New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-27
Heard Poverty Was NTH.

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Heard Poverty Was Myth.
Sc-., o. the Shickshinny people had
tss~l .r-- The story OF the Dover-r o.
me Fresh AR children was 4 myth
.,-- c--e0 he children sent out wore
f---s~ CO than their entertainers. Bar
first glance az these -hirty-rve -.d0
20 much 20 confirm that IMPRESSION.
nd C few DAYS acquaintance with
.-a1 wiped it ou- altogether.
These children ate as = they hacn
i,5 enough % cat lOr UOnth-ard
sc-e C mem hadu't-and their ward
robes. well. their wcrGrobes weren g.
.-a.'s al
and when he reople OF Shicksnirc~-
t---e-mountain saw with their
own eyes -ney forgot longer 20 &c eau
tic-s Send US a hundred more o.
-,e uoo- -tle tots they wrote 70 ,ne
Tribune Fund. and jusc week after
.tey opened their doors 20 he thirty
! i've hey opened their hearts 20 the
ore hundred.
hey ,ook of tire rags O. the emil
C~er and clothed -Lem IL whole. clean
r,o.,i--. thev ed. and are still f.ed-
- hem square meals and grand
e..s~: -hev entertained them with PIC
--cs and rides and other things dear
% ne heart OF childhood.
Visited Their Homes.
Wre7 last Tuesday She advance
rca~a O. -ni-ty-fve finished their two
-,esz and returned % New lo-t the
Be- r. 3. Cup. one OF the clergymeH
Of Slicssnlnny and leader % the plan
% receive the children. escorted them
hsc. % he city. He wasn't quite satl1-
ta5 u--1 what he knew OF the children.
so L- VISITED the home OF each one O.
tse~
well ne said. after finishing the
---r Of calls. 81 wouldn't have be-
-e--f before that home conditions
could b. so bad. T. was terrible. Dut
~ The lrcy-odd places those children
ez-e from there were Two that might
B. called decent AID f. Tor human be-
.-- 90 I've IN. The others were crowd
81 and f.rty-weu. you couldn't de-
81 had heard the old fable about the
Tr-c A. children being well OF s.
coming from better homes than the
e----r- peonle nave. Now IN colrS
oar and tell the people CT my paTis
~r.- T~e seen. And ] want 10 maze
'-e-~ realize. too, that the children
s--r'- responsible Tor these comm
..o-..' ,,
The Old fables existence is probably
aue 20 mo causes. One OF these IS me
sa-- -ha- undoubtedly each year q 20"
81 lreg whose parents are well enough
o. % provide Tor them a. tnelr own
expense succeed in getting themselves
l-cluceI N Fresh Ar parues. IN Sc
lectIng from 10000 10 1000 chi.cFeA
q p. Ia
\ stakes be made.
How II All Started.
T-e mere common cause o. the "a
I.--- orf--encc. however. ls tnc m s.
--se~s-.-d NJ which crows Up IN tie
p IDS par- ,culariy Of the people ia the
q -- Y communities.
Wen. on The CAY OF her arrival a.
fe- country hosts, little. ard hitherto
u--rerelloc. Jennie Fresh AT wanoe
i-fo the kitchen and sees her LADY
rc.-.nC water % boil the potatoes rom
. c-,1kirg pump she lets her surprise
5-oh- out:
",r. no. no, no Hnat a funny way
A-a = during Jcnnie's stay the
e.sev" thinks that her guest ought 20
-ase bath and drags out Tor use one
of trc tubs that also 10 service n
re laundry on wash day Jennie may
.a-gr In her surprise once more:
@O,. Ia. he ne. we got a bath-tuo
.H or house,
Give Hostess Wrong Idea.
Tho hor.esz gradually begins 20 zee.
tat Jennie nae lot Of things a. home
eat she ha1 been long ng for years 70
gs-- running water. bltntuo. ga ior
Lighting and cooking and other ;ninzs.
No- does -he realize that the tenenen
house .aw requ rements, or re 4aAn-
lords thrift. puts these things mo
cen RE me2nest tenement.
Lron the fact that Jennie. or one Of
ler kin. lived IN brick house in the
CITY aroused her host not a. Shick-
fhinry--fo demand that she be brought
home Immediately. And lat year a
enild g3re rise 20 a nifuncergtanoln&
r- re .tatemert fhat she had "a big
srs-y ., get books out Of a. home.
e-e I'D. too one ~ the branches OF
tse sew York Public Library.