New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-19
FRESH AIR FUND WORN
MORE CHILDREN OFF FROM CITY rENr-
MENTs TO COUNTRY HOMES

West-st. was damp. muddy and nasty at o'cloc.
yesterday morning. It was West-st. at its wor,,
and that Is saying great deal II Coono,
Warnings official ghost could have traversed g.
muddy course this phantom would have lifted o.,
hands In holy horror and fed In dismay II w
raining. and the early morning mist had not o.,
lifted. Trucks and drays, crowded the way ~
dragsled horses stood patiently in the rain whit
| their drivers turned up coat collars and swors :,
the man In front. Belated express carts rumba,
along the wharves. and early risers plodaaa
through the wet and held their umbrellas low Tn.
wholesale fruit dealers stood the sidewalk a,
their white aprons and looked at the gray sky ,o
the sunshine that might bring trade. while IN.
passers-by josed them in their efforts to keep n,
der the awnings. Business was dull II was !.
dismal morning on west-st. and not conducive !.
good nature A couple Of ongshoremen were staM
ing huided In a doorway:
"D--n good weather this"
"Ye-eh. wet 'nough ter drown a whale"
A party of half dozen small children under N.
wing of an anxious woman hurTylng acros.
the wet street toward the ferry. But they we,.
no, suodued by the weather. They were laugh.
ing and shouting they ran. with the EXCITE.
ment OF lodging the passing vehicles One Of them
dropped a bundle in the mud picked It up again
and ran on as though It were the best Joke In m.
world.
They don't seem ter mind II. do they?" suggest.
ed the first speaker.
Young uns gcin' cff fer good time slass
II was a solitary glesm Of brieh. human sanshin.
breaking into dismal scene. and II made two ma,
NJ least feel better
RI the two unseen spectators had been flr,hor
down the river on the same street an hour late,
they would have watched the same sort Of scens
enacted over again. n they had been the ferry
boats which these happy youngsters boarded they
would have seen some real pleasure. and with a
closer look they would have noticed on each child
L,,.,~ f,oo.
in red letters Tribune Fresh Air Fund"
This was the secret. and a SUFFICIENT explanation
Three different parties % fresh-air children les
the city Yesterday morning They went away with
ra Their dsagreeable impressions OF urban life but
II was the thought ~ wh7' coming that
wrea thed pale faces with smiles There was sun.
shine In the city, and in the country too when
these parties reached their destinations later in thu
day and the contrast between dark rainy city
and sunny. open fe's and woods was most oppor.
tune Tho places In 30 country which will enter.
tain the children T. 'oenlxyIlla Penn: Genmox
Penn. and different places on the New-York On.
,arlo and Western and Lehlsh vali,y railroad.
where specials have been invited.
The following generous people in New-York
towns are now entertaining the children in the ars
partj Of the day. who were invited by them:
Franklin: y. Y.--Eugene Cohoqn
Walton y. Y.-Waliace Sherwood.
The second party went to Gen More Penn
where the arrangements had been made BY the
Rev G. f Gublar. They have been invited to
private houses and will be exceptional children II
they don't enjoy their two weeks outing Several
children especially invited to nearby places went
with them
Phpnxville Penn, has done well by party Of
Fresh Air children who already enjoying
vacation there. but they have done better stu 10
inviting an additional party OF twelve. which
started yesterday morning. The kindness Is vel
appreciated in many poor homes. Those who have
invited this second party Of children are Mrs
Hernsher. Miss Terri Mrs Sturges. Mrs. Roerns.
ANs John Ash. Mrs. Hart. Mrs. Fulmer and Mn
Jacob Reilly
|, is not often that the benefit which acorues 10
q child from fresh-air vacation IS so clearly
demonstrated It was In tho case of little gil
who is now the guest OF kind woman IN Sogta.
somewhere the East Side Her mcTher was og,
which she dragged out her sorry existence , was
dark foul ee and wheh sh @as
so weak pale and emaciated that het NE wa, g ,r
a long time. until she became well enough 70 ps
sent 10 the country. when The Tribune fresn Az
ampton for two weeks. with some two hundred
other children The outing did her wonderiu' eoo''
arI h ss summer She was again invited to the same
place by the same hostess who had grown tond Q,
her. she was seIitllru o"N' ~. -
hard winter under the same surroundings OF ms.
~ was discovered In the same conditon-weak
from lack OF food sickly and SUFFERING II was ~s'
nitifl 10 notice her frailness which twepty fresn'
sir vacations could not prevent II followed by saen
winters She was sent 10 the country again w M
mediately. and her generous hostess Writes aS ''
lows: . ,.-,,o, chllA
Little Annie = Is transformers S,s,s
already She is IN n beautiful home near me- wh,Is
see her often and Is receiving the tenderest aua
wisest care She sadly needs nourishnS looJ, ~.
little body being a simple skeleton; buy het E'esss
are already filing out. and she eats neaF'lA az
sleeps ike a baby. She is sweet chlq an; iS hsr
shall keep her among long AS poss.D.e, u hs.
parents permit No child OF New-forks hap'ss
submerged tenth needs your beautiful fresh All
benefaction more.