New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-12
The Tribune Fresh Air Fund
Thousands of Poor Need Vacations, and LILO
Children Sent to Country During Last Week
Still Leaves Many Behind

country for vacations during the week
ending to-day LILO boys and girls.
among them some whose circumstances
are described In the following para
graphs. II, after you have read about
these youngsters, you feel that the
FUND IL not relieving real needs, don't
send a contribution in support Of It's
work.
In the Corloars district Of the city
there Is n family that numbers eleven
MEMBER, two parents and nine small
children. The eleven live In two
rooms-Just two. And in the two
rooms there is one bed-just one.
How do the eleven sleep1 This way.
Tonight four members Of the family
will sleep In the bed. the rest on the
floor Tomorrow four others will take
their turn In the bed and the others
on the floor And so on.
For the next two weeks each mem
Der Of the family will sleep in bed
every other night. FOR the Fund yes
terdsy took three Of tho children out
of tho home-if 10 may b. called that
and sent them 10 Madison, Conn. for
vacations. 10 isn't often that a yaca-
tion means as much TO any one as IL
must mean % these three children.
Up In Iiarlem-the Fund gathers is
vacRtionists from all quarters Of the
eity-there Is an Italian family which
until a snort time ago consisted Of
father. mother and three daughters.
little girls from five &c nine years OF
age The father was a cobblcr.
Then suddenly the father fell sick
appendicitis and. in a few hours,
death The mother had no resources
but the little business which had kept
the family going In a hand-to-mouth
sort OF way. She thought she could
carry il on by employing man 70 do
the work.
She had just got things arranged this
way whom an agent appeared who said
that. the machines used in the shop
were being bought on the installment
plan and that payments were so far
behind that his company would have
20 remove them. The rent was behind
too. and dispossess proceedings were
threatened. The distracted mother APP
pealed TO the police and the rush Of
disaster was stayed until help was Sc
cured FOR the widow. The rent was
paid and the machine company was put
of
Through all this trouble the three
suters we're existing, but just that.
That they we're half starved was evil
dent 20 every one who saw them. The
Fund heard OF the case, n worker was
rushed 70 the home and in few hours
the children were in Waterfowl, y. l.,
in A home where food is plentiful and
kindness holds sway. In the mean
time the mother has one thing, at least,
less 20 worry about.
The story OF little Margaret begins
n wear ago. At that time she was living
in a Greenwich Village tenement IN.
"A home torn By domestic strife. one
was sent 70 Penn Yam for a VACATION
While she was away her father was
committed 10 one OF the state hospitals
for the insane. The mother uep"l'eu
for no one knew where I'll.
LEARNING the story Of the family
,-ouhles the Penn Yam host asked
nermission 10 keep Margaret for the
winter. Permission was given ana the
eirl STAYED. Then, during the spring,
the father was released on parole'ahu
demanded that the girl be returned 10
him. The mother heard OF TINS anu
though she had showed no interest lh
the girl before. threatened that II the
daughter was turned over TO the ialhe'
she would kill her.
The Fund was appealed 70 70 use Us
good Offices so that the child might
he retained in Penn Van. A temporary
Arrangement was made, but a re"
weeks ago the parents SUCCEEDED IN
getting hold OF the girl. Then tbe mat
tor was taken into the Children's Court
and Margaret was given into the guard
ianship OF n settlement worker. pend
ing final settlement OF the matter.
Within q few days the Fund had her
in n country home again, this time IN
Watertown. Her two weeks there Is
nm Tomorrow, but she is not coming
baek 20 New York yet. Her Penn Ian
host and hostess, who love her as they
would their own child. will meet the
train which is bringing the 6Ol "Fresh
Airs" back from their Watertown yaca-
tons Tomorrow in Syracuse, and Mar
garet will be turned over 10 them 20 DC
kent until final disposition can DC
made OF her affairs through the courts
Ia Il worth while, friends OF chill
dren. 10 carry on q work which I'M
covers tragedies like these and brings
10 the children involved in them little
relief. a little sunshine. a chance Tor
health az least and possibly per-
manent solution Of their diiheultlesF
Some time ago, after the Fund had
told about some children whose cir
eumstAnces were not quite so diihcult
as these. n reader telephoned the once
10 ask the question, us that story true
or lust SOB stuff" Don't ask that
question. These are terrible facts that
are related here. there Is not word
added for sob" effect.
will you help support the Fund IN
this work? 10 needs money for us
work as never before. This is not be-
cause giyers have been less generous
this wear than hitherto. They have
been more generous than ever before.
But there is so much that remains to
be done before the summer is over. a
eff from you to-day will help 20 solve
some boys or girls problem. Don't
withhold what you can give.
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Air Fund:
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St. 'J Adams. VI. Frsah Air Com ,,oo
In H the memory Of Z. L. H.. i..Ssoo
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