Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-03

e UMMER charities are comparative
- iy modern. There used to be an
idea that when the cold winter
days were over the roor need be less
matter of concern. because they then
required no fuel Cor warmth. no hlan-
kotn. fewer clothes Tor covering and no
shoes or stockinrs f0r their feet. Mod-
orn philanthropy which hopes Tor APP
proximato na well as direct benefits. H
moro thoughtful 10 knows that while
tho poor are In winter comparative
prisoners. summer releases them. ana
at that season moro than any other
thoy are n greater menace to society
and likely 90 het1f'r rooted In habits
that viii make them affirmed pau-
rcrH.
IN the great cities the tencmonts that
through the winter have housed the
poor and sick and criminal send forth
In summer their thousands Co meet ana
rcmcct In the streets. In the nlleywnya
aud couftyarda. whore they lolter when
the weather IL mild. one learns of the
others history habits and manners
with n celebrity pnuilelcd In no other
condition.
In New York city. for Instance, dur
Ing che winter months one may 20
through the tenement district time aft
cr time without oncuuniotlng anything
unusual On the appearance ~ the neigh
b1rhood but SO through the same dis
tfIct say Cherry. Delaney RivlnEtun or
any Of the cross streets thcruabout, and
one will see fro escapes crowded with
/ half clad children halls and doorwnyn
nncd with iouurcrs ana the streets
/ swurming with men aud women and
I children. Tho language used r. often
such nH IN unit Tor the ears ~ children.
the streets nrc uuHnnltnry and badly
kurt In many districts. ana the oppor.
tuuitloH 90 learn evil are great.
10 o. not alone the fear OF the spread
of crime and vice. foatorcd no much by
the outdoor NE which the summer
months entail but the opportunities %
nliovIatlng tho mircrica % the season
that have doubtless served 20 influence
I phllanthroplstn 60 take up summcr
charity work Taken In contrast. nc.
cofdlnriy. with the work done "a few
l years nRo. summer work among the
poor Of the great cities IN in great adj
vance of what Il once was
Possibly u was partially the vivid pen
pictures ~ that thoughtful observer Of
[ pHupor ne In New York city Mr Jacob
| Hils. that drew attention 90 the work
Co Boz done nm0ng children IN that city.
l Through bic magazine sketches and
| published works many reforms have
been brought about Among these was
the planting Of breathing spots In the
shape 90 small parks in those noiFhhor-
hoods In the lower part NJ New York
| city famous Tor their lnwlCasneaa. Null
berry bend ana Five polntn. known M
the haunta Of thieves and thugs. have
boon transformed into comparatively
attractive and law abiding districts
through the aoficnlng Influence u fresh
air. sunshine. grass and trees.
There are recognized charitable funds
Tor tho honont u the children II Nov
York that do nm immense amount Of
good through their various channels
The fresh air funds are many. one u
IN charge ~ great newspaper and
sends thousands 81 Children out of thi
city for brief term during the sum
mrr Another. under the auspices Of
the Society For the Improvement of th'
Poor. has summer homo at Sea
nrerzc. on Long Island where last yoai
i7tls persons were benefited. The Chill
drcn'a Ala society also has summer
home AZ Bath Beach and a health hon,
az Concy Island where In the aumme
hosts ~ Stun children learn Tor the mrs
time tho meaning Of fresh air and plen
ty ~ food
only those who have looked into IN
matter have any idea N tho nlckncn
"a q death that occur among the chill
dren NJ the poor during The warn
weather. Scarcely a household whcr
there are children ~ in the warn
weather without ita little sufferer. a
the summer IN tlmn whom work {
. scarce there BE- generally "a lack of mon
. cy. n not food, aud many families can
not nfnrd either medicine or physician
, Il ia moreover. a regrcttnhlo fact tina
many women n the poorest clau
through Ignorance often, DO not rccog
. nlEe the fact that n child in seriously d