New-York tribune., 1903-08-13
HELP LORENZ PATIENT.
Fresh Country dir Giuen to Many
Little Cripples.

Sunny and fresh with cool breezes, yesterday was
ideal day for travelling, and The Tribune Fresh
Air Fund sent 259 happy youngsters travelling be-
tween a IN. and 3S1 p m. Most OF them will
return after two weeks outing in the country.
The fifty little cripples that went to Tenahy. y j.
however. are booked to spend six weeks there.
Besides Tenafy. other towns received city vis
ltors-Mechanicsville y. i; New-Windsor. y. y;
Pittsfeld, Mass Mehoopany. Laceyville, Catasau-
qua. Packerton. Mauch Chunk and TUnkhannock,
in Pennsylvania. and West Coxsackie, y. Y.
This is the fifth party Of twenty that has been
sent to MechanicsviIle this season. to be enter
! tained in the home there at the expense Of the
people of Mddletown and Goshen. Another large
party. numbering 10s went to PittsheId. Mass,
be boarded by the people there.
The parties that went into Pennsylvania all cen
ire about Tunkhannock. and were organized there
by Pierre Asheld and Mrs. Buck This place is a
small country village. pleasantly situated in the
mountain land. About it lie the other in
which children were received yesterday. The Sus-
quehanna and Tunkhannock rivers flow through
this region Considerable industry is represented
here. and there is every facility for giving the
small visitors good time.
The work taken up there four years ago
after a lapse of some time Mr.. Ashed has been
interested in The movement ever since and for two
years has taken the management of the parties A
portion of the children taken here are entertained
as guests, and the rest boarded from a fund
raised by the townspeople. This season Ss5 was
collected. The children for the most part stay
ing farms
Those going to Tenahy and most of those bound
for MechanicsvilIc aresconvaIescents or crippes
They presented ptiful spectacle as they came to
the ferry in the afternoon. The party in Happy
Land" at Tenahy. deserves especial notice.
This company of fifty will be entertained by Mrs
John S. Lyle in her fresh air home With them
are five nurses also the guests of Mrs Lyle The
children have all been treated for different de-
formities the New-York Orthopedc Dispensary
and Hospital, and being sent out from there to
recuperate for six weeks in the fresh air with the
assistance Of the wholesome food that they never
get in their homes. All from the poorest Of
tenement quarters.
They attracted much attention as they came from
the ferry the Jersey side In the large carriages
IN which they were taken from their homes Most
Of them unable TO walk. They were gently
placed on the baggage trucks and trundled from
the carriages to the train. They were poor little
unfortunate bits of humanity. pale and spritless,
incased in plaster casts and iron braces. On every
side were expressions of pity from bystanders and
more than audiby blessed the practical charity
that was giving these little people a chance for
their lives and perhaps for their permanent cure.
!, Ihere are among them bad cases OF curvature OF
ease The operations that have been perforneed
require [qe weary months OF careful nursing and at
too is in vain without general building up of the
system by good air and food and generally health
IuI surroundings, as any knows who is at all
Ia3nIllar with bone diseases OF course these con-
homes, Mrs. Lyle's Kindness will mean turn in
erippes g 5ae OF an entire life for most Of these little
One of these children is of interest as patient
or pr Lorenz on his visit last fall He invited
to the annual reception in December at the dspen-
sary; and gave a clinic for those present This
child was operated then. and seems to be doing
results.
The persons receiving children into their homes
or managing the work in the country yesterday, at
Iunkhannock, were Mrs. A A. Buck. F. L. Stone
=. .o. w. Lewis Mrs Baker Mrs Weleh. Mrs. Rosep-
win. Mrs. !. T. Baker. Mrs. Billings. Mrs. London
Mrs Drake, Mrs; Space and Pierre Asheld; ct Me-
hoopany. Mrs. Champion and Mrs. John Robinson;
at,Iit at IPackerton Mrs Houtz; at Laceyville Mrs
Mrs. Martin Keeney, Mrs. Abner Keeney, Ruby
Fassett. Mrs Labarr Mrs. Walter Baldwin, Mrs
RepSIer and Mrs. Griffin; at CataSaUqua, Kate
Goldsmith, and at Mauch Chunk, the Rev. A. B.
Putnam. At West Co1sackie the party
eeived and distributed by the Rev. Theodore NJ
Shepard.