erty and want”? What did he mean by “the mother’s crime”?
. Why did Riis believe “waifs” were abandoned? What did his account suggest
about the families of the waifs? About the city’s government and social welfare
institutions?
. What were “pay babies”? What did they suggest about poor mothers?
What was “baby-farming”? Why did Riis consider it “fi endish”? What were
poor families trying to accomplish by baby-farming?
. How did better-off New Yorkers respond to the problems of waifs and their
mothers?
Why did they respond as they did? Why did Riis consider these
responses “a silver lining, bright with promise”?
