59c,
89c, $1.00, $1.25 to $2.50. Spears Wash Hats to match suits at 25c and 50c Boys' Summer Cloth Suits in Norfolk and the new pinch back styles, just like the men's; all-wool serges and mixtures; ages 5 to 15 years. Every suit has two
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Priced at $3.98 and $5.00.
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