The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-02
THE POOR CHILDREN.

WANTED, sANIrARIUM ron THE oyysPBINo
OF PovER1Y-THE COUNTRY HOME AT BATH.
II IL tho suggestion Of many experienced workers In
the aeld OF charity and bsnevolence that santarum
by tho seaside or on the banks OF the Hudson River
for tho sckly children OF tho poor who live
IN the vast and unwholssomo tenement houses
OF this city is urgently demanded, and that
tho outflow OF charity from Christian hearts
could hardly be better directed than IN esiaD-
fishing just such m institution. A correspondent,
writing to this paper holds that would prove the
means Of relieving the summer diseases among chill
dreD, as anordng temporary removal from tho deadly
air Of houses from the confinement of dirty
and yards into the air and liberty Of the
seashorc country. In tho damp basement and
heated garrett tho althv yard and dusty street, the
approaching deadly heat will find It's victims among
the infants Of the poor
WHAT NERDsD.
Tho first step taken in this direction the Float
ing Hospital OF St. Johns Guild. but It failed Of It's
purpose TO q great oxtent because the manag cement
was unwise In place OF looking after tho health ana
comfort OF tho little ones they took TO paradng them
solves befsrc the public taking such vast number
OF poor children ono trip Tor days airing.
What Is wanted Is a large building by the ssasnors
or tho rivor roomy apartments play grounds.
swhere tho weak and impoverished offspring OF the
poor may lodged for several days n least, AID
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are plenty OF rich aud charitable people in New
York who would DO only TOO happy ana eager 10
way 10 It's accompnshmcnt without the iuss and
parade that have hitherto marked the undertakings 70
give relief 10 tho litte ones Of The city whose poverty
keeps them the oymsnt OF tho blessed country
The idea with those who lave gwen most though
to the subject Is that Oh some suitable SPOT In the
country near the scnshore or rivers bank large
wooden pnvons should DO greeted around central
kitchen anu storehouse, OF rough, inexpensive
description, and furnished and provided the Same
manner, but convenient Tor Tho purpose 10 such
place hapless infants with their mothers
living, could DO conveyed There are many sites 10
choose tho shores OF Long Island. Jersey the
lerrltory between Spuy,su Duyvil and Yonkeis. Tho
san,tarium should be placed tho direction
oil an association OF prominent ctzens nj New York
medical Supervision d The Board d Health. ' -
THE sASirARIuH AT BArH, LONG ISLAND.
Mr. ! W Skinner na q tss
formed the HERALD reporter yesterday that IS ar
ranged nrst batch Of 100 children 10 the
country home at Bath, Long Island, on Monday next
The children who sent there range trom years
10 twelve, and are almost entirely girls. They are
and Wilson Mission. but any children the agents Of
may lind who arc IT. subjects Tor thas par
OF The country home is not large, but Mr.. Skinner
thinks large enough for IL object ~ the mAhase-
inent OF eroster n9mos. 81 cniluren unaeI sns S'.
suggest the establishment Of several country homes
like the one ut Bath, 50 ~ TO give more widespread
| accommodation to tho poor children, but he seems
convinced that the children themselves get little bone
III from their brief soourn BY the sensible or IN the
country when they hsrded together great num-
| beers, when many them bound 10 DO neglected.
J In the Home at Bath 100 children comfortably
provided for week by week. II has been established
two years. and rs under the charge OF Mr. A. u. Holt
ana wife. The main house d0rmtory stands on the
bank ut tho edge OF the sea. Adjoining IL Is long.
| cheap dung ROOM which, on the hot days Of sum.
lner open ali sides, but can be closed whom II
rams aud made sort Of recreation ground for the
/ children. There is = bathing house on the beach
which gives them every needed convenience Tor their
bathing clothes. Against accidents IN oatn,ng
dad tAnflQu inf fita
sea from the Shore. SO that the timd
Mean lay bold them they ieel their way The
opened Juue II and closed September % During
that 1876 children enjoyed s benefits, 4Y5 OF
whom were girls, who stayed week each aug Ivy
| children from the poorest districts IN New YORK,
where they lived surrounded by misery and want
Their thin, pale bespoke the prvatioDs 70 which
their pent up quarters had subjected them weeks
residence ut ihs scaslde worked q marked change.
The sea ba,hing tho good, nutritious iood'
and the plays and happy compAnionship
mix, ana there was no luck OF bread anu butter and
l0sl cost q sns hSss er ie; Tor go, of
children OF less thau 81 Tor each staying there
entire week. What hed Tor the wealthy and benevo-
lent 10 extend and scatter blessings The chil.
dren drawn from twenty schools beong ng 10
tho society. and in cases where they more than
usually leeble they kept weeks instead CT one
Tho Home can DO reached ny the boats from New York
in about hour and nall IL the Batn Hotel
and little to the OF It. II may recognized ~
an old frame house, with several outbuildngs adJoin
ing.
| WEST slDE ASSOCIATION
The West Side Association has a sanitarium at
Flushing, l. j. IN connection with the InfaEt Asylum
At No "a Clinton place, but It's accomm odstions are
ladies, principal among whom Was Mrs X. Garrison,
who - now succeeded by Mrs. Van Auchten.
riksr TRIP OF THH FLOATING HOSPITAL.
On Monday Lcxt the trustees OF the Floating Hospi-
tai OF ST. Jonn's Guild Will hold meeting TO arrange
tns details i1r the mrs. Mp q their oars. thus year up
their mothers and guardians