New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-07-21
THOUGHT 1T MEANT 4 FUyEP41.
FRESH AIR CHILD HAD NEVER SEEN A
FLOWER GARDEN BEFORE

An old story of the King of Siam was almost r.
peated the other day by a little Fresh Air child.
An English traveller visited Siam many years ago
and secured Introduction 10 the august ruler OF
that country. He favOrably received Court,
and by means of his entertaining descriptions and
stories of his native land at once became popular
with His Samese Majesty. He told eIoquently
of the beauties of his country, and all Wen
until he began to tell how cold it was there in the
winter
he said that the water freezes into hard solid
mass. which we call ice"
And that was the Briton's Waterloo. To be told
in the sweltering realm Of Siam that in any coun-
try it was sometimes so cold that water became
solid too much.
Take him away" sighed the King 7 had
hoped that here at last was man who was both
truthful and interesting. II IS enough. was de-
ceived.'
The other day little girl who had spent al Of
her brief terrestrial career the East Side OF
New-York was sent away to the country. And this
is how her increduliy almost equalled that OF the
King Of Siam. She was born in a tenement house.
she had grown up in a tenement house. and what
ever playing she had done in her little life had
been done on the hard fagstones Of an East Side
alley. Flowers thing almost unknown 70
her. for she had them only once. That was
when her mother died. A mission worker who had
visited there had little bunch OF white car
nations, and they were placed the rude caSAeL
The Tribune Fresh Air Fund took this little girl
away from her tenement home in the hot weather
OF a few days ago and sent her of 70 a farmhouse
in the country where it is cool The farmer who
had invited the little girl TO his home met her at
the station with his wagon and drove her on over
the hills to his farm. She did say much during
the ride but her wondering eyes told the story OF
the experience she having. Il was not
until they drove through the gate and a sreat
bed of sweet peas met her eyes that she opened
her lips. Then she looked up at the farmer with
a re9rOachful gaze.
why. you're taking to a funeral" she said
And that was what she thought She could not
believe that il was only ordinary dover garden
that she saw. for she had never or heard OF
such a thing 1t a long time before her
farmer host could understand what she meant
and IT took great deal OF gentle and tactfuI ques
tioniug 10 make things clear him. But they say
in that country town when the little tenenasnI
child goes back TO the city the farmer is going 70
give her such a big armfuI Of flowers that they
will be enough to brighten a dozen tenement
houses.
The Tribune Fresh Air Fund sent one party con-
tanning thirty-one Children TO the country yeste-
day Its destination Palmyra y. Y, and mo
kind people OF that place who have asked children
to their homes follows: Mrs. Alfred HiSAs'
Mrs. ]. Webster. Mrs Charles Gates. Mrs CaN1'
c. II. Jones. H w Guthrie. f. D. StOdt3rd NJ
" y stevens Mrs Eaton, \. Luppold & u
Crandall. &. II. Rogers, a Van L9re, MIS- kial''
Chapman. w. Cady and w c. Spiers. -,
There was also day excursion Up the FtISs -.
yesterday for the mothers and children OF "'
fen a