New-York tribune., 1900-07-06
MANY CHILDRsY MADE HAPPY.
FIVE DIFFERENT FRESH AIR PARTIES
START FOR THE COUNTRY.

--'- LII EttENL FRESH AIR PARTIES
START FOR THE COUNTRY
The Tribune Fresh Air Fund celebrated the
Fourth OF July in It's own quiet way by seeing 20
II tnat several hundreds OF children from the tene-
ments OF this city spent the day IN the fields and
woods as a part OF a fortnight's outing IN the
country And The Trfbuns Fresh Air Fund rolled
up It's sleeves. settled down 70 work again yestsr-
DAY the same as everybody else and sent Isl more
children 10 the country This was pretty good for
the day after a holiday II only goes 20 show that
as long as people are Interested in giving little
fresh air in the summer 70 the children OF this
city's tenemeuts The Tribune Fresh Air Fund is
going to keep Up the good work. holidays or no
holidays
The children who were sent 20 the country yes
terday went in five different parties and the first
Two parties 70 leave the city started together
tor ClaTeraek. n Y and Athens. y T The
twenty-four children VINO went 70 C1averack viii
spend two weeks al fine old farm house OF In
the country, called the Benoway Home. The people
OF Hudson. y Y. CIaverack and nearby places
support this Home. and for many summers they
nave been giving country outings to city children
IN this way The house itself 5 neat and clean
and cool could Be desired and the good food
provided and the orchards and fields close by make
Up as hsalthfuI combination for the primary city
child as can well De imagined FortuiEhtIy parties
OF twenry-four children each are 70 be made happy
at this place throughout the summer and when
next fall comes the resultant good accomplished
VIII surely be hard TO measure
Nine small people started for Athens in the
Ciaverack party. and IL IS safe 70 say thar these
small people viii not be quite snuau Whsu they
come back. for the people OF Athens have enter
tained fresh air children before and they know
how IL should be done. The Rev : P Galloway
has been in charge Of the work az Athens since
July l. before which time the Rev " A HIasker
jr-, was in charge The following kind people
have invited children Athens Mrs @ L Nedr-
wick Mrs F Ellsworth Mrs. Jaques. Cornell vos-
ourgn. Mrs Thomas Davenport and Mrs Helen
Decker.
The Stoning-on Line boat carried OF merry
q fresh airs" last night. bound for Westerly
r L. and nearby places They came trooping across
West-sr. n such q steady stream that even the
apathetic IongshOreuau waiting Tor JOB was
moved 20 ask sIeepIly what x al meant. and Il Is
said thar for brief interval a few truckmsn
sJ-- ped swearing. so Interested they BY the
unusual sight When The steamboat finally csst
OF her lines and began her voyage there were
seventy-seven children on board WIKI them
Dexter P Porter, OF Westerly, whose efforts IN
behalf OF fresh air children this have been
Unceasing- This Is not the first sumner that
Westerly has been good 10 ci-y children and many
OF these children viii greet old friends when they
arrive al Westerly this morning The people who
have so generously asked al these children 70 vistt
them this sumner follows
Westerly. R. I.-Simeon Perry. Mrs. J L. Gran
DALI D Z Porter Mrs. George 6 F0s-er, Ms
Sf S-G-9 T9 Ms Z E1 - E@--s' H. 7 os y -I. "a NI 52
- - ? o. A5S
Haruy Mrs, Thomas Francis Mrs lanes Rich-
William ThorP Mrs A ] Tier. Mrs Hannah
Green. Mrs AlfOnZ0 West Mrs. Thomas P Mich
Frank ChesebOrO, Mrs John Martin Mrs y ?.
Edwards. Mrs. D. NJ Cornell. Mrs Daniel Blake.
Il 5-1.-tS NJ - SSo---aS ~ IT.s.- =
Mrs. Charles Sums. Mrs Robert Cole Mrs. John
Kennedy Mrs. John Warrington, Mrs Isaac GOur-
Mrs. Frank Martin Mrs H y Sh0rey Mrs VIII
IAN Austin, Mrs. Eugene Lewis Mrs. James Syms
Eew-Lo9don. Conn---SIrs. Owen Jones.
North StOninEIOn, r. Mrs. William c Brown
Just twenty-five minutes after The Westerly party
LETT the city another party started ouC on an all
night journey There were tweuCy-One children IN
this party. and they went BY rail 70 South Starks-
boro. VI They will leave the train ~ The station
OF NeF-Havsn. VI, and Mr.. BirdsaI OF South
Starksbo-o. Will meet them New Haven with
carriages and drive them over the hills 20 South
Starksboro which is not railroad station This il
only OF the many kindnesses which the people
OF South Srarksooro have been IN the habit OF
showering upon fresh air children free gratis f0r
South Starksboro IS still another place which has
been good 70 city children IN former summers.
Mrs. Daniel Sargent has been IN charge OF the
work there this wear and The hOsIessss OF the
children are as follows:
South starksboro. v55-,Nfrs- Abbie Btrdsal Mrs
Sargent, Mrs. Henry Sweet, Mrs. CleOra Young and
Mrs. Robert Wilson.
Lincoln, Vt-Mrs- Mira Steduan. Mrs. Annette
Morgan. Mrs. Louisa Bristol Mrs Hattie Bickns al
MIS-, A3el Bel Morgan and Miss Veqah Green
New-Haven Mills. Vt--SIrs- L P Jacobs
A boy especially invited 70 Plartsburg N T
went along with the South S-z-ksboro party. and
later IN the evening party OF similar specially
went out over the Erie 70 visit their country friends
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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