New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-02
TWO WEEKS OF HAPPINESS.
CITY CHILDREN BEGIN THEIR OUTING.
ASHFORD HILL RETREAT. TIE PICTURESQUE
PARK JUST ABOVE THE HARLEM. RE-
CEIy-Es ITS FIRST SUMMER ROARDERs.

PARK JUST ABOVE THE HARLEM. RE-
CE1vEs ITS FIRST SUMMER BoARDERs.
Ardsley. n Y. July CspecaD-Cenral Park
without a policeman in sight: bit OF Heaven let
down to earth. This is Ashford Hin Retreat to-
day. and happier hearts beat inside Of
Jackets than those OF the two carloads of summer
hoar,lcrs now In this beautiful summer home with
in half an hour of NewYork. 1t may seem eX-
travagant TO say that the picturesque grounds,
known SO long as the home OF General Niee. some
seventy acres in extent contains natural scenery
which rivals that in Central Perk. Standing on
a ma jestic rock by the side Of the drive one may
look to the west and the Palisades, apparently
no higher than the rock which he stands. The
lawn in front OF the house IS not so large as the
big meadow, but for the 1000 children who VIII
roll in the grass with all the freedom OF pro-
prietorship. kick football till their little feet
grow weary or play baseball in preparation for
admission to the New York team, the lawn Is a
thousand times moro useful than the meadow
beside which they may walk. For the girls the
swings the shade the brook. the walks. the large
barn the piazzas-what more can children need ?
II there be doubling Thomas among the readers
of this article let him get permission from Mr..
Parsons the manager Of The Tribune Fresh Air
Fund. to accompany the next party OF children to
this ideal summer resort
About O'Clock yesterday afternoon the first con-
tingent arrived 1t consisted of twenty-five boys.
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these. Boys with lungs that need nothing but air
10 enable the neghborhood to know that they have
arrived Boys that need big plates. filed HIGH TO
satisfy their appetites The big farm wagon, which
had brought the boys from Mount Hope. mile
distant had scarcely stopped in front OF tho
spacious house before twenty-five boys were on
the ground Schoolboys never exchanged th',
heated classroom OT the refreshing swiinning-pooi
quicker than did these pale-faced city boys thSS
wagon for the beautiful lawn. They ran, they fell
over one another they stood on their heads. they
boy SHOULD do under such circumstances. Colts
in the pasture were never more trisky LAMBS
In five minutes very boy had LEFT hts Play ana
rushing up to welcome the rest OF the party
from which they had been separated half an hour
perhaps But the ive minutes Of priority was
embryonic students. on Tuesday when the nun
OF guests from the city the rivalry OF lower class
men is expected. II requires kindness ana ue-
eGn often n to P hc new SI boy between the
Yesterday was Opening Day at the Retreat. and
nearly one hundred children. few overworked
mothers. with their little babes. and some working
girls formed the party. When they all seated
than were filed When the fuil number C2uoJ are
here there viii be no crowding. one Of the three
cottages Is reserved for the children ana mother,
sent from the church OF tbs Hoy Communion a;
Sixth-ave. ana Twentieth-st. New ork. but all
gather 80 one family at meal tiinr ." - nlSo'ls
80 successful In managng ST. Helcns h"ine at
Curtisyille. Mass last year. has chArF' OF ,n n9
work here. FouT coltg" men anu l""ti ''''' ~
women assist him. In addition TO this large force
Of helpers there are six ;ervants iaup'r"ss ni
that the loardrrs will scarcely have two dinners
pork and beans chicken. fish. beef .ie" %, roT-
eggs aud Clipped beef are some u The dishes mat
POLLY VIII give her family. TWO hundred quarts ~
milk da! have been ordered real COW milk az
that. nnI milk which la, not come e" mics ~
inore cows Win poe pressed into the service. Three
hundred and nfty pounds OF bread BE- th" AMY az
ns that served to-day and thu appetites holl out
a. they have siart-i the,r ~ ~, - co., ',r