New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-30
FUNDS LATEST HOME
Where Little COnUalescents Gather
Health and Strength in the Country.

last, and has entertained more than go children
so far this summer. The home built twelve
years ago by the father of Paul Devereux as a
memorial. and especially designed for fresh air
work OF some kind Until this year the house has
remained empty. but a short time before this sea-
son opened the attention of the manager called
To- II. and he able 10 secure the use of 1t for
the Tribune Fresh Air Fund In accordance with
the policy recently adopted by the Fund of sending
sex children as we'll as healthy the coun-
try It was decided use the home exclusively for
convalescents
Inc location was an important factor which led
10 TINS decision as we'll the admirable facilities
wnich the home offered for this work II occupies
site far up In the hills on the southern border Of
New York State. The mountains crowd near on
every SIDE. The weather is cool at this altitude.
anu ''e ar Is fresh and pure. Several Of
level fields surround the home. which furnish a
playground FOR the children II is within easy walk
ing distance OF the village of Deposit and conSa
Guently not far from the railroad station so that
the children have tedious ride to take after they
leave the train
Having been constructed with Fresh Air work in
vlew every convenience Is provided for the enter
tainment of the guests There are two dorutories
on the south side-one for the girls and the other
Tor the boys-and two dining rooms on the first
moor There are deep closets and bathrooms and
private rooms for the attendants The attic has
been left unfinished and is large enough for the
enlldren 70 romp and play in rainy days.
The little hoys and girls come to the home d.
recuy from the hospitals. The majority are from
bellevue. the Presbyterian Roosevelt and Mount
oinai hospitals and the New York Infirmary but
'he children sent limited to these insttu-
tlons. but come from others in Manhattan and
Brooklyn. The home accommodates between fifty
anu sixty children. sranging in ages from five 20
tNeEe years The home is in charge OF Miss A.
siaiIoIie Burns graduate of ST. Johns Hospital
brooklyn; the matron is Miss Katherine sauter a
graduate OF the Memorial Hospital. Brooklyn: the
tWo attendants are John Kendall Chandler OF Yale
University. and Miss Jessie Houck Of Dickinson
CoHese. The children who come to the home are
consequently IN the care Of experienced nurses and
nave every medical attendance which thew require
oIteh the children are brought to the home with
their fractured limbs stiI in the plaster casts and
these must be removed by the nurses. Very often
child must be carried from The train to the home
with fractured leg. but within few DAYS after
MS arrival he is playing vigorously as any of
MS comrades The children remain at the home as
long as their conditions require II is impossible TO
keep the majority OF them more than two weeks
out the most needy ones stay from six to eight
weeks
DIET THAT MAKES FOR STRENGTH
The diet OF the children the Paul Devereux
Home Is little varied than al the other
nomes and 10 prepared 10 help them grow strong
as quickly possible, Bread and butter and milk
are. OF course allowed in generous quantities. To
each child is allowed quart OF milk day and
the hfty children at the home usually eat about
seventy-hve loaves Of bread every day Besides
this. for breakfast hot cocoa. eggs cereal are
served: dinner consists OF meat stew or roast
potatoes and vegetables, with occasionally soup
and buildings OF nourishins nature. and for sup
per they have apple sauce. cornmes, and other
substantial dishes. The particularly III nourished
children have milk 10 drink or an egg eat at 10
O'Clock IN the morning and at In the afternoon.
The home is Il fixed schedule and the
children benefited by their regular habits OF
living They rise at a. and have breakfast
at I. The dinner hour is fixed for noon and supper
at 3 50 ?. m. and o'clock usually finds the little
guests In bed. In the morning the children play
on the grounds, while in the afternoon they take
walk through the fields and the mountains
Every Monday they go for a picnic In the woods.
They usually take their supper along. and return
20 the home about twilight Wednesday is the
weekly field day. and Thursday Is baseball day.
game Is always scheduled TO be played between
the Giants and the "Highlanders'' This is
OF the most important occasions OF tie outing and
great enthusiasm and interest taken in the
game. The "Giants'' go the field respondent
In their crimson colors while the "Hghlanders'
no less proud OF their dark blue ribbons. The
girls are supplied with hags and buttons OF the
coors % the opposing teams and spirited cheering
marks every play OF the baseball heroes.
To the activity the children after they have
been at the homo for a few days would lead the
visitor believe that they anything but sick
children. Except IN a few instances. where under
nourishment and Illness have Slapped the vitality OF
the corvalescents the hsalthful conditions prevail
ing the home give almost immediate reaction
and the visitors are there long time before
their strength begins return. BY the end OF the
first week some OF the older have recovered
sufficient strength climb 20 the top OF the nearby
mountains to the sunset and 20 long walks
during the day.
Every party which comes to the home gets a five
mile ride through the country. Three buses
chartered and the fording OF river is a novel
perience in which the children who have been
brought up In tire shadows of the Brooklyn Bridge
take the keenest interest. Every evening the guests
gather on the front porch the piano in the
corridor Of the nome, and give concert. The main
programme is varied. but two hymns always mark
the end Onward. Christian Soldiers" and Now
the Day Is over Once In while. when there Is
anything of especial interest going on. the party
goes over To the village. The annual fair and bal
loon ascension taken in by the last party while
the moving picture show and the theatre afford the
means for occasional entertainment
DEPOSIT WOMEN MAKE CLOTHES.
The residents of Deposit take much interest in
the home The women Of the church organized this
summer the Memorial Hall Sewing Society, This
society has been OF much assistance 10 the care
takers OF the homes. As result of their efforts
there is a closet I'm the home well stocked with
clothing of every description. which is oftcutmes
so sorely needed by the children. Many OF them
come with hardly enough clothes TO keep them warm
on a cool day. and the home Is forced 20 supply
them The children not only get the benefit of the
Fresh Air outing. but often go back to the city
with complete OUTFIT OF clothes. Many little
girl proudly exhibits real lace waist to her
playmates In the city that has been given TO the
home by the sewing society. The waist often repre-
sens many hours OF labor the part OF some char
itahy inclined young girl OF Deposit.
Perhaps there is better testimony Of the pleas
ure the children get out OF the home than letter
one boy recently wrote to his cousin in the city.
am coming home saturday at 4so We had an
kinds of races Wednesday. on Thursday we