New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-02
nNTHE WAY TOTHECOUNTRY

Thu main deck or the SlcalnDOat
Trov Line, was almost entirely taken up oS ~"
Air children yesterday afternoon AT V0lo'~
N,pety-erht of them were there girls and boys Oh
~, ,n,nlcvions and various nationalties, their
90 -ang;nc from four TO twelve years. lhere was
On li,4le ornhan however, who was only eigh'eeh
,,o,tbs old There should have been lo| III the
Dar.v but nine of the children did not appear
-, u very dis'ouTaglng when
children whom we expect ana Ior
whom we have provided do not come" said M
Parsons who has charge of the organization OF lne
Fresh Ar parties. Ii dlstresses me very muci "
Sepd of party in which there are vacancies Wi1"
could be flied 80 easily and gladly II only NJ
hme were given in which 10 gather up the nui.De
nf children lacking. Ii any one who mas -,
70 bring me a certain number OF cu,l"i' -.
given excursion would only let me ANU" - -,
-aoa,,c or vacancies occurring in his OF her pau
'"''''' 49, before the time of departure,
81 ely enough fill up the party wlInin 'no
-, when there are so many hundreds OF GILL
=, his city who so greatly need such eAcuI
,ions and when they are so anxious 10 60 II al op
,ortunity only is given, II Is distressing 'n@'
- marty should leave the city without us iuii
o,ota Not only are tickets, breakfasts uih"ois
.nd assistants all engaged for the estimated mum
her beforehand, but when the des1lhAIol OI 'A0
Marty Is reached, some of the people VIM nav
kindly invited children TO share tneH noinoS 10
two weeks are disappointed when none come ~
.heu In some cases people who 1--we IN lne oOun
Ivy have TO drive several miles TO the uepo'' anu -
after all no children are there. II occasions s'o"'
81 of disannointment. The people, naturally
enough. often feel disguised and not mucH nI0u".u
oake second trip 1t is not pleasant, either 10
+ake a number Of extra children 10 depot OF per
ON the suppostion that there may be vacancies 10
horn ara
;nclude the whole party of extras, then there are
a number of disappointed children Though you may
I'll ON extra ehlld beforehand that II Is OuIy pos
sihie that he or she may 60 on contingency Vnat
contingency is confidently expected 70 occur anu Il
II doesn't then there l. trouble. .i
The children VINO composed the party yeSVeIudy
- ,n.stv between five and seven years Oh age
and were nearly all from the very poorest Ia4io'
4 mere were more girls than ooys III tno o ma,
Inslv of them VERY rrall ana ueicatv @ 1i
eIuv-tny he need OF great deal OF 4eSh All an,
uleutv OF good food To put Color anu piLtlRyu 80
3be,r wan cheeks and great ueai OF c9eerIulhess 10
hiring smiles 10 their mite races but 4O' a. Va
me cnlidren were sal-O0blng, though All Oole Guo
marks of poverty. some OF thell III oonslDoi 90
- NV scarcely knew where they were
or what TO do; they talked ana IausHeH auu
shouted and ran about the boat I'D nli y. ~ n,'u
,er their eyes sparkling ana tneT tongues -ViiS
faster imam the paddle-Whees of the steamer ever
go Mapy OF them had never been on d Steamboat
before, and there we're some IN lne pare Nv li"u
new 80 1cr seen eie her of The rivers Central
PARK =; ,I,,.r tho selac |
tlou oil The children who coIhpIIseu Tue pIity. LIS
dor on OF the tree kindergarten OF tle cOc'e.S loI
Ttntcal Culture, furnished eght cnliuIeH' 'IAon
tr,n 5ne poorest districts on tHe " Ve' D'''0
T,er.on Droyided fifteen, whose homes are oet"eeA
4 wru1v-slxth and FOrueth SIS, ana ElEh'h-aNe'
Cd t5. North River Miss &. B. shaw took ten
chlldren from Industrial school = o. VINO i've III
1he u,lghbornOod of East SIxteth-St ana flrst-
ave. >ne sends TWO ex,Ia children by !heiASe,Ves
10 Yonkcrs TINS morning. MS Lover; IL u LiUn
Chapel provided ten children from the West Slue'
between FOrIy-sxth and fltty-slXth-s's. BITS Ely
OF industrial school No l. selected seventeen lroln
f fns ''''n and Thirt, -lf,n-sis. Mrs AustiL
tool ten selected from The belghbOrnOOu OF Luz
Lowest aud Mrs George l.. Crane, OF the bethei
Aissi ID OIL Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, DtOuEh.
