New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-07-11
q E. SOCIETY TO GIVE AID.
TO ADD FRESH AIR WORK TO ITS
CHARITIES NEXT YEAR.

The NeV--Yorl State Christian Endeavor society
will hereafter add fresh air work for the city emil
dren 10 the list OF It's charities An eHor1 win
this end In view Is already under way and at the
state convention of the Christian EndeavorerS 10
be held at Troy october -, the question VIII DC
formally presented and acted upon by the repre-
sentativcs Of all the different branches Inc -rlu
me Fresh Air Fund children from the most hseuy
districts this city are the ones who nave aFouen
the Endeavorers 20 action. To rescue them from
the frIghtfu conditions of the city in summer the
Christian Endeavor societies throughout tho state
will be asked To cooperate.
The Rev. J. Foster Wilcox. of Pulaski n T.
cba,rr,an Of the State finance committee and
member of the State executive committee, has been
ouetIv at work for several weeks and yesterday
announced the result and purpose of his efforts 20
a representative of The Tribune. He said;
have been in correspondence with the various 'Ss
counties of Lewis jefferson. Oswsso; 81, lawrence
and Fragkn Of which ap ,, The head ana ann am
organize the movement for relief throughout the
The S ia the city are to their
sympathy and hearty cooperation In the work Of
The Tribune Fresh Air Fund. and next summer |
hope will see entertainment provided for thousands
Of the little 6 Gem es h2e P MoF d preS
and along other lines, and, If 1t can be done fresh
there is a Christian Endeayor society in Northern
New-York but viii aid in the work both financially
come TO the country for a two weeks stay At
ago presented the affair and secured hearty offers
OF sympathy and assistance.
Last year a party of forty Tribune Fresh Air
children came TO Pulaski and became deeply in
terested in them. As result / came down last
winter TO the city and went through the crowded
tenement districts of the East Side to the homes
of the children l had met In the summer. The
conditions l found simply astounded me, The
squalor and filth and misery were beyond coneep-
tion at that season of the year. When came
down last week / made the rounds again. To see
what the children had TO face in the summer
months. How many live and grow cannot
mag ne in those narrow. dirty, hot and evil smelling
streets of the East Side. The homes were even
worse. Two three little rooms crowded TO SUI
location. ventilation, sanitation of any kind,
the poorest food and little of IT, cooking eating
and sleeping, all together-that is what the little
state care for children enough TO take them out
of this for two weeks at least
Last Sunday preached at the Riverside Baptist
Church, at Ninety-second-st and AmsteVdam-aVe.
and told them of the conditions in their city
! doubt II they realize what the misery Is. for
many became interested Immediately and offered
their cooperation and assistance. In the Country
have held meetings at Pulaski Port Ontario Fern
wood and Mexico and interested the residents OF
all the towns. | was assisted in the work BY the
gregational Church; the Rev. 5. c. Barnes OF the
Methodist Church; the Rev. G.. A. Fairbanks IF
the Mexico Baptist Church. and the Rev p &
Marshall of Fernwood. Success was inmt date I'm
work among the country districts needed 10 bring
great results. The Christian Endeavor Society with
branches IN so many churches, offers an avaiabIe
and powerful means of accomplishing this
Nearly two hundred more children from the tena
meht districts Were sent out into the country YES
terday by The Tribune Fresh Air Fund for Two
weeks vacation from the awful heat which brings
such suffering among the poor. The first or tba