New-York tribune., 1880-04-07
PREPARING FOR DEPARTURE.
SCENES AT THE ROOMS OF THE cHfLDRENS All
sOCIETY-rARTiSG WORDS.

SCENES A THE ROOMS OF CilLDiNLN" @'A
sOcIETY-rARTrSG WORDS.
The rooms of the Chdrcn's Aid Society, at west
Fourth.st.. presented busy appearance yesterday.
Mr. Red's seventh party of homeless boys was 10
start for Virginia, and little crowd was gathered
of cnterprsing fellows who longed to try their lot
tunes in different field. Some of them were raggeu
and unkempt Others were bright and fresh LOOKING
and most had evidently taken pains to make the'r
appearance as prepossessing as possible under tiio
circumstances. One little boy whose clothes con-.
sisted of a number of large holes strung t"go'her
with various material. spOred clean white shrt
and had his hair brushed. professional
bootblack had given his own feet cover
ing shine, performance the neeu Oh
which probably never struck him Deiore'
Several members of the party had travelled consu1
eraby when their years and facilities Tor locomo-
tion is considered More than ons. in roply to dues-
tons rs TO where they had lived. gave the inueh''o
but expressive reply all over"
The nineteen who were selected to make up the
party are, on the WHOLE of class likely to take
every advantage Of tho facilities he'd out to them
to become respectable citizens. They have all. NJ
least learned how to take Of themselves, and their
early struggles for q bare existence appear
in many instances to have endowed them with
spirit Of Independence and sol-rcliance. In the
simple stories of their lives which thcy told there
was no whining; they related how they had
worked. and suffered and struggled III
natural and unexaggoratcd way, and spoke
of the trip with the air OF business
men taking up new enterprise. Some OF
their stories ara quiet affecting, and none better
shows the Openhandcd generosity which invaHaby
charnc!crzas thr very poor than that "i JOIN
Mccoy boy OF fourteen, who; Oh salary ol T1
supplied his less fortunate chum for weeks with
food and lodgings.
As the BOYS gathered in the rooms Of the society,
thew we're taken down stairs and supplied with
strong shoes s,rviccabc caps aud such other cloth
ing as they needed. Some. whose unkempt locks
cayo moro of widncss to their expression
than naturally belonged to their dispo-
stions, were taken TO ncisAho'ing bar
Der. and came back looking the better
for the visit. When all had been thus prrparcd for
their journey into the uniTird life. ino IooS-
ing group Of BOYS was prrse;,ca H. ln" f1"W ,s,od
the rooms. aud after a few minutes CON
vcrsatioa with the ollirrrs Of thr Chidrens
Aid Soc'Giy. gave r." tE"n, W"S ,bor W. aver, wrgc
to bc sent fiOm Nrw.YOrk becaus" il WAS Thought
thcro would be chance for them ~ 90 better.
There Is M use" hcadded. IN sgnninE Yo1 mics
you intend to do better. You woni hnd
an, body tako you mp and give you
another chance; that happens Only once or twice
in a lifetime There is no rclsun " w Won ~ ~ not
DO a. well in life as the boys who wee bern ~
tho country where won are goiny; bat u
Won succeed, Won will do II b. yplr own
eiinrts-you will be left ~ sink SWIM tn, gen
teinan who has furnished the money 10 N"Nd y"u
only gives you Il chance to b.-Lr,i. good bpt,.
then good men. Most Of the rucc---inl men
in the country started with f"w more advanilgrs
than Won are HOK enabled to start with"
Mr.. Reid spoke of the beautiful valley Of
the Shcr andoah TO which they were going.
and wished iacn a pleasant jour"ey and n pios-
pcrous future. He told them Of the conditions
on which the money had becn given for the purpose
OF sending them from the city, md that heir names
and records wond b. published 10 Iml. TWBuSr 81
that their bcmcfrtor aud their friends would know
whether they prove worthy Of tho efforts made IN
their behalf Tic boys listened with ilanietiations
of interest.
As the train on which thev rft did not start
until 10 last night. the boya wcrc kept at the rooms
oi the society until p. H.. being taken ont to
restaurant near by for lUrch and dlnncr. The IT p
10 the ferry aud Tho embnrkatiun wern with
ont incidents, a. special inicr".i. The
with this CITY To render them unhappy
at tho Thought Of leaving 1t. They are
in charge Of Mr. II. A. Holt. IA agent
of the Childrcns Ah Sociev 1hcy Will
reach BltinOrc th morning and tncuce travel by
the Baltimore and Ohio Raiirpad To WINCHESTER,
Va, where local committee will hc In readiness 10
receive them and distribute them among farmers in
the vicinity who havo made application for boys
and whose applications have been approved.