New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-05
TALE OF THE TENEMENTS.
Fresh dir Fund Worker Relates
Story of italian Worker.

DO you see those three nicely dressed little ones
at the end of the line?" asked missionary yes
terday as Tribune Fresh Air party boarding
the train for CIaverack. Their family history is
to relate little romance of the tenements that is
only of the many that might be told by those
who know these regions of the city.
Several years ago the father. Italian sculptor
with a considerable fortune, married a beautiful
girl in his native country and started with his
bride on an extensive wedding tour. On reaching
New-York the husband stricken with dis
ease which Frustrated him for a long time While
i'll financial difficulties came upon him. and when
he recovered he found himself stranded In the
great foreign city without money or friends.
So he and his wife remained here and went to
work. Then the children were born, and with the
increased family and poor health things went from
bad to worse till they were forced to live in
wretched tenement quarters. Not long ago the
horizon frightened little The mother and father
We're both earning money. and. in addition they
learned that they might at last get the long ex-
pected fortune in Italy. They accordingly returned
home only to find that their hopes We're in vain.
Then the little American born children cried for
their home in New-York. till the parents length
returned once more and are living on the West
Side, poorer than
Yet they have kept through it all their honest
self-respect. The mother keeps her five children
neatly dressed and her home clean and tidy. They
have never accepted any charity. Lately sewer gas
has been escaping in the house where they are liv-
in that district discovered their plight and induced
the mother to send the three younger children out
to the country while they moving. 1t required
great deal of persuasion to get them to accept
even that much help. they have great horror
of being considered objects of charity.
The regular parties of children sent out yester-
day for the two-week outings went to Randolph,
N. Y; COnesus. n. Y; Bear Lake, Penn; Scio.
n. Y; Sherburne, N. Y; Shippensburg, Penn;
Lewiston. Penn; Mattawana. Penn; MoVeytown.
Penn. Ryde Penn; Strodes Mills Penn. and Mill
lersVile Penn, to be entertained in private fam
lies besides another party to the Fresh Air Home
at ClaVerack n. y. In addition to these, twenty
two little Cuban orphans were sent from BROOKLYN
70 Saybrook Conn.,. at the invitation of Mr. Sci
den, of that place They will remain there through
this month.
At McVeytown the hosts are Samuel Gearhart
Mrs Charles Wyble. Belle Rhodes. Miss Nancy
Hanawalt, Serena Rubie, w. s. Harshbarger and
W. c. Rambler. Mattawana people who received
children yesterday are J. 3. HarshbaTger, Mary
Yoder Abram Harshbarger, Maggie Moist, Han
nah Yoder, Irwin Stroup. Levi Hertzler, j. A
french j. F. Rouck. Mary R9uck, A l; Ken Ken,
Yoder and Joseph y. Kaufman. Ryde is enter
tanning guests in the homes of T. S. Breton and
Viola Moist; and StrOde's Mills at the homes OF
Mile Strobe and J. c. Surgart.
The Randolph party is with Mrs. Lon Merritt
Mrs, Juna Moray, Mrs. Henry Riddle Mrs. George
Keith. Mrs. Leyinus Boardma1, Mrs. John Burt
Mrs Alphonso Boardman, J. G. Evans. Mrs; W.
Mrs ]. NJ, Almy Mrs Seth Shaw. Mrs. Jennie
Morey and Miss Minnie Glover. The party fol
Sherburne was in charge of William A. Platt, who
distributed them among hosts there.