New-York tribune., 1899-07-15
FRIDAY" DISREGARDED
HUNDREDS OF LITTLE FRESH AIR chill
DREN STARTED FOR THE COUN-
TRY YESTERDAY.

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There Is an old. moss grown. barnacle incrusted
superstition among mariners which teaches that
the skipper who puts to sea a Friday will never
again reach port. He is doomed to berth among
the coral and the starfsh, and 1t Is reckless
sailor indeed. that will ship with master who
hosts anchor on Friday The old song should
teach him better. for in that case:
Twas Friday night when set sail.
And we were not far from the land
When the captain spied lovely mermaid.
With a comb and a glass In her hand
And thereupon the captain at once remarked:
I've married a wife in Salem town,
But tonight she a widow Will be-
His prediction came true for his gallant ship
spun three times around" and sank to the bottom
of the sea-" When ST. Emo's fire appears out or
the hlackness Of the storm and hovers over the
spars Of the ship. then the uckless tar VINO salied
on Friday may bethlnk him OF Davy Joness
locker. for that is where he is surely going; He has
spun his last yarn and danced his last hornppe.
and It is time for him cork his will up In bot
tie and throw It out to sea. 80, a.,
Any one who doubts that this old belief still lives
should examine mi on .n fruay on that dav He viii
md them scarcer than oysters In july, II ne VIII
who object to starting Journey by rail- on
a Friday Thus powerfully has the pre1udice
against this day become imbedded IN the human
There were 56s little children OF New-York City.
n9Tght yestepday They did It Of their own free
viii TOO and The big white buttons by each
ono and labelled In red letters, Tribune Fresh AIT
Fund" merely showed that they took the advice or
this charity in committing the indiseretion & Ihey
better go the country and get some fresh AIR.
and as they ali needed 1t they did not nave TO be
asked twice. They all started Yesterday and a
merrier set OF companies than these children made
up would be hard o find. From O'Clock IN the
morning until o'clock In the afternoon there was
not a minute in which several dozens or them
were not being whrled further and further away
from the heat and dirt OF the city. and nearer and
nearer to the cool brooks and fields OF the country
II was a good days work, and The tribune fresn
Air Fund. what is more Will guarantee that every
stronger happier and healthier than 1t has been IN
many months 'IInlucky Friday" was thrown TO the
winds yesterday and II will receive the same treat
ment throughout this summer.
Penn; Thompson Penn. and Starrucca, Penn.
and the kind people who have invited children TO
their homes i'm the last two places are as follows:
Thompson. Penn.-Mrs Mabel MCNAMARA Mrs.
Mrs A. II. Crozler, the Rev a. d. David and Mrs.
starrucca. Penn.-Mrs Arthur. Foster, Mrs: Ar
thur Larrabee Mrs Hyatt Miss Louise Strong
and Mrs. William Skillet
The Rev. A. d. David Of Thompson has made
the arrangements for the reception OF the children
by these hosts and hostesses, and NJ. ID. Lathrop
has performed similar task among the people OF
specials" for Scranton. Penn, accompanied this
party The other children who were sent to the
country yesterday went TO some OF the large fresh
afr homes which receive children through The
Tribune Fresh Air Fund those for Pttsheld Mass,
being divided among several farmhouses In the out
Another day excursion made to Excelsior
Grove on the Hudson yesterday, and through this
several hundred poor mothers and children OF this
city received days outing on the water who
would not have had II otherwise.