New-York tribune., 1907-08-29
CHANCE GIVEN CHILDREN
Little Ones Reclaimed By Tnbuns
Fresh dir Fund.

Say, teacher, you ought TO have been where We
were" said member Of Tribune Fresh Air
party coming home from Warwick. n. T.. yester-
day.
Why should r. asked Mr. Viola N. inter
ested missionary
Because they give you enough to eat there" re-
Piled the happy boy. with suggestive tvirI OF the
head and a merry twinkle that told OF happy
memories.
volume upon the Fresh Air Fund as ar lnstitu-
ton could not portray forcbly than that brief
conversation important feature OF the benef-
cent work for the children
Angelina, a poor Italian girl. has received a sec
ond chance this summer. and still she has not had
week IN the country all told The day after
reaching the country the first time she quietly
walked away from her companions. and
by q ne!shbor picking berries by the roadside.
Then she was lost sight OF and was gone FOR some
time before she found II thought bssc
to have her return home at once. which she did.
little the worse and not much the better for her
outing.
Miss Edith Kendall OF the Friendly Aid House.
when told OF the childs lonely experiences. safd
that she ought 20 have more pleasant memories oe
the country than these experiences would gfva
her. and she invited Angelina and her mother
and one or two little brothers and sisters 20 acs
company her TO Green's Farms. Conn., TO ths
beautiful Childrens Home. carried on by ths War
Goddard House.
AngeIina's youngest sister being only two weeks
old. IL was decided to have q kind Italian neigh
Dor. with her two little boys. accompany An
gelina q guardian And this done. but
alas OF the boys four years old. was found
to be suffering from tuberculosis. and II was noe
considered safe for him 10 remain with the party.
The mother OF the boy urged to leave Angel
ina at Green's Farms. but she said with en-
phasis which admitted of no further argument
"Angelina's father would XIII II should DO
that"
And so for q second time the little italian girl OF
back again the top floor of her horne IN
Mulberry street Nothing else can be done FOR
her this year. but next summer, il she IS hvtng-
she shall have the very best vacation outing posSi-
BILE. II 1T requires special caretaker TO accompany
her. and evidently It will Volunteers TO ensurs
that happiness may file their applications with
the manager at any time.
The following paragraphs from letter recently
sent by Connecticut woman to friends near her
own home describe call made in the interest
OF a Fresh Air child, IN street not far from
Angelina's four story tenement house:
After the sunset Of one OF our suItry August DAYS
apy Wenaed my t WAY snIousP The enS srpWe a. eghSor
hood, the ragged looking. sick appearing chHdTen
pity for those poor. unfortunate little people who
through life know nothing of what God has so
bounteously given TO the people OF his kingdom
The children. needless to say. were all on the
street. some on the SIDEWALK. more on the curb
stones; their scanty and unclean attire proved their
Of the infants which mothers held In their arms
was indeed pitiful to hear The odor Of the neig.
etables. and nearly every other unpleasant oeor
that one could imagine. was apparent to one who
had nostrs 10 smell with.
In contrast TO that picture l think Of another
with clean children. in another OF the beau-
tifui Fresh Air homes. where more than three
thousand of those poor. deserving children have
been sent this summer. and where there are to-
day more than thousand under the careful direc-
ton Of DR. Devtns whose untiring efforts never
cease where this great work Is concerned The
brighter eyes. merrier laugh. happier makeup OF
these little children sufficient reward. to say
nothing OF the eternal reward which VIII certainly
await the promoters of this work for the least OF
Gods little
Pittsfed. Mass. Ardsey- -on-the- Hudson. Putnam
and Olinvtlle. N Y. received parties OF children
yesterday. the two former places more than one
hundred each Ltchfield, Conn, and Shokan. in
the Catskills. will each receive large parties to-
day. fifty boys and fifty girls going to Litchhed
and hundred girls. from twelve TO sixteen.
going to Shokan.