New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-26
CHILDREN DISAPPOINTED
Tribune Fund Sends 346 to COun-
try, but 240 Stay at Home.
LACK OF MONEY THE CAUSE
Friends of Boys and Girls May
Yet Provide Vacations by
Acting Quickly.

go 10 the country yesterday From which
statement II is not 10 be inferred that all
the remainder Of the juvenile world did
Some invaded the rural districts 70 be
sure, but many others did not and thought
nothing Of II because they had not planned
any such expedition
The two hundred and forty are picked
out because they were disappointed. Bit
terly disappointed They were children
who were 10 have been sent away by the
Tribune Fresh Air Fund, but who had 20
De rejected at the last moment because OF
lack OF funds
There were 34s boys and girls who did
get away, and they were as joyful at los
ing sight OF the city's skyscrapers as IL IS
10 be supposed Atwood was when ne saw
the great towers appear out Of yesterday 8
cloud and mist But almost every Fresh
Air party that set out had been cut to
one-half the usual size In the party for
the Shepherd Knapp Home there were only
l0S boys, where there should have been 200;
in that for the Paul Devereux Home there
were 30 instead of 100, and similar reduc-
ton had been made In the number OF girls
for the Eunice Home. IN addition TO these
cuts a party Of forty for the Middletown
Home for Convalescents was eliminated en-
tirely
There will be further dsappointments to-
day, when the quota for Ashford Hls will
be reduced from the usual $50 to $50. And
all this is due 70 the lack OF funds.
Most OF the disappointed children were
those for whom application had been made
by the nurses OF different hospitals and
clinics throughout the city Almost all Of
them were convalescents who had just
been discharged from these hospitals OF
had been under treatment a. the clinics.
Twenty-Five OF the boys who could not
be sent yesterday had gathered early on
Thursday morning In the waiting room Of
the Vanderbilt Clinic. at Amsterdam ave-
nue. and West 60th street. for their pre-
liminary physical examination. They were
waiting in the best OF spirits when the
postman carried in the thunderbolt-the
letter to the nurse in charge containing the
news that the party could not be sent
away
1t was pitiful 70 see the little ones when
the news was made known 70 them" said
a nurse who was present Smiles van
ished in a moment and tears filed the eyes
OF many as they dragged their little bodies
toward the door They were all extremely
needy cases. too pale little urchins who
needed country air and good food # ever
anybody needed anything in this world
They were the fine siftings Of the
neighbOrhoOd. First We had picked out all
thought ought TO have vacations: then from
these were selected the sixty who seemed
frailest. But finding that we could not
send all these We again went through the
list and made a selection Of twenty-five
whose need was known 70 he extreme: and
now they are not 10 go. Yet with them IL
is not merely a question Of a good time
but the vital question OF their physical
wellbeng"
Another party to be disappointed was
that collected by the convalescent relief
corps Of the New York Hospital These
had gone through all the preliminaries and
were trying 70 wish speed into Friday. the
day set for their departure. Among them
was a girl whom bronchial trouble had
wasted 70 a mere shadow and for whom
the doctors knew Of no remedy but country
air. With plenty Of that they said she
would grow well and strong again.
In the same group was another girl who
had Just been released from the hospital
10 60 back 70 a home where a family Of ten
live in two rooms. and where the only food
is that which can be bought with the
meagre earnings Of the mother as iantress
Of the tenement house in which the family
lives.
These cases, according 70 the statement
n the nurse who had the party in charge.
are only fair samples Of the whole party
Of forty who were disappointed Yesterday.
And the two parties mentioned include
only a small part Of the children in similar
circumstances whose chances Of health are
endangered by the curtailments which the
Tribune Fund is being forced 70 make
through lack OF funds. These cases may
yet he cared for II friends Of the children
rise 70 the opportunity. But 10 be Of the
creates value aid must come quickly
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS