New-York tribune., 1899-07-11
CHILDREN MADE HAPPY.
TWO MORE TRIBUNE FRESH AIR FUND
PARTIES SENT TO THE COUNTRY.


The Tribune Fresh Air Fund TO the country
| yesterday PARTIES containing between them
! forty-four children. and need be afraid that
these poor little children OF the tenements are not
at present In country OF the purest and most genu-
| Inc sort. They not thronging the sidewalks OF
a city park crowding and stepping over each other
| in a constant endeavor 10 keep of Of the grass
! which the watchful eye OF the much-feared spar
| row copper guards well. They are not swim
! ming their way among the watermelon rinds ana
| defunct live stock OF the metropolitan seaside re-
| sort Nor are they scaling the stony heights OF
Harlem looking for a bit Of green. They are all
| hundreds OF miles from New-YOrk City. and there
is no suggestion OF brick walls or towering tene-
| ments anywhere near them.
These little children are in places which are In
! the purest and most heathful country in the land
and they are breathing the same sort OF fresn air
that the farmer breathes every day OF his lie IN 'ne
| hay field and pasture. Churchvllle which was the
destination of the first party Of yesterday is FAR on
in the western part OF New-York State, and is not
great distance south OF Lake Ontario. The nearest
| large city Is many miles away, and the words tehe-
ment house" are unknown. The twenty-one children
in the Churchvilie party were accompanied by TWO
specials" for Schenectady. y. 7. The following
are the kind hosts and hostesses who have invited
| the children 10 their homes
Churchville " Y-Mrs. George Adams, Mott
Richmond. Mrs. Dewitt Sage Mrs Dr. Van Horn t2n'
! Charles siewart' Mrs G H Cali. Mrs. Angus Nc
| Intosk Mrs Henry Way Mrs Sink ana MIS-
schenectady. \. Y-Mrs Louisa zerhowsky.
W. Norris. OF Churchville has arranged FOR the
! ohildren's reception In that place
| A na-t, q, twenty-one children started out over
! the PENNSYLVANIA road last evening for Hope"el'
! Penn and does not reach its destination uh'li
almost 10 o'clock this morning Hopewell is another
nlace which is about as different from the ordinary
| home of fresh air child as can be imagined II is
| N the southwestern part Of Pennsylvania, and is
about as FAR removed from city scenes ana sur
roundings in one direction Churchvilie Is In an
other The people Of Hopewel who have invited
children to their homes are as follows
Mrs. NJ A. Blake. Mrs L. warsng. Mrs. John
Ross Mrs Samuel Zimmerman. Mrs Howard S,s 5ates'
Mrs Dr Campbell Mrs Mclrayl Wl.s MIS- Mar,a 'nTn GaT
sGq5fsaN Ssa1 Mrs. MFi Lee H?s s%srz H'ti Re
Mrs j. B Manning. Mrs. Lizzie Hines MIS- Mrs Eva
| Walters, Mrs. Ida Fluke and Mrs Ella o'eeie'
The ARRANGEMENTS FOR receiving the children have
been made by Mrs J. B. Manning OF Hopewen.
The ordinary person observing party OF Fresh
| Air children on its way TO the country would not
suspect for a moment the nature Of the places
which some OF the little ones call home. lie "oulu
! note the laughing faces and the joyful antics III
| anticipation OF the good times 70 come, and the
! impression conveyed would he one OF happiness ui-
allowed II ne should observe little more closeV
he would see the long months OF sorrow and suner-
ing hack OF II all and learn that the Joy was IN an
ticpation only. The veil can be easily Drawn asiue
| bv visiting the home OF any tresh AIT ci'.u'
The life in the last winter OF one little hoy VINO
| will receive Fresh Air outing this summer may
! serve as an illustration. The statements ar '0'
| and the example Is by no means uncommon
! This little fellow is one OF seven children VINO
ere supported entirely by their mother me la'ne'
| "a q chronic drunkard. and. as he wou'o no nol"
| i,o FOR his family the mother has sold SANDWICHES
| ~ ,hro,gb rho winter and In this way earned
Dit,ance for her flock The home Is smal room
| on an upper floor OF one OF the worst 'ei7"
houses in the city. The father VINO nv. y" a.
u,tfes earnings was gotten rid OF early III the w
ter He was thrown downstairs -eyerd - The
he came home drunk ahG U.s. iasS n feed but IL
island This made one mouth Isss ~ ~ "a when
Vase Was 90 ~ he tenyear-od boy fell SICK one day
there was no money 70 pay 70. tact tbar a
mere & was was needed There had been no food FOR
day. and the struggling family was was sxt ny masI
The ittle boy was In small dirty oeu Syhnre 49,
found by a missionary, ana thtTg % roorn % was not
and stling and the temperature OF me hui c, ave
valid los II took the 1 the room and the lat
ter said AT once that the boy hau Sa.,cra
lie was nuIroo L ton which was performed upon
% t E ,bera al once had come just In the nick o.
I'm tline; j,y ~ H when She did he would have died his
convalescence IL Just now coming ~ 10 bope the doc
@ ne nss ssv he may never get we'll e VIII go from
the hospital 70 the country t. .Oa he brought back
70 the dreary life from which only & s boped
illness happened 10 SAGE MN 10, iu make the little
seilow better able to battle for his existence ho
The person VINO otr IaD1r Is an ordinary experience
fr tbe Fresh Air child should spend attle S o.iis
yi,b some OF these children wnen they nIsS eS 4,
,he country His eyes would nave peeh % upe"u 80,
he had heard the remark Of sma ooS " mnS 90 he
20 The country the other day and saw mere 10, ~
irst time in his life cow grazing IN the IL
This boy was OF a pracucal tutIl ,,,, % nictre
darad not that the cow made beautiIui piS11JIe
as she stood there against me andSfip ian ,Sips he
n5 ,ha sn,maI attentively for long time as me
cbewed her cud and squlnted one eye as tnoIsn ,Sn
onIcuiafing Then ne looked up suoneny az Ia
,armer who was standing near by with an a'huSeu
smile his face -, -. A. d,ua0e fur
kaepin dat COW in chewin' gum ,.. ,a-,er
The smile on the face or the nonesSs ta has
.hanged 10 a look OF CONSERVATION ana ne mas
ySoSad unon that boy with suspicion ever since.