New-York tribune., 1913-07-24
MARY SEES FRESH AIR
LAND WITH NEW EYES
Country Bigger than Jefferson
Park Opened by Virtue of
Ten Cent Medicine.
chill LDREN BARE HEARTS
Iily's Mother Wants Her to
Go to Place from Which
"She Came Back
So Round"

little Mary Costello had never been TO
any country except Jefferson Park She
,bought that was "a nice place" until
some of her friends told OF Fresh Air
country that was bigger than a thousand
1ererson Parks and possessed all sorts
~ charms that even Mary could not dis
corr IN her favorite playground When
Mary went 10 see ''the lady that sends
vou 10 the country" however the lady
told her that she could not go until her
eyes got well.
That put a damper on Mary's high
splrits. How could she help It if her
ewes continually looked red and sore?
She carried the bad news home evidently,
for the next day she came back with a
hopeful smile and handed the lady" a
letter which read:
Dear Lady: Here is 10 cents. VIII
VOL buy ny little girl medicine 10 put
on her eyes. as she wants to go To the
country and YOU would not let her 60
,fu her eyes are better Please teacher
be kind to my girl and let her go 10
country. MS she is very sickly and has no
place 10 play only in streets?
MRS. COSTELLO"
The best part Of the story is that the
medicine was bought for the ten cents
and did allay the Inflammation in Mary's
ewes. so that my girl was able to eX-
tend her travels far beyond Jefferson
Perk. And now She too, boasts that the
Fresh Air country is as big as thou
sands Of Jefferson Parks"
Hedwigs letter has not yet had so
happy sequel This little Teuton lass
Of about nine years has been on this
side Of the Atlantic four months. Her
narents had only a little money when
they arrived I'm New York-just enough, in
fact. TO make It possible for them TO pass
the immigration offcials--and they have
fornd difficulty in getting start in their
new surroundings.
Hedwig. soon after her arrival, came
under the notice Of a missionary con-
nccted with the De Witt Church. In Riv-
ington street. and was promised by her
country outing through the Tribune Fresh
Air Fund Then something came UP at
home-probably shortage in clothing
which the family was too proud TO con-
fess to-and Hedwig appeared no more at
the church. One day, however one of
her friends brought in this letter pitfully
scrawled on a scrap Of yellow paper:
Dear Miss Steele what do you tink
YOU can mark me form the kontry; when
70 can 20 then I crying, please try and
make me 60. your HEDWIG."
Then there was letter from the mother
Of Lily. a girl who during the school
year attended Industrial School No. l2, at
Ne. 2247 Second avenue. Its pathos was
not so deep, perhaps. but 1t evidently
came from the heart of an anxious
mother. II ran:
Dear Teacher: Please may my Lily
60 10 the country She went last year,
and she came back so round. l will do
anything for you If you will send her
again. Yours respectfully
"LILY'S MOTHER"
The teacher 70 whom the letter was ad-
dressed. in submitting II to th> Tribune
Fund. supplemented its appeal with a
statement concerning the family. The
family consists Of six children, father
and mother. The latter is a hard work
ing little woman of necessity. as her
husband shovels and can only obtain
work at intervals. With six children TO
feed, rent to pay and clothes and shoes
to buy. it is a hard struggle to keep the
family going"
Still another letter-among many others
more urgent in its appeal, came yester-
Gay morning 10 the Tribune Fund office.
il is but a sample and refers to only one
case out Of hundreds in which almost in
slant relief is asked for at the hands Of
the Tribune Fund. Here is It's pathetic
plea:
The condition Of the - family has
become very serious. The mother has
gone 10 Bellevue for a serious operation
and the children cannot be left with the
drunken father Would II be possible for
you TO care for the two girls Eloise and
Delight? The state of things is des-
perate"
These are the children for whom the
Tribune Fresh Air Fund makes It's daily
appeal. Who will say that they are not
deserving OF a public's sympathy and as
sistance?
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
William p. Clyde e.................... 500 %
collection taken at church service at
Nndmere House, Minnewaska.
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