New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-01
on THE TRIBUNE DAY EXCURSIONS
MANY POOR PEOPLE ESCAPE FOR TINE FROM
TIE HEATED CITY

MANY POOR PEOPLE ESCAPE FOR 4 TINE FROM
TIE HEATED CITY
AT no time since The Tribune Day Excursions nave
been afording frep trip upon the water eacn year
10 thousands Of poor families Of this city anu hrooS"
have they been more truly blessing anu r''" u
ufc-snving institution than during the learIunS n''
week which has tIst closed. Any one 10 rc'''~'
whnt day away from the city means 10 V"e '"'
cnt.house family must vl.it some Of the cro"ueu
ns,r,c,. ., tho Fost or West side There are com
narotlyelv few OF the citizens Of this city VINO nave
any iGca Of the misery and wretchedness "ll'n One
heat OF summer brings 10 certain sections VI Wv"
York Imagine an overcroWdcd tenemchthouS'' WIN
its small roOns some Of them with no "niu"" anu
next 10 no ventilation, and hot cook stoVe anu "''
try to think what must be the atmosphere III S"'"
a place when he mercury stands In the mheu'S III
mo shade II IS ont Of Just such houses AS these
thu, The Tribune Dag Excursion parties come anu
were II not for this opportunity, they "onu III 'o'
cases have no excursion during the s"asoh'
ON Friday the excursion from South fii'h-'V''
Brooklyn. Tic tickets Lad been gwen Out Will s'l'
care and the result was exceedingly satisfactory nun
d-,s Of patients from De Eastern District dispeSai7
vore ON beard and hundreds from the Children ;
A., -c,o,y ~ No 81 Poplar st. This excursion broke
th ,ccord for ihe number u babies present, ul're
being POS In all none 81 them over eighteen uo'''7
old 4 noticeable thing about the children ana one
which showed the result Of the hot weather was 'h'
bright red eruption "pricklcy heat" seen On n ma
iorty Of their faces But the sadd"St OF Ill was 'he
sickness among them and without douou many ="
baby owes almost It's HE to the fresh air ana pure
min. yrbich +, took I'm on tho Day Excursion.
one moor woman was seated on the forwafu
mari ~ the barge whore she could get the fun Den
eft Of the breeze holding child Of fourteen NOUNS
I'm. NH. one, face was pale and wasted ana IN"
most inexperienced would have pronouuceH IL very
sick The mother. when spoken w. sld her o"'' n"i
len III for several weeks. and that the ho' "e'ueT
n,d mad. IL much worse. lie IS 50 SICK ulat he
sleeps with his eyes open' sh" continued ana 10
mot know. how long he would have lived II had not
brought him on the excursion today Whcn biu
that perhaps she could bring her baby on Aho'her
,crreio, boy look ~ gratitude would have repaid the
DIVER Of the Day Excursions all his expense hn he
seen f. Tho Chndrcn's Ad society was represented
on the excursion by PhiO scofed VINO Is wei h'o"N
IN rr,olsyn n, being peculiarly fitted for tie work
M, y,t love for children and hi, kindness 70 all on
hoard ,uodc him most welcome wherever he went.
,noth.r busy person was Dr. Lawrie VI. Long. She
vas always on hand when any one needed ineoi'al
aid and her good advice and CHEEKY words did, per
haf,. ~ much AZ drag or her poor patients
In NJ there were ll26 on board, and no eXcur-
sion ha- Lcn sent ont this year where inc chl'-e
wrought rs "A days outing Was 50 marked rs upon
mi, party Now he and energy seemed TO have
entered thern. Eyes were brighter ana 80, run n
der In fact. Mi. whole lssrn2 hS .,,r.S
due the sail up III" Hudtoh ana III" P''"7"i1
afforded at Excelsior Grove -, ,.,,,
~ the Rev. H. VI. Tyndall. pastor III me Bro one
street TABERNACLE and 20 the mission WirknrS ol u.'
,,r..,ntinn among whom are Miss Taft Miss smith
M. Chltv.rthy. Miss Swc.thcr, MI, Freeman anu
.,ar I'VE hnrc,n Warren left Broom" II. with lO'.
ON board and they much the same claSs a-
those frum brooklyn on Friday. lhcr. NS" NAN
interesting cases among this party rs there are on
nil Tribune Day Excursions. one poor haru-""rhll
,rnuinn said she had been In tn" city thirty Year,
and hud never been an excursion before.
Another case that 81 - widow and fonr children;
one girl - fourteen years. and the Others Il crl u
,,ur IN vcnrs and young brother. Tn" niue gil
aid This Is the third i'm" Nv" seen IN" water ln
her and older sister arc barely able 10 earn enough
r., l., tlo family from starving by finishing trousers
M from : 10 10 cents dozen pairs. An OLD couple
ruch .yrr seventy wears old, were present Ihey are
,7. ,,or and cnnld not pay for Trip ont Of the city,
C,.e. wil,nt number could be- cited. but these are
enough show what sort Of people are rh'hoh 10y 'n
Day Excursions. ...-t-., ,.
bnrln. hi, week there will BE- thrce excursions. one
frun T,rooklyr nnd two from this wy. 20 l,r th-
so.nn thcrc have been twelve excursions, and In all
l4l-5 persons have been benefited