The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-29
PRESIDENT NSPECTS
 COHEY ISLAND HOME
GOES THROUGH INSTITUTION
 FOR CHILDREN SUFFERING BONE TROUBLE.

Few More Beneaeieut Works Than Thfa
 Much Accomplished by Sea Air
 Treatment in the Cure of Bone Tn-
 bercuIosis--What Dying Woman's
 Letter Did for the oause--A TriP UR
 the Hudson and Glimpse of Warships
 -ordered Not to Salute.
 Oyster Bay, N. r., July 28-Presi- dent Roosevelt, after spending two hours to-day in an inspection Of the Sea. Breeze home established on Coney Island, New York bay. by the New York Association for the Improvement of the Condition of the poor, returned to sagamore Hill this evening at six o'clock.
 Tonight the president dictated 9, statement concerning the trip and his reasons for taking 1t. The Statement follows:
 T went down to-day to see the hos pital for children suffering from bone troubles, which is managed in conjunc- ton with the fresh air fund of the New York Association for the Im- provement of the Condition of the Poor. The hospital is at the Sea Breeze home, Coney Island, About 290 children are taken each week to the Sea Breeze under the fresh air fund.- and over 5000 during the season.
 "The hospital has room for only forty-five children and there are more than 4,000 cases of bone tuberculosis in the tenement house district of New York Now, the trustees are trying to raise 3 fund for a hospital which shall hold four hundred patients. The fresh air fund people are obliged to refuse admission to 1000 or 5000 applicants annually.
 The sea air treatment of bone tll- berculosis has been found to be mar velously successful in France. Here, also, 1t has proved so successful that at the Sea Breeze home they have not lost a single patient. All were bene- fited and most of them were cured.
 Now. about three weeks ago, Miss Laura Wilmington, who had been pri- l vate secretary to pr Lyman Abbott, and had taken a great interest in the Ifresh air fund, was dying of cancer in l St Luke's hospital, New York. When she learned of the need for increased hospital facilities for esffe cfilaren 'sr Sea Breeze. she wrote q letter settine. forth the work and the needs in the Outlook, signing only her initials. I "A certain gentleman whom | know to be a large giver in charities but lWho never allows his name to appear lsaW this letter and asked Jacob His to go to Sea Breeze and to irvestigate and report to him on the facts MT. Riis investigated and reported scy strongly on the good being done ana that the need for additional facilities were So great, that the man in question subscribed $1O,000 for enlarging the hos- lpftal, and pledged himself to give $f. .000 annually for ten years for maintaining 1t. Another man also subscribed $5, GOO.
 MT, Riis at once sent word to MISS Winnlington telling her what her arr ticle had accomplished and 1t cheerad liner last three days. She died last { Wednesday. Meanwhile MT Riis had asked me to be sure to come down tn the home and see for myself. I went down to-day, and took Senator Crane lof Massachusetts with me. I feel that there can be few more beneflcent works than that which is being accomplished with the fresh air fund and this sea- side hospital for tenement children suf- Ifering from bone tuberculosis On the way home the SyIph went up the Hud- Ison and when we passed the battle- ships signaIled them not to salute, but I did want to see the Formidable squadron which believe to be colIec- lively and individually as fine a fight ling fleet as the finest in the world. [ Twas immensely pleased at the way in (which Admiral Evans and the officers lunder him have performed their duty lin nanoeuvering this great fleet and also with the target practice and tac- tical efficiency shown by the fleet nnan- oeuvres. I feel that every A1l1erican Ishould be proud of that splendid aieet, splendidly officered and manned as it lilies there in the Hudson.