New-York tribune., 1903-06-22
OFF TO THE COUNTRY.
Joyfm Time for Some Children Of
the Cro1Cded City.
DIE TO TRIBUNE FRESH AIR FUND.

DUE TO TRIBUNE FRESH AIR FUND,
On June II a party Of twenty children from ths
East Side left this city for MIddleto"n, " T..
under the rnauag geu1ent OF The Tribune Fresh Air
Fund Tho children will be entertained for two
weeks by the people OF Middletown and Goshen.
N Y Money has been raised By the many friends
of the movement in these two towns ana with this
fund the local committees pay for the chiIdrens
hoard and care ut the farmhouse OF Thomas South
well. at Mechanicstown. N. Y. about halfway be-
tween the two towns
The neople Of 9iddletogn and Goshen have bas,
entertaining the children sent By The Tfi5une for
years At the farmhouse there are accomrnoda-
ffons for twenty children at time, and his pleas
ant home Kept filed every season from ths
middle June until the middle OF September. Be
sides the general care given by Mr. and Mrs
southwrU A woman is employed whose sola busi-
ness it is to look after the children keep them out
Of trouble and Insure their having a good time. A
plentiful supply OF wholesome food Is furnished.
and with the pure air and exercise the visitors
ma ke such physical Improvement IN two weeks thar
some of them are hardly recognizable On their re-
turn one child gained fifteen pounds in two weeks
last season
a HOMES YEARLY RECORD
The home cared for 11s children last summer Ths
following are the officers who had charge during
the season: President, A. B. Hurtin. OF Mddletowu;
,.fce-,residept A. g. Wheeler OF Goshen; secre-
tarv Oliver B. Hill. OF A1iddIetQwn; treasurer. DR..
E. G. Parker of Goshen; manager. FL W TuthH.
of NIiddIetown; assistant managers. Mrs Russell.
of MiddIetown and Mrs. Meyers, OF Goshen The
organization is complete and insures careful
agement.
The managers Of the home especially desire IN
valid crippled or convalescent children Hence.
whenever opportunity offers. children OF this class
are sent there. On Wednesday last the first party
Of the season left the city by the way OF Chambers
street Ferry This is an outing the children have
looked forward to for months. counting OK the time
eagerly since the first cold weather OF last fall
COUNTRY. OPEN NOW.
HAS the country opened yet? Is the question
local missionaries hear every day. as soon as spring
weather comes. This first party Of twenty Is made
up entirely OF children from the Inhrmary and
Hospital for Infrm Women and Chlidren' IN Easr
Fifteentb-st and all are recovering from sickness
They come from the district lying between Lewis
ST. and Fourth-ave., and Fourth and sixteenth SIS
''I wish every one had the chance 70 see those
children when they leave here Dr. A D Daniel
said land see them again on their return The
change is almost incredible Actually. haraly
know some of them. They go away thin and paie
from the effects OF bad air and scane 1000 ana
return plump and invgorated Many OF them Avs
in rear houses or Easements here, ana thlS UP
70 the country Is their only chance to get pure air
and good and sufficient food during the year NO
wonder they show the change!
.a7-bair inv al going knows no bounds Inc oese
way we have Of keeping them from lalllns ~ %
the train on the trip is by telling them tnat II CisY
are killed they can't the country ms Is O"e
first visit for nearly all Of them as only tnree Hs
gone before. There no cripples IN TINS party
although one is suffering from St Nltrs N4Ace'
from, which we expect he will be recovered on MS
ret1,rn The others are recovering from measles.
rraurr7a ffsr1 malaria and kindred dlSedsSSSS.
every case it was absolutely necessary LOT Che Pa
tent to go to the country Inere - ~ 1Ebet a.
early a ge these children sent away IIoI -
The Youngest in this party is three years olu' s4
the oldest only thirteen
MANY PATHETIC CASES.
rrbs-s are many pathetic and amusing IN
.,,.as connected with these children One OF them
o--5ed a Great bundle OF school books along win
tbs intention of studying. Another was sent BACK
an account Of a dirty face and in an astonlsnlngIy
short time she returned with her face shining and
clean as IT had not been before in a long Wnle-
Two OF them are children OF a woman VINO w. @
sent cut by The Tribune eighteen years ago sns
married well and was prospering but her 1u7D1-A ~
was taken sick and they are miseraoly poo
In four cases the fathers have deseited 'n7
n,athers and in one instance the mother nc y 4
consumptive, Is supporting Iour CuIiUl0H y
bing floors at 81 a week -. - -. t~-,- 10 ,tsf+
the country that they come TO gs deeIarlI5 Ies
very sick. They have great dnculty N IN +-z.
e~r3ntorn9 but maintain that trip to the country
vyiI fx them up One little girl OF Ihirteen %hg
has gone out for six seasons, Is Iee4lhg Net! -
beca1se she is needed here this year 10 care Lo[ o
he nv since her mother has recently dled 4 HseS
heen greatly impressed with the mental ana ~ LiOLee
ir,nroyement manifested among fanllIes WIloss s
,T1ar1hsrs were sent to the country AI4V',
Forn1 lifelong acuuaintances in the country anu
1-isIf hack and forth. In some instances ths UOS
est+Ie on farms and never return 70 tne Ctty-
wish people could and understand fuIly Ihe IN
rnenss good done by these fresh air ulps-