News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-06-27
During the summer the children

| During the summer the cnlldren
were selected, as in former years, by
missionaries, Bible readers, physi-
clans, teachers in industrial schools,
and other workers who had personal
knowledge of the families and circum-
stances. After the choice of candid
ates had been made, they passed
| through the hands of the examining
physicians, and such as were unfit,
unclean, or unworthy were rejected.
The rigorous examination of heads,
hands and bodies by the physicians
often produced intense excitement
among the tenement house jewellers,
but cleanliness was invariably insisted
upon before a child could obtain the
benefits of~the Tribune Fresh-Air
Fund. The practical enforcement of
the principle that cleanliness is next
to godliness has haG a most salutary
effect in many tenement homes. An
Incorporate woman's child went
through five cleansing processes before
she was declared fit to 60 TO the coun-
try. Even the neglectful mother was
impressed by the transformation which
hal been wrought in the child, and her
self profited by the novel experience.
To those kind and hospitable people
who have received the children into
their homes, not as boarders, but as
friends and guests, the highest praise
is due. Without their aid the contrib
utors to the Fresh-Air Fund could do
nothing. Theirs is the chief part IN
this labor OF love and charity. Others
are slmoners for the expense of the
children's journey; but they have the
toll, care, trouble and annoyance, and
theirs Is the consciousness of having
received lone of these little ones"
The children were strangers, and they
took them in; hungry, and they fed
them; sick, and they cared for them
in their own homes, and ministered
unto them.
The children are to stay in the
country two weeks, but if not salts
factory or they prove unduly trouble
some or disobedient, the manager
most earnestly desires them to be sent
| Immediately home. Such a course is
better for all concerned for the child
rem and for the future good of the
| work.
We ask hospitality for children
under twelve years of age and such as
are old enough to take care of them
selves, say from five to twelve; vet if
any are wanted older than twelve,
such can be sent, but none over twelve
will be sent unless specially asked for
They are selected by Christian workers
among the poor, and are for the most
part from church missions, some from
industrial schools and hospitals, and
others selected by agents of the Char
ity Organization Society and the Soci-
ETY. for Improving the Condition of the
Poor. The children are examined by
a physician just before they start
so you may expect only such as are fiji
to enter private homes, and free from
any contagious disease or vermin.
We are ready to send the children
after July A, the exact date to be fixed
by the country friends, giving at least
ten days notice, though the lists may
be added to up to the time Of starting.
The children are from the tenement
houses and live in the close, over
crowded districts. They are the un-
derfed. Often sickness has left them
puny and delicate. They all have a
hard time in life and are prematurely
old. A fortnight is of great good,
both morally and physically.
We call upon all our friends, both
old and new, to aid US in this work for
the children. Let local committee
be appointed who shall canvass thor
oughly your community, finding out
how many may be provided for for a
fortnight, and arrange for the most
convenient time for the children to be
received. Then communicate with the
Rev. Willard Parsons, The Tribune,
New York City. In " His name" we
ask it. COMMITTEE.
New YORK, June, 1889.