New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-21
COUNTRY AIR FOR CITY CHILDREN.
OUTINGS PROVIDED BY THE TRIBUNE FRESH
AIR FUND-HOw THE CHILDREN
SELECTED

ARE SELECTED
Besides the fifty merry children now at Happy
Land in Tenahy. " j.. The Tribune Fresh Alt
Fund has already sent Afteen more needy Little
Mothers off to the health-giving country. The
good people Of Middletown and Of Goshen. N. T..
have made provision TO receive them and 10 keep
them for two weeks I'm large, airy. roony farm
house Goshen. There. with a careful at
tendant sent by The Tribune. these small girls VIII
experience one CT the most Joyful periods their
hard-worked. pent-up little lives have ever even
dreamed Of What is more. every fortnight
throughout the long. sulry season almost at hand.
fifteen other children, equally as needy and at the
same time equally fortunate Will enjoy this
same hospitality. And yet this is only sort OF
preliminary drop in the bucket for II is hoped that
"A: least ten thousand OF the very poorest young
from all parts Of the city may have like OPP
portunities when the actual work begins.
The extreme need in every one OF the cases now
In the country and the great kindness of the host
osses are the only things bringing about these
preliminary fresh-Gir trips TO Tenafy and to Co
shen. The Tribune has already described tho
home circumstances Of the children now at Happy
Land. Impossible II may seem. the conditions
Of those leaving for Goshen on last Thursday are
more narrowing The Goshen party was gath
cred together by Miss Lillian Wad. who is In
charge Of tho Nurses settlement, No. 2s5 Henry
St. and by Mrs Whtelaw who superlntends the
branch Of this settlement. No. 3l2 East Seventy
eieh;h-st Deaconess Hi.degarde Won Brockdorf.
OF - Georges Church. in East Sixteenth-st added
two children from her neighborhood 10 the party
The Nurses settlement is situated in the midst
Of the great sweatshop district on the lower East
side In al extremely modest and unassuming
manner q has become strong force for good
IN that particular section. IN way more bind
ing than any other possibly be II winds itself
around the hearts 81 the people In the worst
need The nurses enter right into the families.
anu. OF course In doing this work 10 know
hem IN
people visit them and they visit the people In the
best sort Of neghborly relations. From the many
cases she is thoroughly acquainted With Miss
Wald chose her quota. IT'S the same old story
with every one Of them" she said 20 the reporter
f0r The Tribune. They are all miseraoly poor,
have been through untold plghts in their various
slcknesses and are now just convalescng. OF
course, they have been practically without COM
fort and conveniences, except those provided by
friends. We're they not all in the worst way l
should not think OF deprivng tem Of q single day
. OF school TO go 10 the country. Every one
has an especially sad story. One is little ten
year-old girl who tainted three times In school
during the recent hot spell Her mother works
| in laundry. and she does the homework, at the
time taking care Of her weak eight and SIX
year ola sisters. | have known her TO do the
cooking even for dinner. for days at a time. TX
they had meat she would carry it TO her mother
IN the laundry 70 season. and then she would
pat Z % the fire herself. Both her sisters and
| herself In bad Way from these condltons-
The physician said they must have the country
sun another sad tale quite typical, | assure you.
L. that Of o ten-vear-gld girl now at Goshen. She
IS r .niSera by pale. thln weak, lt'le thing. she
3 has been threatened all winter win consumption.
/ iLsr mother died some time ago leaving her aDso.
i1toly alone Two kind hearted old women love
md admire her SO that they took her in 10 share
their modest home. one Of them sells newslap ers,
believe, ard he other works out me physician
ordered country air for the child. OF course, tne
old women couldn't AFFORD this. so you see now
welcome j. Tbs opportunity 20 90 10 Goshen. ut
MIGHT BE- interes ing for the reader 70 notice, from
this instance that true philanthropy isn't conilneo
10 III SO who can afford it, but exists even
among the old women II the tenements') And
50 continued Mss Wad Il might 60 through tns
whole party and tell just sad tale about each.
but Il isn't az al necessary. The sane ming APP
plies 20 the little Bohemans Mrs. WhiteIaw mas
c'e NJ the children sent by Miss Won Brockdori
+ frame that there is scarcely anythinS left OK
him except his bones and the steel brace be mas 70
! wear t. keen himself ~. Tne physician says that
IL VIII he provided for Tho other OF the two,
gIt who has grown 50 fast that sne mas no
strength left. Is thoroughly exhausted. Inc pny-
! s'clu says She. too must nave the ar OF tne
Rit il these stories seem sad It may be well here
q, state that There are thousands almost II NOT
eluai y. as bad. In gathering together me partes
/ IN The country the mis- sOnari"s are ovefwbeiineI
; With loart-ronling tales They know every cniio
they send. and one not actua.ly IN heet stuuIl, !.
/ ever goes on on The Tribune fund II the parents
| can AFFORD the money for . vacation. 49,.
u rests entirely with the puohc 10 carry On tnis
F noble work this year. Important as are 'he war
r. lief measures this other great craAnel lor cnar-
itv you'd seem Amos, OF comparatively equal IN.
! nSr,arca when IL il considered that the sort OF
men and women we are 70 have rests upon IL 70
no small extent.