New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-25
OFF FOR COUNTRY PLEASURBS.
WHAT THE FREsH-AIR FUND Is DOING.

THREE PARTIES OF CHILDREN SENT OUT YKsTER-
A bright CLEAN Of sunshine invaded the
homes Of number of families living In tho tenement
house district yesterday and sent Of Joy into the
heart of many tired and wearied child. Tho day which
the little had been long waiting for had come OF
last, and they were told to be all ready
Of THE TRIBUNE Fresh-Air Fund by p. m.
Although the train tina take the children to their
temporary homes not to leave the Grand Central
Station until 9:15 o'clock, hour before that time
passengers for the wesbound trains wondered where
the children could be coming from who poured quietly
into the waitingroom and went to the seats to which
they assigned By the kndhearted attendant in the
bright little boy of the party where he was going and
he shouted in merry voice that could be heard all over
q I'm a fresh air. lamp
This remark broke the decorum that tho children had
Fresh ARR Fresh air' and the quiet waiting-rOom
for moment became bedam Despite the efforts Of
seemed to have become imbued with the spirit q free
sSs could n, 1:s Ss,nv :s Ne
with JOY and happnessp and od q tho pleasure. Of
& sn
Gated the embedding work Of disease the misery Of
There Is little GIRL said one Of the rssionars,:
GIRL who when Went to her home this morning was
crying and begging her mother for PIECE q bread
ing to eat for forty-egbt hours. But
y S .rv. I'll e. little amy 81 hS years. P. s
want to come away on this pleasure trip and leave
Many hands at the sewing schools have been busy for
several days making clothing for the children and they
se bo IA and
Every child carried bundle containing food enough
rents Of q the sss0 with them
depot and their hearts were overnowng with thankful
.snn SF Rs
charge OF the youngsters had his hands tas
NO danger
OF losing any of,the young travellers. -, ..p
aboard 1--WE were s1' heard from tie happy party,
and when the benrang indicating that the the
shout OF JOY, went out from every small throat
The children marched gayyouto the depot and boarded
ust before the train started, and found little Fellow,
Four years DID, who had been told not to stir until some
the just the bell rang start There were In all
25 children. and they were bound for two places In
Now-York state-Memphis, Onondaga County, and Pal
The hosts at Memphis Ira Paddock, orn Tilt.
The hosts at Palmyra are Mrs. j. G. Bronson Mrs J.
Like. Mrs; Tiiden. Mrs. Joseph Gilbert, Mrs, H. Mills,
Brown. Mri. B. Billings, Mrs. B, Billings; r., Mrs.
jeffrey Gilbert, Mrs; D. j. McNqtt Mrs; William A.
ner. Mrs. John Lent, Mrs. George. Avery, Mrs wyn-
tcSSR Mrs H. p Knowles Ms GILBERT Budd Mrs
Root, Mrs. g. 8. Rogers Mrs. +. Rogers, Mrs; Dr. W.
Brown, Mira. Curtis, Mrs. H. Clark, Mrs. Bradley Mrs
Dr. Ingraham, Mrs. II. White, Mrs. Giles Warner Mrs
Allison Purdy, Mrs Frederick sloat Mrs. George Good
rich Mrs. Giles Crandall, Mrs. Henry Floyer Mrs. O.
Sanford Mrs. Lorenzo Warner Mrs Glossinger, Mrs.
r. i. soddard. Mrs James Ford. Mrs Rfus smith. Mrs
Hendee Parshs Mrs William Jordan, Mrs. Mason, Mrs
j. H. VAIL Mrs. Farmer, Mrs. s. c. Hopkins, Mrs. w. j.
Reed, Mrs @. T. Smith, Mrs. Joseph Gilbert, Mrs. Sarah
Jordan Mrs Robert Heart, Mrs. 8. g. Wggesworth ana
Mrs. g. H. Williams
In addition to the children sent to Palmyra there were
f0rtytwo to Montrose Penn. the Lehigh VAL
ley Railroad under the direction OF Mrs H. A. Lindsay,
aud large party took the steamer OF the Norwich Line
and will be scattered In various places In Vermont