New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-21

-. pbodo JsIond Massachusetts,, Connecticut,
ponnavIvaDio. New-Jersey and New-iork. Inc
majority were received in New YORK. the cen'i"'
and vestern sections of the State calling LOT car
Iood after car load Several times during the sum-
1ner the little travellers required n Specia '"i" "
accommodate them. On August II one parry III
cluded 700 children. the largest nuhpet t"''' ~
left the city on one train. The entertainers VII ~"
,o,r,r,, have done their part most generously
Thcv proffered their hospitality In the same l'As0
vov IN winch a fertile prairie yields crop
ma or,sti.st cvpic woud have been convinced that
There was no end of benevOlence and goodness lSi'
in tho world il he conld have seen how these poor
rooIected CITY children were taken to the hearts
onI homes of Unsuitable strangers. so numerous
were the calls for children in midsummer that 'no
MANAGER was unable TO supply the demand anu ',h
exhausted treasury threatened to stop the "orN.
II WINS not many days, however Delore lrlehu' %
the work sent in sufficient money Tor all hcc"s'
Still. several hundred more Children couu nav
been sent away If the money hid Dech aN"ii"'''
when the little guests were wanted lhis 'no"'
how necessary il Is for friends OF the charlty u
contribute toward its support early In the SEASON.
As Il rule the children conducted themselves % "'
20 Gain many friends and many substantial gltts
Now and then the country hosts were more PAe''o"
at the departure than the arrival of their guests
The same old bugbear was in the way tins year as
in tbc mast namely. misrepresentation of the con-
ditions under which the children live ut home
Some child in about every community has intimated
that she belongs to "A family in comfortable clrcum-
stances in possession OF piano, SILK dresses SCI
wants of their own, fine honse win Drus'eio
carpet and their own carriage" huhureuS VI
sucb cages of juvenile mendacity have
been investigated upon the receipt, OF com
plants. and with scarcely an exception
the most CALLING poverty aud distress nave oeen
disclosed. Yet these stories are believed oy many
good people in the country and interest III INC
benevolent work Is often impaired through cIe
dulIty.
The children were selected by about two hundred
workers among the poor OF New-iork, Brooklyn
and Jer,cy CITY. These workers had personal
knowledge of each child whom they recommended
although the shrewdcst and most experienced
workers among the poor sometimes must err III
Indictment or be mistaken in the facts. We are
confident that when the multitude OF children
benefited is taken into account the number re-
ceIving help without deserving 1t IL lnslgnlh-
can't This large band of helpers de
serve great credit for their sclfdenylng laborS IN
getting the children ready for their journeys one
who has not triod the experiment cannot TcaliAs
how serious an undertaking it is 10 pnt motley
gathering of tenemcnt-house children IN travelling
order.
Although il il not the aim of the Fresh-Alr tund
10 furnish permanent homes for children. yet every
yeor considerable number 90 back to remain with
the friends they have made. In several Instances rs
the result OF the two weeks visit the enilre family
have been sent into the country, where with plenty
of work they soon become scli-sustalnng. large
number of children nave found permanent homes
this year. So the work plospcrs IN every way IN
crca,inV III Importance every year. ana losing none
OF its popularity rs a simple, inexpensive ana most
effective agency for good. We congratulate al
friends of the charity, IN town or country upon
TINS remark bic exhibit of the season operations