New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-02
FRESH AIR FUND BBNEFTCLARIES.
THE GOOD WORK DONE.

THE GOOD WORK DONE.
CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN HELPED BY THE Plan Ian
THE OFFSPRING OF THE CITY IN HE
COUNTRY.
,ba good resulting from the work of the Fresh
Air Fund in sending children for week or a Two
from Door homes in unhealthy quarters OF the Guy
20 healthfnl villages and farms is illustrated by the
following cases taken at random from hundreds OF
the kind:
A widow, whose four children were more than she
could feed was invited to send her two boys, Sckiy
and stuued from poor air and insufficient food 10
tind-hearted farmer. She did so, and when sec
ond summer came round the farmer offered 10 TAX. 1
one of the children until he was twenty-one- 10
tmnrovep,ent had been so great that the mother
nonsented to give her boy up for that length Oh
time and now the little fellow is growing strong
and tall He has his plot of ground when ne culI-
Yates selling the proceeds and investing the money
In bank Ito help mother and grandmother Dye
end-bye" The brother was received into The ram
alv of a relative of the who took the first child
and both are now growing up strong in body and
mind.
A poor woman toiling TO keep roof over her little
family. her husband out of work and bali Ill herSe
was told that her little girl might have home
In the country for few days. In the kindness oil
her heart. the poor woman had taken a little wait.
whose drunken parents consented to give her IN,
INTO her already over-fnll household. This child
also was invited After good washing and comb
snp from the missionary who made the offer IN De-
half of the Fresh Air Fund the two little girls
were started journey to the Berkshire HIS,
where a kind lady received them. her heart was
fouched with the story of the little wait, and she
offered to keep the child until sutaOIe nome couid
be found. The drunken father consented 10 the
arrangement, and gave S3 toward the support OF
The child promising more lie has not KEPT ms
promlse. however. The child, who is remarkably
bright and winning, Is now at her new nome where
She is a general favorite. She Will be retained
there for the present.
One little boy, hpnchback, who was sent INTO Q
the country three summers ago. has been invited
each year since the place which he first Visited
a few davs ago another boy received letter from
his host oil last season, offering MIN nome until 10
was of age. Ine offer was gladly accepted -,
"You should my Sunday school class! salu
a lady interested IN city missions TO reporter
of me TRIBUNE, while speaking OF the fresh AIT
Fund recently. AWhy in the fall, can tell by just
looking in their faces which of the children have
been in the country. The are latter ruduer ana
their whole expression is changed ana improved
Among the children sent out by the Fund last
wear was a little girl who was pale ana sckiy. ohe
had had a cough and was apparently aiIc'eu WIN
sncipent consumption. She stayed IN the country
for three weeks. The pure air healed her iungs,
and the nourishng food and health1ul lie gave her
fresh vitality. The disease had been taken ID
time and youth and tresh air conquered, so that
she is now a well child. Among the children seut
TO the country last year were several VINO had
never before been outside oil the city. lheir
wonder at the phenomena OF nature was great.
- OH look ~ exclaimed one child. there's apples
on treesu She had never seen the fruit before ex-
cept on stands at the street corners or perhaps IN
a barrel at grocery store. and naturally was sur
prised to find that apples grew on trees. many
children of German parentage are source Oh much
disappointment to the country people whom they
visit The children have been brought up on Weak.
soup and strong coffee. with an occasional SIP Vi
beer They go into the country and their hosts pre-
pare oatmeal milk fresh vegetables and all things
which they suppose a child from the city VIII most
enjoy. 10 their disnay, the offspring OF the
crowded city often utterly refuse to drink the
milk or eat the country delicacies. They long LOT
ever generally straightens things ont, and the
child eats the wholesome food provided with win
ayldty The trip into the country is often the hrst
taste for the children of real home life The change
from the haphazard, @catch as catch Gan al NE e. OF
a tenement house TO the neatness ana orue s1 o, =
country home is always to please the child ana
II generally works at least a partial reformation
in its parents household, when 1t returns 10
the city