New-York tribune., 1907-08-26
CHILDREN IN THE CITY.
What AzCaits Those Who Become
Fresh dir Benefciaies.

For small soiled hands in the sordid city
For 3 nn%psRe Spsh arS 6y ds the ea on Pity
Streams around meadows OF green arc ~reathed-
Warm. unrevelled in. still they wander.
ssTgeE H. mssi The sa @ mGns
Al; the pain Of it: All. the pity; p.;.-
Sp oPuient soas stretch a the country .n y,, skies
| -Ethelwyn Wetherald.
Thousands of families throughout the country
receive the Tribune children as guests. and look
| forward 10 the coming with as much pleasure as
! the children themselves do to the happy fortnight
| in the country. Other hundreds, who for various
reasons cannot invite the little people into their
/ own homes. provide fer their outing by giving
money to a committee whose members become the
! hosts and suitable boarding places for the
children. Perhaps fifteen sixteen hundred bene-
| 1ciarles of the fund entertained in this way
Several Of the towns in which these generous
people live were visited by the mnaager of the
fund last week. unannOunced. and In every one
OF them hosts and guests were mutually pleased
The churches Of Hudson and Clavera TX, n. Y.
have cared for ninety-nine girls this summer In
the Benaway Home. Claverack Mrs Bena-
way the genial house mother is distressed be-
cause the last party contained only twenty-four
girls; she did want thetfgure TO be 100. The fact
that it was planned to send only ninety-six es-
capped her notice; she did want an even hundred
Miss VI. Ella Butler. the attendant, was asked
how she disciplined the girls
IF a girl is particularly troublesome" she
Piled. II tell her that she will have to come and
sit by my side. That never fails TO quen the most
turbulent uprising
A number Of girls who were sitting by her side
as she spoke all declared that they were Having
the time of their lives"
The rooms where the children eIeep were well
ventilated. and the breakfast table set for the
children was as neatly laid as If Mrs. Yenley Of
Hudson. Mr.. Dubois. Of Claverack. the COM
mittee's chairman and secretary, respectively, had
been expected.
The churches of Middletown and Goshen, y. Y.
have already entertained 155 children this year
larger number than n any former year, and twen
ty-ive more are going there Tomorrow. The chill
drer cared FOR in this home. nearly midway be-
tween the two towns are for the most part con-
valescent crippled. and good many Of them
remain month or longer Happy the boy girl
whose lot It Is be to this happy place and
be under the loving care OF Mrs. southwen. the
house mother,
In view OF the fact that many Of the children
need special care there are two attendants. Miss
Minnie Mann and Miss Ida Cornweu. both eff
workers ard deeply interested in children re-
curing personal assistance While child would
not be sent TO this home who was Just child, the
least of these are especially welcomed.
II. ". Tuthill of NIiddetown. divides HIS time for
three months between looking after his business
and planning for the Fresh Air children Perhaps
he has adopted Careys principle and makes the
OF the children his business and sells screens
TO pay expenses
The Rev. +. s. Child and his colIea CUES OF Fair
field, Conn. will welcome than a hundred
girls in OF the best OF all the Fresh AIR cot
tages Miss Parker, the attendant, lives and works
among the children OF the East and West sides
IN this city during the winter. and the expert
euce thus gained In adding happiness TO the lives
OF the twenty-five girls in each OF the five parties
sent 10 this fine New England town.
Rutland VI, Pittsheld Mass. Campbell Hall,
Utica, B!ughamton. Riverhead Bainb-idge and
other New York cities and towns among Those
which have welcomed large parties OF children.
whose summer has been made memorable by the
kindness OF their large hearted citizens. Sometimes
a minister begins the work; usually comuliitee
OF 1t. raises the money, receives the
children and looks after their health and comfort
while in the town and sends them back to the city
their lasting friends.
Happyland in Tensfy, n. i has an enviable
record 1t shows what noble hearted woman
backed by a generous husband. can do. Mrs. John
5. Lyle erected than q dozen years ago
commodious building on one OF the most pct
uresque sites OF the town. Every convenience for
the young guests provided. To insure the
safety Of the children fire escapes were placed
upon the building frequent fire drills are held
but so far no alarm has disturbed the slumber OF
the children. A small building was also erected TO
be used as q hospital in case OF Illness but for
three years its doors have not been opened Tor
patient.
AS Happyaud opens a fortnight earlier than the
other homes and remains upon fortnight later
seven parties Of fifty girls each cared for here
Unlike OF the other homes. also. II Is not
cared for by q committee. but has been under the
personal care of SIrs- Lyle from the first until the
present eurnmer when her place has been taken by
Miss Newcomb. The founder Of this beautiful
charity died last March Mr.. Lyle is deeply inter
ested and greatly enjoys having the children come
10 his hospitable home. not far away. and slug
for him.
Miss Newcomb gives a great deal OF time to ths
supervision OF the home, although matron, two at
tenAants and seven servants minister TO the wants
and needs of the girls Miss Scott is the matron
and Miss Evelyn A. Wyman and Miss Hessler are
the attendants It is a far cry from the young
women of the Emma Willard School in Troy. TO
the children from Avenue or Eleventh avenue
but Miss Wyman's ability and versatility are equal
70 both classes She is ably supported by Mr. Lyle
and Miss Newcomb. and thus the good work begun
by a lover of childhood is being perpetuated.
-Four parties of children will to the country
to-day and others Will follow every day until Sat
urday making an average of more than hundred
children a day to go to see and enjoy what is men
in the poem at the beginning of this article
Strength of body and nobility Of purpose will be
two of the results accruing from this fortnight
There are still 5000 needed to close the seasons
work but great is the need of the 10S3 children
for whom the special appeal made last week.
that nearly all of them will be sent out 4 the
manager is obliged TO underwrite the cost OF trans
portation Other thousands have been declined. but
these must go.
Pathetic are the appeals made in their behalf;
they have been investigated and found be trust
worthy; they cannot unheeded. To hold the
children back till the money comes in would shorten
their outing too much. they must be in school
weeks from to-day. Feeling certain that the
friends of the fund will wish him TO give these few
parties what they sorely need the manager has
decided to send out the six hundred who have been
waiting since the school vacation began in June to
stand with feet not at all reluctant
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