New-York tribune., 1910-11-14

/ from Lakewood, and it seemed as though
! the work would suffer from lack of quar-
tiers.
/ The estate Of Albert Brisbane, father of
! Arthur Brisbane, gave a farm Of siXty-four
acres at FarTuingdale for the work and
/ free lease for twenty-five years on go acres
adjoining. As it was found that twenty
acres more were needed. Mr.. Brisbane
/ bought a farm of 14 acres, adjoining the
| gift from has fathers estate, and ADDED
twenty acres Of the purchase TO the pre-
yious gift Mr. Strats then gave the $50
0O9 for the buildings, and the board OF
health auxiliary connected with the insti-
tuition has subscribed 81, 800 TO build an ad-
ditional open shack for which they viii
select the children The auxiliary has also
subscribed the fuIl annual support for the
shack
An administration building, play pa
CODA and several sheds are TO be built with
the money given by Mr.. StraUs. The plans
for all have been drawn and approved by
the directors while two of the open air
structures have already been built and are
now occupied 10y about thirty children, who
have been at the farm for several weeks.
An artesian well is now being sunk. and
the work on the administration building
viii be started within a fortnight.
the ones now in use will be used. only
admitting sheds, where the children Will be
kent for two weeks under observation be
fore they are regularly admitted to the in
stitution. When the new buildings provided
for by the gift are ready for use the pre-
ventorium will he able to care for about
two hundred children at time. but as il
is planned to have four hundred at a time
under observation the institution is seek
ing a further gift Of $4,000 for the build
ings.
The announcement OF Mr.. Strauss gift
was delayed until memberships should have
been secured 10 carry on the work Of the
organization. 1t IS desired to have an an
nual income of 100000. of this sum
SIS. 600 mas now been secured aud the work
i in active progress. while canVassers are
actively seeking the remaining Ss5.o0o in
annual subscriptions. varying from 81 to
Sl,o00 each.
The institution Is NOT hospital intended
10 cure tuberculosis. but TO prevent its an-
peararcc in children and there are some
forty thousand children in this city whom
J. = desired TO treat Two hundred 2nd
twelve children, ranging from four 10 four
teen rears OLD. have already been treated
| The average stay a, the institution is thre"
months and the children have gained from
four TO fourteen pounds each.
The career Of the preVentorium, Will
brief has been full of trouble. II vas -
first intended 10 establish il at Lakewood.
and several children We're sent 10 the Cleve-
land cottage at that place fer treatment.
I5ut there was great outcry raised over
the institutions finding home i'm Lake
wood The controversy became very bitter.
with threats of lawsuits and an attempt IN
raxe Governor Fort interfere.
After several months of wrangling the
promoters Of the plan consented to give up
the idea Of having their farm there, and
th.- began a search for another site. At
one tine it was thought that West Chester
rrisht proyid.. the looked for home. but
there wzs almost as much trouble raised
over placing the institution in that section
a. Lakewood had made Mi Brishane's
gift of the Farmingdale property WAS made
last spring and in April the work Of moving
III. children then at Lakewood va. begun.
Already the preventoriun. which aims to
rror-agats the work in other cities well
as 10 carry 81 on fere has seen the fruit
Il :is eudsa .ors in q preyentortum estab
lished FOR the poor children OF St Paul
ard three u1or~ in other cities.