New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-16
rorR HUNDRED FOR THE COUNTRY
MORE OF THE TRIBUNE'S CHILD BENEFIT
CIARIEs TO START TO-DAY FOR TWO
WEEKS IN THE FIELDS.


r,. Tribune Fresh Air Fund Is to-day going to do
=, ONCE a stiff DAYS work and an immense amount
~ good In figures, thirteen parties, consisting OF
IA children will start OF 10 the country on vaca-
,Ion Of two weeks Many of the close and stinins
tenement homes OF New-York's poor Will not echo
10 childish laughter tonight but far OH IN the hels
ana woods OF the country there will be happy chill
s,., hv tho score reveing in the open air. inves-
,,sa,,ne barnyards and seeing things new and Won
aerful on avery side. Some OF them Will DC IN the
art of being tucked away into clean' "m'e "''io
~ots In large cool rooms. This will be new ex-
nerience 10 the majority. Some VIII DC ALREADY
s.,oen lost In dreams Of good times TO come. dreams
which will be more than fulfilled Then TWO weeks
,a,or ,he hot close tenements OF New-fork VIII
,,n ecbo 70 the shouts Of these children, but TINS
,,me they will come from healthy lively httie
tanners whose lungs have been strengthened oy
two weeks OF fresh air, whose cheeks are rosy anu
wh,.e eyes are bright The result OF the aay
80 III, ha th,s metamorphosis. sudden and COM
n,o,e. there always has been. and II cannot heip
ourrins again. To-day's thirteen parties go 10
yow.Oxford Penn; Carbonate. Penn: Chappaqua'
Y Y: Ashford Hill, n. Y. Curtisviiie' Mass, Au-
hnrn. ~ Y; Waterloo. n. Y; Victor ~ u bele-
vile, Penn; South Windsor Conn, Cnape' n''
~ 1. Freeland, Penn. and Weatherly Peah
Thor. will yalso be one OF the regular day excur-
,,on. 70 Excelsior Grove-on-the Hudson to-day.
This is the second in daily successlon DIS 'ie'e
one yesterday ~ ,or
TIL. frat marty will leave the city at a. ILL., ioi
Now-Oxford Penn There will be sixteen children
.,a ,bev have been arranged for by the Rev r. r.
Heimer TIE following people have generously ex-
,.nded invitations TO the children: Mrs A. W.
u,res Miss Sale Blair. Mrs. Charles Haar' MIS-
Jobn Keagy. Mrs. Henry Swar;z. Mrs. Wlliiam n
SSHnaiv 7 W Stock William ID. Stock MIS- n "a
Weikert and Mrs. William Wagner; just an H ToIi
later party OF nineteen cAcreh VIII S hrouah W
bondale Penn. They have been invited 'hfoue" v"
OF ali the children who leave the city today
probably those who MI most g ,sr at the hot.
test time the day and from resPeGsaoE md ma
place They leave the Harlem part OF Cb ne
SY They will hnd welcome relief there at tne
beautiful home which the women OF Snapy ,,ndsr
the leadership OF Miss Mary A. Nelson Inc nome
IL moi primarily for Fresh Air children, Dut Is IN
operation all the year round is az, mo "ccpanis
ing in a beautiful situation. and It's h'tIe occupants
Al Beleviile, Penn. the Rev S. s. Bergen has as
sT,aTss sou tGa p%aywshers Of
people who have invited city chi,drsn 10 .hesr
| ks%ss MISS MSS ANN Ml' %. Sa%psSf Miss Jsnns
zOSk j. Psashy Mrs k,ns MT rs 5 Ils d,i ss
e. {. Hartzltr. c. k Hostei.er p. D. Y9der, " g.
zoGk Mrs TOsh e A c 5SGE e. aa
invited TO accompany this party. =
South Windsor Conn comes IN ior ir Snare VIII ii
te sqne The Rev Wiburs searcs has managed
affairs here and the results n are ens children
who should have gone yesterday leave the ely LOT
Freeland Penn. to-day and twen'yn'e ~, ch, rss
Of a large party which arrived at Weathe;iy ne
night before last. The children were so well iked
iwenty-fve more were invited on the spot by peo-
pie who had not extended invitations at hrst.