New-York tribune., 1909-09-10
HAD LOST THEIR HOMES
Three Little Girls Odd Plight
Fresh 4r Season Drn7ring to C1ose.

inree little girls. Becky. Carrie and Dora came
10 The office Of the Fresh Air Fund Yesterday morn
'.s III 'ne care of the attendant who had brought
them from Tenshy to the cftv Tbsv we're sent
away by the College settlement IN Ri,,,r-top
street but the workers from, tbsr. r,i.se5 connsc
' anu isheu 10 meet them at the station. The
enuant VINO brought them to New York did not
hno" where they lived, and so narshsIled them
~ 'ns Irioune Building. They were three among
nine thousand. and 1t was no small task for the
'''ce iorce 10 look up the records and find out
where their homes were, because the girls could
give only general idea of the part OF the citv in
which they lived
Becky and Carrie were sisters and after asking
tnsm questions the manager discovered they lived
!" LuoioW street Dora was little stranger Her
t"o companions knew nothing about her and as
she was only about five years old she couldn't talk
plainly enough to give any Information about her
SELF She gazed soemny at the manager her big
brown eyes wide open In amazement. Her hair
CURED in dark masses over her head and she was
picture of health. But for the woebegone expres-
sion on her face she might have been the happiest
child in the world. She was not troubled about
not finding her home. but she wanted to 20 back
to the country
She had no bundles bags like the other girls
the clothes she wore and little red jacket con-
shutting her entire wardrobe. She didn't even have
hat Becky chung tenaciousy to bunch Of
goldenrod she taking home to her mother but
Dora had no such encumbrances and her home
coming was far from being a joyful occasion
When her address finally found among the
records and the little girls started away Dora
burst out crying and pleaded to go back to the
country Even the prospect OF going again next
summer was small comfort to her. but she had to
content herself with that.
There is one little Fresh Air girl however who
is more fortunate than Dora She is to have a
nome in the country all the time. She TO
Goshen last summer. and while there her mother
died in a hospital in the city. Previously her
father had left home. never to return. Her little
sister was placed in an asylum but she was too
old for that. and so she went to live with an uncle
who already had large family and really didn't
nave room for her. This summer she went again
to Goshen and stayed the greater part of the
season.
The sad circumstances surrounding her brought
her to the attention of of the residents and he
has offered 10 adopt her. The little girl is delighted
with the prospect and is rejoicing that she has
found such fine home in the country. Only the
consent or the uncle is necessary and she will leave
the streets Of New York far behind her for good.
While the necessary arrangements are being made
the little girl is living at the home of her prospec-
tive foster-father and likes IL we'll that she
wishes TO change her and take that of the
| family which is planning to adopt her.
The Fresh Air work is drawing rapidly a close,
and most of the children in the country will
return by the end of the season The homes at
Tenafiy and Goshen closed yesterday. Nearly nine
thousand children have been sent away by ths
Tribune Fund this year. Many OF them have re-
especially those who to the convalescent
| homes. One OF the attendants who returned from
Goshen with party Wednesday commented
/ thus on the work done there this summer:
| The majority Of the children received had
been In the hospitals previous 10 their visit to the
country and were naturally in poor health The
beneficial effects of the life at Goshen could be
noticed at once. There was one little girl in par
ticular who improved much during the two
weeks she spent with that couldn't help
being impressed and We have spoken of her again
and again
She had been III with pneumonia and was badly
down Her blood in poor condition and
/ her face broken out. Before she left her com
I plexion had cleared and her face was as tanned
and healthy looking could he. There was one
boy whom We kept for twelve weeks. He came tc
suffering from tubercuar bones and was timid
and bashful. BY the end OF the summer he was
lusty as eagle. climbing the trees and roughing
" with the Of the boys
James Henry pevereuX has been 40 impressed
with the work done this summer az the newly
opened Paul Devereux home for convalescsnt chill
dren az Deposit, y. Y. that he is planning TO pro
vide a more complete equipment for the home. SC
that next summer the work may be undertaken in
even more favorable circumstances than the pres
! ent year.