New-York tribune., 1901-07-24
THEIR FIRST VIEW OF GRASS
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE FRESH
AIR FUND CHILDREN ENJOY
IN THE COUNTRY.

TITS grassr'
mo. 'taIn't grass
What ia It. then7'
IT'S lawn. I know it's lawn. because you can
walk on it."
This discussion took place between two Fresh
Air boys upon their arrival in the country short
time ago 1t is difficult TO believe that there is a
living child who does not know when he sees
IT. and yet II is true, speaking conservativey that
there hundreds. If not thousands of children
living IN the city who have never spent a day IN
the country in their lives. To them the word
country has a vague meaning. It's glorious
place. Somewhat like heaven in their imagina-
tions. They get ideas OF II from their mothers
and the missionaries who talk to them about IL.
They hear that there hig. big trees and green
grass and cows. whatever they may be-the ami
mails from which the milk they drink is obtained
Then there are horses. of course, and chickens
running about, and in some places in the country
the people have pet rabbits And then there are
streams to paddle in. whose waters have a rich,
golden tint they flow the round stones.
And there hills. ever high higher than any
OF the houses in the city, and can see blue
lakes and rivers flowing through the valleys from
their tops, where the children may have oppor-
tunity to go II they will be good Imagine the
vagueness OF the meaning OF the word country
in the mind Of child who. from experience
doesn't know mountain from a riveri
Another youngste- In the party with the boys
who were discussing the grass. when he got op-
portunity. knelt down the ground, kissed the
grass and then got down and rolled I'm e.
The Tribune Fresh Air Fund yesterday sent six
different parties OF children into the green coun-
try. The total number OF children 275 That
good work for day.
They went 20 all OF different places Three
groups went over the Pennsylvania Railroad into
the heart OF the big Keystone State They all
went train in two special coaches. In all
there l23 children. OF these seventy-three
went TO Strode's Mills. where they are To he
entertained by the people OF the neighboring towns
lie ba-a epfer nod artt. uNF.t t,r
dren in other years This party was arranged by
J. c. Swigart. OF Strode's Mills. who came to New
York 10 take the children Besid as Mr. Swigart
those who TO entertain children are as follows
Mrs. T. ]. Sunderland. Lloyd G Rupert Mrs
Elmer Stine. c. c. Wybe. Frederick Mertz Sam
uel Dunwise Mrs. Orman Whitworth Mrs w
H Bingerman. NJ. NJ Ruble. W. f Rhoades w
s. Harshbarger, w. C Rambler, Mrs A. F. Rush
Thomas stine. James Mccormick Mrs Milton
Slime John Geedy. E c. Smith. J. H Miller
Katie Kaufman, J. f Rank. ] B Harshbarger
Mrs. A S Moist. Amanda Stroup. Eli Winter
Jacob Miller, Jacob Harshbarger. John KauT-
man, James Ribman. A. G. Logan. W H Swgart
A. L. Rennnger. David Hertzler. Amos Nafzinger
Levi Hertzler Miss Annie Grassmyer s X
Yoder. David Allgyer. Hannah Yoder. Mrs John
Gilbert. Miss Molie Strobe. Mrs. A Houser Amos
Kochenderfer, T. S. Bratton and W II Moist
Twenty-four Of the children went to Penbrook
town near Harrisburg. They had been invited
to be the OF the people OF this town and NJ
n
TO the city and took them With these two
parties were number OF smaller groups
Six went TO Maytown. Penn be the guests of
the following: Isaac Wolf, Amos Ehy the Rev
Ephraim N. Nissley. the Rev. George p Gall.
David Lands and c. l. Nissley
Four. invited through the Rev J. Wornedorf
and a Special" went to Patterson Penn. Two
specials went to Ronk, to Gap one 10
Strasburg. two to Marysville, three TO Mersvne
four 70 Shippensburg and one to Nensvie, all in
An hour after the train bearing this party pulled
out OF the big Pennsylvania trainshed at Jersey
City, another train rolled out Of the arching train
shed at the Grand Central Station with 10 Fresh
Air children on board. OF these eighty-three were
bound for Utica, where Fresh Air children have
many friends. This is the second large party to
go there this year. Seventeen of them were bound
TO Sidney y, Y. where they had been invited
through the Rev. w; T, Edds They are TO be en-
tertained by the following:
Mrs Wilson McKeever. Mrs. Myron shaul Mrs.
T G. Smith Mrs Andrew Case Mrs Robert Ten
nant, Mrs. John Bowman. Mrs Robert Denton.
Mrs. Patterson Mrs. Mott Vedetta Miss Bertha
Wood and Mrs Barney Dickinson.
Besides these there specials" hound for
Lyons. Little Falls. Palatine Bridge and Herkimer.
Early in the evening another party started for
Sherburne, n. Y, where they had been invited
through G. W. Lathrop