New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-11
NEEDS OF A NOBLE CHAhIIf'
.,,,,rp WORK OF THE CHILDREN'S AID
SOCIETY.
.v,ye POOR MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN
no THE sEAsHoRE-rEATuREs
OF THE PLAN

OF THE PLAN
..,.,,,or work Of the New-York Childen's Aid
-. ., co,ns forward successfully at the homes on
Co- 1sand and at Bath Beach but unless chari'aoio
oon,e come 10 the rescue with fur'her eono'o'"9
will have TO come TO stop ths sodsoN " ,",,a-
EARLIER date than usual. Any perSo" n"'i"e 49,
% sevote "a charity who + unable W uo0uo % '"0
most useful way in which to spend IT, snouu ~ uo"
20 the Coney Island home and see 'no Poo.' 'o"
women and children there FROM wv " -
IN TIM direst need OF change OF ayr anu i0s' orc
" ~ 49,, .v,,aped each week by the society Ihey
- go, en-. most squad quarters Of the CITY, from
~. .onoro.n,bouses about Mott and Baxter sH ana
49, ,ms ~ the East Side and on all ther races arc
,.,nlv 1vr1tten stories OF sorrow ara want Nn
s,o.,rreu superintendent Of the Home says tna'
no.rlv every woman who Is taken there ior
,,,o.r,s holiday ascrbes her destitute conuluoh
the intemperance of her husband Many
" ,hou rchearse the same old story
'. ,,shonds who earn good wages when they work.
"a ,cbt with proper care and soberness Keep Their
rfv.s and children I'm comparative comfort But In
stead of this they fritter away their earnings III
the grog-shops, and 60 on periodical spreeS "n0u
cut off the income entirely for weeks at a thhe
and hiring their wives and children to the verge VI
starvation. Ill.,.
scores of them are brought from wretched, dingy,
nosome gaets devoid of light and air, and In many
casas with scarcely an article Of furniture of any knd,
"a whan tbe agents of the society seek them out
from these dreadful and hopeless surroundings anu
carry them down to the seashore they burst INTO 'ea
and exclam that they did not know fhere was 50 luu
oontot and pesoe in the world Little children VINO
are droopng and whose fra lives are about 10 emu ia
their dens Of Indebtedness. often revive ana re'"n
20 f ysor in the pure air Of the seashore where teS
80, rroner nourisbment and where their poor mothers
have time TO give them the care and attention 'he'
need. III,
Reside the airy dormitories In the main pavilion AZ
the Coney Island Home which was given by d. "'i,''
James there are several cottages, which pear 'l0
names of their givers Among them are the Io9le"
Rhinelander, Vanderbilt, Sloane and Faorl co',ds
While the business Of carrying on the Home Is at
tended TO by superintendent Stcckwell. therc is
natron in charge of the and children VINO see
that the rules regarding cleanliness. etc. are son'cu
10 There is also a woman physician VINO Pio-
scribes for the children that need medicai cS0' "O
nurses in the employ of the society WIN H"'' r
vision in the various dornorieS' -
Three plain wholesome meals are selVeu es'n ua'
f., all opening on the sea- and special raions
are provided for sick children ana nurs'"s "
For motherless infants there Is separate oo,''so
,Ioo At nresent Is patient which ELECTS the lnbes.
OF all visitors the home JuSt nEe n %r noiice
was taken into the nC.1 newspaper lie Said he
had picked IL up in vacant lot near inc arce civ
the doctor saw that IT was Sr cared for and named
IUra Vork the given name for the muse thai saVed
ne lie and The surname for the hospital winch
Scr &, ,Se work of the society at Coney island Dun
the demands made upon # are far IN excess %, dno
so,,rccs Tho expenses amount 10 over SZ,OOo d
nrntb ar from - 10 50 for each person "eoh.
The home at Bath Beach for well snS Ra,T T
"n,,ns ,ra cbiidren al nominal fare. and during
one week the home led with girls the next %e sa
cetv ~ each Others as they are able 10 prOVlue Io
'rhc Grounds which arr extensive and well Kept are
Snpcrintendcnt Stockwen explained that the most
n,essinc needs AT present at the COney lSanu pIaee
Are one or two large tents and an extension 10 Ine
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