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November 28, 1898
San Antonio Daily Light
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
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In Brooklyn, Rev. Dr. Willey's Nostrand Avenue M.E. church implements a baby-checking system with volunteer caregivers, allowing mothers to attend Sunday services while their infants are cared for in a dedicated room with cribs and toys, inspired by New York department store practices.
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CHECKING THE BABIES.
In Brooklyn the church has borrowed an idea from Mammon. Harper's Bazar says:
"In some of the New York department stores babies can be checked, like so many umbrellas, while their mothers pursue the elusive bargain from counter to counter. A small boy is detailed to stand guard over a certain number of infants. The small boys and the infants have not been asked for an opinion, but the mothers are enthusiastic in their approval. In Brooklyn the checking system, as applied to babies, has appeared in a new form. Brooklyn being recognized as the City of Churches, the new development is naturally along the ecclesiastic line. Rev. Dr. Willey, of the Nostrand Avenue M. E. church, as the originator of the scheme, and the mothers are once more the gainers. A large room has been fitted up with hammocks and cribs, perambulators and toys. Here a volunteer committee of young women assembles every Sunday morning, and here the mothers, who would otherwise be kept at home, leave their babies, while they themselves attend the regular church service. The plan is a novel one, but promises, and deserves, to be popular."
In Brooklyn the church has borrowed an idea from Mammon. Harper's Bazar says:
"In some of the New York department stores babies can be checked, like so many umbrellas, while their mothers pursue the elusive bargain from counter to counter. A small boy is detailed to stand guard over a certain number of infants. The small boys and the infants have not been asked for an opinion, but the mothers are enthusiastic in their approval. In Brooklyn the checking system, as applied to babies, has appeared in a new form. Brooklyn being recognized as the City of Churches, the new development is naturally along the ecclesiastic line. Rev. Dr. Willey, of the Nostrand Avenue M. E. church, as the originator of the scheme, and the mothers are once more the gainers. A large room has been fitted up with hammocks and cribs, perambulators and toys. Here a volunteer committee of young women assembles every Sunday morning, and here the mothers, who would otherwise be kept at home, leave their babies, while they themselves attend the regular church service. The plan is a novel one, but promises, and deserves, to be popular."
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Family
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Baby Checking
Church Childcare
Brooklyn Church
Rev Dr Willey
Mothers Attending Service
What entities or persons were involved?
Rev. Dr. Willey
Where did it happen?
Brooklyn, Nostrand Avenue M. E. Church
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Key Persons
Rev. Dr. Willey
Location
Brooklyn, Nostrand Avenue M. E. Church
Story Details
Rev. Dr. Willey introduces a childcare system in his Brooklyn church where mothers leave babies with volunteer young women in a room equipped with hammocks, cribs, and toys during Sunday services, enabling attendance inspired by department store baby-checking.