New Britain herald., 1921-07-06
36 Anaemic Children Live All Day in Open-Pick Berries, Wade in Brook, Drink Milk and Are Happy

When the Great Founder of Chris | tlanlty sa1d, Suffer the little chi1- dren to come unto Me, for of such IS the kingdom of heaven" He was \ not speaking of a heaven as some far off mysterious place, peopled by chiI- \ dren who had won for themselves a. life of pleasure by depriving them selves of all earthly joys. On the con- trary he meant that happy, care-free children, shielded from the poverty and sickness and artificial trials of this trouble strewn world constitute of themselves real heaven here upon earth. A visit to the New Britain Fresh Air camp at Burlington speedily convinces the visitor that such indeed is the case.
 Here is a real heaven. No one can visit the camp and then deny the fact. Far out in the country. in a rustic old farmhouse, away down in the valley, almost lost between tow ering hills and surrounded on all sides by overlapping specimens of Gods handiwork, this beautiful little camp cannot help but make one realize the infinite greatness of the allwise Gre ator and the insignificant littleness of man.
 h1uulcS COInplete Picture, But that is not all. AS if the little farmhouse and it's rural-looking barn, located in the midst of a picturesque valley, fanked on two sides by those rugged hills of which New England poets have sung for ages, it's wind ing roads and grassy banks; babb1ing
 stream and stately trees, are not enough to make one realize that aft
 CT all no heaven could be more de- lightfully created, there are 36 happy kiddies to complete the picture. And are those kiddies happy? In the yer nacular of the street, We'll say they are"
 A special car of Herald representa- tives motored to this camp yester- day, expecting, yet not fully appre- ciating the charm and the wonderful results of this little spot in the will derness. Thirty-six. children who a few days ago appeared old for their tender years; world weary, heart sick, lonely, undernourished children;
 were found romping and racing about on the grass. Children who left the
 city with pale cheeks and slightly
 weakened lungs. emanciated bodies and only partially satisfied stomachs, now show the return of the roses to
 their cheeks.
 !. Skipping rope, throwing ball and
 the time -honored bean bag, racing
 wading in the brook, coasting on
 coaster wagons, eating wholesome
 food with hearty relish they have
 not known since they went to the
 camp last summer, sleeping like the
 proverbial bricks; these care-free
 youngsters literally have turned back
 the hands of time and become again
 boys and girls in the fresh bloom of
 childhood, rather than a group of
 young shoulders trying and striving in
 the losing fight of supporting old
 heads, inconsistent with their tender
 years. The only regrettable feature of
 the whole camp is that they cannot be kept there for the entire summer,
 rather than 2, a meagre and all too short two weeks.
 Too much credit cannot be given
 and too much publicity cannot be used in furthering the commendable work of the people employed or rather who | devote their time to the service of others, as do those who have this splendid fresh air camp and it's we'll
 oiled system in charge. Only Needy Are Taken. | Only children who would not get a
 vacation any other way, are permit | ted to attend this camp. They are ] children of working parents; children | with under-nourished bodies, weak
 ened lungs, sometimes threatened
 with the dreaded white plague; chill
 dren who have not had the advant-
 ages necessary to grow strong and
 healthy. who lack the intelligent home