Car coat is definitely a term that is used by some.

Jollification of patients just before they’re call in to see the doctor?

Someone was having a laugh.

Just post WWII or early 1950’s I’d say.

Sorry, got confused looked stuff up.

Per Merriam Webster: “an institution, typically charitable, designed to care for and protect vulnerable or at-risk children, such as those who are abandoned, neglected, destitute, or delinquent. It serves as a place of refuge and support . . .”

I think it is actually meant to be “protectory.” I went to this directory, did ctrl F and typed in “protectory” and the lo and behold: archive.org/stream/catho...

Brought in by squirrels or some such no doubt!

Well done! Circling back periodically to graze again can be so productive. Last week I learned of a first son from one of my mother’s Merseyside lines who died at 7 mos. We did not know about him. Family Search FT had added some cemetery registers since I last looked.

Good luck!

Thanks!

Would love to see the other side of that card. Looks delicious

So sad.

I always liked, “It’s better than a slap in the face with a wet fish!”

My dad hung onto a well worn newspaper cutting from the early 1900’s with a poem about babies who had passed away being flowers in God’s garden or some such. His grandfather carried to be reminded of a young son who died. So yes, they cared deeply but got on with life because they had to.