New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-15
FRESH AIR FOR MANY
During the Hot Spell the Tribune
Fund Aids $500.
13 HOMES MAINTAINED
Work Reaches Many Glasses of
Children and Includes
the Negroes.

| ments.
throughout the hot spell there were at
various country places, at the lowest est-
mate. 800 children whom the Tribune
fund had enabled to get out of the heat
and squalor Of tenement neighborhoods.
The large number to whom relief was
brought was made possible principally
through the capacity OF the thirteen Fresh
Air homes maintained by the Tribune fund.
These are planned to care for many chill
dren.
The largest of them is Ashford Hill, at
! Ardsley, n. Y. Here children are TO re
| found at all times throughout the summer,
as happy and carefree a crowd of boys ard
girls as could be found anywhere i'll the
world. They have not only the fresh air
! of the Westchester County hills, but
continual round of games, picnics and en-
| tertainments Of one sort or another ADDS
zest to the country life. which is some
times a trife lonely for children who are
accustomed to the busy life of the streets
Next to Ashford Hill in point of size Is
the Shepherd Knapp Home, near Lltchneld'
Conn. Two hundred boys are accommo-
dated at this home in each party. making a
total OF one thousand boys as the season ;
CAPACITY. Shepherd Knapp Home is sit
uated in the heart of the Ltchheld Hills
and is an ideal spot for Just boys The
| home grounds include an ample nall field
and a basketball court. The possioi hnes
for hiking" in the neighborhood are unlim-
tied. while the nearby streams ana lakes
| afford opportunities for bathing to delight
the heart Of any boy. In the theatre In
| Guided among the home buildings the boys
| find means to pass the rainy days and the
| evenings before bedtime.
New Homo in Catskills.
The third in size Of the Tribune homes
is new home at Mount Pleasant n. l.
in the Catskll region. This has capacity
OF 175 in a party. and is planned ana
maintained for undernourished and weakly
children with a predisposition toward
tuberculosis Mount Pleasant Is under the
Isuperyision Of an officer Of the Association
of tuberculosis Clinics, who sees to II that
the food provided and the conditions main
tanned for the children are such as VIII 90
most TO supply their physical deficiencies.
Three Tribune homes have accommoda-
tions for one hundred children each. These
are the Paul Devereux Home, at Deposit,
| N Y: ST. Helen's Home. at interlaken'
Mass. and the Eunice Home, at Chapel
HnI. \. ]. The first OF these stands on
the hanks Of the beautiful Delaware River.
in one of the most charming regions oil
Southern New York. It's hundred guests
are all girls between the ages Of five and
twelve years. During their stay the niue
women of each party sport in the Della
ware. climb the surrounding mountains ana
grow brown and strong In the sun and
fresh air Incidentally. their young h'es
expand IN the smiles Of the townspeopIe OF
Deposit, with whom the children are great
favorites
ST. Helen's Home receives fifty boys and
fifty girls in each party. The nome ~ IN
the Berkshires. not far from LenoN ana
| Stockbridge and only fte minutes walk
from the shores OF the Stockbridge BOWL
| one Of the most beautiful Of the Berkshire
lakes, The natural advantages OF the
home are great and little. II anything
needs to be done for the children more
than to turn them loose In the WOODS ana
roads Of the countryside. The rule here IS
"Once a guest Of St Helen's always lover
Of st. Helen's"
F1,ntce Home IS the Tribune funds at
tempt TO provide for the little mothers OF
the tenements the girls OF fourteen ana
| sirteen who are forced through poverty TO
assume 20 early in life the burdens OF
| housekeeping and the care OF younger SIS
| ters and brothers 1t is probable that at
| M otber age is the need OF rest and fresh
al, greater than at this period In the HE
az A growing girl The home Is situated Oh
so,dv Hook. high up on the hills when
| 40. hack of Atlantic Highlands. and al
fords its guests the advantage OF saltwater
h.,hinp an advantage TO be found at none
OF the other Tribune homes.
Work Of Smaller Homes.
In addition to the places already enumei-
oted the Tribune fund sends It's Fresh AT
guests to FIVE smaller homes Two OF theSe'
Happy Land and the Middletown-dosheh
| Convalescent Home, take care OF hlty chii-
dren each The latter, as its name 'hui'
cates was established for the care OF chill
dren who are recovering from illnesses OF
| t~,r,..a more or less serious. These are
| a.iectsd from the patients discharged from
enc hospitals of New York, and are doubt
Iess among those most In need Oh INC
Tribune funds help. One OF the girls at
nresent at the home was recently ois-
charged from q city hospital AFTER having
heen for three years an inmate OF that III
! stituuon.
Tn. other three Of the five homes men
tioned above are located at Bethany ooih'
crlaxersck. N. Y, and Fairfield, Conn, re-
| .nActfveiy, These are what might be called
family homes, that is, homes In which
.rnarl parties Of children-about twenty-five
A. each-itve as big families. In each OK
| tbeae homes the girls assist 10 some e1-
| t.nt With the housework. and the boys
INV there are any, do the chores ana
| s.,n carn for the grounds. Not moro than
| an hours work Is done by any one child'
| h,,t ZACH one Is taught how TO do his little
task neatly and well.
Fresh Afr work among negro children nd"
been growing in Importance OF late years
ana this year the Tribune fund Is lenolhs
| ,.s .o,nport to two camps for negro boyb
ond stris. and Is also aiding In sending
,,,,r,h.r of mothers and their children 10
u.,.ons country places where accommoda-
lions can be provided for them.
p.atAee maintaining its own Fresh AIT
,omes. the Tribune fund at present Is aid
to score of institutions IN the main
tsnance of their own Fresh Air homes and
Inns These are for the most part con-
acted with churches and social settle
-.onts In most cases the aid consists in
navtng transportation bills for these organ
,uations. thus enabling them to devote all
their resources to the actual expenses OF
,oa,ntaIning the homes in question.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
ami, INV name. Cd. M)...... $50 90
| fsese nahincioss New Canaan, Conn., 10 20
| Il. - ~ - .................. 1000
| a. .SC - Fscobar ......-............... 1000
Aan,bnr A Chalmers, Amsterdanl. N
through Rev. Henry T. McI1wen,