New-York tribune., 1906-06-30
$4,000 BY SUNSET.
or Seaside Hospital for SICK Chill
dren Forfcits $4,000.

II ssae1o Is net forthcoming by the end OF to-
da- I've thoussnd little children suffering from
tuberculosis of the bones and glands here in New
York WIFI Jose the chance Of having the great sea-
size hosrtai which has been planned for them.
Some time ago the Association for Improving the
Condition Of the Poor undertook raise s250ooo for
that purpose John D. Rockefeller pledged sl25 600,
other men various smaller amounts. but all on one
condition that the fun $4,000 be raised by the end
of June 1906 OF the worth Of the salt air treat
rnent for this disease there is doubt; that has
been demonstrated al Sea Breeze the little hospital
supported by The Association for Improving the
Condition of the Poor Many men, including Presi-
dent Roosevelt who visited Sea Breeze last year,
have testified that And Of its needs there be
doubt Tuberculosis Of the bones is the
dangerous in that its symptoms easily mis-
taken az frst for some t-tiing wound.
little child, of a big family living in a
foul and crowded tenement house falls and hurts its
knee. As the weeks so on the thus made does
not heal. II grows worse. begins 10 discharge, and
pains till the child cries with The mother
ries the little 10 dspensary. tuberculosis of
the bone" says the doctor. The mother shakes her
head. What does she know OF bone tuberculosis?
She has a neighbor diving Of what the doctors call
tuberculosis, but the neishhor coughs and spits
up blood
What becomes of the child? Possibly some
becomes interested and gets IL into one Of the city
hospitals. But there more than four thousand
children IN New York suffering from tuberculosis Of
the bones and glands. and the hospitals have
the special treatment they require Most likely the
child goes back 10 the crowded tenement house
The doctor gives The mother directions about pro-
tecting her other children from the discharges Of
the sore, which. he explains, full of the con-
sumption bacill But the woman Is ignorant. per
hsps careless. hardworked perhaps, and the
white terror spreads. AS The child wirh the
sore knee the chances that ill-nourished, poi
soned nv bad air. he grows worse the glands shrink
and shrivel. the hip becomes infected. and one more
cripple is added The host Of fhe handicapped.
Yet there is chance for a few CT these diseased
lle ones and i some one IN this great city is in
spired 10 contribute $4,000 before sunset to-day
The money may he made up BY any number OF
persons-there will he chance for great many
~ them very soon. Everybody knows about Sea
Breeze tho governmental hospital for tuberculosis
of the bones and glands established az Coney ISL
and by the Association for Improving the Con
dition Of the Poor. II experimental IN the
sense II experimenting on The pstients ier u Nss
long aro proved in the French seaside hospitals,
after which The Sea Breeze is patterned, that the
perimtntal in that the Association for improving
the Condition 2t ihe Poor g noPed scss g af Ssa
Breeze 10 induce the city 10 DO the same thing on
Larger ssae s ana INC Ie s6 h9s inc now beseb is not
particularly good. Al Rockaway Beach there are
finest Kind. Land can be had there very cheaply;
i the plan now before ne Board OF tsliinaIe & La
park for the people is carried through land for
ho1 hof9 b as i95 f In case The @ park plan
Goes not 80 through New York man mas onered
1t viii be q great disappointment II We fail after
getting 50 near the goal" said Mr. William Allen,
general secretary Of the Association Tor Improving
fhe Condition Of the Poor. 10 Tribune reporter
Yesterday IF the proposed hospital is built II would
not be managed by US he went on 1t would he
E city institution. Of course. but we would oversee
the building Of il, I suppose, because We have
gained some experience at Sea Breeze AS for sea
Preeze 7 don't know how long we can maintain IL.
how long we can find the funds for IL But sea
Breeze is 2 small affair, We take only thirty
four children there at a time, and what are thirty
four out Of -four thousand five thousand2'
But these thirty-four children are happy. We'll
nourished and cared for. Several. Mr. Allen says,
have been discharged entirely cured.
L wonderful said Or. Wallace. the orthO-
redist in charge there what Improvement has
been effected in apparently hopeless cases. Al
Sea Breeze YOU win see an kinds NJ deformities
shortened limbs hips dsfeured by assesses Two
or three little fellows strapped 10 boards, but
happy-for il Is better 20 he strapped 10 board
than IL 10 become a hunchback, which rs what
the hoard is 10 prevent
AL Of these rhlrtH-f0Ur children have good food
and sweet air, most improving Who Will help
some Of the many similar little unfortunates 20 a
fair chance Who will give something toward the
$50 009 geoulred-to-daV2
Contributions he sent N r. : Minturn
treasurer of the Association for improving the
Condition Fl the Poor ~ No jos EaSi 22d street