New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-09
Joy on THE EAST SIDE.
,.ppNrs AND CHILDREN ENJOY THE
TR1BUNEs FREE EXCURSION.
u1-NoR AND PATHos v1sIBIN-A MOTHER OF
MANY BABIES TELLS HOW SHE FEEDS

MINOR AND PATHos vIsIBLE-A MOTHER OF
MANY BABIES TELLS HOW SHE FEEDS
THEM ON cA1rs HEART BATTER
w.. r,s, s,6. owoke on Thursday morning with
cha lark As early as a. m. big AND htue
mothers children and baby carriages began u
wend their way toward the Fourtn-st oocM -
which the barge Sumner steamed al . CO
with The Trlbune's first free excursion OF inc sea
son bound for Excelsior Grove. on the HUDSON
rhsra we're / 90 people aboard-1S babies. y"
admits and TO children-while not less than 'hfee
hundred were left on the dock 10 pe"aii inc oo"'
inability 10 carry them little woman saio q.
che watched with her children the barge depart
without them They had right 10 nave WV
boats" This was The sentiment OF many
T, was a glorious day. clear. balny and reIresn-
Ing Never did the Hudson reveal Its oeauues H'o'0
EFFECTIVELY and the delight Of the chlioren was w
bounded AS the harpers struck up famiiar airs,
and the barge turned the Palisades care droppeo
from the faces Of weary mothers. ana the eyes Vi
NOR. than one wan little wah frightened with de-
light The Sunday school OF Emmanuei Chape
was the recipient OF this outing. whlch Is 'no IA 81
q. twenty-five that The Tribune VIII give curing
the summer These excursions are but one phase
Of ,,s fresh-ar work. The Tribune does NOT soici'
r,orav "a defray the expenses Of these water OUT
,nrs; II is but the willing channei through winch
generous citizen Of New-York seeks unosten'a',ous
~ 10 give pleasure to the citys worm! poor MS
rohle work has been carried on at his expense
al
49, thousand people have been uplifted by an &C.
cas,onal taste. of nature undefled-sreen wooos
blue skies and wildfowers in their native hea'h
.,iyi He's a summer Santa Claus! crleu o"'
legged urch,n to whom a woman apoaro the ouH'-
ner recounted the untold pleasures that 'he ee
erous thoughttulness OF the unknown giver Oh mo
free excursions brings every summer into the lives
of tenement jewellers. 49,,
So eager was the Emmanuei SUNDAY -Schoo'
which numbers two thousand. and was at one t'Ee
IN he
outing that families increased In NUMBER 10 al
alarming extent before the parting whistle oie".
"Io,s are smuggled aboard that had no right
there" pouted a belated mother as she gatheFeu
her brood and retraced her steps from the oocA ~
her tenement home. -,
1T u,sn 7 could have brought my Wiile alohs'
sighed another mother, she waved adieu from
the dock to three children that had got ABOARD
without her
why didn't you bring him.!
Hes dead this six weeks already
7, was clean. wel-dressed self-respectins
crowd though gathered from one OF inc "o''
densely populated tenement districts. ..,..
az, seems 10 me-" said grandmother tha'
every one In our block is here" Some mo'nels
dressed the children. filled their luncheon baskets
and started them for the dock before they put on
their own Sunday clothes. and when 'hey go
there they too late. The boat mao sohe W.,
the birdlings and the mother bird had 10 90 o@oN
alone 10 the empty nest . =.
NOR. than one Of such partngs but the chiiureh
soon found proxy mothers. who joyousIy e&'o 'A'A
every material comfort. Dancing on oech was ~
the least Of the pleasures shared by oo'h auu''
and children. woman physician. Dr. Ninton anu
a trained nurse assisted Mrs Siegrst and the
Misses Hemaure Herewith and Einnger 10 HiaA0
every one comfortable. In cans OF iorty quarts
each milk stood In Ice Jackets on the lower oe'A
on the outward and homeward sail the ch'oieH' a.
given time with tin pals that bespoke con
o1,,s ,ha NJ
came lined up 10 the milk bureau. TO receive ai'
,he delicious milk they could drink or carry NUM-
with them. It was midday when the merrvinaNeis
reached the grove No sooner had the barge
touched the dock than the joyous ht'ie ones ui'eu
into the water FOR swim. The sight OF tn1 ST.
woods ELECTED cries of delight, and soon all soA.
tered in pursuit of shady hooks where iuhcneo',
baskets were eagerly emptied on the sreehs""
or on the rustic benches with which the grove
sbounds
Wasn't II a lovely sail? M ,..a
Lofty 100 pad we haf 70 come pack re eieVen
Reasant,faced frnu the awo nars of twins all
Of whom were with her The ,, eiHes' veritabe
Years DID, S ise whGe Who been
out Of work all winter and the ent sn and neatly
dressed and the mother who is still yGuns; b so re-
smile full of hopeful to-morrows ra'hef THAN
How do You feed them? some one asked Gunner
os , and bf Fsr a d4n bas tor
cars heart cut i into thin slices ano s dry III
sling
The questioner looked at the two pairs sn o. mildly aM
and the rest Of the heirs and helresses, ,nus,
remarked: What an expansive heart d e"'i ~
have,' ~. rlunder
Green apples and wild cherries were the phed
Of the l,tfle men Scarcely was the grove reaCheu
when beyy OF came back 10 the parge, ~
pockets stuffed with green apples. when they pb
ceeded 10 deyour with The relish known ON! w tt'nS
small bow To their chaSrin. oecknano sP,,hn
them and soon the apples were hoating IN INC
Hudson -, , l., ,hns. nar,s"
grinned the deckhand. .. IN, her
A sad-eyed weary little woman, whose son. ne
sole support is in the war was oVetcoine, n ,ho
day wore on by heart aHecioh, "niic Witch Nc
doctors care relieved. She is poor and nnlseraDie'
and since her son enlisted. leaving her oesu'u'e'
she hsr not ceased TO cry. her neghbors say ,s
Excelsior Grove has fine dance paviiloh s"ins9d
q photograph gallery and a iot OF peahtiuu.a ance
candy vendors Young and old joined IN lhe t uai.
crate walter was a woman who turned Inc sca'eS
at two hundred pounds. ,,. .,o am or
1T surprises me" remarked visitor, 10 see al a.
excursion OF this kind made UP OF so many wei"
dressed people" 49,. chair
You must remember they are wearing ih e
best" said Mrs Siegrist, who has iaDoreo Ioa
years In the Emmanuel district. we hho" mo-"
poor they are how hard they work ana nom MI MI,
& glimpse Of wood and water is 10 tnem W 'isi'
them in their homes and each one is known 70 US;
The district is not what H. used 10 be, as many OF
our people moving up town ana ne" eei". .,
largely Hebrew, Is replacing then We nave H.
hundred children now al country hoHrs. r. @'"'''
Of ten children frequent ia the PARISH. -.
The homewsrd sail was even more eiJo9 ao.o ID
the outward bound one Dancing was resumes,
while singing OF patriotic airs vocalized the sInti'nt
Hudson. At $50 the Sumner landed AT fouIin-s
Dock where mothers TOO late 10 JON tne cniI" hn
10 tho morning were reunited. torset'"s' ." 49,