New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-09
FRESH AIR FOR CHILDREN
THE PARTY TAKEN TO wAyERLY.
INCIDENTS OF THE JoURNEY-JoY AT SooNIhi
sIGHTs-A HEARTY RECEPTION.

WAyERLY, TiOga County, N. T., July o. maj
country am going to ~ asked little fellow III tne
party of needy children sent Yesterday TO this oVey
village by The TRIBUNE Fresh-Air Fund. Nearly
every one of his associates had different answer
Some suggested Rockaway, Others New-Jersev'
while one girl who had been IN fennsyF
wanna. mentioned the name of that State. More
puzzled than before, the boy asked another question:
Twill we all be in the same country Z" This query
was greeted with laugh by the few children VINO
had enjoyed all the pleasure of like trip last year.
The children are in the same country as many
of them found to their great delight this morning
but some of them are in different States
Waverly is q quiet country village about IL miles
from Elmra and an equal distance from Owego,
ON the Erie Railroad. Its streets are
broad and shady and the visitors who are
entertained in the village have large lawns neatly
mown, whers they may play under shady trees I'M
disturbed by annoying signs and cross Policemen.
In nearly every ease the host has carriage anu
the strangers have already been promised many
trips out in the country proper. Some of the chill
dren are in Pennsylvania, the State line being
short distance from the village.
Such a reception us was accorded the httle trav'
elIers last night on their arrival here Is
seldom observed even by those VINO
are familiar with the enthusiasm which
the advent of the city children always creates In
country village. Every feature OF the trip had
been carefully planned by an efficient committee
and was effectively carried out. IL. WINSTON the
originator of the party, had sent to The Tribune
Office the names of the persons DESTROYS oil enter
tanning the summer boarders, and the chi'dren
were all assigned to their several homes long before
Waverlv was reached. Homes had been provided
for ninety children. Several persons VINO
| knew little of the work, save az one OF
of Npw-lOrk,
| refused to take any Of the children when the COM
| mittee WAS making up the list. Having become
interested enough in the strangers to refuse to en-
tertain them they were at the depot TO see what
| tbev looked like anyway" as one honest farmer
explained his presence. To see was to DESIRE ana
il was almost impossible for the committee TO DIS
tribute the children among the families when they
| had been assigned.
KIND RECEPTION OF THE CHILDREN.
"Look at that little grill Isn't she SWEET l
wish YOU would take her" The speaker was the
| daughter of n farmer who had pictured taggcu'
uuclean boys and girls. who would contamlnate MS
own children but being appealed TO by MS uauBn-
tor TO take the little one to play with her. he sud
| denlv changed his mind and underworld to per
| suade the committees that he had intended all this
time tn take one or two, if there were any lett
On the contrary there were not enough children III
| the marty to satisfy the demand for them, and
another party will probably be asked
| for az soon as this one has returned nome
| The children were well-behaved on the train.
| although they were somewhat wearied by 'neir
| long ride They made many friends among the
passengers who looked in on them. and also among
the people who gathered at the stations and walked
through the cars One lady aud her little sirl ais
| trbuted q largo bunch of flowers among the city
girls who were profuse in the expression OF their
| thanks. little child living in Plainield. n. J''
who had gotten up fair at which 500
was raised for the work. was riding IN tho
car next 70 one in which the
honsfciariss Of her charity were laughing and
singing. She became more deeply interested than
| aver in the work and suggested that The TRIBUNE
sbould hereafter speak of tho "FIesh-Air Fun" as
| that seemed more important to her than the fund
| for which she had laborcd. At station wolf
dressed woman came ON board and asked Miss Helen
r. Shaw who had charge OF one OF the car loads II
abe ,:ight have her pick among the girls. Not
understanding her meaning. Miss Shaw asked for
AN explanation. "why aren't you giving them
away. along the roadT innocently asked the
stranger When told that thoy were only on their
summer vacation. she added: Why. thought
YOU started from NewYork with carload, and
travelled until they had all been given away and
wanted one or two" 1t was sad to observe her dis
a neatly dressed child her age. Three" was the
moopsyllabic response She'll be three In August,
e1pla,ped an older sister who had charge of
the aaxon-hared child, "but We call her
three now." The average age Of the children
WAS less than usual for these parties, but IN every
case an elder sister accompanied the very wee ones
and it was interesting to observe the tender
tbonpbtfulness exhibited by the you thful guar
dians. Bya mistake boy Of seven years was
separated from his sisersone twelve and the other
four The brother taken three miles north OF
Wayerly and the girls two or three miles IN another
direction from the depot. Just before the farmer
started who had taken the girls for home
the elder one was seen crying bitterly
"because Johnnie is not going to be with me-"
When her d.hearled host assured hor that he
| would drive to Johnnies home and get him, thus
keepinp the family unbroken, her face kind sd with
expressions of gratitude that she cor'5 not speak.
FLOWERS GATHERED by TUE ROADSIDE
| Thetrain stopped twenty minutes for refreshments
| al Narrow burg. and Conductor A. Slade. who had
| been particularly kind to the inexperienced
| travellers, suggested that they should
partake of their luncheon ont OF the cars.
| Sandwiches and milk had been ordered by
| telegraph from New-York. The hungry children,
many of whom had eaten nobroakfast, we're 50 eager
| that they con scarcely be kept in line while re-
ceiving their large glasses OF refreshing mlK' ana
vet several of them wero willing to forcgo both milk
! and sandwich. being tempted by the quantities Of
daisies thai grew the platform. Receiving Def
| mission. they began TO gather the weeds"
AS one of the country girls called them, az she
| looked on the excited 1ower-gathcrers. with
look expressive both OF her inability TO under
! stand their rapture daisy, and her pleasure
| at observing their delight SO engaged had some OF
the little ones been In pucking their bouquets that
the bell rang for the train to start before the last Of
them had received their refreshments. Seeing that
| this contingency would probably arise. j. I. Saw
| yer president Of the Citizens Bank, of Wavcrly