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When these children wakened, they would
have perhaps a glass of milk and a cookie,
like the snack served in mid-morning, and
for which Mrs. Rose Tobey, the nursery
cook, was setting trays with bright plastic
cups. At noon, the children are served a
balanced dinner, the main meal of the day.
Mothers may bring their children as
early as 6:45 in the morning, and may
call for them as late as 5:45. The schedule
starts at 7 o’clock with an inspection by
two nurses from the pediatric division of
the City Hospital, who examine throats and
hands. An amusing feature of the program
is in the ‘Sunshine Train’—a euphemism
for the administration of cod-liver oil, and
believe it or not, the children like it. The
ages run from 2- or 3-year old tots, through
kindergartners to first-grade pupils.
A playroom with blue walls and low-
shelved toy cupboards adjoins the main
room. But the nursery is not merely
that. With trained teachers, educational
methods and equipment, it co-operates
with the family and children’s service of
the Provident Association, which handles
the applications, and it becomes a channel
through which wholesome influences may
reach unstable and broken homes. Through
a nominal fee, this department has become
largely self-supporting.
Program For The Middle-Aged.
The middle-aged are not neglected in
Kingdom House. For them are suitable
programs, and especially a service which
must be of great help to housewives –
the bi-weekly sale of used clothing and
other supplies held on alternate Saturday
afternoons. The women’s societies
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A:
“Kitten Club reading a play
they were to give for the Day
Nursery”
B:
“Paul Johnson, Bert
Williams, George Stopes, Day
Nursery children”
C:
“Boys working in shop (3rd
floor Boys’ Building), Mr.Walter
Kaeble, Boys’ Director