New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-05
IN CESSATION IN FRESH-AIR WORK.

,,yy PARTIES SENT TO THE COUNTRYWIDE
PATHETIC STORY OF OUR JOE"
Tho Tribune FreshAir Fund shows no signs of
x.aon IN its beautiful work Of sending children
;, the country The following places have welcomed
tics Of little ones since Monday morning Of the
.,esrnt week: Great Valley, y. y; Cochranton
rnn: Chestnut Ievce, Penn; PttSied, Mass; Web
a., n y: Butler. PENN; Otego, y. y; Westfeld
7 Morcansye, y. y. MOrristOwn n. J.; Am
49,. Mas Ellenve. n. y; Purdy's ~ y; Free
,ue \. Y; schuylkll Haven. Penn; Bethlehem.
p.nn stamford y. y; Branchville, Conn. Wilton,
roon.: Greenwich. Conn; Pennington, y. j.; Barry
uxn " y: Cory Penn; Union City, Penn; Sher
man " v; Saegarsown, Penn.
The most picturesque party OF the list was that OF
sshty-fve boys sent by Miss c. f. Shepard, worker
Al Ouyet Chapel to Bethlehem. Penn. The lads were
,rvted TO spend two weeks in the beautiful uliver-
sty town by the Bethlehem Cadets, an organization
a, hoys and young men. The Cadets marched 10
the station In uniform and met the little Now
Workers on their arrival. one OF the FrcSh-Ar boys
s especially worthy OF note. lie is Familiarity known
BY the workers at OHvet Chapel "a " orr joe and
eleven years old Miss shepard writes phase
Or TWO Of Joe's history for the Freshtr Fund. as
follows: aloe lives In rear tenement, etuity
damn and dose with stale smell about everything
Is though the air had been handed down to these
people after every else had gotten Though with
II. When ! found Joe, he was washing big iron
Dot and rocking the sick baby. Two other chdren
we're on the bed, ragged and dirty. Joe said TO
me- MY father is dead and my mother goes ont
at works all day In thu
nctory and brings home cigars To make
At night do the work. When the children are here
take them to the nursery each day, but somebody
nearly always IS Sick 1t Is touching sight to sec
Joe roting of to the nursery Of a morning. with the
baby In his arms and the three other children looking
up to him the father OF the family. Joe's mother
is native Of Bohemia she gets little help from "a
widows society the East side. And yet 1t Is
next to impossible to keep the wolf away from the
door. She works day and night but cannot earn
more than 50 or 50 80 per week. Joe often fills up
the bed with fyingpan, rolling pin, knives and forks
and lets his children sleep the floor, but he l. a
charming little fellow and said when he received his
Invitation go the country, lit made him worried
leave his mother and the children lie never thinks
Of himself as u child. unselfsh Is he
In New-York City many little "Joes," whose
life story Is just pathetic as the foregoing. The
FreshAlr Fund is seeking ont these little ones that IL
may put roses in their pale checks and sunshine Ia
tler wee. saddeued hearts Possibly you VIII say
such children repuive in their rags ana dirt Dut
recall, kind reader your own little children II you are
20 fortunate 10 have any, and reflect that the hves
Of these poor little girls and boys are as precious as
the lives OF your babies in the sight of the great
and loving Father OF them all. Three dollars each Is
all that is required TO make them happy.