The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-19
NO FRESH AIR FOR THEM.
DIscouragInE FL Experience OF the Set tiement
Worker Who Sought Ia do Good.

DIscouragInE Experience OF the Set Element
Worker Who Sought TO do Good.
The new recruit TO the settlement family,
had been sitting at the feet" Of the member
in charge OF fresh air work.
your work must be the most satisfactory -
OF anything down here" she said a little bit
nervously. remembering that only an hour
or 80 before, when she had graciously ex-
tended through Sammy Malones mother an sja
invitation to Sammy to join her club for rcy. ~.
small boys she had had the door ciosedao.isr.
in her face. ~. -ya4s.s
The neighbors must always be glad to Roeotrerr'
10 the country, away from these hot Streets E1osrfa
she added. i--a-o M
well, almost always cautiously admit All hnas
ted the fresh air member. but ~youcan't 81. ~.
be sure. The first year I lived down here 4dm4qc
the settlement had the use OF sn1ttle two ,no>
story house with a garden and gveat, beau-s 'sd7.
tiful shade trees, and we thought il would be ifitpse
a fine place for two families to use. keeping = ARM
house just as they did at home. One Of the .iSrt
families we decided to invite to occupy its a." iis'
mother and father and six ohildren+liveds s,aS
in two rooms, or rather a room Gsa 9 Aslt. 'ints
in the dirtiest. noisiest tenement in the o%:taS,i,t
dirtiest, noisiest street l had seen before or ~ rgs
have come across since. co.. Hvsa an
sThe morning l came 10 announce the glad ASsr~
tidings OF the country visit to them / found -" uSc
the baby enthroned in state on the wash tubs ..5s1 81
with a cucumber in one fist and a green pear Nr
in the other. and on inquiring about the sasirs'
general health Of the family was told, the -;0'yny
baby. she got no appetite 'f 'fStr
After many sourryings back and forth ifr.1os
between the settlement and the tenement =
and many conferences as to the advisabilitys ~y n
Of taking this or leaving that at home. the r,e7rIs
principal bone OF contention being the enor- A5or;al
nous feather pillows, which | finally pre- y fs
vailed on them to leave. IL WAS arranged thas ~z;:esee'
mother and children were TO 60 for six s4to
weeks and father was 70 come out and spend 1ptfa'
Sundays with them. .@' s1hF
$50 on a broiling hot Sunday / depart ID .Lasu
in triumph with my charges and landed sSaf
them safely In their new quarters. although ae-b3''
ten-year-old Isaac had Loaf his hat from - ~
the car window early in the trip. and while ~
] was consoiing him nine-yesT-oid Norris, '7r'''fi
In irving TO watch the flight of the hat, is.i1cs
had been saved from a crushed skull o1y 1'f
by being promptly jerked back through hns1
the car window by the conductor. - Dsf.i,o
Il showed them fae village grocery as1non
store and butcher. made arrangements, 49,,
10 H. H. saca and persnirine hut Si,ba - -sh
tent with my first personally conducted '''p5e-
excursion. .r~ gsig93a
THE s~corching weather continued un-, i, ;.,
broken through the week and by Thursday, .ss
| thought Il might be well 10 have pater.
familias go TO his family a day or 40 ahead Hts-
Of time. So | went over TO the ct ~,
at the door by mateTfamilias with a broad ,s-.,
smile on her face and her youngest on her
ann, with the rest OF the family in tho IND
back ground, rsi'% Nan
when ! had recovered sufficiently to I-ai afJ
ask why, ] was told with many APOLOGIZE "a NJ
and you must excuse mes that Rosie-ths. -.
baby didn't like the country and We
ia ali Aaity. and a bird outside the window F-Fti.
he sing 80 loud we can't SlssplC-And thare "a iSGl