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Show MM PJJBTY Af LlaTOSlMw? 8JIAIT0IG? CH1IA, Forty mother© oa© to Lintaingj&eEiorial Hospital for l y i n g - in oar© during 19E9, almost t;ice as many as any previous year, it seemed t© th© Staff that i t would)stimulate ©v©n gr©ater us© of th© Hospital to at th© ©nd of th© year. So i n v i t a t i o n s were a feast on January t h i r d . It fortun-and a© th© hour set apppoaohed, th© i n v i t o them a l l to a p a r tj s©nt out to f-lck of them t t com© to a t o l y proved to he a pleatm% day, mothers began to com© by eas© and twos, ©aoh with h©r baby bundled up i t s padded winter olothes, and th© poorer ones of the® c a r r i e d inside mothers garments, v'he wcaen compared experiences and admired eaoh o t h e r 's baby while Br, Cook© gave tofe-ah i/hiflsioal examination* The ©other© cam© from various? Walks o: th© .if© mi e&oh e h i l d a phfjfsioal examination, Hf©^ 3th©re was a physician*© wife, p r i n c i p a l of th© Kunioipal &irle* School, an tmo p a s t o r s' wives, a nurse . a c t r e s s , a seamstress, n&i.y laborers* wivos, *nd s©v©rai from very indigent homes, who had received free cat© in th© Hospital, Two or three of the women had eon© t o th© Kosiital a f t e r etch prolonged labor that they had not born© l i v e babies, but ev5n they V*ere ohaerful anft Bd^efl t o the gaiety th© occasion, A fen worsen who had borne e h i l i r e n in th© Hospirel 1989 liiye3 so of during far from %o\h\ t h a t theo could not come in for the day, hut fey noon nearly t h i r t y had arilved, and ht$ they were fathered In th© residence compound of th© moreen rot roes to h**ve a group picture tfefeen, ^h© photographer had his hands full getting ther a l l properly arranged and a t t r a c t i n g the a t t e n t i o n of a l l th© babies at once, s u f f i c i e n t l y long t | get a he f i n a l l y succeeded iu p t t t t i r r a food one. pi a*" bu"^ One side of the lonfr wfird h©a been cleared of b*As, and tables brot in nn^ after the picture was teken the* fmes-.e were invited to eat, foods were served whichrdo not even so mlwh as have Bullish nemos but d e l i c i o u s fee every one. It w&© £OOG food (even for th© more . - .. _«, >._ 4 j«^ •.!,„ poorer ones Je^en fr the •in charge ;he hap-also giving which t a s t ed prosperous moth'ers and pas c e r t a i n l y an unusual t r e a t f %hen they a l l could.-eat. no more, I i s s l-ilu, th© graduate Jnuree th© women' ward, rose ajnd hade them welcome, t e l l i n g t h y of * peness of th© Hospital fctaff in being able to serve thejj, and them simple sound adviqe on baby hygiene. The guests ^ere ver^ grateful and ©poke many words of appreciation as they l e f t for hoir.e. Cue mother whose baby war born ]>©o©mb©T » 9th ana therefor© could, Mt le up tc attend the pary, greatly wo mined at mletting the fc&iiy but was ejat i s f i e d when she ws© promipea that she wjould be included in the "olass of 195C&, O' |
