New-York tribune., 1885-07-10
CITY CHILDREN DABBLE ~ THE WAVES.
OVER 800 BENfFICIAHlEs OF THE FBEsH-AIR FUND
sPEND THE DAY At CONEY ISLAND.

sPTND THE DAY At CONEY ISLAND.
Another gathering of the clans took place mt
South Ferry yesterday morning Another lot OF hot. eN-
cited but intensely delighted children shipped TO
the seaside at the expense OF Tnr TRIBUNE FreshAir
Fund. This time the gentlcr prsdominated in the
of dimnutiye humanity that covered the
pier where the Bay Ridge boats land There
800 In ALL part Of them under the leadership Of the
Rev Mr Young Of Grace Church. and the from the
Broome Street Tabernacle. Mature little women Of ten
years watchfuy guarded the baby footsteps OF their
smaller sisters and cung with the grip OF fate 10 tho
skirs Of the teacher While the boys IN
the minority they not 10 be ignored. what they
lacked In numbers was made up In activity and lung
power They scorned even the appearance OF submis
sion to authority anu organized democracy OF their
own OH IN one corner. 49,
when steamer Thomas r. Way tied up TO the wharf
ajuyenile cataract poured Io"n We sihts ha oyer no
gang plank As each little traveller had tn hold on TO
doughnuts which maternal foresight had provided, with
tile other. the sail 10 Bay Ridge was lot ovcrcrovdcd
with incidents. At the landing there was wild rush
for the OF the sea Beach train a1 to second part f
the journey oegar the rural somes oi Long I.Ianus
cabbage fields were startled by travelling nproar such
as they had not heard the dag OF the last Freshar
excursion Coney Island. The mild and good little girls
lifted their piping voices In the most approved sunday
school hyrns while tho boys shouted
"Climbng Up the Goden Stairs" by
way OF opposition Between the they yelled aud
ohrered IN order To supply the inteudc aud when they
got out OF breath jumped up and down TO Increase The
racket The result OF the contest IN ne ear occupied ny
The reporter doubtful though the boys seemed 10 be
ahead. when In Inc back seat waved
his umbrella the boy choir and suggested that they
- give somebody else "A chance" The soprano chorus
singing "Sae In the of Jesus. had things all their
When the beach reached there was another rush
the various Institutions of the island. About 700
Children the rDllcrCOaSer and nearly stringcd
themselves In the conflicting desires 20 shrek win de-
breath for ffFr, and the
time. Others took a sail "silver Lake" This Is IN
Institution which Happy jack Smith presies, and
which does great credit To hs invention Instead
Of the usual number OF boats are drag
ged around in circular iron trough or real water The
water s called Silver Lake because II Ia the color ol
dirty copper still other children pu led their shoes and
stockings off, and wadng is the surf was the order OF
the day.
'Oh. my what darlin' ellephunt!" exclaimed one
youthful member OF the party he gazed a that seven
tesnth wonder OF the world. At | o'clock mine host
Meyer the Sea Beach Palace Hotel served out sand.
wicLes and milk at 75 per cent OF
the cost at which the articles could have
been purchased IN New-York and the children went
back their amusemcnts with renewed ygor. Mr Mel.
son OF Grace Chapel, footing the bill. Three hundred
sun burned reached the city about o'clock
return trip Another party win be sent down to
the beach to-day.