The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-07-14
CITY MISSIONS TROLLEY TRIP.
To Mansfield's Grove-Five Hundred
Benefit from the "Fresh Air Fund

To Mansfields Grove-Five Hundred
Benefit from the Fresh Air Fund.
The fresh air excursion given Thurs
day by the City missions is called 1.-THE
Chidren's Excursion" because it is
each year made UP largely from the
in charge of Miss Hume, the lady mis-
sonary at the City Mission hall. Rev.
Mr.. Mossman, general superintendent or
the City missions, was in charge of the
excursion, assisted by Messrs. Brooks,
Winchell, Horton, Farnham, Candee
and Williams. There We're about $50
persons on the nine trolley cars leaving
the central green in three sections be-
tween and $3.50 a. m. for days out
ing at Mansfield's Grove.
A matter of interest was the number
of feeble women, mothers with sick ba-
bies, and the elderly men and women
seen on the cars and a the grove.
Among others there were several Grip
pies; also a widow woman, entirely
blind, led and cared for by her three
little children. Some had been invited
because they were sick; others to save
them from sickness. A number of old
soldiers were also included. There
were Catholics as well as Protestants,
and both Gentiles and Jews. All evil
IDENTIFY felt they We're welcome to belong
to the missionary company.
The expenses for the Sewing school
children was paid from the Chldren's
day offering of the United church to
the Fresh Air Fund Tickets for the
children of the Sunshine band, in charge
of the Kings Daughters of the City
mission, and for all others to whom
tickets were given, were provided from
the Fresh Air Fund Twenty-Five
gallons of excellent ice cream were do
mated by the New England Dairy COM
pany Hauff Brothers Messrs. Snow,
Hasselbach, Francis and Boschen. d.
p Candee, janitor of the mission hail.
was in charge of the freight, for which
free transportation from the mission
hall to the cars and back was furnished
without charge by Peck & Bishop.
Assisting Miss Hume at the chill
drens cake and cream table were Mrs.
H G.. Newton, Mrs. Goodwin, Mrs, Will
liam Shepard, Mrs. Katherine Miller,
Miss Ruth Hume, Miss Eliot and Mrs.
Wakeman. D. B. Horton had charge
of the general distribution Of ice cream,
assisted by Mrs. Fenwick, Mrs. Griffin,
Mrs. Andrews and Mrs. Reed.
In place of the usual athletic sports
the boys and girls Of the Sewing school
were given half hour trips out into the
sound on the steam launch Lizette,
Captain e. B. Knowles, all through the
day. The whole day was delightfully."-
spent by old and young. The return to
the city was at S p. M, and although
made in the midst of the heavy thunder
storm, no one was hurt or even fright
ened, and not very much wet.
Several New Haven people who had
driven to the grove Thursday showed
great interest in this effort on the part
of the City Missionary association to do |
as much as possible for the benefit of
those in need of its care. Funds for the |
fresh air work have not been received |
this year as fully as usual, and are very |
much needed. The cost of this weeks |
excursion was over one hundred dollars, |
with several more to be provided for |
during the summer.