The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-25
TO CLOSE The HOME
SEASON OF FRESH AIR INsTITU-
TION AT TYBEE ABOUT RUN.
CHILDREN LEAVE THURSDAY.
THERE HAVE BEEN 249 OF THEM
CARED FOR THIS SUMMER.

Twenty Children, the Last Detach-
ment, VIII Leave Tomorrow for
the IsIand-When They Return,
Those In Charge of the Home win
Remain Two Days to Leave Every
thing in Ship-shape-Mother as
Well as Children, Have Been
Cared for This Summer-Froebel
Circle Has Paid on the Debt Upon
the BuiIding-The Charity Is n
Popular One.
The Fresh Air Home conducted by
Froebel Circle of Kings Daughters at
Tybee will close next Thursday. when
the children who may be there then
will be brought back to their homes in
the city. The day will mark the end
of the most successful season in the
history of the home.
Thus far this season there have been
249 children cared for at the home.
Twenty more will be sent down to-
morrow under the care of Mrs. r. L.
Mercer. Miss Anderson yesterday
brought up twenty who had enjoyed
a week at the seashore.
cared for at the home. The institu-
ton has grown popular with children
and with parents, and there is clamor
as soon as school closes for the sum-
mer. Children want to be admitted.
They made persistent application, and
the members of the circle find some
trouble in discriminating and deciding
just who shall go.
The ladies engaged in the excellent
Il A..s.- l. 1.I 49, 10 dc
of the applicants. They want to give
the places in the Home to children
whose health would be benefited by the
week on the salts. They design their
Home especially for sick or GONZALES
cent children, and they invite the CO.
operation of physicians in discovering
such little ones as may be in need OF
the rest, recreation and cooling breezes
that Tybee will provide. Several of the
physicians, the ladies of the Circle say,
have rendered valuable assistance in
this wise, but there are many who
have not seemed to concern them
selves about the matter at all. Next
summer, when the Home is again open
ed, the ladies trust that all the physi-
clans will strive to keep them posted
upon such cases as may reach their
attention.
An innovation this summer has been
the care of mothers, as well as of chill
dren 1t has been found necessary, in
a few cases, to take mothers to the
island. They have been Accommodated
in one of the two cottages that are
connected with the Home. The other
cottage is used by Miss Ada Hull. the
trained nurse, who cares for the sick
among the children. The ladies have
been told that it was only the stay at
Tybee that saved several of the chill
dren's lives.
Miss Dale is matron of the Home and
Miss Icard is assistant matron. They
will remain at the home until Satur-
day, getting everything in readiness for
closing. They will pack up and leave
all trim and ready for the opening next
Summer.
The Home occupies the building that
was formerly owned by the Zorayda
Club. After having rented a cottage,
the Circle determined to buy building
for Home. When the Zorayda proper
ty was offered for sale, the Circle
bought it. A debt was carried for a
time, but that has been removed. A
contribution of 800 from the Savannah
Benevolent Association helped to that
end.
During this summer the ladies of the
Circle have, as in the past, been the re-
cipients of much charity. The Fresh
Air Home is an institution that people
like to help. The Tybee Railroad has
continued to transport the children
and those in charge of them free of
cost. The ice companies have provided
all the ice needed; druggists have fur
nished all drugs free; Paul Conida has
given candy whenever it has been
wanted, and the Morehouse Manufac-
turing Company has given baking pow
dnr. lar