New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-15
A HOST OF HAPPY CHILDREN
FROM THE HEATED CITY TO THE COOL
COUNTRY.
A BUSY DAY IN THE WORK OF THE TRIBUNE

lvn leave the CITY for poInts in the following states
New-York Pennsylvania, Vermont, Connecticut, Massa-
chusetts. New Hampshire aud New-Jersey' Inc ioi
lowing towns will receive the larger parties Bangor
n. Y; Crafsburg, Vt. Essex Junction, VT chelsea
Vt; willamstown. VI; South Royalton, Vt Williams
VILE. VT; Brattleboro Vt; Little Valley. n T.
Silver Springs n. y. Hnsdsle. N. Y, aud vernon
Y
Many other places on the way to those mentioned
Will receive smaller groups OF hve ana sA' anu ~
some instances Of only one or two children. Weary
every passenger train the city carries It's quota
There is hurry and skulry this morning In three
fourths Of the mission schools from Harlem to the
BATTERY The physicians Of The Tribune Fresh-Ar
Fund are busy examining threats ana OouieS anu
calling out the unsuitable candidates anxious mo'nors
are getting up luncheons and packing toseher changes
Of linen: the city missionaries busting In and
out OF the tonements, first seeing mat 'hcir l'us
contain the required number Of little ones ana lnen
burrving their divisions away, each to us respective
train and the care takers and managers al the cars
are putting the children aboard and counting tckec'
9And what IS IL all fori' Let any one make
visit 20 the Grand Central Station ABOUT Z 0cioch
this evening and he will never again ask the reason
for ALL this expenditure of trouble, time and money
u means health and happiness TO thousands OF little
ones and to hundreds an extension OF life Itself
IT is the gift of the worlds more fortunate ones to
those less favored in earthly comforts. 1t Is the cup
of cold water nay, even more II Is the initial step
In the transformation OF the so-cdleu dangerous
classesp into worthy type of American manhood
and citizen.
Tho children of to-day's excursions mostly Of
German and Irish descent though, of course, there
will be dark-eyed, raven haired contingent OF South
Europeans scattered hero and there. They are a
worthy lot every one OF the hundreds that CO. poverty
being tn. chief ground upon which they were selected
They all live in the enements, many families with
eight and ten members huddled together In two or at
Dnpt ttnixT "a lU
high owing to the fact that many Of the tenement
nronrieors on the East Side are foreigners with little
nuhlc sprit and less humanity Wages are cor
respondiugly low by virtue of the overcrowded con
ditIon OF the unsklledlabor market and the natural
result follows the parents Of these little fellows
going to the country to-day fail in their own ambitions,
lose every spark Of hope for their children ana
eventually eking out wretched existence, content
themselves with the thought that the this life Is
over the better
The Tribune FreshAir Fund, on the other hand
cahers these unhappy children together carries them
10 new scenes puts them for two weeks or longer In
the homes of kind Christian people, who take pride In
intoxicating ideas in the minds OF their niue
guests teaching them new mode Of life and en-
kindlng in their breasts noble aspirations for the
future.
one of the Vermont parties contains an Interesting
companv Of children. They of German parentase,
scrupulously neat and clean about home also tha'
their attendance at sunday school IS punctual Their
fathers work In the silk mills at the upper end OF the
city, or are day laborers, and average possibly 81 20
dav Meat Is luxury in these families. their daily
diet being generally only plain bread and cohec Two
little girls in the party for Vernon, N " come ron
a noteworthy home There are nine children, the
oldest sixteen. and the mother IS a widow Inc
father died recently and left them destitute. The
mother sews and the oldest girl works out These two
who leave to-day also work at dressmakng young as
they arc but are now out Of employment, since theH
shop always closes during july August ana the nrst
part of september.
The mother pays Sc per month rent. and thus
has but a ottance left Prom her hand earnings win
which to feed and clothe the family The ia'her was
a soldier in the late but the Door mothef Is I'M
able 10 get a pension since she cannot procure the
proper rarers by Of the death OF the physician
who attended her husband Immediately after the war
Three children of this family went to fOrcstVule'
n Y. last week. thus relieving the mother, temper
arilv at least Their teacher says that they are
very bright and stand high in their classes. He also
said that the mother does her best to bring up her
children properly ard wishes to see them far above
the plane they now occupy. but fate seems to be
against her.
This same mission sends two children who are Of
marked personal beauty, but live in most wrerhed
quarters. The family of six occupy two rooms IN a
which hold twenty three families in all. opens into
yard about twenty feet by fifty feet This and the
street constitute the only playground for over sixty
children. Think OF I'll What does an open field or
the liberty of a whole farm mean TO child used to
such surroundings!
The Wilson Industrial school OF this city will furnish
a division for the Bangor, " Y, party. One OF the
little girls lives the top floor of rckety tenement
The father and the mother work paper boxes.
supporting the seven children. Only two meals
day are in this house, at morning and at night
since as they told a lady visitor the other day,
they cannot afford a third meal Another child has
drunken father. and the mother can scarcely earn
ANYTHING the wilson school furnishes clothing for the
little girl number of these children have lost their
fathers. Tho mothers finish coats and trousers at
four and five cents apiece. BY working steadily from
early morning until IL o'clock at night they are able
TO earn perhaps forty or fifty cents day. few OF
the mothers are washwOmen and scrubbers. Some
Of the little girls also go away from home and work
They scrub floors, run errands, etc
When in their own homes these tiny women have
no time for recreation as there always younger
brothers and sisters TO engrOss their attention. No
wonder then they look upon the country as only one
step removed from Paradise and lay plans the whole
winter through Of what they shall do during the out
ing Of the following summer The children n, OF ms
school are handy set of young misses ana they oleh
tell their return Of how they aided the good IdiIi
wife where they were entertalneu lot IA dH VA
school they are taught cooking how 10 maID peds ana
all sorts OF boiise work well as sewing and knitng
system OF merit is maintained by which not a lew
Of the girls earn their clothing. Five hundred gOOd
marks VIII get pair of shoes, 200 a dress ana 100
Will obtain suit Of underwear Ihey dine az
the school building every day. an item OF cohslderdDc
saving TO their parents. -, . .,
Craftsbury, VT will receive one Of the most NEEDY
partes of children sent out during the day. Iheic
are two going IN the party whose father recently aed
after PrOtracted illness and the mother nov oahs
few dollars per week by working on caps Iheie are
also two little German girls who work at winding SIX
Their father did not wish let them go, since ne SAD
4l.tr min y.
ever pleaded the chAdren's cause, ana plcNalied
upon him to let the little girls take the TWO %eeks
The head OF another family which VIII senh Two
Representative lies abed perfectly helpless win the
rheumatism. He was stcamttter by VocailGn' a
MISSION school now supplies daily bread for MN ana
his little ones. A widow with seven Children VIII
send her tony old daughter. The latter Is great