New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-01
FRESH AIR RECRUITS.

"Who are all those young 'uns' = asked ouii5
nonrshoreman of TRIBUNE reporter
They are children going to the country ior
two weeks vacation"
I" On, That's one of THE TRIBUNE Fresh Air par
Ties is itf I've heerd O them. ana tel you
stranger it's done me good TO read ABOUT en- !"
nrettv rough lookin' customer, be, but ten YOU
Ive got heart in me when you're taiklh aoou'
children. Ihad bit of boy mysef-but haven't
him any more. He was cute little fellow jim was
and rd-ves, I'd "a given nv life for that ooy'
I'D everything a moor man can do but honestly,
/ belieye If nv little jim could "a gone on one
,bau narties like that 'un mebbe he'd be mere now
tall von-but guess you're in hurry va
The hoat rnebbe | won't hinder you, STRANGE
4. The man tnrned away, the reporter Sa" nun
- -; hord across his eyes and heard sOmeVn'"s
,ha+ sounded like a sob, with httie jim lniA'"
up in it. .ho children
The CITY of Troy at the pier ana tne cniiuien
were gathered together on the main deck oho 'ii'
of which they nearly hlled There were hilS
Of them. nearly all under twelve years OF age
They made rather better appearances thah 'uo
average Fresh Air parties, although 1t was pam
o,orcb that they were all extremely poor anu
many Of them were pale and sad-lookng enough
Vet most of them were children OF American pa
RANTS and had more of the look OF real chiluiooou
in their faces than is usually seen IN the couh'en
ces Of moor children of foreign birth and descent
There were some rosy cheeks ana Plen9
of bright eyes, and best OF all, Vnero
were more smiles than tears III 'n'S
party The children were all dressed ne9ty n.ns
81 them IN freshly washed and Ironed whte QIessCe,
and pieces Of red and blue ribbon were not i'oN'"7
,T6tre was a great deal of excitement among the
,,,rny vovapers after they had larry Dtcouic az
ouainr ed with their novel position on w po ~
NJ of Them had never been on a steamboat be-
batr arfle
The large ocean steamship Republic, OF me nllI
Sfar Line was along SIDE the Cliy o! lI41y, III"
some of the children took great interest III Il
,,t Ioar il gong across the ocean 10 Europe
,5 -. ~ The small bows e" and when l get TO be
a man Fin going TO earn lot OF money al" so'
IGiY Yes but who would you get TO take care OF
Won p suggested one OF the httie &lrS; ., ny
part | wo d rather be here III the fresh All pa
Resldes THIS IS "A good bit nicer boat thaL lhdt ON
black thing, and this boat Is t"Ice d. VIZ q" '--@'
WbiIe the children were thus prattling away
about the CITY of Troy, the country ana huhutu
other things there sudden cry from eIoup
OF boys loOAing the side, and IOi moulch. ~
was feared that one of them had dropped oNcroo'Iu
However upon investigation II was iOdnd thdt "a
hat only had dropped over us qI h ha, bnt
broke the heart OF he PoSsessor OF inc nA', puI
canal -boatnuln, who was out, Oh lH0 "Ii''A4'
got long pole and rescued II Tor hIn ,,,, ,,oro
The parents of a number OF the chIIuion VIZ W.
ahoard 10 see them OF. and some OF Tue IedN
ings were very affecting. one mOtnVI tou t II
hard 10 leave a sick htle child Oh the boat al
fnonph she anew that the vacation IN me COUNT!
