New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-07-10
MAUCH CHUNK AND ELSEWHERE.
MORE COMPANIES OF FRESH AIR FUND
CHILDREN START FOR THE COUNTRY.


The number of children sent the country by
The Tribune Fresh Air Fund this week in
creased by more than one hundred yesterday. This
put the total for the two days at than six
hundred. Parties started for Mauch Chunk,
Penn. and Palymyra, n. Y And. besides these. the
remainder of the Binghamton party. left over from
Monday by the railroad company's inability to
carry them, twenty boys and caretaker, started
early in the morning.
A person OF the doubling Thomas order. who
thinks that the visits of the children to the country
looked forward by them with the same
high anticipations of good time that more fortu
nate children have in looking forward to the sum
mer vacation days spent at "grandpas," should
have been in the Pennsylvania Railroad train shed
at Jersey City yesterday at 1886 p. The party
OF fifty-four children bound for Mauch Chunk had
just been admitted at side gate and escorted by
a railroad official down the long platform to the
vestibuled day coach which the railroad company
had set apart for them 1t was just 1885 o'clock
when the van of the line reached the steps of the
car There were two three small boys In the
front rank. AS soon they were told to climb
into the car the boys made a grab for the rail
The moment of realization had come They
crowded up against the steps, and one would have
thought from the way they pushed to get into
the car. that the train to start within thirty
seconds instead of at 15 o'clock, half-hour later
One of the boys asked. as he rushed for the first
step: "Oh, mister. going now2 The chill
dren crowded up the steps. dragging behind them
their cumbersome bundles, which caught In the rail-
of the car in every conceivable way, and blocked
for an instant the eager. pressing throng- They
were going to the country. and that was the nrst
thought They did not intend TO be left behind
Once the car was reached they settled down more
contentedly. There doubt now. The long
looked forward 10 outing beginning. and more
was coming. they were certain
The party was in charge of the Rev. DR.. William
Ouigley Bennett OF Mauch Chunk, who made the
rrangements for II. The children are TO speno
their two weeks holiday in the homes OF NUMBER
~ me citizens OF Mauch Chunk Those who VIII en-
terrain them are Mrs. Sophy Eckon, w: n; WOOD
ring Mrs George Leggett. Mrs. A Van Anda; Mrs
Eva Klutz Mrs. Doll G. c. Lins MIS- CnarIes
Arnebruster Mrs. Zeigler. Max Feuerstein, henry
Reimer j. Stenbeck. William kruger. FREQ
erick Miller. William Borchert Frederick FreuhG r
SborIes Reusch Carl Fruendt, Mrs II. Sib6acn'
FrederIck Fuchs r. Polmounter, II: Schau6. Fred
eriok Mundt Thomas Kuehner. Charles A4nuers'
Erederick Miller Mrs. II. Warncke, Rooert HenIy,
frederick C;obien J. Raidline F. Witt. H. busacAer
and August Miller. .A,.s 60 ,o IN
Last evening another party assembled 70 60 10
PALMYRA and other points in the centre OF New
York state The people OF PALMYRA had askeu
for twenty-four children. and specials Went Wlth
~ nartv 20 Clifton Springs. Buffalo. Clyde, Rod,
Geneva The Palmyra party, which was arranseo
nv a II Cameron, will he entertained py the ioI-
loving; Andrew Mertz. Mrs Charles X C4Iln Is
Ms charles Gates Mrs. Charles Williams n. 7
KNOWLES Claude BurreN. a. H Cameron SIeoIse
6 Johnson Mrs Willis Marsh. Mrs. JACOB Croon-
60 Mrs Hicock clifford Crandall Thornas H.
Cbapman and Mrs II. r. Durfee