The sun., 1910-07-19
THEY LIVED ON CONEY SANDS
BRT USTETN FLOCK HtD 4 FINE
TIUE TNTIL DISCOI ERED.
That the Brseyes wight Help the BABY
CaPaIta an Fast side Family Camped
TeniIess for EIEht Days and NIEh's-
They're Rescued and PerpirNed.

From Izzy. who has gone through
seven years. down TO Capalia. who ac-
knowledges two months. Mrs. Fanny
Brumstein's flock of Ave that sometimes
live at a. Cherry street and Mrs. Brum-
stem herself may now return TO the
city. For eight days and nights the
mother and her little ones have lived
on the beach OF Coney Island without
shelter because a man with whisk ers in
a hospital had told the mother that the
baby. Capalia. would die unless she
breathsd the fresh air Of the shore dur ing
the hot months
Mrs Brumstein managed to save some
nickels now and then from the wages Of
her husband. Abraham. who presses
clothes for an Fast Side tailor shop. A
week ago last Saturday night the parents
Of Capalia counted the nickels by electric
light out on the fire escape and saw that
they had enough double fares 10 start
on their summer vacation. Abe. the
father. could earn enough while they
we're away. he told Fanny. 90 enable him
to come to them at the eashore each
night with bread and milk. and he could
save more nickels in the meantime against
the homecoming time when cold weather
came
On a glorious Sunday sticky but
glorious Abe and Fannie took Izzy and
| five-year- old Hostel and Rachel. who IL
= years old and Philip. Who is >. down
| 10 Conev as escorts Of the baby. Capala
All day they sat where lots of air could
blow against Capelia Night fell too
soon and there was the sand man right
in the middle % his own store house
So Ahe and Fannie carried the FIVE
sleepy heads under protecting piles and
piers at the foot Of Henderson's Walk
and they slept with the entire Atlantic
Ocean turning itself into a punka coolie
| to fan Capaha In the half light Of
CO ming dawn Abe stole out naked and
swan ard parted his hair with his fingers
and hurried back 10 sweat over his iron
ing board in Hester street
Soon after Aha had gone Fannie would
hathe her Rachel and Philip and CApalia
a. the feathery edge Of the surf Ivy aud
Hostel. barefooted up 20 the eyebrows
had an ecstatic hour or two then splashing
by themselves through the final efforts
Of the breakers When visitors beRan 10
como 20 the beach Fannie gathered in her
lazy and Hostel and clothed them lest
I men might ~ shock-d
But even when clothed Hostel and
! Izzy could wade far all day and run along
the beach Sometimes other boys and
! girls would come near who played catch
with rubber balls Sometimes the play
: ers would miss the ball and il would roll
over to Izzy or Hostel and 50 they could
throw it hack
! Always one could sleep in the sunlight
on the sand when il was found impossible
TO keep ones eyes open longer. S~me
times Fannie wasn't too tired TO take all
| her children out in Surf avenue. where
there ~ music and where one can watch
lots Of people buying candy and bananas
aud rides on wooden horses. A. night
millions Of hghts flashed out. and then
| 40. would come too With more milk and
/ bread
But Yesterday a busybody. Izzy says
stopped the vacation. The busybody
had watched tho family day after day
and had told Mrs Myra Hughes proba-
ton officer az the Coney Island police
court. of tho islands new residents. Mrp.
Hughes talked kindly e. Fannie and
showed her that II was best for all TO come
over to the Coney leland Resc'Ie Mission
/ and have n talk Izzy didn't want TO GO
but Mrs Hughes and Fannie led him
along.
| Last evening Abe came 10 the island
with his milk and bread to find Fannie
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