New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-15
First Detachment OF Child
ConvaIescentS TO Leave
Town Thursday.
300 MORE SCHEDULED
AS TRIBUNE'S GUESTS
Work at Middletown-GoShen
Depends on Subscriptions
Total Now $2,163.


country bv the Tribune Fresh Air Funo'
r,i, frs, Marty Of the season will &c
,eceived AZ the Mathematician home
tor Convalesceu: children. Each chid
viii be kent in the country Tor TWO
weeks At the end Of that time, II tnere
,-o soue Who have not gained as rap
.u,. as was expected, these viii oe
-, car an additional two weeks. There
IN No Grtcen BOYS and thrty-tVe girls
IN the party.
Tho LOT OF the sick POOR is not so hard IN
,,,es DAYS as il once was. Pubic nos
,,,sls. dispcnsaries and clinics are open
Cor the treatment OF their ills, and no
ono need 20 without medical aid OF neces-
.s,,v Ru. so many are the patients who
c,s,no- for the beds in the hospitals and
the attentions OF the clinics That those
rho are cared for to-day must pass or
tomorrow II is impossible to continue
,hc public care for patients during IONS
pcriojs e convaIescence.
As soon as they may JustihaoiE ne
rronounCed cured they must nc us
CHARGED to make room for more urgent
ass. II therefore happens frequently
that little Joe or Jimmy who has oeen
under treatment for a bad back or leg
&c sent 10 his home-or what passes lot
spcb-with his back in plaster jacket
- under the necessity OF helping HIM
..-r mn his tenement stairs. with pan
- crutches. or perhaps 1t Is niue 'e
vi. who has been laid up win q" a.
Co. NJ pneumonia which almost proven
700 ouch for her. She rs cured ana Oh
,b, Uav TO health. but wan-iaceo '''.e
.,,5ow Of her former self FOR all tns|
Must Go Back to Tenements'
rb,v must go back TO their tenements
and 6rht their way through douoie u'iii-
e,,.;.e % health and strength-eVen
.so,,,t =, be summer, with the thermom-
- =, one hundred and the humidity at
seventy-fve.
r, is for the boys and grls OF the poor
70 ,bor this fate falls that the Middle
,ov.r- Goshen home ~ maintained. Inc
,rri,une Fresh Air Fund intends mat
.hout three hundred tots who wou''
otberOise languish through long con-
,,lssccnct in tenement ovens shall th's
summer uass AT Ieast fortnight 81 lnd'
neriod amid the green fields and shau!
woods Of the country. where they nave
fresh air. good food and fun in plenty
Tbc children TO make up the fifty who
arc 10 90 on Thursday have already been
selected. Below are given the facts that
led 10 the selection of a few. These
facts are not the result Of an inquisi-
iorial examination into affairs OF the
families in question, but were gathered
. bv sympathetic school teacher during
friendly visits at the homes of her pupils:
"Pietro -. six years old Lives at
lust home from the hospital on
csndaus Island, where he was sent
suffering from heatt failure is very
much better. but needs rest. Family is
moor and dirty, so that the child has
little chance Of getting better"
ALEX. -, eleven years. Lives ---.
child looks like a shadow, yet has not
been down III. Family starved The A /.
g. p. has been helping the family all
winter Parents shiftless Mother has
been in the hospital, 50 that Alex. has
had to shift for himself A family that
does not care whether the boy lives or
dies
Edward -. nine years. Lives -.
/ .ntH Edward was four years old he was
.trapred 10 a board. \ little over year
ago had his neck operated on. A very
delicate child and deserving family.
"- family Lorione and Matthew
have deformcd legs and Camene is
hurchbacked. Father dead. Mother sup
Lo~ioue keeps house Very deserving
family: live in almost empty rooms
az -
Margaret and Richard -, seven and
S.:tecn years Live --. Margaret has
had pneumonia Richard has had pneu-
monis and rheumatism. Very deserving
family Both very delicate.
Rose --, seven years. Has just re-
turned from Harlem Hospital, after some
4 stomach trouble Child has no mother.
i The little girl looks after her brother and
4 The house Child needs a little change.
4 'Isadoro --. eleven years. Lives --.
Has had hip disease for four years. Has
Sght lex in plaster. Discarded crutches
4 lbont two months ago. Has spent fifteen
4 ponths in tho cripple hospital, in East
3 20 ST. There is a girl Of seventeen in
4 his family who is supplemented and
little girl OF seven who has Brights
disease There are. altogether. six chill
crsn"
These arc fair samples Of the children
sho are 10 get a glimpse Of the country
on Thursday. The Tribune Fund has
many more on its list than can be &C
'emmodatod IN this first group Places
VII be found for them later. /
Work On in Earnest.
a With the Funds work opening " in |
Woo earnest the necessity for money TO 4
meet expenses IS being felt. The friends |
former yesrs, as well as new friends,
'f urged 10 help as they can
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
eaphins Avenue Congregational
,horeh, Brooklyn ...,....,............ $50 u
~ oniaoor FAIR held at New Rochelle.
by Miss May Holman and
ftt@ Anita Peck assisted by Miss
utldia Hoffman ana Miss Mary
~ ss.t..--..t .....-.. .....+s..st.-- ~ II
- i<onArd Jarvis Wyeth.."........ p ~
Gillespie acknowledgements. 10
- Lucky Nishbone Club OF Lafay-
amps Esston. PENN. ~ 81
owing memory OF two" Boston. 100
y Prentice Observation-Disclosures. 10 %
sn1s AZ NJ 4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 900
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