New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-15
CHILDREN UH0 ENJOYED LIFE At LYME.

The fortv-four children who returned from Lyme,
Conn nearly two weeks ago, after WISH uhuoi
me direction of the Fresh Air Fund. were received
hy their entertainers with royal hospitality MusU
of the people who undertook the charge OF me
children were wealthy, aud they deemed IL oeSi Io'
the children 10 be put 10 board upon inc Iois' n
ing farms rather than accommodated III llIr oGn
less simple homes. But the kind people VINO n"ltt
their expenses did not abate then aIlchsloh WI
account Many of them did not let day pass w N
out going TO the niue 0nITf, w
whom they had assumed the lespoliSlu!ii'IN, W.
if work or Their prevented the eois ~ loisiT
they would send servant to inquire aiier the cuil
drens welfare. Almost every alSrnool' Wv. w =;
children We're taken To fl llrd with new delight
the small minds that had before cohtenpia'eu
such eouipages only from the curbsione lyme -
n fine old town, and the pleasant uIlNcs WIN ~"
hrsrzas from the sea, and with the autumn ira
GRANGE of meadow lands and oIchaIdS' li'a"c t!Ic
eyes of the boys ana glrlS spaiNH with WI" mn
wonted color When the children we're ready TO
90. they were loaded with presents OF substantial
character. principally colhlhgi Whicn VII o'iiS
the summers pleasure far into the winter. me ist
of Gifts includes coats. trousers, SklrlS SlilIls'
aprons hats. shoes stockings handkerchleiS ana
dozen other articles OF wear, making a"ogeIheI
None Of the children were ready to come home
when their time was over Two of the boys were
helping the farm hands to unload the nay one az
ternOOn when a carriage drove up ana tne 10Y
were invited to 90 for a ride. lneY pTcleIicu ~
keen al work. tact which highly de1ghted lhelr
obseryant host The children of the people VINO en-
tertained the visitors were much amused at the lg-
norance of country life displayed by The small
strangers as the following letter from niue boy
Will attest:
ON LYME Sept 2-Somc OF the children Of the Fresh
Air Fuud have been spending few days here Ny
mother aud my grandmother are taking care oil some;
think they are very funny children one VI thei, "heh
he saw The digging potatoes Tor dhueI s'Hu 10 81"
other one: .'Wlat "a queer people these are. W men
they want potatoes they 90 and get them our OF ~
hole in the ground That is not the way we Ect lcu
GRIsWOLD PERKINS.
As has often happened at other places, one or two
Of the children tOlu large stories about the HaEhh,
cence OF their homes. Theodore LAUGH declared
that his father had a farm upon Long Island ana
owned four h rseS and a carriage. Inc story was
believed and some discomfort was expressed thdI
such children should be allowed 10 reap the fruits
which only the poor deserve. \ tribune reporter
visited the bows home a few day ago, and una
that The boasl was entirely without foundation.
The family live in a narrow back tenement, occu-
pving two or three smali rooms upon the thIId
floor which are approached by a dark ana dew
o,s p.>>acc-NaV. they very poor,
the father sometimes selling fruits or other produce
i'm the market. int earning only the scdnliest uNe-
hhood The boy, when spoken to, would GlVe j."
reason for his cNtTayagant Statements. MS
brother Frankie, who was with bin M Lyme uld
Lot ioin hun in telling the story The 1ain.y are
we'll known at the Wilson MlSHOn, and deserve
whatever kindness has been shOHn them
Miss Shaw who took the parry out, went to Lyme
again To uring the children hone. AT .he request 0i
some Of The people OF Lyme, she gave before sinai
audience some account OF he Work ana the pros
poets ol The Fresh AR Fund.