The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1914-08-06
OPEN VERMONT HOMES TO
THE FRESH AIR CHILDREN
Whole Nation Responsible For Vel.
fare OF Little Ones at Nations
Gate

Miss Juliette Arden, who was il
Manchester organizing committees il
the town and vicinity to care for TN
fresh air" children, sent out eacl
year By the New York Tribune, is ;
settlement worker OF wide experiene,
and her "siory Of the slums" is on,
Of the most striking documents o.
humanity that has ever been writer
on the subject.
A National Responsibility
MANY people thoughtlessly lool
upon the problem Of the slum children
Of New York city as purely a matter
Of local interest and responsibility,
said Miss Arden recently, "but 1t i;
not. 1t is matter Of national re-
sponsibility.
"As long as the United States
through its representatives in Con-
gress allows the port of the country
to be open to the thousands Of i'm
migrants from all lands annually, just
so long will the various states Of the
Union be bound to help share the bur
den put upon those cities through the
influx of the people-poor, incompe-
tent and ignorant. This is particular
ly true of New York, where the num-
Der of this class Of population amounts
to many thousands annually.
More Than 0ne-half of the Children
Cared for by Charity
New York has over 100000 chill
dren of school age. Less than third
of them are properly taken care of
by parents. That leaves over 100000
children to be looked out for by vari-
Gus charitable and philanthropic So
cities of which the New York Tri-
bune is one of the largest.
cover $4,000 dollars is spent each
year sending children away for two
weeks change. Twelve homes are
provided for which take care Of 5000
children. With all the fresh air work
Of the combined charities, however,
only about 100000 children are sent
each year.
$4,000 Windowless Rooms in New
York
Nothing can be worse than the
conditions under which some of these
children exist. There are $4,000
looms without windows in New York
,ity-made possible by previous build
ng laws, which allowed the greedy
andlord's to build all over the lot,
hereby making many inside rooms
without air or light. The streets
where the children play all day are
narrow, crowded and filthy.
Making Flowers at Three Cents a
Gross
"Many of the children of different
aces are forced by their parents to
it all day from the age of two years,
making artificial flowers for manufac-
urers at three cents gross. Still
theirs are forced to sew all day and
ar into the night by sweat shop
No one who has not been
here to see for themselves can have
he slightest realization of what it
means. Try to place one of your own
hildren--loved, petted, cared for in
Ike plight, and then wonder why
ONE should be born to the fate of
our child-while many more, abso-
ltely without their own consent,
hould be born to this other fate.
"Verily, in gratitude to a God
hose wisdom we dare not question,
re are bound to do all that lies within
ur power to alleviate their condition.
'Forasmuch as We have done it
nto one Of the least of these, my
We have done it unto en-
i;her Entertainment or Money Crate
fully Received
People may help by entertaining
ne or more in their homes for two
'eeks. Friends may combine in the
anne child or children, each entertain
lg them one week. Two are easier
, entertain than one because they
muse each other. People who can
OF entertain them in their homes
lay subscribe money toward the
oard of one, $3.50 week per child.
eople who can not board free may
BARD them as above.
People may select sex and age,
} Il years. All the children are ex-
mined twice by physicians before
icy leave to make sure they are free
disease. They are cleaned up by
aimed nurses. Their clothes are
Fought in wash bags. No dress suit