New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-11
FRESH AIR FOR CHILDREN
THE WORK RAPIDLY INCREASING N
SCOPE AND IN PROMISE FOR A
SUCCESSFUL SEASON.
PLANS FOR THE COMING wEEKs-INpIyrnr.v
CASES WHICH CALL FORTH SYMPATHY !,
NEEDS OF THE ENTERTAINMENTS


NEEDS OF THE UNDERTAKIYG-THE
DAILY EXCURSIONS BEGUN
The Tribune Fresh-Ai Fund on Saturday la
closed most successful week OF work. Large parb.
Of children sent to Curtisville. Mass: Br,n.A
vle Conn; Katonah, N. Y; Brun. PENN ana
I;reenville. Penn. In addition many children hsv.
gone In smaller detachments These latter are know,
in technical fresh Air language special The,
have been the country before and now, BY specsi
invitation visit again the same families which an
! tertained them In previous years. A large NJ.
centage Of the "specias' start on their outing in
June and early July. and do not return the cit,
until school opens In September. These vacation,
Of two months might be styled reward for obedience
and general good demeanor.
The present week will he "a busy More than
200 children will go 10 the country In the followin,
parties Ellenville. ~ Y. Tarrytown n. v: nttsaeh
Mass: Indiana Penn, Blngham'on, N. V: Hawey
Penn: Grf6n's Corners \. y. Rehoboth, Del,
Tenafy n j.. scottdale. Penn; Frankstowp, PENN
Flowing Spring, Penn: Liberty. y. Y; Curtisvne
Mass Isrsnchville, Conn; Fairfield. Conn; Franklin
Penn: Tiusv:lle, Penn. Randolph y. Y; New
Windsor, ~ Y; Canaseraga, n. Y; susquchanna
PENN and Belviderc, " J.
For next week even greater number OF parties
are being planned. The work has ope2ed auspiciousy
and bids fair equal. IL not surpass the wonderful
record Of the Fund made last year, when 1920
children were sent to the country.
Within the RAJ Ks Of the small army of worker
engaged in Tribune Fresh-Air scrvi"e. from the DE-
niicd manager 10 the humblcst missionary who By
continued practice has become an adept IN the uss
Of soap and clipper /, the tenement houses. there "a
not n philosopher. In truth The prime object 4
Fresh-Air organization Is not speculation, but down
right practical sympathy. Like the rest Of mankind
however the members of the Fresh Air Corps are
human and thoughtful WE'LL ard II there is any
in fh.ir lincftcs II
the old adsgc concerning excess, 2. Vice Is hut
yirue run 10 seed, In certain quarters card playing
theatre going da-rng, and wine drinking are mootd
forms Of diversion and those ia favor oil these various
kinds of enjoyment that II is the excess Of and
not the thing itself, which is the cause OF evil How.
ever this may be- FreshAir workers are prepir'd 70
say that drunkenness contributes more benefclans
TO The Tribunes charity than any other one cause.
The drunkard negects his wife and his children. Ha
Is not good provider. lie pawns his furniture,
he hampers to have any worth speaking Of; his visits
at home are unwecome, he beats his VIE, ana he
starves his children until they cannot say even the
historic grace OF Little SAM" who plped With hia
childish voice Three little pieces Of meat for four
of us. and thanks be TO the Lord there's no mors
OF usl, BY way Of Illustration give In the
following paragraphs sketches oil the nome III" OF oms
OF The Tribune Fund benetclarle'
In ono Of the crowded districts Of the East sds
I'VE widow and her SIX children. All SIX oi ne
little ones the baby Included. VIII get an outing IN
the Tribune Fund. Six months ago the father o.
these children. a certain morning, was missing
one month later his body dragged ont OF the
river into which he had probably fallen while on
one OF his protraced debauches. Since I'll" dlsap
pearance and death Of the father the mother las
worked hard to keep her family Of small children
together. The eldest Of the six Is only ten Year,
old a boy and he IS the housekeeper while the
mother is away at work during the day For SIX
months he has had charge Of the younger hrothen
and sisters. He has lad to remain away from
school, and he looks like old man, - worn Is he
from taking care OF babies. The mother goes out
washing and scrubbng she + also helped by the
church She earns II per day. She has three
rooms. but lives In two Of them. The third sm
rents to dressmaker by day, and at night uses II
as a cheap lodging apartment. Last year three Of
this family sent 10 the country by Inc tribune.
when told that the entire SIX could 60 this year
tn" overwhelmed mother could hardly express her
gratitude.
Another family which will send three children 10
the country remind one, by their style OF life, OF
Diclens's sketches They i've in basem'n t the
father was a drunkard while lie lived. The mother
Is ,ickly and can do little in the way Of supporting
the family. The basement consists OF one ROOM 50
dark that a candle must be burned In It a. midday.
Back of this room Is what might be termed largo
closet the children call II their bedroom; II has 70
windows In It. The basement naturally Il damp
and the only fire made in II is that which Is hndled
twice day TO cook the scanty meals OF the family.
The Tribune Fund will send away all three Of the
children Of this family. One Of them, little tot Of i've
years, last summer entertained al place In North
ern PENNSYLVANIA. she went into beautiful home and
slept I'm a crib which had been vacated by the
death OF an only child immediately she won her
way the hear. OF her hostess. When the vacation
finished she cried TO stay In the country and
didn't wish to return TO her basement in the city
Thn hnCfn
of the little from time to time. and not infre'
quenty a box OF good things finds its way into the
cellar home.
in one OF the New-York state parties are three
children who could tell pltiful story About three
years ago their father was put into prison. shortly
after the father imprisoned baby was born,
making the fifth child in the family. The struggle
to get along and keep the family unbroken ter.
rife. Last year two children went 10 the country.
The kind people who entertained them, on learning
of the condition OF this family permitted child
to remain for six months. instead Of the customary
two weeks, and the other child staid through the
entire year. The country hostess also took an
interest In the mother, and sent her occasionally
clothing and provisions for her other three children
The father lately released from prison. lie has
had time TO reflect. Touched by the kindness Into
contact with which the FreshAr Fund has brought
him. he has resolved to stop drinking and become
"A better and industrious man.
The Wilson Industrial School for Girls, In ST. Marks
Place will send a lot OF children during the present
week. Among these will be four children from one
family There were children in this family
but one died last winter The eldest child Is only
eleven The father used to take care OF furnaces.
h. worked twenty 10 twenty hve ieet uhaei
BY reason OF the dampness he contracted lnnamnlt
tory rheumatism, and has done no work IN iour
months ON account of her twO-months old baby. me
mother cannot 20 away from home to work, ING
children all too little 10 work. so the income "
This family is virtually nothing. They have not iess
Maid the funeral expenses Of the child ~hi'h uit%
last winter. The eldest boy. who Is eleven "S Tb
like TO work but he find nothing to do. luz
family formerly lived In basement Inc boaS
of Health compelled them to move to better luareass'
but they now 10 meals OF piylhS tNeir I'n.i
Occasionally the Mission school sends them oatnen
and soup but more than three fourths OF the unee
their diet consists coffee and stale bread, purchaser
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