New-York tribune., 1909-12-20

so than to hundreds of farmers families
aoout blnghamton' who in giving the cup
or cold water have received the pron1ised
reward
Bradford Penn. has its DR.. Grace
White, and the usual party, filling three
cars went at the appointed time Dr.
Nhlte and two other Bradford women
came back with the children to see If the
stories told were really true ;-now they can
face any doubts with the statement. II
have seen and I know"
Rutland. VT. has many persons who hail
an opportunity of doing good When Miss
Lena Ross says, This is the way TO do
IT, they open their homes or their purses
or both and say. Command me-" and she
does year after year
On the shoulders Of two people much Of
the responsibility of the work depends. and
10 them public recognition is due James
NJ Barrett the treasurer of The Tribune.
VINO handles every dollar that is received
by the Fund. acknowledged II in the paper
and prepared draft for every bill ap-
proved by the manager. The fact that
MS books are audited by a careful COM
mittee of the board Of trustees and that
no error is ever found attests his care and
fidelity.
Mrs NJ T. D. Barton, the medical ex-
amlner. personally examined nearly / 900
children, the majority of those going hav-
Ing had a second and some of them a
third examination before they were suf-
hciently clean from every point of view
to sleep in the workers bed.
RESULTS OF THE YEAR.
But what Of the results for after all
those form the test of the efficiency of the
work and the wisdom of expending money
IN philanthropy. The testimony of nurses
missionaries and others who are brought
into daily contact with the children who
ENJOY the Fresh Air privileges should be
trustworthy concerning the benefits re-
celVed by them Miss Margaret A Bew-
icy OF the Presbyterian Hospital, writes:
axtenaat = want to thank you for your hospitality
nursery department of the Presbvteris66
Hospital this summer. 1t has helped so
better TO US. The children ali look for
ward ward 10 their summer trip. and through
number of them.
Miss Edith H. White. superintendent Of
the woman's branch of the New York Citv
Mission and Tract Society, says:
/ want to thank you for the helm which
Sou nave SO cheerfully given TO our city
IIIlssion rs-i'oi workers this summer. It is ap-
leei mat these outings render the physical
gSCHul.Ioh S On OF the child such as TO retain
Jectlve side of our organization. II has
meant hard work for you and your staff of
poor. ~
Miss Helena Titus Emerson transmits for
the Negro Fresh Air Committee a resolu-
ton OF thanks for the friendly and valuable
assistance given through the Tribune Fresh
Air Fund not only this last season. hut for
three earlier years.
The secretary OF the Mount Sinai Hos
pltai writes that number of children liv-
ing in its district who came from tubercu-
lous families were cared for by the fund,
receiving all the benefits of country life.
and after few weeks stay returned 10
their homes happy and full Of new life and
vigor."
KNAPP AND DEVEREUX HOMES
The work this wear began viii two suE-
gestions Of financial cooperation from
friends Of the children of the tenements
and friends Of the Tribune Fund The Rev.
Shepherd Knapp. Of Worcester. Mass. and
his sisters. the children of Mr. and Mrs.
Shepherd Knapp. of New York offered 70
erect a new dOrmitory at the Shepherd
Knapp Home, near L4tchfeld. Conn. which
was given TO the fund by their mother sew
eral years ago.
The money needed for erecting the build
ing and for necessary enlargements in the
Kitchen and dining room. and also a part
Of the furnishings Of the dormitory and
dining room. were given by the loyal chill
dren OF devoted parents. Nearly a thou
sand visitors from missions. settlements and
charitable organizations shared the benefits
of this delightful home.
The Paul DevereUx Home al Deposit
\. y, is the new home, and in the quality
of the work done it has no peer. Leased to
the fund al a nominal rental for a long
term OF years. and furnished by James
Henry DevereuX and other kinsmen of the
young man whose name it bears it has
entertained al children for periods ranging
from two TO four weeks according TO the
apparent need and the Improvement made
by individual children. Every child went
to Deposit directly from a hospital or
within a short time after being discharged
from one.
A brother of Paul Devereux. living near
Deposit and DR. B. f. Radeker, president
OF the association to which the father OF
Paul Devereux gave the property, the
other trustees and the church people gen
orally manifested their cooperation IN
many practical ways. The marked i'm
provement seen in these convalescent chill
dren during the three summer months sug-
gests the hope that one or more lovers OF
children VIII make it possible for the fund
to keep this one home open all year. The
equipment provides for fifty children. Cor
respondence on this subject would be well
coined by the manager OF the fund.
UNDERNOURISHED CHILDREN
one OF the homes was set apart this year
for the exclusive use of children in whose
homes there is tuberculosis. Cooperation
was secured between the fund and the As
sociation Of Tubercular Clinics, and DR.. l.
Ogden Woodruff was invited to examine
the children before they went TO the coun-
try and while they were there.
The Home for Undernourished Children.
as il Is called was open seventy-four days,
and during that time 29l children were ac-
commodated. OF these six remained forty
line days and the rest twenty -four or
twenty-five days each. In his report DR..
Woodruff says
The children accommodated were Of tu-
berculous parentage,. and We're either un-
dernOurished or II Of normal weight were
partfcularly liable on account OF especially
bad environment eventually 10 develop tu-
berculosis As the idea OF the home was
10 increase the resistance OF the children
10 tuberculosis. in addition 20 providing an
outdoor life. everything was done 10 make
the children gain In weight, the increase
IN weight being considered the best index
available or the increase IN resistance
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