New-York tribune., 1908-07-13
pFCORD FRESH AIR WEEK.
T-;buue Fund to Send .145 Children
TO the Country.

-h,. uiII be one OF the record weeks OF the Trib-
- F-esh Air Fund II was record work getting
- bo,-s and girls ready. and not until the last
- -. ~ +hs L145 children be sent 10 the coun-
- hss rarted will the weeks work be done.
Tbsv will all be clean too, in every particular and
- u-l be free from any contagious or infectious
.tase hut few Of the many VIII be robust. The
- for r. work grows with the advance Of the
-, The heated tenement house districts are
-, +lei- toll Of children with the nevitableness
g 4.+a and 10 save lives is the object OF the fund
The more the outlying cities and towns take part
- n. work and the more children they entertain
o.. more they want 20 entertain They are not in
-. habit OF seeing children in the physical condi-
-, ~ those sent 10 the country and realize the
.csssitv Of the work more than many who look
r,on the human product OF the tenement houses
"a g matter Of course, something 10 be accepted
xfrbo11t protest necessary accompaniment OF
,.s IN g big city. Those outside the city see the
,s,v-sided benefits received by the boys and girls
-+ m them and are unitedly eager TO give aid
rb.t is why one woman took twenty-four little
~5-ls into her home last week.
-..-e are stacks Of railroad tickets IN the fund
.-os They represent big outlay OF money. They
II all he used before Saturday dawns- To-day
-, vyl ne four parties-fftv girls TO the Shep-
hs-d Knapp home in Litchheld, 100 girls TO the
y-o-7-n farm near Shokan; two girls for Margaret
xre n the Cstskills and 50 boys and girls TO the
cbapeI Hi home This means a total of 2s4 chill
s-.- on Tuesday 2Ib children VIII be sent out, lob
ts and girls 70 Ardsley on the Putnam, and so
bovx % Iarchfeld Wednesday will be the big day,
.o5 bovs and girls going out 23o 10 Binghamton,
- n A-dslev IS 10 Pittsfeld and is TO Warwick
-rte three parties on Thursday will go 10 Water
+or 7o2 bows and girls Goshen. % boys and girls.
,-s T7-e-lsken so boys. The Friday party consists
Of a girls 10 Fairfield
F4ve-v one Of the 1145 children will receive a
hath before starting and they will all receive baths
while a1-av In the great majority Of instances
.ris will be new experience for those who have
mt been Fresh Air children in former years. The
habit f cleanliness is ins+flled in the minds OF the
hors and girls and II is seldom that they depart
radically from it. To have been Fresh Air child
Is 10 be markedly more presentable than those
who have not visited the country
The six children Of the family that was dis
possessed in East 10th street viii remain at the
A-dsey home d fortnight longer The fund re-
ceirsd postal card from the mother last week.
A worker called al the address which was given
as "on the roof OF the tenement house. But
there had been d change The husband had OBJ
tained work and had worked two days when the
call was made The mother had gone 10 live with
relative taking one OF the two remaining chill
d-en who TOO young TO 20 to Ardsley. The
other child about TWO years old. left with the
mothers sister in the tenement house.
4 found that the sister has five children
Of her own. and that II the six were sent back 10
the city would have 10 take them into her al
ready cramped quarters, II was decided 10 leave
them al Ardsey until their father can establish
neE home i is believed that he will be able 10
DO this in txo weeks. To be Of help to such fam
lies in distress is another Of the worth while
reasons for doing the Fresh Air work.