New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-05
SENT TO WESTERN HOMES,
CONDITION OF A PARTY IN KANSAS

Two parties OF cnlluren WeIc senl W ino '"""'''
last winter by Mr.. Whitelaw Reid. Unlike the
children of the Fresh Air Fund, they were not TO
return after two weeks vacation. but as one
bright lad expressed it, they went TO stay" They
were mostly street children, newsboys. bootolacks
or those who had been saved from the streets ana
brutal parents by some charitable institutions
They were selected by the Children's Aid SOCIETY,"
and one of its officers accompanied them ana 81"
them placed in nice country homes Inc hrs' parry
was taken to Culperer. Va, and an account Oh TUG
journey, the distribution of the children ana the
present home of each child, was published recently
i'll THE TRIBUNE.
Two weeks after the party had s'ar'eu l'i
Virginia Mr. Reid sent nineteen boys and elgh' g'ris
to Kansas. Letters have been reeeiVeu iro'"
some of these children. None express aus
satisfaction, while all are full oil thankiui,
ness because the writers have been saVeu
from the streets Of New-York" The letters also con-
tain urgent invitations to their friends III the CITY
To - come TO Kansas" The people of Lawrence gave
the children warm recepton,and are eager 10 nave
a much larger number come there, as The party OF
twentv-seven children was too small to satisfy the
demand for them.
f. Trott. the Western agent of the Children's Aid
Society who took the party. to Kansas
leaving here February IA, after his return from
his Western trip gave a TRIBUNE reporter an
account of the chldren's journey to their ne"
we left Jersey City" said Mr.. TrOtt;, "on the
st. Louis express at p ID Inc hI, me r Sis
posal The older children, after eating hearty
supper were in excellent spirits and did not go to
sleep until very late. They were full OF excite
ment, but behaved very nicely indeed ne niue
ones did not seem afraid when it grew dark. but
kept awake until quite ate,and then fell asleep ana
slept soundy until morning. At day Drrak Ine ooSs
were on the lookout for odd things III the country
Their EXPLANATIONS at seeing cattle sheep and geese
would have made you laugh 1t was very amusing
to hear the curious names the various animals re-
ceived. At Buffalo, our can OF coffee was repleh-
ished additional sandwiches were procured ana 'he
whole party, with our baggage and provisions, was
transferred to a car awaiting us on the Lake Snote
and Michigan Southern Railroad. As we had nrsl-
class tickets had. of course. trs-claSs accomm0-
dations. At one place a wel-dressed woman OBJ
iected to our being In the same car with her. she
declared most emphaucally that Nhen 'ne cou-
ductor comes around, we will see If Won ana those
street children will be allowed to ride with respect
able people She saw; for when the conductor
passed through the car he never once ntmated that
we should take emigrant train, although APP
pealed to by the well-dressed woman. Al -; LOUIS
another change made, and we reached Kansas
City Thursday, at p M after rlde 9t hi'y-ohe
hours. Here we remained all night at MOTEL occu-
pying seven rooms with our little family and after
breakfast we started for Lawrence. Kan, which
place we reached on Friday, about noon.
"Once arrived at des nation, the work OF
distribution began. On the train several persons
tried to obtain some of the children, ont that i
against our rules. We never allow enid 10 20
with person until we know something OF the per
sons character and surroundings our agent
- the depot Win carriages, ana AO"h
us TO the hotel where dinner had been provided.
The largest hall in Lawrence was, IN the meantime,
crowded with pie, eager 70 have the hIst seiec-
ton of the New-Iork children, and the crowd be-
came so thick and anxious that II was necessary 10
have policemen form a line to keep part OF tile
hall clear so that we could move about and have
the necessary papers signed. There over siXtv
applications for the twenty-seven chldren and the
many disappointed families want TO return
a, quickly possible. WITH another and a larger
party. lhroug. the assistance OF our agent, the
KEY Ar. NoodcOck, a minister III Lawrence Sa's-
factory homes were procured fOr al the cl,iuIch'
7 He has been there a number OF years, ana khoWs
every family within radius 81 several miles 81
Lawrence. 1t Is probable that some changes
will he made. Occasionally family Is not saiisned
with the child IL has chosen ana likes ahOther
one from the same party who Is living near ana
who, for some reason, may be DISSATISFIED; TX
changes are sometimes made III that way with salts
Only Only one boy has tlrei of country life. His
family live in the so-caled = HeiIs hitehen III
this city, and il hop d he would be glad TO rld
himself Of his early influences; buy the surround
lugs of his childhood had so far shaped ms manner
of iIving tn he could not content himself Win the
absence of noise, fighting and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES |
with which he had been familiar icr years ne mas
rstn~ucJ 10 \aw-York and to his family. In con- |
trast with his experience. letter rom IOlsh oOy
may be quoted: :" All very much Pleased win my |
home and farm life, and expect TO be farmer We
have plenty OF fruit OF all kinds, anu plenty Oh
everything else that Is good. Please encourage The
homeless boys of your city to come TO oar beautiful
Robinski." note FROM Alr. Baker, with whom
Peter is living, says: we ma nm "a
good Iusty, truthful and industrious BOY lie
say he will stay with US until ne Is ihs own nan
and that he would not wish 10 1--we III New-lork |
City again" ,.,,
An extract from letter concerning tHe cHluIeH
reads
We take great pleasure in expressing our entire salts
faction With her in respect We hnd her 10 be an
intelligent, active and Obcdient child ana very Quck 10
learn We are people Of middle age and have no chI-
dren. While shan ondeaver TO make such nome for
we ourselves ieel thankful that we have been SO
fortunate as 70 add TO our small family chiu OF sach
aIit md
have excellent school advantages and soon as tie fau
term begins NE shall send her 10 school
An old man VINO has a boy only seven years Old
writes with trembling hand;
Ny daughter young lady of seventeen, happened to
be al the Place where children were distributed ana
this 10y appeared TO like her so sue brought MN nome
10 Keep MN and S9T do y AWNING he cam
nave ohildrea-a daughter,snd son VINO Is mar
ried This boy have says his parents drank beer ana
whiskey snd smoked. should like 10 know II that be
true order that may guard aSanst sacn iauts IN
him. If the boz lives shall try to raise him right
have my children.
Martin Regain. a former newsboy, is reported as
dong wei. In a letter from blr. Morrison, who says
Of him:
Martin seems willing to learn teamwork think we
viii get along with him hrs rate. lie to like to
syeSofh and sne same distance from anu
raise both stock ami grain We take Asrtl1 70 fses
to school when the winter term begins II Is great re-
spousibnty take chtd IN the family VINO mas had
who governs all Things 10 nelp us do right by aim
brief note from Mr. Anderson says Frank |
lin Lawrence. the boy have, is well and getting
along satIsfac tOrlly."
THE ADDRESSES OF THE CHILDREN.
Since the children first assigned homes there |
have been a few changes, but the following Is LIST
of the children and the full addresses of the fam
lilies with which they now living
A, Rage ten. who rescued from an intemper |
ate home was with Gavin Allen, at Reno Kan,
but Is with Mrs. La Pelle az Lawrence Kan.
b, s., deserted by his mother after
her husband died. He placed with William |
Beine, OF Lapeer, Douglas County, Kan