New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-13

IL +bo cbildren wore well-behaved and
o,,o GOOD satisfaction to their entertainers. In
hundreds of instances warm frlendshps nave po'ii
NADIA and freouent letters and substantial aid ana
comfort are bringing brightness and nope INTO sau-
dened lives 1t frequently happened that the Ooas.-
inc of the children of their large or line houses sh
dresses. pianos ample incomes or horses ana car
riaoes would be accepted as the true state
90 Tho borses from which they had come.
M course. oyerburdened country house
,rivoo would not be willing to receive
tho obildren at the most nconvenient time of the
vear unless they were in real need OF such resi-
W. ovavs trv TO set the true state OF the case be-
foro tho neonle and it may be said that with
soorcolv nm exception those who boosted most had
most noyertv and wretchedness to conceal In
common with the rest Of mankind these poor,
children wished 10 present as good an appearance rs
nossible to pass for all they are worth ana NIUE
more We can only smile at the exhibition oil human
nature when the little girl magniiies four-ihch
TOW pIaDo into q grand" or tells the story or her
father who drives n dump-cart, SO that 1t appears
that he keeps horses and carriages one boy Doas's
of the large house he lives in and neglects 10 NEIL
ton the fact that dozen other families
live in the same house. Another mas
great sympathy for the busy farmers VIE
and tells how differently her mother hves airs er
good clothes, and doesn't tell, OF course how sue
was fitted ont in them TO come until the good
woman thinks she is being imposed upon But the
tables are turned when the case is investigated and
tbe mother is found IN the third floor rear washing
and scrubbng for IA living.
In a number of cases children have been sent VINO
rad really seen better days; III several cases when,
. short time ago. they had servants to look after
them. Sometimes we reach down to the very
lowest stratum of society. Those who expected
the children to be worse than others
were ge- orally compelled to speak
If their good behaviour and poteness.
Yet now and then there was troublesome and
miscellaneous child that ought not to have been
afforded this privilege although it was very rarely
that report of any malicious act came back.
A little boy and girl. guests of a staid deacon,
complained one sunday morning of not feeling Well
and were permitted to remain at home while the
others went to church. 1t was nothing worse than
a Sunday headache that passed OFF as soon as the
church bell ceased to ring Then away they went
TO the pig-pcn and caught litter of little pigs and
with pot of paint painted every ear and tail
black. The good deacon was Mortified at the
dissertation of the Sabbath and the pigs and was
much relieved when his restless charges were
turned homeward.
The work of finding the homes for the children
hepan early in April Seventy-fve public meetings
were held the story Of the sufferings of children in
New York tenements was told. committees were ap-
ponted or the whole matter was left in the hands of
the various clergymenj and when the people were
ready for the guests the committees sent In their
reports specifying the number and kind of children
they wanted and the time they wished them to
come The first party left the city on July o. and
then other parties followed in rapid succession
sometimes as many as seven in one day, until Oc-
tober 2 when the last party was safely brought
back. Three infants died in the country-one hy-
ing only few hours after reaching its destination.
Almost without exception the children came back
wonderfully mpro ed in appearance.
Best of all was the influence of the two weeks
soiourn in Christian fames-inmates of Christian
homes This personal heart contact is showing
many of our poorer classes something better in life
1t reveals to them higher and nObler possibilities.
We the undersigned, find upon examination of
the books and accounts Of THE TRIBUNE Fresh Air
Fund that the sum of sol 500 OF has been received
during the season of 1882, including a balance of
1925 90 from The ErenHg Post and that the expenses
have been $2l ,325 O6. according to statements
and vouchers exhibited us by The TRIBUNE, and
by the Rev. Willard Parsons manager of the Fund,
and that there is balance of 1921 So on hand
at this date. We also find that the entire cxpen-
dIture has been for the actual work of sending
and keeping the bcnefciaries of the Fund in the
country, and that not a dollar thus collected has
been diverted from the work for the payment of
salaries or any other incidental expenses.
MORRIS X. JEsUP.
Nov. Q. 1892 c. Vanderbilt.