New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-25

The wonder OF II is how little il takes TO
make these little Solon-faced men and
women laugh, once they get away from
beneath the wheels Of trucks and the
knocks Of hurrying multitudes OF their
elders a single bee Sucking honey from
I the bell of a wild flower is enough TO hold
I the breathless attention Of as many chill
I dren as can get within seeing distance Of IT,
Inc nearest thing TO COW i'm the land of
the tenement is q side Of beef. which
doesn't look as much like q COW as the
cioseness Of relationship would seem 70
warrant To sec real live COW. to hear
/ IL moo. 10 learn that it has four stom-
achs. To feel thrill Of fear over its horns
70 hear the rhythmic gurgle OF its milk in
the pail AZ morning and at niGht-al these
are JOYS and wonders TO be related in
hushed voices on the return to the city.
Besides the COWS there are CAV colored
birds as different from the dull brown spar
rows Of the city as Paradise Is from Grand
street. There are lambs that gambol on
the hills, squirrels that leap from swaying
branch TO swaying branch with an aban-
don that makes the boys turn green with
envy, and then. too, the bears which to be
sure. never show themselves though they
are known 10 Turk in every wood
All these thirgs. SO common to most hu-
mainly. are sources Of unalloyed pleasure
/ 20 the vOuncster who has hardly I'm all his
life been off his own block" All these
things The Tribune fund. with the help Of
its supporters. is going 10 reveal during the
next ten weeks to-how many children
Tn number ought 10 equal the II 900 of last
summer, but even then there will be thou
sands upon thousands whose bodies and
minds need just this sort OF thing who will
be left TO swelter and pine the whole sum-
mer through with never a breath Of fresh
air for the sight Of flower sprinked field.
And there viii be many shady wood and
many grassy hillside within a few hours
Journey Of this great city that will never
know the touch Of childish foot or hear
the ring Of a youthful laugh
All that is lacking 10 get these children
away from the city is money. Everything
else is In readiness valleys nave
smoothed out their laps and the good peo-
pie Of the hamlets and farms have opened
their homes to receive the little children.
And for those for whom no private invi-
tations are available there are hundreds Of
snow white cots waiting in The Tribune
Fresh Air homes.
More than fresh air and sleeping accom-
modat0ns await the children, however.
Most Of the Izzies and Rosies Of the tene-
ments are starved for the lack Of proper
food. They are brought up for the ,rnost
part on a diet OF bread and coffee. with the
result that rosy cheeks are as scarce as
hearty laughs among them. MIX and eggs
ard the other things that build tissue ard
recden blood viii be provided for them.
And il is @ fact supported by statistics OF
the work Of previous years that there Is
not one in hundred but will add pounds
10 bis or her impoverished body. And the
hosts who entertain fhe young guests-the
sturdy farmer folk in the private homes,
the Young college men and women AT The
Tribune homes-wn add 20 their mental
and spiritual weight. Lessons Of thrift and
honesty unconsclously absorbed Will stick
70 the Youngsters throughout their lives
Up az ST Heens Home, at Interlaken,
Mass O fair-sized creek flows through the,
grounds OF the home For every one Of
the Youngsters who goes there a bathing
suit is provided. and day after day the
water f. spiashed and churned by crowd
OF ffskiug youngsters. They are learning
for the first time the delight Of the KISS OF
cold water 10 q thirsty skin They learn
20 love il So that IL possible. the water
would De worn out with constant use: Nheh
they get home the young bathers may drop
back into their former ways OF dlrt ana
carelessncss. but the remembrance or the
delight Of being clean can never be entirely
lost. There have been in fact, many cases
where the knowledge led TO the cleaning UP
oil whole homes
Each Fresh Air home has its attrac-
tons which serve TO waken the minds
and senses Of the children who go 10 them
Al E<rom Farm near shokan y. Y. there
are mountains that. TO the limited outlook
OF the Fresh Airs" overtower the Rock
les. These are, moreover. the very noun