New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-07-28
HAPPY TIME FOR CHILDREN
REPORT OF THE SUMNER WORK OF THE
AID SOCIETY.
BATH BEACH HOME. THE sANITARluM AM ','''
sIco FARM CROWDED TO ovERfLo"

n.ru REACH HOME THE sANITARIUM AND KEN
s1co FARM CROWDED TO OVERFLOW
ING WITH LITTLE ONES
Since the second week in June the summer il I'm
at Bath Beach. the Health Home AT -
magnets toward which hundreds OF ooys az Gu
from the tenemen:o and the schools Oh 'H'
drens Aid Society have been drawn
The summer home at Bath Breach ga a.,
proved in many respects. with dormitories H'- ~. -
ming room extending some ninety lee' O
water. is OF the most delightful p'aee 49,.
where in the vicinity Of the city. Here 'le 80
cr,nnlad chudren have been received and mace
happy The little girls from the Industrial schoo's'
in companies OF three hundred or more SPe-1
week in the enjoyment Of the place the H'-ro''
OF which will never be forgotten theh e'
70 another company OF the same nuHper' -,
From the date Of opening two thousand cn,'.a ga
have been taken there for days picnic. ana Two
thousand little girls including one hunureu "'''
cripples have been entertained for a "eeN'
Such appetites TO appease! Such SCUM" anu
healthful slumber so many hours OF pay
and rolling upon the green turf. ana uas""e 80
splashing IN the salt water! Who can ine -,
enjoyment o: which the vacation mas 'eeN ~
source. the added vitality impaired u -
sckly bodies by week spent In the MIDST Oh Poie
air? They play and sleep undisturoed oy ""' -
the which make the lives OF chuie" ~
miserable in the tenements.
At the Health Home or sanitarium. al Coney
Island one thousand mothers with infant chiIui en-
have been given picnic for day. and more l,lan
eighteen hundred have spent week IN INC envy
ment Of the breezes.
This retreat for mothers with sick infants l. o'e
OF the safest and most beneficial forms OF cha'''S
said OF the natrons yesterday. ana 'ne a.
most miraculous effect the ocean air ana sea va.
ing have upon the little ones is almost beyond De-
lief
ITO see them tcddlng around on the white sahd'
or sitting on the long covered pier In their mum
laps drinking in health with every lhSpAI"''O''
is a delightful picture"
The farm Kensico. Westminster county was
thrown open for the boys for the hrst time ias'
summer and there among the hills OF that hislo'c
neighborhood they broke loose. or. rather gave Iul
plav 10 fun and froc and other antics such as the
old farmers were strangers TO before their ADVENT
The farm was not ready to receive its you'niud1
visitors early date as the Bath beaCh b az
Coney Island homes, and so only apout 80 o. tbiv
dred boys have spent week there mus Iai Ot'rS
season But now the machinery Is IN or bn5dred
boys will be carried TO Kensco. and the same
number after week OF unbounded happiness re-
turned to the city
TEDDY THE KURNEL."
1T is fortunate that the farm is little Of the
highway" said Mr.. Dupuy FOR with the arrival
OF every new company the fun begins. and in
variety II Is indeed bewildering. The Santiago
campaign Of last summer seems to have hred thel'
ina ginatons and in imitation OF the real conflict
battles are fought. sharpshooters hide In trees
and the talest. with its outspreading branches Is
dubbed the fort san Juan Hill.
THE most ridiculous efforts are made. with the
material at hand 10 secure makeup that vii
satisfy them as TO the appearance Of a COWBOY
and a Rough Rider and when thus arrayed the
mock battle is begun: charges and counter charges
are made until the defeated party yell for mercy
haul down their nag and SURRENDER amid me III
umphant cheers and the HI! hi! OF the ylctors
The difficult part Of the whole matter Is VINO o.
their number shall be drafted TO represent the
Spanish, and who among them shall be commander
OF the Rough Riders They all clamorous 10 b'
known as Teddy the Kurnel'
zone old farmer living in side road came gal
Looping over bareback. with only halter thinking
from the shouts and indescribable noises that th'
Wild West Show was on rs travels and he de
termined not 10 be left, and mounted the frs
nag he could catch and ran his horse 20 the scene
OF excitement"
The Chdren's Aid Society proposes 10 continue
the work in all these departments until the seconC
week in September. long funds continue tC
be received. 79ri