New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-16
CHJLDREN HAVE AN OUTING.
FIFTY TENEMENT-H HOUSE WAITS FROM
NETWORK TAKEN TO BERGEN BEACH
BY KINGS DAUGHTERS.

FIFTY TENEMENT-HOUSE WhIfo rROM
NETWORK TAKEN TO BERGEN BEACH
BY KINGS DAUGHTERS
The Gravesend and Flatlands Kings Daughters
met fifty New-York tenemrnt-housc children at the
Fulton Ferry yesterday morning and conducted the
little ones to Bergen Beach for days outing
Bergen Beach is in high favor with all the little
folks this summer They have all the merry-go-
rounds and innocent sports OF Coney Island without
the Objectionable features Of the latter place Ihey
were out for a days sport, and they had H. ~ Is
hard TO tell which had the more pleasure the tene-
ment children or their patrons. inc Ni'S
Daughters.
Tho New-York Tenement House Chapter Of tho
Kings Daughters and Sons Is at No. Y Madison-st,
Now-York 1t began work in 1890 but was not IN
corporated until 1894 The organization was inc OUT
come of the Investigations Of JACOB Ris III ''i'
district. Mr. Ris saw that the Boar1 OF iiea',h
was in need of an auxiliary for its summer work
The Kings Daughters were In position 10 supply
nursing diet, hospital and fresh-air PriVi'eeeS'
v hich the Board of Health could not give
The work Is carried on In connection with eNsii"s
charities such the Charity Organization society
the Society for the Prevention OF cruelty 10 thlt-
dren the Children's Aid Society, ST. johns Guild
the Association for the Improvement OF the Cond'-
ton of the Poor the United Hebrew Charities the
~ Vincent de Paul Society. The Tribune Fresh AIT
Fund .,rhe Herald" Free Ice Fund as we'll as tho
hospitals and dspensaries
The Tenement House Chapter rents the entire
house reserying the two lower floors ana suoiet'hg
the balance BY an arrangement with ther tenants
they also have the exclusive use OF the ?aru. ih'
ward Is the common playground II all the children IN
the neighborhood Sometimes they gather III 'here
as thick as hops. And there are times "he" tncs
become so hilarious that the superintendent MISS
Alice G. Mayer has to ask them to come III si'ius'
AT the chapter are maintained kindergarten
mothers club a girls club. a boys club clrcuiat-
.;th NO thousand
t. omen two afternoons n week: flower mission ana
.be Kings Daughters and Sons from all over inc
country send flowers ir there by the ton Last ou'
nv no means least they have brahch OF 'ie ie"'s
provident Fund Sometimes two or three OF '"cSe
children who have so little OF the good things that
money can buy. come into the Chapter House, eac''
holding the other by the hand. and in each niue NOT
ALWAYS too clean hand tightly shut lest the treas
ure escape. q moist. swcaty penny.
The child Is frequently simply the agent OF the
mother who feels a sort OF false shame III piihsi"s
90 small sum 10 deposit After the innu mas
grown to be something in the neighborhoou Vi -
Tho mother II she wishes TO have the money drawn
49,. noe IN the bank with the child, for fear that
,bo child may lose the money saved at such n
sacrifice and that required such long time u
pile up. ,., ,,,.
When a child wishes to open an account WIN ''''
Penny Provident Fund he receives s'h"'i 9.""p
card about the size Of the average savings pa'N
I
| .n, GRO stuc, on the book every time he makes
nost, When the card Is full he may have another'
bu, II he withdraws the money before he mas Sa'-u
IN q he must pay five cents for the pooK' lh's 10
simnlv TO discourage the child from spcnu''h h''
money The card * not transferr'pe'
Every summer there Is a vast amount Vi oN
omonp the children in the tenement-house o'S'i'''s
1870, ,n,.,,v or more extra physicians are put III 10
, III. demand These doctors must MAKE
u,ee,,lv report upon blank pipv,dcd II" '"e p
n,se Of every house. and every VISIT gwen. i'
renor, "a forwarded TO the Board OF HeaIu throus"
tho medical inspector in charge on ever! 'io''u"'
rorp,ng OF each week. and the doctor - require" ~
rsnort IN person to that officer twice week LOT
| onfere,ce and instruction. This appointment OF
Young doctor on the summer Work or the bo"ru Vi
IIoa,th &c not. measured by salary and work just
exactly sinccure. for the doctor must put III e'e
hours n day In a house-to-house canvass.
They must place one OF the printed SIPS Oh '"e
D,o f,r the care of Infants in the hands of each
! ,,,ther whether the children are sick or well. In
order TO prevent disease they must watch OUT ior 'he
sanitary condition OF the house "heh the uis'h-
tnry condition is the fault OF the tenant ne or she
must be requested TO remedy this state OF ahmrs'
II II IS IN the public part OF the house. then the
iarior ~ there be one is called 10 task. II defective
| nr,nhine or water In tho cellars. then the owner
! 4 conscicntious observance OF duty ana street ie-
gard to the ethics of the profe sion tor no Doctor Is
permitted to offer any advice TO patient VINO may
~
Although II Is the duty OF the Board OF Healtn
doctor ~ vlsI; every suite Of apartments, every
room in the buildings on his route, yet he must.
with the poorest Of the poor MAKE "A cour.eo' u,
,xho nov need and entitled to such services.
II ho discovers any contagious disease, such as scar
Ia, tvr.hoid or yphus fevers: meases. smallpox or
} cholera ne must Immediately report the matter "
And IN his rounds he often finds cases where there
| a. need of womans kindly minis tration ms IL
where the great value OF the Tenement-house DAD
;ef OF the Kings Sons and Daughters les my
rkcl IN
or a long time lived insufficient 1000: Inc poor
tnk ouf for the rent first. even II they do not, ma e
enough 10 eat II frequently happens that the hlhg
daughters can get the master OF the factory wheIe
"a hclp IN sending some or all Of III" family INTO
mo connfrv They sending women ana chlfirrh
into the country all the time There are various
/ WAYS in which they get the money. Al times Deti
hnuse Chap,cr that she would like to send some Ut
lie yir Of ten or twelve to the country az hcr en-
/ nens, and she with the letter. sends the price
They Also have trained nursc ~ ~ ,ho,
| preventative work. In the way OF cleaning mousse
Than the doctor could give A.. =, W., an,
I The silver Cross Alpha. and the In vera hha
Deed circles OF the Kings Daughtsrs % inc me-, rirs'
terrain l25 of the women and children OF lne Ien m,
/ mem housc Chapter tomorrow Inc l,IIy vi.
leave the city by the Erie Ferry, at cnanD.fs H.
/ twenty-five little girls are 10 have an OUTING u,
been arranged for by the Mlastering Circle OF King
Daughters OF Morrisanh. 1hey are 20 'e"'' "''
rooms No Il Madison-st at o coR ,,,or %,
The officers OF the Tenefnent-hoise tnap'epn vi
honorary chairman; Mrs George a. McGrew. chair
man: Mrs L. q Houshton yice-cnaiim ,nr Me- a.,
Sophia L. Brcwster. corresponding secretary M, nj
J. J. Seaman. recording secr.thry' Mss srtnaanaens