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day nursery work is tlie feeding of the children, and a kitchen and cook 

 are a necessary part of the menage. There being but one kitchen in 

 the building, Miss Love undertook also to prepare food for the children 

 forming the exhibit of the home for the training in speech of deaf 

 children from Philadelphia, under Miss Mary S. Garrett ; so about 

 twenty-five children were fed every day, in addition to the regular day 

 nursery group. Miss Love personally superintended her exhibit, which 

 was in charge of the matron. Miss Fanny Harris, the number of chil- 

 dren taken care of averaging about fifty a day. 



Miss Harris had three kindergartens and ten assistants at first, and 

 thirteen during the latter part of her term. There were some details 

 about the day nursery exhibit that are not necessary in the management 

 of an ordinary nursery, as, for instance, the " checking " of the chil- 

 dren. Three checks were used for each child — one to pin to the back 

 of the dress, another to attach to the garments taken ofE, and still 

 another to give to the mother. 



Mrs. Dodge not being able to visit Chicago for more than a week at 

 a time, her exhibit was established by her matron, Miss Margery Hall, 

 who, with eighteen assistants, took entire charge of it after it was 

 started on plans laid down by Mrs. Dodge. She was not hampered by 

 any of the obstacles that beset Miss Love's first weeks, and three 

 months of continuous work were possible. With the day nursery 

 methods of JSTew York city were exhibited the first training school for 

 nursery maids, carried on in connection with the Babies' Hospital in 

 ]S"ew York. The total number of children taken care of during Mrs. 

 Dodge's term was 7,000, an average of nearly 100 per day. Mrs. 

 Dodge at one time had the arrangements nearly perfected for a com- 

 plete exhibit of kindergarten methods, such as was successfully carried 

 out by some of the Chicago associations in the Illinois State Building, 

 but when the kindergarten associations of New York met to discuss 

 the matter the exhibit was given up becaiise of the lack of unity of 

 opinion. Miss Love and Mrs. Dodge had in both the creche and day 

 nursery exhibits a kindergarten class for the older children, but this 

 was intended only as an exhibit of kindergarten methods as adapted to 

 the needs of the day nursery. 



It was not easy to fix upon an appropriation that would cover the 

 expenses of the nursery exhibit as there was no precedent for it, unless 

 the fitting up and starting of an entirely new and very large nursery 

 might be considered as one. Mrs. Dodge asked the board for $2,500, 

 at the same time volunteering to raise a portion of the expenses by 

 private subscription. Miss Love also received donations. A fee of 

 twenty-five cents was charged for each child in order to cover the price 

 of the food. The appropriation of $2,500 was exceeded, but the 

 amount paid by the State does not represent the actual cost of the 

 exhibit, nor can this be reckoned because of the variety of the gifts 

 and loans. The work of the philanthropic committee would not nave 

 been complete without some representation from the training schools 

 for nurses. The fact that the British schools of nursing established 

 originally by Florence Mghtingale, and representing the London hos- 

 pitals in all their strength, and enjoying the patronage of the Duchess 



