New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-29
RELIEF FOR POOR CHILDREN.
FOUR HUNDRED SENT TO COUNTRY
HOMES YESTERDAY.

The American OF to-day is an optimist II ~
not. he would not be an American. The Ar.
dacity resulting from American blind trust in ProvA
dence and luck has made successes OF large aSl
hazardous business enterprises. It has won hat
Ties and II has done a great part In making Ams,,
ca what she Is to-day. When all is to be ei,h.,
lost or won American optimism goes ahead resars.
less and generally wins
But In New-York-most American OF clties-th.,~
was woful amount of pessrnism YESTERDAY =.
shone out In every countenance--on the Sidewalk
in the office. IN the cable-car Sad was the fa..
Of the SUBURBAN traveller and the air was full a,
many words-of forbidden words. utramarine 4,
hue. There was discomfort and gloomy forebodn,
The time was out of joint" And why were thhs,
50 awry? II was the old story. and showed n.
superior influence OF environment over heredity
The wea Their was insuferable. The sun was M,
visible but, nevertheless, II was hot Tho street,
were muddy and sticky. The air was full Of SUI.
locating moisture, and those who were employed IN
the city suffered. II was disheartenng day. ana
the grumbing OF the pessimist was heard IN tia
land.
But II was an ideal day for fresh-air work ana
The Tribune Fresh Air Fund recognized the fact
About four hundred OF NETWORKS poorest chi.
dren were sent off for two weeks In the country
before the days work was over. Every OF
item needed the outing sadly, and for the sake
OF contrast between city and country they could
not have started on a better day. They were d.
vided Into eight different parties. bound for hvs
different States and to-day they spread over wtds
radius.
The only party that did not go to one Of ths
large regular homes was booked for BeeytlA
Penn The people here have invited the children
TO share their own home comforts for two weeks
and the fact that the party numbered over forty
shows that the charity OF Belleville people is OF
the material kind The hosts are: N
J. H. Kanagy. ". F. look. DR.: J. p. Getter. Ma
MIs ss Ly S2e Yoar Go1 H Hart soemon Mss
MI j. v Uts H. kS y Mrs r 5Ghn Br1ts
Mss Sale eof ByST G' Mrs joe artzer ] b Knss
Joseph Filson. Miss Matte Hooiey, J. II. Peacheyy,
James wills 3 i HoG smufseF H In"k NGis YSdss
D. e' 9. Flank tank 81 Ycder S A. Took j. k zSEs
man. S B. Smoker Miss Beckie Peachey.
Mil Creek. Roaring Spring, Lock Haven and
slglersvilie all Of which places are near Beleulls
entertained some OF these children The arrange.
inents were made by j. Il. Peachey. ,r
A little girl came home from the country yestes.
day who was OF the usual sort OF family from
which fresh-air children are taken She and two
sisters and her mother compose the family. They
live in one Of the most crowded alleys OF the ene
ment- house districts and their one room Is neces-
sarily small. close and unhealthy ms Is because
thay must earn their own living and cannot al.
ford better room They are sweatsnop- worker
and any one who knows what this means can un.
the hot small room and sew buttons on clothing.
II is monotonous hard drudeery. and ruinogs to
swing on buttons or starye. That IS the a,sns-
i've II would seem hard enough 20 nave 10 work
on this embarrassing task for one whole day put
comes dangerous. The whole family together earn
only g a week. 80 small are the wages. The pest
worker OF the family has on occasions sewed on
eleven dozen buttons day. ana this was her un-
doing for when chance came 20 ne sent 70 me
conntry bv The Tribune Fresh Air Fund this littls
cir, could not 20. because she could not oe spared
The child who went was the younSsst ana si!e hao
a time 30, % ne forgotten. When she came honio
she described first the eggs m 49, u.,,
oh dey were as big ms DAT ana 'he NUS
IN nds were held ~ lea six inches apart.
But until another summer comes the Wnole fan'
ry NUS, spend iheir days In the continual per-
rCrrnarcc ~ the same tiresome task. ana their
nlgh,s must ne used for rest for the mex, gay
work Tbs is the kind of child which The tribune
Fresh AIT Fund sends to the country