New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-03
coUyqRY AIR FOE CHILDREN.
orr pop VACATION IN VERMONT.

1851, uuNpREp AND NINETY CHILDREN TAKEN Flu"
o' THE CITY BY THE NORWICH BOAT.
The steamer City of Worcester, OF the Nor
,T,na winch left its pier at the foot OF Watts'st'
S-n Rver last evening at 6:15 p M, took away iron
~. o,tv for THE TRIBUNE Fresh-Ar Fund Aoo
.n,,dren who will spent two pleasant "ueA'
near the Green Mountains In NorInern 49,
mont The party Will reach No" -
.orlv this morning and will be glyen preaSias' %
nv members OF the First Congregational 0nuio"' An
ths children will proceed their journey
~, care If Mr.. Rutherford Mss Hull and Miss Morana
bo went with them from this oily, ana VIII. io"." =,
destinations early IN the evening to-day ino -,
shs ch,ldren will be at the raj way stations anu WIN
them TO country homes IN and arouhu @'
Concord, McIndoes Falls and Barnet W.
For an hour before the steamers gahsp'auh We
.,ra5 In the dminutiye voyagers kept marching upon
tha pIer in small and large companies anu pst'aon'
- ~. aries who had collected them from psse
ant rarrets aud rear houses in the tenement mousse
districts As each squad arrived carrying OF orAksE
along its motley baggage OF boxes, bags anu oun'
6.s II was marched 10 the upper deck ai anu lone 10
FORE sail ashore who going was shouteu' 'ne oecs
20, llsd to OVERLOOKING The two most noticeable char
,ceratcs of this queerlo1kng collection OF summer
travellers were tae extraordinary predominance OF red
h THAR costumes. and the unaccountaoe stiffness
-hcb prevailed among them. They yelled not,
neither did they shout, but they sat quietly
and munched cookies talked soemnly together IN low
ZONES When at last the lines were cast on ana the
steamer moved slowly out into tue stream o h
crowded TO rail in heavy fringe OF rea anu DroMn
blue and white waving their hahakerchiels 'soiou'V
but not shouting or screaming . o., c,,...,
The party was made OF recruits from GARNER Cnspei
n Ceoroe's Church Sunday school, Goodwill Msslon the
sunday school the First Reformed Epscopai SnuIcn
the Mission of the Comforter, ST. Peter ounuay
school and different parts OF the city wherever sasy
were brought by nurses Bible readers and agents OF ne
Charity Organization Society. Many OF tne children
were orphans more were hall orphans On one eeat
there were two pairs OF Twins from circn
etsnoes One OF them said when asked his
age: al am ten don't know how Old my orother 10
but he's going out the country with me- InIee g,s
and dninutiye boy who were sitting together sooeIy
came from a family OF children with rather ana
ube whole family occupies two small rooms on the toP
moor of a large tenement house. The chldren
help their mother sew trousers ait DAY Iohs; anu
the little boy, who looks ABOUT SIX years olu 10
skul with the needle. His daily occupation is 10 line
the bottoms of boys trousers Six OF the children go 10
eundayschOol and rarely miss day one large uetacn
ment of children was mace up Of Bohemian and terDan
children fathers and ulotners are clgarmuAers
little girl OF twelve, with a careworn, ageu-
Hacking face, is the hOusekeeper for her fanlly,
which contains the father, mother ana lOnr chGleh
hree of the young travellers live in basement Iheir
father sells worms for bait aud hshlng Tackle. Ills
Family numbers eight and they 1--we In three camp rooms
The bedroom s between the other two rooms anc goes
without the luxury OF window. Inc otner
two rooms are flooded with light that slts
shrough small iron grating: Inc me, grazing
which nlumnates tne ktenen, ,t 81 naro,
courtyard which is marveliously productive OF damp
stones and bad smells. From such homes the heavily
hurdened young OF 100 children were being rescued
for two Of air, wholesome 1000 ana careless
dulge ia more shouts and hurrlhs tnan they did last