Wa what the little girl most nceuei 10 mat 4oI
better After the steamer had moved OUT mo tn9
stream the parents stood On the pier anu "dNeu
their handkercnlets as long as they coulu See 'H'
boat 100 ctr,,rr,a Che
mango County \. \. The boat VIII reach lltoS
tins morning and after partaklDg OF substah tial
breakfast mere, given by ShepdrH IapPen,, Iuo
children will take the cars On the New. loIA Cc iI
rial railroad Tor Utca- There Dinner Will
be gwen to the children by Merritt fecknan' anu
Thea The children vii take the cars AGAIN On tnc
rslFT a
Sherburne. where they Will arrive al o'oO ocloch
tins afternoon. OF the parry eighteen were ron
Industrial school No 9 nine We're from tne Not-
more Home, No. = Second-aye" elsht were IoI
me seventh Avenue Mission fifteen were selected
by Mr.. cannon tom GOODWILL Mission AT nH
second st. and SecOnd-aVe., and Three were lahen
from other places. The party were accompanied pS
Misses Louise J. Kirkw and Z. L. Ludiam.
The \ 10 tram IRON the Grand Central Depot yes
terday morning had among It's passengers ten cily
children, who were going out on the rIesG Al
fuuu's account TO Western Connecticut anu Massd,
chuseits The children were all neatly dIesSeu @uu
were provided with plenty Oi clothing, winch they
carried in weLl-tended bundles. Two OF them,
George and Bella Hancock, went on second WISH
10 Mrs " Little, at Sheffield, Mass, ana cyrus
| sher was going 10 spend the summer Win MIS-
Deacon Barnard Of Kent, Conn, where lie visited
for two weeks ast year. Ine seven VINO We're Oh
their way 10 Florence, Mass, came from ~ Angus
tines Chapel and we're to spend their vacation "l1h
Mrs Harms, Mrs GerhITdJ Mrs SCHROEDER aud MIS-
Henry BOND.
BOXES AT THE CUSTOM HOUSE.
A
vii be begun to The TRIBUNE Fresh Air Fund
Boxes will be placed different parts of the build
ing into which officials and visitors can drop con-
tnDuuons.
RETURN OF PARTY OF BENEFICIARIES
One hundred ana fourteen beneGclaues OF
TIE TRIBUNE Fresh Air Fund returned TO
the city last night after having TWO weeks
of health and happiness III Massachusetts,
and Connecticut. lie first 10 start for the
city were sixteen from Williamsburg. These
joined by other parties at Hsydenyille, Florence
and Northampton, Mass. and AT Pennington, Conn
Al all Of these towns the departure of the children
excited the greatest interest and large wds
& ltheIel the railroad stations TO bll the young
trayellcis goOI-by. AT Williamsburg gentleman
came Il the train ami gave each chlld handker-
eIueL Many people VINO lad ehterialAcu some OF
the lIJtic folk, with them as tar As NOrthamp
ton. The final parting then seemed hard tof both
boss II guests, anu one lady Wept. Inc children
had pleased tlelr hosts exceedingly. and several OF
them kept for longer vacations, one staying AT
Williamsburg and two at Northampton, WnIl~
many more came back 10 the city, Ony return If
their parents viii let them for periods of varying
lrua b. one hump-back ed little Fellow was found
crying bitterly just before the Train LETT North
aInpIOn. His mission was closed IN New-IOrk, and
Le al orphan, he SAID, so lie would have no
place u spend the night when he reached the
cry Sool there was a sympathlzng crowd
about hun, and after few moments
generous farmer stepped INTO the circle and offered
u take the boy 10 hlS own nome. Inc Invitation
accepted. aud a udrvc IlOus change frO. TO
bright sunshine over the defOrmed chIlds face.
Tue people OF Northampton were eager 10 take
other children, and pressed about MI Vanderbilt
who had charge Of the party with requests 10 put
down theu names Tor from 10 four young
people.
AT Pennington thirty-six children joined the
parry. Ihey had spent a most delight
tul vacation in that charming village. The
people had We'd with each other II trying
~ make their stay pleasant. Many who did MOI
have children III their homes treated the nttle
guests OF nelghDors 10 rides, pcnlcs parties aud
nshing e2curslons- AS result OF ali these attcn-
TONS the children who had gone to tue village pale
and thin came back plump and rosy-eheeA ed. On
one evening, X. Z. Jones, retired New-YOrk mer-
chant, whose place Is surrounded by broad lawn,