New-York tribune., 1899-07-21
OFF TO THE COUNTRY.
PARTIES OF ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY
ONE CHILDREN SENT FROM NEW
YORK BY THE TRIBUNE
FRESH AIR FUND.

There was no particular reason why the ordinary
run OF mankind should have wished TO leave New
! York yesterday. The trolley running
the streets were dirtier than usual. and the
weather was weilngh perfect. II was a good day
TO stay in the city. Yet there 1871 little chill
dren who were wild with Joy simply because they
were going away. and their only defence for such
an unnatural state OF mind that they were
different from other people The ordinary run OF
mankind does not live in a tenement house. and
any one who is intimately acquainted with the de-
| lights and luxures of this style Of dwelling Will
admit that these children had good excuse Most
Of them have lived in tenement houses all their
lives. and the pale cheeks and weak little limbs
which were characteristic Of all OF them gave good
evidence of the fact fortnight spent away from
the city would do them good at any time Of the
year. AS the fortnight's outing for these little
will probably intercept oldtime hot days
before II is over, and 1t is to be spent in the
country. they had good reason for being happy.
The Tribune Fresh Air Fund them all of
places which the best antidotes for tenement
life which have yet been invented. When they come
back they will find their tenement houses the same
as ever but they will have had two weeks OF fun
in the open air. and that makes a big difference in
the ability to stand of tenement life.
The first party yesterday consisted Of fifty chill
dren. who were invited to McVeytown. Penn, and
nine who were specially invited to nearby places.
The people of McVeytown have shown their usual
kindness city children this year. and any one
who knows what they have done in former years
for Fresh Air children will appreciate the mean
ing Of this statement The invitations came through
the Rev. ]. Il Hertzler. and those who have in
vited children to their homes
Mcveytown, Pepn.-Albert Manbeck T; Sun
derlepd M. c swigart G. & H sT,ga5t "; US 8
Lloyd Rupert John NJ Rhodes, Miss Nancy E6dnS Hana-
Charles wyble, Gabriel Carver. F. B. Harshbarger
Mattawana, Penn.-Mrs. Belle Smith Miss Annie
Grassmyer, S. X Yoder. Michael Yoder, William
swtgart, Thad Bratton. Miss Lydia starook, .: H
Hertzier. Levi Hertzer and Miss Hannah Yoder
strode's Mills, Penn[The Rev; j. = sWisa'~
Atkinson's Mills, Penn..Mrs. Milton Slime.
Highspire, Penn-Mrs; s.; Edith Han Hahn i--,n,s
shank's Run. Penn.-Mss Annie Z. Whitehead
and Charles Bratton.
The forty-four children who went out over the
New-York Central yesterday morning are booked
for two weeks of such fun and happiness as rails
to the lot of few. The people who receive them
have made Fresh Air children happy before, and
they know how It should be done. The country IN
which they live is Of the purest heathest sor ana
when these two factors combined with the gen.
erosty that sends along the invitations, 1t means
that there good times in store Tor Fresn AIT
children The Benaway House at Claverack n. ".
received twenty-three of the children and the rest
went to Athens ~ Y. and Valate and Kinder
hook " Y. where the invitations have come re-
spectively through the Rev. w. A Masker jr.. and
the Rev w H. Flouton Those who have sent in
vitations to the children are:
2ss c6SS SsdT1 Mfs Hse
peeEea eSmas eaefa George Nchos Mrs W A MASK
er. Mrs. Cornelius Vosburgh. Mrs. Joseph Jaques
Mrs Snyder and Mrs; . Lucas IL as =, F7ou,on and Ed
mond Teal
Kinderhook N. Y.-John Mesick
A good sized party of children specially invited
to points along the Erie left the city late in the
evening.