New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-19

oled, larkspurrcd, washed in hot sucls and finally
had an application of Fxterlninator' All this |
nave had done in the church 10 be as sure M posi-
pie that they are safe TO send away. Ninety have
Dcen thus treated, and hope Mr. Parsons will
S'hd Tor them before they become again contain
mated The amount of work TO be done in get
ting children ready to 90 il readily seen when 90
OUT OF 20 fail to pass the preliminary examination
NO difficulty was experienced in obtaining enter
tainmcnt for children. Homes We're open AT all
times to welcome the little ones mere statement
OF the conditions of life in the city tcnemcnts
during warm weather invariably called forth
list of invitations for children Fully 1000 chill
dren returned to the same homes where they have
been entertained in previous years. Hosts become
very much attached to their wee guests, and in
scores of families the children would have been
al pied had the parents or guardians permission
been obtainable, which generally not Almost
without exception the children were well-bchavcd.
coming from the social classes they do one could
hardly expect them TO be angels The complaints
from entertainers We're surprisingly few. On the
other hand, the letters of commcndation were
many. Following is a sample: | think there IS
TO charity more worthy and noble than this one
1t seems to me like letting bit of Paradise into
the lives of these little The exceeding great
reluctance manifested by these children TO return
proves to me that they have found something bet
ter than they find nj home and when this is viewed
in the light of the fact that they are separated
from father and mother, and brothers and sisters,
life must seem very different TO them IN the
country"
One Of the chief beauties Of the Tribune Fund
is its non-scctarian character. Roman Catholics,
Hebrews, Thcosophsts Ethical CulturlstS, Uni
tarians, Unvcrsasts, Baptsts, Reformed Metho-
Il L., In Ia
city was represented among the bencficiarics of the
Fund. There also long list of nationallrios
Greeks French, Irish, English, German, Swc'ics
Swiss Italians, Spanish, Syrians, American, Rus
slams, Scotch and Africans. Goodly number
Of colorcd children were also asked for in several
of the parties.
Some of the requests from the country were for
working girls for "wrn-out' mothers with
small children. To attest the need of such people
we instance one case a woman with four small chill
drcn OF her the mssion-visitor writes " DO you
recall the woman and her four children whom You
sent for me TO L., Penn. last summer? Her
husband was away on Il drunk. She had nothing
to eat nor money TO pay the rent, so we packed
her household goods in the chapel and sent the
mother and children of to the country. The hu9-
band did better last winter but one week ago he
went on another debauch and the intense heat, to-
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now destitute. But the woman at L. has again
cent for the five to and visit her for a month
| have raised enough money from my friends to
pay this months rent. When the mother returns
she will move into the rooms over the chapel, and
we will then try 10 get work for her
4 great many Of the children sent 10 the country
by the Tribune Fund helped - support their re-
spective families by working on paper boxes
winding silk, and what not. One girl sat at
sewing machine eight hours per day, and her week
total earnings only 81 30 Another little
Girl only ten years Of age. her mother being dead,
was the housekecper for her father and older BROTH
crs She was 50 small That the ironlng-board Iad
TO be lowered 10 enable her TO do the ironing.
There is an old saying that every picture
must have its shadows" The picture Of Fresh
Air work is no exception. II has two shadows
one is a .or, Of wolf in Sleeps clothing, "vir'u"
run 10 seed" This evil i, the giving Of presents.
Because the children are poor, some Of the enter
,ain.rs while the Fresh-Air fever il on, load the
vounrstcrs down with dresses, shoes, hats. etc.
This is the same evil which England comhatcd
in her Poor-I.aw system way back in th" thlrties
In has "a pcrnicious influence in three different
directions. In tine first place II teaches the
children to 20 10 the country not for fresh air
and "A wholesome diet, but for plumber pA"
wear they get lot OF presents. The next summer
in different place. they naturally expect the
same treatment they express disappointment
They become too critical, comparing last summer
with the present and often to the discomfort ol
those entertaining them. In IN" second place. tins
system Of giving raises trOub" IN the tenement,
where the children live. Recently "A smal tIlt
who had boon entertained in a NrW-jrrs'N town
returned with niac ncw dresses. The mother "l
this child turned up her nose at "VcryDody ",T
on the block and diSialnfully Tcmark"l 10 thr
lnothcrs of other Frcsl-Air children ltumpli. my
little girl was good and yours were not, thht
the reason she got the dresses ~ such rein'rks
are not conducive to order and sweet temper IN
tho tenement districts Again this supposed KIND
ness j. dispiriting 10 the Gives themselves ne
following summer when the Ercsh-Air committee
visits them. they reason thus, Last year wen;
~ so much trouble ! sew"d for two or three DAYS
steadily | made extra expense Tor myself. ara
| don't care 70 repeat il. so | think shall not
take any Fresh-Air children again"
The other source Of annoyance and harm 10
Fresh-Air interests is the cyaGqcation and down
rirht l,ing OF some Of the children. Like the
rest of humankind, they don't like 10 De caIlcl
rnrnino tbc vonations Of their respective parents
the good dresses left at home. ct ccteTa al IN
fnitnm one girl said her fnthcr Owned twenty
horses: he simply cared for them, in the Depart
had wife and six childlan and lived in three
rooms on the fourth story. \ boy who SAID he
had bccfstcak AVID onions every morning Tor
breakfast AZ home" was the son OF carr orlver
enough 10 live on: certainly no Injuries. Another
how, told his hostess that his father owred 4
icwcrv store and hired two men: this boy also
said h, didn't care for rice pudding. h" rad :"
much Of il at home he was tlreh oi H. lh'g GI
oafion rroved that the boys father was 1"a1
and lis mother sicky woman. lived in i'rook-
lev tokinc i'm sewing and being partially de
pendent Tor support on her relatives. -...o,o,s
The third ycai of The Tribune D'v fN ~ ,'
nc nj prcsont managed, was pronounced suc ,
in every particular. The days selected ior LIT
cycnrsi0rs were almost without exception prlAl'
and clear. the result being . iuiI ol n',,"