Brooklyn Italian Settlement, Conclusions on the Settlement Camp at New Canaan, Ct., 1908. Published at the Settlement House, front Street, Brooklyn, NY. 7x5", 9pp. Original wrappers. Good copy, only. Scarce. $45
"WORK AT SETTLEMENT CAMP. Children for First Time Close to Nature 'Is This the Same Sun That Shines on Front Street?' A little pamphlet [the one described above] describing some of the work of the Settlement Camp at New Canaan. Conn., conducted by the Italian Settlement whose house is at 29 Front street, has been issued. It is an interesting interesting story, and one which will appeal to many persons. The settlement camp is an old farm of 45 acres, on which is an old barn half full of hay, a small new house, several apple trees, a big and interesting interesting woods, full of oak, ash and hickory trees, brooks and springs, berries and nuts, with a swimming pool, and various wood folk. Here the leader, Fred McCollum, erected four tents, while Miss Errlco had charge of the house and the girls. Between June 29 and September 2 there were 180 persons at the camp for a longer or shorter period. The average stay of the boys and girls was ten days. Here is a Quotation. amusing but pathetic: "From Stamford the trip to New Canaan was by train, and thence to the camp by wagon. At first the breadth of the sky, the panorama of the hills, the darkness of the night, the cries of the screech owl and... created an Impression too strong for comfort. It seemed to take jr the youngsters' breath and rendered then strangely silent. For these children children knew nothing of nature; girls of 12 talked of picking up apples from the floor meaning the ground, and again and again asked: 'Is this the same sun that shines in Front street?" --Brooklyn Eagle, October 1, 19078, pg 4, courtesy of the great Brooklyn Public Library.
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