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services, said that her husband, being
a Catholic, objected to her coming, but
she did hope Providence would take
him away some day so she could do as
she pleased.
A sixteen-year-old mother stopped
the nurse on the street one day and
asked her if she could tell when a baby
was sick. The nurse said she thought
she could, so she went in and examined
the baby, but could see nothing wrong,
and asked the mother what led her to
believe the baby was sick. The mother
said, well she had been to a fortune
teller the day before, and the fortune
teller told her the child was going to be
sick, and she wanted to know if it were
true.
We find the Italian families very
courteous and teachable. We have
some very interesting ‘Pure Milk’
babies among them, with whom we are
having very good success. One Italian
mother brought the nurse a birthday
cake recently, which looked like peanut
candy, but which was really tiny cakes
no larger than peanuts, laid in wreath
shape on the plate, with anise and
other seeds and syrup made of honey
poured over them. It was queer, but very
pretty and really good. They wish to return
every kindness shown
them if possible.
Respectfully submitted,
MINNIE D. WEISS,
Visiting Nurse.
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Piano lessons,
cooking classes and
manual training were
also started in the
new buildings. Night
classes began for the
Serbian population
in the “hope to fit
them better for
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P
hotos
:
A/B:
Clinic clients, circa
1920s.“sister came to Kingdom
House clinic when she was two
years old – was undernourished
and had rickets – Little Brother
was given a better chance and
brought to Clinic at the age
of three weeks, and weighs as
much as Sister now.”
C:
“Waiting for the weekly
clinic, 1927.” Long before
state-sponsored health care like
Medicare, settlement agencies
like Kingdom House were
responsible for the only medical
treatment some families
received.”
A
B
C
D