New-York tribune., 1901-08-06
HAPPINESS FOR 245.
THAT MANY CHILDREN SENT TO THE
COUNTRY YESTERDAY BY THE
TRIBUNE FRESH AIR FUND.

The number of children sent out yesterday by
The Tribune Fresh Air Fund was 2i5. They went
in six different parties. and invaded five States,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island. New-York. New
Jersey and Pennsylvania
The places to which they went were Philpsburg,
N j.: Easton. Penn; Mechanicsburg. Penn; Will
boring towns: Port Jervis. y. Y; Westerly, r. L.;
Conesus, y. Y. and Amherst. Mass.
There happy little nine-year-old girl
in New-York yesterday. She happy not be-
cause she about to start on two weeks out
ing into the country. but because she had been
the of sending half dozen other little girls
who needed the fresh air If children did She
went Westerly, r. l., early in the summer
with a large party of Fresh Air children TO spend
a fortnight. When she went her shoulders had a
stOop i'm them and her face was pale. When she
came back after her two weeks outing she came
unwillngly; she had had such a good time! Al
though the stoop gone and her cheeks were
ruddy. she did not feel happy. She sat on the
door step of her home all day. crying at intervals
and could hardly be persuaded to go inside her
tenement house horne.
Couldn't I go back again?" she asked the mis-
sionary in pathetic voice.
Il don't how you could this summer, unless
you changed your dress and your and put
mask over your face
Il could change my name and they would know
my face
But perhaps if you went twice this summer you
could not go next year"
we might be living in New-Jersey next year, ana
then wouldn't need to go"
When invitations came FOR another party 10 go TO
Westerly heard about II and set about assisting
the missionary in getting the children together.
She found and brought half a dozen needy little
girls to the missionary, telling them of the good
time in store. The missionary looked up the homes.
found them greatly in need of the fresh air, and
such as the Tribune Fresh Air Fund was estab-
ished to aid in getting it. Clothing was procured
for them and ;hey were made ready for the doc
tors examination The little nineyear-old mission
ary took great interest i'm every move, and waited
anxiously If they could the last barrier
the doctors examination. She stood by while the
doctor examined each watching every move and
awaiting in breathless suspense the verdict She
was a happy little girl when those she had invited
were passed. She fired their imaginations afresh
with childish descriptions of the joys in store The
climax was reached yesterday afternoon. when the
sixteen invited by the Westerly people. including
her six actually started for the country on the
Stonington steamer. There were several boys In
the party. and nearly every mothers son of them
from the midget of three years up had cheap
harmonica in his shirt waist pocket
The party of the day To start was the one going
10 Phillipsburg II left the foot of Barclayst at $40
a m hfty-eight strong. Three more will go to-
day 70 complete the number invited by the people
OF this town. sixty-one. number of the children
will be entertained by the people Of Easton.
town lust across the Delaware River from Phillips
burg The party arranged through the Rev.
William ". Barker. of Phnlipsburg. and the Rev.
II. b. Rankin. OF Easton.
The mex, party to go was the Mechanicsburg
one This left he city at $50 a. m Sixty-fve had
been invited through the Rev Samuel III. Stein
and the Rev u. : Shoop 10 be guests of the people
of this town OF these thirty-one are to be enter
tained under the of attendant at one
place at Williams Grove near Mechanicsburg.
At 1870 a. m. hfty-seven children rolled out OF
Grand Central Station bound for Lyons Falls and
nearby towns. Sixty-nine children had been IN
vited but one of the missionaries failed to arrive
In time with her quota, 50 the party was snort
The remainder will be sent to-day. The Rev Will
lam G Spicer was the person through whom this
party received its invitation
At the same hour a friend OF the Fresh Air chill
dren Henry Srader Of Port Jervis. took away
70 that place his second group this summer IL
numbered twenty-one children. The first party
contained more than two hundred children
on the swift Norwich boat. the City Of Lowell.
four specials started for Amherst Mass. at $50
o. m and an hour later the Stonngton boat took
away the Westerly party. This party, the second
to go there this summer. was arranged by D. r.
Porter.
The last party OF the day one bound for
Conesus. n. Y. II numbered twenty-five, and had
been invited through the Rev. owen {. Baker
The children to be entertained by the follow
ing people;
Phnipsburg Nellie sanderson, Mrs 5. B.
Patterson Miss Ethel Hushizer. Mrs. H. Eilenberg.
Miss Helen Weaver Mrs. 3. P. Strouse. Mrs
Joseph Achenbach Mrs. Mary De Mass, Mrs Adam
Henry Biers Mrs. William Apgar. Mrs. Amos War
f9Td 4S HTs s5pi AuSn MFs Shepherd Mrs Samuel
Beers. Mrs. W II; Hess Mrs Thomas P9ulusi Mrs
Kau6' Mrs 'WHiiam York. Mrs, Resta Bocheu
T,sHue Tee Mrs Harvey Good Mrs Charles Reupert
Mrs james p Smith. Mrs. A. Hahn and Mrs
EastonEH. A. Heit. Mrs. Henry Henzleman Mrs
Iosrph Larson and Miss Sophia Rose
Mrs c + Guick and the Rev George Poole
] y Weber Mrs James Gross Mrs; Beidleman.
Mrs. S"Sr'R3n 3I asraSs 5SeorSe FinSenbuder
NJ Cockiin Mrs. Ida n. Miller, John Widder, J. J.
oonfr Mrs James er rs howard MAR oad6aF Mrs
John Hutton. Mr.. Thomas and Mr. Mookley
LYONS FaIIs-Mrs. Charles Edwards, Mrs. Arthur
An6Iey Mrs b. A. Waldron. Miss H. a. Gould
ana I.oWvticLMrs. ~ n William I. vauchard and Theo-
d2fE 2GfienfiedGEm Sabine Mrs Alice P Salmon Mrs
,or2Sin Clarence Tiffany Mrs. L. f. STILES Mrs
r stiles. Mrs Celia Benedict and f, J: Tiffany.
r,aIinrr urI,. Miss sarah Lyman John Fl Jones. F
Bence Mrs Frank Iawler Mrs. z. w Thompson
Frank Gaylord Mrs. lie clair. Grace Shepherd
ana r Gaylord and Miss Loretta
shepard. ,o. a., Mrs 1obn Hughes
Kostervile-Mrs. Parson Ingersoli and Mrs
Peter Kits. ..,.. r,r, M, WIN
Mart,ns9HrEN stii N,rs William claus Mrs O. Wake
GaId Mrs Edward Damoth, Mrs Jdhn Mumford
and d.. MrI Aaron InE9'' w. IL Johnston Mrs w H
Cole and Mrs. seymour boStWlch- y , Mia E-If,b
Houseville-Mrs. Charles Claus ana MISS Eul'h
HSITt5o Among those who assisted in erganizing the
he Rev II E Davis the Rev, Father J. F
H Byrne c.' the Rev A J. Feshaw. the Rev. George
Port JeTvis"Mrs er' G. a Cosner, Mrs. Frederick
T aSIP Mrs. Mrs rTqSGR MaS5Ret MrS Mrs "'fs Herbert
Hawker Mrs John Goodenough, Mrs Milton Han
a. rS