New-York tribune., 1901-07-08
MANY FRESH ALR PARTIES.
HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN SENT AWAY
LAST WEEK, AND MORE ARE
TO GO THIS WEEK.

Those who superintend the sending of the poor
tenement children into the breezy country for the
Tribune Fresh Air Fund began feel their har
ness last week They realized that the was
at hand when every youngster who could ought TO
be rolling about in the grass. riding loads of
hay, picking cherries drinking rich milk, going TO
bed in a real bed between white sheets, and doing
other things that be done nowhere but in the
country. And so they began to put into execution
some of the plans for which preparation had been
long under way. It wasn't the heat so much as
the number of parties that made them feel the
harness. II hot weather-there is no gainsay-
ing that-but hot weather is Fresh Air weather.
Like the ice cream, soda water and ice dealers. hot
weather helps make good the business of send
ing tenement children to the country. An electric
fan and inspiration were all that were needed 10
keep the wheels revolving smoothly.
Nineteen parties, containing 767 children. were
sent to the country last week by the Fresh Air
Fund. No knows what the effect OF this be-
nehcent work on the mortality Of children during
the hot days was, but It IS the testimony of many
that the children who have had the two weeks
outing which the Tribune Fresh Air Fund is ena-
bled to give them better able To withstand the
unhealthy conditions which environ them,
OF course all the children able to cele-
brate the Fourth in the country because there
were parties going away every day Indeed. two
parties went Saturday. One OF them took
long Journey. There two kinds OF heat that
girdle the earth. They are the heat Of the and
the warmth Of the heart. The sunshine
warmth Of the heart stepped In and afforded
relief. This the with a number OF hos
pitable people in South starksborough. VI. AL
though a long way off. the warmth Of their heart
extended clear to New York. and Saturday
morning drew out Of the city thirteen children.
Ihose OF this far away Vermont town who invited
the children TO visit them for TWO weeks were
Mrs Hannah Morgan, George Thayer, Mrs. Alfred
Merrill. Mrs. Eta Sargent, Mrs. Abel Morgan. Mrs.
Perley Dotey, Mrs. ". ~ Cove and Mrs. Cornelius
Bristol With the party went special Ben
In the afternoon party OF fifteen boys started
fnF furn u~na a.raf srtHfr
the homes OF some people In Warwick. y. Y This
week hundreds OF children Will 30 trooplng off to
the country 20 join the throng already there
early hour lis VIII start for Binghamton. -. Y.
and nearby places, little later ls9 children with
a half dozen attendants. for Port Jervis
y. Y. These go with families through the efforts
of Henry Stader. OF Port Jervis. a most valued
worker for the poor children. In the early even
ing sixty-one children, with two escorts take the
Stonington boat for Westerly. r l. and the nnal
parties for the day start for Wayland. y. Y and
Mount Morris. y. Y.-an all night ride for the
sixty-one children and attendants but the all
night ride Will be forgotten when daylight lands
them in the green fields and among hospitable
friends The workers. too. Will quickly forget
the fatigue Of the day by remembering that as
children were taken from the tenements into the
green fields.
There are a dozen more parties 70 go this week.
and $50 children going through the throes
Of