Edward Judson, interpreter of God . of Vermont, at Brat-tleboro; the third at Little Silver, New Jersey. To eachof these homes, as indeed to private houses, the childrenwere sent for periods of two weeks each. This fresh-airwork was not limited to children, but included the agedand the sick, and overworked shop-girls. Those who wereill—some of them victims of cruel social surroundings—were sent to special homes for the whole summer. Itwould be difficult to find service of a higher grade thanthat of Miss Anna L. Isham, now Mrs. Owen A. Palmer,of Brooklyn, who assisted Doctor Judson for many yea
Edward Judson, interpreter of God . of Vermont, at Brat-tleboro; the third at Little Silver, New Jersey. To eachof these homes, as indeed to private houses, the childrenwere sent for periods of two weeks each. This fresh-airwork was not limited to children, but included the agedand the sick, and overworked shop-girls. Those who wereill—some of them victims of cruel social surroundings—were sent to special homes for the whole summer. Itwould be difficult to find service of a higher grade thanthat of Miss Anna L. Isham, now Mrs. Owen A. Palmer,of Brooklyn, who assisted Doctor Judson for many yearsin this department of work. A ministry unique at the time was established duringthese early years. A drinking-fountain, supplied withchilled water, was installed in the corner of the churchbuilding. This fountain, with its social background, isgraphically described in the New York World ofAugust 15, 1885: We are losing babies at the rate of forty or fifty a day, theeffect of heat alone. . There are days in this August month. ICE-WATER FOUNTAIN AT CORNER OF CHURCH A SOCIAL PIONEER 95 of blisters when men say to themselves, Hang me if I canstand this much longer—and then they take a drink. It ishard enough for men of serge and flannel, with palm-leaf fansand money, to endure this scorching weather, and observationteaches me that the laborers on the streets manage to sustain theinfliction, but how the women and children stand it is a puzzler. I strolled down the Ninth ward the other day, and turninginto Bedford Street, passed an old Baptist church. I saw acrowd surrounding an ice-water fountain. Some children werecarrying away water in pitchers and cans, others were drinking,and pronounced the water cool and refreshing. Then a truck-man coming in from Varick Street stopped and, stepping downfrom his wagon, drank the water with an evident relish. I enjoyed all that, and inquired about the fountain. Then I learned that the church had placed it there for theaccommodation of t
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