, 1874-07-11

Aau6ln6 IN tito a1r, the recovery will DO all tho
moro rapil by reason OF their not having to be
built again.
EXCURSIONS FOR POOR CHILDREN.
Inst aumn,cr tho free excursions organized in
New York for tho purpose Of giving poor chill
dren day's pleasure in tho country attracted
vaEy general attontiou. The project received
prompt approval throughout tho country, aud its
1oBults were moro benodcal than even tho pro-
1octors could have expected. This ycar moyo-
nent has boon set On foot in Chicago to tho
satno end. mud wo venture tho prediction that It
will mot bc hehindin the generosity Of ita orgaui-
cation nor in the pleasure afforded to those for
whoae benoat 1t Is organized. Wo print in our
local columns acall for a preliminary mooting,
which is signed by L. q. Letter, Con. stager, ".
+. coolbaugh, Robert Collyor. aud many other
gent'omen of large means or high position.
Theaa gontlomen cannot alfosd to attach thoir
nnmes to d call Of this kind without giving the
project aomo Of tleir personal attention, and tho
succe8s OF tho undertaking is therefore assured
Tho meeting is to DO hold at tho Office Of tho
Republic Life insurance Company, Noa. 1877 and
15o La eal1o street, on Monday morning next.
Tho business men aro invited, with particular
request that all friends Of children DO present.
Our business men cannot ignore auch an In
vitatiou. TIC opportunity Of atroraing day in
the country to children who rarely have an
hours rest o. momdnt's pleasure, md many Of
whom lave mover been beyond tho citys limits,
must appeal to every nun and woman who pos
acsaeR penny to spare. After tho preliminary
organization shall have boon formed, therefore,
nc suggest to the managers who shall take tho
excursions in hand to provide some place, easy
OF access, to which everybody may contribute
his Or hor mite to tho enterprise. The children
Of well-to'uo parents may tahe down their lsttlo
sayings-banka and give part OF their miniature
capital for the benefit Of other children who
naVer haye anything to save. Mothers who
passed sway will be glad to part with soma OF
their pin-money in auch cause, Indeed, It will
10 q hard heart and Bca,lt prnso that will not
open at ouch IN appeal.
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cago when excursions such as nre proposed
would have been more grateful to the poor chill
dren than They wiii bo during the present
summer. For some months the poor OF this city,
liko all other large cities, have suffered greater
deprivation than usual. The hard times mud.
lack OF employment have pressed them sorely,
and their children have shared their want aud
troubles. Many homoly comfort Inns
boon taken away from them in the common
necessity for rotrenchment. The season 90 fur
likely brought weakness and disease among
those classca hudd!ed together in unaavory
neiEhborhools. More young children arc hard
worked than rich and indulgont parents dream
Of. pooplo WHO are compelled to be out late
o'nights may not unfrequently encounter thom,
-weary, worn, and detected. .-sometimes afraid
to 60 homo to cruel parents who will matreat
them for their inability to earn what was ex-
pcctod of them. It ID not alone tho poor, but tho
children OF tho poor, that 80 havo aIwaya with
80 !; and their little bodies suffer tho moro for
their weakneAH aud their littlo haarta pain tho
harder for THOR lack Of experience and phloso-
ply. 4 days 1ess, pure air, aud uninterrupted
fun this summon may save many a lilo and
bring aunahiuo into many little soul that hsa
seon naught but darknosH.
Tho proposed excursions, therefore, must be 4
auccoss, And that they may ha humorous and
generous, let tho mooting next Monday be vol
attended, and let some plan be adoptod which
food, transportation. or wAatnot, according 10
Ills means. Our lake and handaome suburbs a.
ford delightful opportunities for these oxour-
sions. aud tue generosity Of our people will 500
that they are veil improved.