New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-22
WANT TO Be FRESH AIRS"
7wo MotherIeSS and Deserted
children Will Be Cared For.
THERE'S A SMALL BABY, TOO
al Need Permanent Homes, and
One. and Perhaps Two, Will
Be Provided For.

,.,su children. aged Ave and three.
..,velv. arc anxious TO become Fresh
ror fhirry-six hours not many days
H' -. v-ere homeless During that time.
seV as can be ascertained. they had not
a,.hf,l of food. but wandered about
st-sets with no one 20 care for them
"a d, night slept IN the hallway Of West
-. street tenement
-,otber Of the children died several
r,be ago. leaving them and yesr-old
-, ~ the care Of ne er-do-well father.
- later has done since that time practi-
.gy nothing for their support.
,-.,,od,atelv after the death Of the
- according 20 the statement of Mrs.
Pratt. of the West Side Day Nur-
che father succeeded in Withdrawing
-, the Franklin Savings Bank $3.50 which
-.,syiy belonged 10 a stepsOn. With this
-.,nov he took the children 10 Providence.
80 they visited a sister Of his for a
tine.
-, work. with the children. whom he left
,bs home Of a sister-in-law. He had
meanwhile sGuandered the money obtained
o., tbo hank. As he refused 20 work the
,,oport OF the children fell upon the sister
e-.,sv a fral little woman who was al
adv supporting by her own unaided eff
s,,.s three chi .dren Of her own. younger
b-o.ber and sister and a sick husband.
having rid himself Of the children the
,..bcr disappeared. leaving the woman 20
s.rucgle on under her burden alone. Hear
80 one day that he was lounging on a
,earhy corner and driven 20 desperation by
o.orrorF and worry. she sent the boy OF
..,., and Tho cir' OF three down 10 him with
,ss message that ne would have 10 care
,o- them. as she was no longer able TO
90 so.
What hanrenod 90 tho children after that
&C. uor known. Evidently the father aban-
done, them. for the LeXt morning they
v.ro found asleep locked in each others
arms in a hallway some distance from
,he.r starting place.
All that day they played about with the
Youngsters WHO found them As night
come Oh. however. their youthful guardians
heran t1 wonder what 10 do with them.
While they were debating the matter d lad
Of fifteen who had in former years spent
many day az the West Side Day Nur-
ssry happened along and advised taking
Them thither. This suggestion was adopted
AZ The nursery Mrs. Pratt the superin-
tsndeut. recognized the children at once.
as they had frequently been left there by
their mother She therefore ordered them
kept az the nursery for the night. and next
a. sent for the father and the woman
Who had last cared for them. The father
would do nothing for them. but the sister
ir-aw was finally persuaded 20 receive
them for a while on condition that she was
rsid for So doing by the day nursery.
lIrs Pratt appealed 70 the Tribune Fresh
Afr Fund and also set out 10 secure coun-
III homes for the children. A family in
500 s. " was found who would adopt
ne three-vcar-old girl. but the effort 70
provide for the boy u five in the same
way has thus far b~en unsuccessful,
though IN IS believed that another Scio
family will eventually take him. These
Two viii doubtless be sent 10 the town
mentioned by the Tribune Fund during the
weak. 10 provision has as Vet been made
Tor the seventeen-months-ol baby, but
Mrs Pratt is working hard 10 ma foster
parents for her also.
Early 10 the summer The Tribune printed
t7e story Of 4 'boy who was sleeping
around" among the neighbOrs untN ne
could be- sent 10 the country BY the Trib-
rne Fresh AR FUND This lad rs the half
brother Of the children whose pitifui condi-
ron Is described above. and IS the stepson
whose small inheritance was squandered
tv lie father. Ec Is still in the country
at his Tribune home and Will probably re-
m7H there permanently
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