New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-02
PEOPLE WHOM TIE FUND RE1CHFS

san CASES WWCHNCdME TO THE KNOWLEDGE
OF THE TRIBUNE FREsn-AIR woREE
In ono of this weeks Tribune Fresh-Air parties Is
= little child whose mother has been bedrldden LOT
several wears The ia Their is constItu.ioAlly l"S'
o,d the family suffers in consequence There are
three children in the family. the Oldest " s'ri'
u.orrs on paner boxes at 81 a week. 1t Is an
enigma how this family manages to get along
The children receive shoes and clothing ana oc-
casonaly food lroiii 'i'o '
they attend. -
Two other little girls have ptiful story. iEere
are five children in the family. The father Is III
with consumption. The mother goes away carry
every morning ITO work: she is employed IN a
laundry. The oldest girl who is ten years Old
docs all the homework. EVEN the washing. She Is
80 small that when she irons she stands on sloo'
q, roach 70 the ironing board The father has just
got out of the hospital, where he has spent Eood
part of the winter This family last year llVed III
two basement rooms. but the physician orue'ei
them out Of such quarters, as the father needs
good air They moved to a higher Moor III 'he
tenement house.
Two girls and one boy will go from another
family The bow intends to stay all summer. ana
the little girls have deported themselves so well
heretofore that they now go TO the country Tor
the third time The father Of these children Is an
invalid: the mother trudges the streets from day
to day with a basket, peddling chidrens garments
enough to pay the rents a month. The husband
formerly worked at cigarmaking; he had TO quit
work on account of poor health The Oldest girl
who is twelve years old. formerly worked in Il
candy store in Avenue G; she was compelled 70
leave her place and come home TO keep house. The
mother is much discouraged She thinks her lot IS
harder than that Of any one else. Not nfrequcntly
the mission visitor has found this family without
food The children to certain extent. cothe
themselves by making good marks at school. Five
hundred credit marks for good conduct will obtain
a dress or a pair of shoes. and smaller number
of credits will buy hat or underclothing.
Another little girl who goes out. thanks TO The
Tribune Fund has been sick all winter. Only lately
has she left the hospital. The mother. who was
an actress in Germany, is dead and the child lives
with her grandmother. The life of this child has
been preserved by three successive outings in the
country on the Fresh-Air Fund. The grandmother
and child live in two small rooms. One rooT IS
dark; IT has no window in it. They receive
pension of Sc year from the Actors Fund in
Germany The father who drunkard cannot
be found. Were 1t known where he is, the tension
might be increased The child goes school when
she is able The diet of these two is. for the most
part, boiled milk and rye bread
The father of another family which will send
three representatives was hurt time ago
beam fell across him. and he internally in
jured. If he works one day he Is so worn out that
he must rest two days TO recupcrate. There are
seven children in THIS family one OF the boys
manent home In the country. Only two out Of the
seven children have good eyesight. Tho little fel-
low VINO Is In the country makes maple sugar and
sells IT, He is saving his money with view to
getting all OF the family into the country. Up four
lights OF stairs the parents and six children
cupy one living and two small bc,r ),rns
Their furniture is rckety and there Is 10 .'arpct
on the floor: The mother works when che is able
One boy sells newspapers and another is learning
to be "A machinist. The mission chapel gives the
trade.