New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-09
THE LAS7 or THE VACATION.
IATTTNlNG TIE FREsH-AIE children on sol TIL
TgN JFRSFY FRUIT.

IATTTNlNG TIE FREsH-AIE CHI DEEN on sol III
EI.N JERSEY FRUIT.
SHILOH. y. j.. Aug. 26.-FOrty-six benef-
eiares of THE TRIBUNE FreshAr Fund have jusi hnised
ueir two weeks Of health-gymg enjoyment among Tie
fruit farms ii tins vicinity and at Greenwich twenty
nne OF them spent their vacation here chiefly in seventh
Day Bslti-t families. Mics Anna Davis saw TIE good
work in progress last year IN Au,gany County y y.
and On her return shiloh made her mind 10 send for
party 10 come here this W the help If TIL
Rev r. l. Gardner and toe he ry cooperation OF the
vellto-do farmers Of tue noiclborhOoi. the
meuts were and the pa;t received. ana this morn
ing their entertainers had the satisfaction OF eontem-
plating the wonders good their kndAeSs had done 10 50
many poor children.
WHEN IN y came, II was a common remark that they
looked badly IN need Of change II was not 20 mach
their poverty that attracted ateut On,ata0ugh th was
marked and but the thin arms and wrists
the o4g delicate hands heir big blue vensthe lean
shoulder outlined sharply under tk sir hreadoare clothes
showed all 700 plainly the results o. cramilng youus
live ia ne narrow OF city tenement houses The
lttle ones went to Greenwich, Few miles SOUTH q"
Shiloh near the d sIaware Bay, Jersey city chill
den but their destiuOn and need OF good air aud food
were even more strongly marked. Among th"m was a
feeble woman with a small child. who ID come by
special request.
People here made up their minds Immediately that If
nlay In their power, they would send those children
back with "A much health stored up IN Their
two weeks and as many happy memories in their bright
rentive minds as the hndest ot treatment could put
there Parunate ly IL toe height OF the fruit
son that they came. Great mellow app Odrsing with
rnenes. lie along the village Thar grateful
fragrance Ma the air the whole region is one vast
chard In the heavy stiffness these long August
moons as W loiters along the grassy sidewalks he can
hear the sesivo thud u the heavy fruit "a 1t falls
from is own rpeness Peaches tue mere SIGHT OF which
IL enough g. make child hungry, burden the trees Big
laseous caches they are with the real South Jersey
flavor. They would sell for fabulous
p-1ces in New-Yorkj bat here TIE p,or st
of these city children could have his I'LL Then. too
gardening and canning the great IN iustrics here
Vegetables OF al descriptions and OF the highest degree u
cultivation be had IN abundance The children were
well fed and many button burst before the frtnglt
was over The bloom IN thc cheeks; the eyes
and mouths lost expression aud the
old childlangn back again. Ait ,gether their hosts
have cause 10 congratulate themselves the physical
Improvement OF their wards
The oppe-tunitles for culture OF another and more
valuable though less easily estimated sort,
abundant The subtle innu that make mp the
sospere II Christian could not but affect these
Young lives The children went back stronger
md hrayer in soul, and, II Is 70 be hoped
10 less gente than whe0 they came
A veil do fine locking was especially attentive
30 tie children on their Journey All last the reason came
out: lived In New-ferk tenement mouse myself
when Ooy IN two rooms one OF them earE searoom'
me ner.ous who ch dren at Shiloh are the
Rev. T. T. Gardiner, Richard j. Bonham iona nan Bon
tarn John BOBham Hiram Davis, Arts Davis John
AOfnsa Amos Thomas. Lawrence Harris, Charles FL
tredge Edwar Hummel, Mrs Elizabeth Davis Hosea
west, baward MIocn, Jonathan Welsh Horace D. DAVIS
Onscn wica tile entertainers were the Rev Henry T.
Thomas, Ephrsim Bacon Thomas paeeis. Isaac Reyes
wilhsm 9sspey, ychn Wa ,,ss Ld"M Cafls"' MI"
ht1ah Dubois, and Maria Bfooks.