Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-25
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last three years have vindicated the wisdom

last three years have vindicated the wisdom
of that decision.
"The work has steadily increased through
the years. and our high water mark was
reached when we sent away more than 5000
children in n single summer. using for this
purpose forty five different boarding places.
'The passing Of the years has seen not
only the enlargement. but also TIE better
ment Of the work in many ways. We now
have six houses of our own which we use
every summer. and put the remainder Of the
children In various boarding places, all of
which we know to be excellent. Two OF these
places are Mt the seaShOre. whore we send
mothers and children for whom the sea air
has been recommended.
Finding the Children
"Thc children whom we select each sum-
mer come to us from the various social
service agencies which are working all the
year round with children and who know
the conditions among them better than any
one else in the city. We also get names
from Sunday school teachers. from the pas
tors Of churches, from individuals who send
them to us and from the children them
solves in some instances. Some of them come
to us and register themselves. All cases are
thoroughly investigated except those recon-
mend"d by the social service workers, whose
assertions we take as sufficient.
1--WE now send out about 375 children a
week, each of whom has two weeks in the
country. Where the board Of a child for a
week was formerly $3.50 1t is now 81 80,
and this. Of course, makes difference in
the number we can send. We have also
added n counselor for every group of twenty
children, no matter whether they are at one
Of our own homes or on d farm being
boarded.
This counselor plan has been a develop
ment of the work, and by means OF them
we are able to give supervision such as the
systenntizing Of meals, games, see that
t1nr IIttr ..hpn x..I 1nf,ty
the improvement of the manners and to the
mental and moral growth Of the children as
well rs their physical progress. The cOUn-
sclors write Il report weekly, and in the
case of anything unusual developing with
any of the children, that child Is Immediately
returned to the family or transferred to that
special organized society which Is best fitted
to supply its needs.
Mothers Also Provided For
1--WE are also able under the present con-
ditions of the association to take care of
certain number of mothers, letting their
children accompany them. and this is one of
the most useful and best appreciated works
of the organization. On Paradise Farm we
have really two operations. One of these is
n house built by the late Charles W. Kob
and endowed by him>>Tith n sum sufficient
for its maintenance. In this building the
mothers and their little children are housed
The other operation here is camp for bows.
Camp Weitzcl, and this is on a hill oppo-
site.
'"rhe only requirement for the children
to 60 away Is that they have no other means
of getting out of the city for n while during
the summer. IL investigation shows that
this Is the case, we consider them as our
leases. Every child is examined by phy-
sician for contagious disease before beng
accepted, and there is also Il physician at
the train TO make IA second last minute ex-
animation TO see that no contagious discase
has developed since the first examinotion
Special attention In this last examination is
made to the nose, throat and the possihle
presence Of tubercular signs.
1.-THE children whom we accept are boys
and girls from six to twelve years of o,c
and there are no conditions as to racr color'
nationality or religion. Children under six
years of age are taken with their mothers,
We had been sending fifty week, bur sn,y
that we should not be able to get throneh
with our work, and so sent sixty.fyo n
week for the last few weeks But, as 7 soiJ
this is largely matter of selection, os we
cannot begin TO- send all who need IT. md
are therefore obliged to take only those VIII" VIII"
need it the most Wv