New-York tribune., 1901-08-15
CRIPPLED CHILDREN co
SOME OF THOSE SENT AWAY BY THE
FRESH AIR FUND HAVE TO BE
CARRIED TO THE CARS

The grating Of the air brakes they clamped
the wheels OF long train entering the Grand Cen
tral Station yesterday morning marked the end of
the two weeks outing of more than eighty chill
dren who had been sent to the country by the
Tribune Fresh Air Fund They came from Potsdam
and De Kalb Junction. N. Y. No sooner had the
train been brought to standstill than the children
began pouring out OF the cars and flowing along
the platform toward the exit. They brown,
and they carried great punches of sweetpeas,
panses and other flowers Some attred IN
gowns that had been given to them by the friends
they had made in the country. All had bright
faces, Some dragged along the platform great
packages larger than themselves. weighing forty
fifty pounds. These again bore witness TO the
goodness of their hosts.
The children had had a royal time and they had
grown fat. The children had been weighed just
before taking the train for home. and the scales
had showed that many of the boys had increased
their weight by from fve to twelve pounds during
the weeks.
The children brought all kinds of things home
with them. Besides many articles of clothing
given them. they had apples and blackberries that
they had picked IN the woods One youngster had
a kitten and another hen Much to the surprise
of the of the hen. there egg in the
cage in the morning that was not there the night
before.
The people Of Potsdam well as the children
learned things I'm the of the visit of the lat
ter that they had not dreamed of before. Two
hve-year-od girls were entertained in one Of the
best houses OF the town. There great piaZzas
around the house and expansive lawn, and
pair of Shetland ponies and a two seated wagon
10 take them riding every day. The children
prised their hostess the day OF their arrival by
asking after dinner when she took them down
cellar. Us this another hOUse?' They were con-
stantly astonished at the amount of light around
the house. asking often when they went out. Why
is it light around here?''
Another housewife. noted in the neIghborhood for
her cooking. complained when the children were
first received in her homo that they would eat.
She had expected them to eat voraciously, and
practically all the time, All they asked for
bread. She put butter on it, and they would not
eat it. They did not know what butter was She
tried to tempt them with all kinds of food. She
made cakes and pies for them, and still bread
all all IN they seemed 10 care for Some cream gravy
F, had at nome. at last tempted them to eat other
The people in the neighborhood OF Potsdarn be-
came much interested in the Fresh Air work. At
Tne Diedp dpiaGg Wnere re party Of twentysx was In
invited to go 70 the same place later. Parties
Yesterday one hundred and sixty children were
Corn; Middetown. y. Y; Tenahy. y. J.. and
The hfty children who went to Tenahy were all
cripples. and four Of the twenty who started for
Home had TO be carried on the ferryboat and ears
because their legs were so shrunken they could
to Mddletown were crippled more or less. They
viii be kept in the country the remainder Of the
The, party which went to TenaHy will be enter
tanned by Mrs. John s: Lyle at Happy Land, where
she has been entertaining Fresh Air children all
summer They will remain through September.
With the The. Tioga party Of sxty-fogr went two
invited sixty-six. Two are now there. The
party was invited through the Rev. E. A.
Anderson and is to be entertained by the fol-
lowing = persons: Miss May Whitehead. Mrs.
Loveless Mrs. Leslie. Mrs. Bowen. Mrs. Frank
Durham, Mrs Edward Hall, Chester Blanchard.
Mrs J. Green Mrs Deming. Mrs. Redner. Mr
Clarendon. Mrs. Hanna. Mrs Narrower, Harvey
Merritt. Mrs. John Shpman Mrs. Pagendorf
Miss Helen Benson. Mrs. Paul Stevens. Mrs. F p
suscho: Mrs.. Charles Havens. Mrs. Groom. Miss
Jeanette Hakes Mrs. Frank Valentine Mrs. Or
Vile I>oveless. Mrs. ". II. Archer Mrs. Arthur
Hammond. H 5. Afford Mrs. Edith Abrams Mrs
J. Beers. Mrs. F. NJ. Peck. Mrs. George Dibble
Mrs. z. D. Rouse. Mrs. Anna Hicks. Mrs. William
Hicks Mrs. Mott Lawrence Miss Mary Dewey
Miss Ida Endere and Mrs. Carrie Mowrev. Of Mel
son. The Rev. Mr.. ColcIough assisted In arranging
this party