New-York tribune., 1902-07-02
CROWDS OF CHILDREN ON OUTING
MANY TRIBUNE FRESH AIR FUND LIrTT F,
ONES SEE THE COUNTRY FOR
THE FIRST TINE.

BY rail and boat were the little ones Of The
Tribune Fresh Air Fund sent away from the
noisy and dirty city yesterday From the East Side
went twentE-one youngsters TO Camden " y 10
be taken into the hospitable homes of the people
there. The Rev. John Richards pastor Of tbe
Methodist Episcopal Church of Camden. became
greatly interested in the Fresh Air work He trans
hltted his zeal TO his parishioners, and soon sent
10 Inc Tribune list of charitable Camdenites
VINO wanted children sent to them for fortnight
y party of twenty-one children, selected by the
deaconesses of the Metropolitan Temple. Four
teenth-st left the Grand Central Depot yesterday
morning bound for their unknown friends in Cam
den
Some weeks aso a of special need came to
the workers attention little boy threatened with
consumption. and member of a large family with
a widowed mother, needed fresh air and country
life, things which the poverty stricken and
burdened mother was utterly unable to supply.
Ihe facts in the case were sent to Camden. and
FREDERICK I. Moore, OF the list of hosts i'm
medlately sent word he would oe glad to take the
little fellow and keep him all summer He wrote
that he hoped the long outing would help il not
completely restore the boys health The lad was
sent on June Is to Mr. Moore, the great happiness
of his anxious mother.
BY the train with the Camden party went
another of sixteen children from Brooklyn, bound
for two weeks outing at TaberS \. y For
once, least the cities fraternized perfectly.
Though the two parties were kept separate in the
big waiting room, they got in the same car. They
were soon packed into the seats talking excitedly
and getting acquainted. With the party went sew
eral children bound for Utica, Watertown and
Lyons. The first question asked by the friends
was, Where you going?' A demand for par
ticulars followed, and many childish imagination
was stretched in his effort to describe in graphic
and glowing terms the anticipated beauties Of the
place for me in the country"
The Rev. y. R. DAZZLING, of Taberg, asked for
sixteen children. be guests of his friends for a
fortnight In answer to his request sixteen little
ones have been taken from the squalor of the Red
Hook district OF Brooklyn, most of them to enjoy
for the first time outing in the country. The
Red Hook is the most undesirable section of Brook
lyn, inhabited largely by longshoremen, wretchedly
poor. From this section last year came two little
Adv The dTs night in the country at the big
home, when the children were told TO go TO bed.
With the rest. Went silently to the corner Of the
room and lay down on the floor. Pitfuy impos-
no1her or softer rssng place b than bed the Ss sa51
and for two weeks at least, found what good food
One Of the Brooklyn party for Taberg yesterday
almost missed the train substitute IN haa 9eed
painting and demanded her right to go. The dis
'6Iace was made for her in the party which left
a smiling face and regrets for the sudden change
The fast steamer Monmouth, Of the SANDY Hook Hook
Line, left yesterday afternoon for Atlantic Hish-
lands with party ih Of eighty Fresh Ar SnfTfn M
r. j., where they will be the guests Of The Trib-
une. the second party there tRls summer fi,, ,t-
smith Mrs George smm9Hs sh B2 fs kTk IT
Emma Jones, Mrs. Albert Watkln: Miss Frances
those who viii entertain the children at Taberg,
Fugerson: Il Mrs; Calvin Wstsrnan Mrs y: G; Arm m
strong Mrs B. F Ranney Mrs T. 6 MeFarianadi
Mrs. J, l. Ward.