over eleven chiuren whose houe9 a. i III
neIpDorhoOd of hlcKs-st BROOKLYN Inc REMAINDER
OF he party we're gathered IRON various P"rVS u
There we're the usual scenes when the time ior
The departure Of the steamer came. Many VI .1o
parent were aboard, mostly poor pa.e pIo i,,b
ooWn mothers. who needed fresh ar quite iIs much
- their cmidrcn. IL very nard lor sOhe VI
them 10 part rom their children. one little girl
about tour years Old. whose mother vas not
present was overcome with homeslckness about the
time tie last beA rang, and begged " Dc 'AAeA
home again. - .r
ON. 1 want my mammal" she cried " want
my HAinma-if she could only 60 would 90 too but
/ can't 20 without my mamma!
The chIid's guef began 10 grow contagious, and
ahead II the greater portion of the nIne y-eight
children on board mad all concluded 20 want lneT
m.mInl ~ with sObJIng and crying, the prODa-
billy hat the other passengers on ne steamer
wpuld have preferred 10 remain over IN the city Tor
another boat. by considerable effort, viewer ana
a gOOd zeal OF rapid. e2tTayd gant tax about tne
Trip up the uyer and tn country that she would
come TO after awhile the Little girls griet was as
saagcC.
Inc party was accompanied by Miss Helen r. Shaw
and MI flsacK, am VII arrive IL Troy this morning.
She ARD Happen VIII give tie children breakfast
there. Mf lreadNcil Viii then take division OF
the party 10 kdriVlIle, leaving Troy on the New
H0Tk eutr4l kailrOaI. Al Utica Mr.. and Mrs j.
j. Z. hinca d VIII give tie chIlGren lunch II their
garden near the GepOt, after which they Will de-
wanna and Western Railroad, reaching tneT
destination at o'clock TINS afternoon. Ihls Earl
VIE division contains 1Orty-hve children. There
was provision made Tor the reception OF hity-twO
children III Earlville but there were vacancies IN
the party at the time OF rs departure, and these re-
duceG me Lumber TO forty live. seven extra chill
Orcn Will be started Tor L.rlyIle, however, tnIs
evening, TO MI out The number Tor whom invita-
tons re sent. In addIuon 10 the forty Ear
yle children, two extra children, VINO are Win the
par y, VIII be taken on to oherDurne 70 MI TWO va
cancies winch OccuTrcI III the party which lett the
CT 3 Oh MOnuay evening
Inc remaining mtg one children OF Y sterday's
parry VIII leave Troy by the hensseleer ana Sara
tO.a Railroad, eight o. them gong TO Ballston
Crn.rc, thirty 10 JOnesvllle, tTO TO Cause
ConOes one 10 Dorset, ana one 10 Rutland. The
children VII return III Two weeks from Tomorrow
morning.
vi. tne tram which left the Grand Central Depot
al $40 yesterday morning there twenty-One
neau, Oreasrd Dnght-iaced benrhciares OF the
resl Ar una on tncr way 10 llJOn anu " ash
M On, OOnn, ali bu. one vi the party gong
10 the former place. hc one who went 10 Washing
ton Wal VISIT Mrs b. T. Beacn Tor the third uuIe
ana VIII say al the summer. Inc children were
CHOSEN iOr this party by MOsher Il Margaret
The parents Of two boys among The
nunOei sick, the mother beng the last stages
OF consumption. sister Oh the boys is Obliged 10
stay III home 10 taSe care VI the dying mOtuer, and
Tie Idthei, though Ill. forced 10 struggle Oh
against the poverty death that stare nm III tine
lace. Two nt,ie g.rls IN the party are mOtheriess.
ner iainer Is All educated German Win etters Of
iron oanklAg house that en-
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