New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-10
LITTLE CHILDREN HAPPY.
FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN TAKE
A PEEP INTO THE COUNTRY
FOR THE FIRST TIME
THIRTEEN HUNDRED MOTHERS AND THEIR
BABIES ENJOY A SAIL. Up THE HCDsoN-
TWO HUNDRED POUNDS or GIN


BABIES ENJOY SAIL Up THE HUDSON
TWO HUNDRED POUNDS OF GIN
GER CAKES EATEN.
The end Of one Of tho busiest weeks OF the sea-
son for The Tribune Fresh Air Fund Is here. ana
with It a record Of goud accomplished. the thought
Of which on hot day is almost equal 10 iaii Oh
ten degrees In the mercury Ii Is really rerresn-
Ing TO learn that during yesterday ana to-day AZ
children will have been rescued from the not ana
sultry city when nightfall comes Figures also
speak louder than words" and the above need
no background of language to set them VI" p".
they do not tell what has happened 10 each opc vi
the AZ little excursionsts They do not tel Vi 'ne
sitting tenements the heated pavements ana the
sickeninR odors OF crowded poverty from winch
the children are taken; they do not show the pale
and forlorn little piece Of humanity that Is hahdeu
out when the train stops at the country s'a"o''
and all about H. the much-dreamed OF country
sweet and cool and big; and they do not snow us
this same child two weeks later who comes laugh
ing and romping home rosy-cheeked ana rI' OF
life strengthened and built up for year more OF
the city It is too happy tale to he described 10y
either figures or words.
The fourth party of the season Tor 81 heienS
Home. at Curtisville. Mass. and the NTH OF IN"
season for the Ashford Hill Retreat both left yes
terday.
To-day the last party OF the week Will depart
for Mannheim, Penn. 1t will number forty-two
children, and all are to stay for two weeks
John t. Myers IL secretary OF the Fresh All COM
mttee which has been organized here. ana the
results of the interest that has been aroused In
giving city children a taste of the country are
most gratifying The following are the people
who have generously invited fresh air chiidreh "
their homes: n. b. Long, ii. ii. Gingrich A.
Kline Edward X. Baer. the Rev. g. r.. "ehier
Mrs Sholenbeyer. Miss Fannie Minnlch. \. T.
Gingrch Miss Te Stehman. Mrs Henry wen
ger John B. Myers Henry G. Sahm. s. 3. Gibble
DR. p 9 Becker Emil Bamer. John COX. u. T.
Hershey Miss Sarah Hostetter. Is. 5. Cotton Johh
Wenger j G. Cassell. Abram HroH, IT, D. w.
Heller. A b Young. Miss Lizzie Boyer, MISS ANNE
BECKER Mrs Nauman. Jacob Kilhenner, -. ~
Fass. Samuel Young. Henry Todd and Mrs Gle
mer There will be gratitude deep ana lasting
from forty-two children OF New-York to these
hosts and hostcsses before two weeks have passed
SAIL on THE HUDSON.
Nearly fourteen hundred mothers and children
opened the day excursion season Of 1880. When the
barge Sumner left East Twenty-eighth-st on
Thursday morning there were about SIX hun"reu
on board from the upper and lower East o'oe' AZ
West Thirty -ffth-st.. at new excursion COCK just
opened by the Dock Department. eight hunureo
mothers and children from the crowded west "''e
taken on
Those neople were gathered by the Bible readers
connected with the New-York Female Auxiiiary
Bible Society. Each Bible reader was on the eM-
cursion with her own particular following: - "i nd
diversity OF races was and
Irish. negroes and Germans * saarch ~ the
ma tive-born Americans were All !" ''" -
Hudson's cool breezes - . tho party
Like the excursions Of past years me ne, Pd a
went to Excelsior Grove. beautiful Iesiui pa the
the foot T%0S Sf the Peasan walks Though the
woods where wildfowers abound. plenty VI az.
tractive hooks TO sit H. Win ve ~ rustic tables
and seats to accommodate those whose waits az
more material than aesthetic. are the cha'ao'e'"
,hI- oil
TIE LITTLE ONES DANCE.
dancing payIllon is also provided for those
,oso tastes run TO that pleasing diversion The
,.,,o oh,a,sn whose dancing school Is the street
49,, hos. music is the hurdy-gurdy were pleased
nn,ond measure at the opportunity Of dancing on
GOOD floor to the music of real orchestra ,,,s,a,
That these outings are resso aad sc,iyity OF the
xaine ,hos after they had been refreshed by tns
niue , p Thev were wilted and weakened
when they went on board rom ra bright and ami
tne "a "a alter the days sail and change OF ar
Mare than one baby got new grip on Ts,
Dr. F. G. iIoke: OF the nnHns nv his efforts
one small pckannny whose iace Wa un 90 that II
IRON, living In impure air was Draceu Wy J ~ The
looked almost like i've pap! ny III" WV
oI ny tho courtesy Of the Chief OF Poce U nIsd
r.. ny n"e Of The Thirieth Precinct accompaniea
this excursion as he has al, %, Hcieni klndness
l1r ane bIrn an invaluable factor In the proper
Enlargement Of the excursions sos ~ tho dav
AZ in past years, al OF 1he nm whose only re-
enStinn &. that mis- name shall not De ,fsn
Hesides furnishing the grove ana ;i;, Ind aeo
supplies band Of music zen oar' h axrmrsion No
hart of the expense IL paiu IIoii wv o.
scriptions Of the Fresh AIT ruhu'