New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-15
Total, July IA, 1852.
1NOrHER PARTY or CHILDREN.
slxTY-rIvE oF THEM START FOR GUILFoRD, CONN.
AND MONTCLAIK, Nj

slxTl-rIvE " THEM START FOR GUILFORD, CONN,
AND MONTCLAIK Nj.
Fhty-aine children were scnt out yesterday after
noon by HE tribune Fresh Ar Fund. They left
the Grand Central Depot AT p. III, under the care
Of he Rev. Willard PaTsDua and Went 10 OuilfOrd,
Conn. On June %, Mr.. Parsons spoke Tor fifteen
pinutest0 the people oi the TWO Congregational
cnurchc, III GuilfOro, Conn., about the rles that
the chIi4Teu Ia the great CITY have 10 endure and
about the opportunity thai the Fresh AIT FUND
gives TO the little sufferers u ENJOY country
and country air fOT a weeks. tie told them
also Of ue delight that the children express at their
trst SIGHT OF rural ANA of the lasting benefit
OF thel snort vacations TO then em1cIaJed bottles.
A. result OF his snort talk, different
members OF the two churches, the FIRST
Songre sational Church Of winch the Rev. +. ii.
1ayIOi - pastor, ana the SeconG COngre gatonal
Church, 81 which the Rev. q. W. Banks H. pas or
offered 10 entertain fifty -nlne of the children from
the city. Those who were 10 accept fbes. INVITA-
tons were chosen by MIR. VI. MOsher III bic
reader -lIs ;. Nichols, slOnary nurse and hv
teacher, IL the Tabernacle baptist SUNDAY school
o. Brooklyn, the knox Memorial Mission aud Cal
vary Chapel.
hirteen Of these benefciaries came from Five
IOiut,, wnHe most Of the rest were unhappy
uwei IL downtown rear tenement houses and
miserable garrets who are day scholars III the Five
fOiIto House Of Industry In spite o. the misery
CRIME ana squaIOr that have surrounded THESE chill
eIeu t.ej nave been ID large measures preserved
L1n Tie moral blight that YlJlates tie very that
They have always breathed. Their faces
are pale and their bodies weak and stuDCed
but there II a light III their eyes and an expression
III their faces winch shows that they are a far diff
ieTen Ordrr OF beings from the Arabs OF the
strgets " no have never been reached ~ mission
aries ana schools. / he greatest pans had been
taken hg theiT parents anu teachers ~ make them
look clean ana neat FOR their country visit New,
plain clothing had been gwen by the missionaries
10 those whose parents were TOO poor
10 clO,he them properly. ana their
wan faces with the extra scruDDihg mat they
hac uIde gone for the occasion some OF he efforts
Of the parents had been little misdli ected, lOr one
ute gri III very plain dress wore an enormous
biae bow, and two others appeared III WAIte Alu
Slippers Of the most elaborate design.
These poor children have been so accustomed
70 Want and disappointment that they can
neYeT bring themselves TO believe that thty
M really get away from their crowded, unhappy
loines. Yesterday when they were all gathered To-
se1ber Ia the depot, and The tribune badges were
piAned ON them they took That ceremony 10 be tine
Isi proof tat their hopes were 10 be realized aIIer
az anu perfect spasn OF delight seized the whole
Oahd OF little travellers. They were put into their
sveclal car Oh the tram, and sat iOr some
tuie holding their bun0Ies and bags IA
sssMufe, expectant silence, nntl the Tram
.hally moved of. prolonged On
.ioh every little throat expressed the collective
Ieahg that now, al least. nothing could nappeh 10
s,eg t4em Away trVn. the green heids ana pure
faospAcre OF the country. The tunnel uHdeI
gu aogIA ave. was the of nnbounded delight,
aa EACH Hash OF light that came through the aper-
,ss1 overhead was the signal Tor shouts oi
'"1>-asln- At G1iliord, which was TeacAeo