New-York tribune., 1902-07-19

ALICEs IN WONDERLAND.
AT TENAFLY is A KINDLY WOMAN WHO
LOVES TRIBUNE CHILDREN.

Out among the placid green fields and shady trees
Of NewJersey is the pretty little and station
of Tenahy. There every weeks during the sum
mer parties Of Tribune Fresh Air children go, and
as the train pulls away their last connecting link
with their familiar HE. they are ieft gazing in /.
rapture and wonder at the hills end igres. so dif-
ferent from the streets Of New-Tor1s Ease Side.
where. among the rattIns carts. the cobbiestones
have been their only playground perhaps. Tor all
their lives. New-Jersey Is quiet enough for any
one. and Tenahy Is probably as placid and dreamy
a community could be found within radius Of
many miles from New York /
To the little city bred Arabs the stiffness is per
fecty appalling. "Ain't there nothin' don?" said
one little awestruek child of busy Wholesale
quarter. rs everybody dead?''
But. without much time 70 wonder the party Is
told TO climb into two big buses with huge signs.
'Happyland," on the sides. and away they are
bo%led 10 the top of little ridge hall mile from
the station, where. before a big homelike house
with broad porches they Chamber down and the
two weeks outing al "HappyIand" has beguA-two
weeks destined 10 be filled with new and ecstatfc
joys.
The delightful home large enough to acconmo-
date htty children and caretakers. stands as the
result or the charitable impulses Of one woman
Mrs. John 3. Lyle. A woman of wealth her phi-
iahthfoples began years ago in many WAYS where
che saw relief was needed
One day reading in The Tribune that friend Of
the poor ehiidreh of New-York had placed his
country place barn at the disposal Of the Fresh Air
Fund. Mrs Lyle said 10 d friend.
"Ihat is something would like 70 do. Children
the poor ones Of New-YOrk. are the ones I can
help the most. and little help in the early years
means far more than can do tor older men and
women
Aftef several weeks spent In anonymous Isivesti-
sau9n II the requirements and possibilities OF
such charity. work was begun. and for nine years
foAy fotf hundred children Of the districts
Of the city have enjoyed the hospitality OF Mr.
Lyle every summer
"HsDpyiand" the ehiIdrens home. stands d.
rectlg across the road from the residence OF Mrs.
Lyle. and every day she spends an hour anaona
the little guests. talking 70 them drawing then,
cut and synaPath hiking with their Joys and sorrows
uA al feel al home and happy Their opinion Of
Mrs. Lyle always rises enormously es one funny
iiiHe incident Illustrated
One of the AttIe girls had bAe, av,,,t,g as-s
L31s's rings with great interest when she sud
denly asked rs that A real diamond for fslr2"
Instantly another giri spoke up with great seern:
| fshAw' DO you think Mrs Lyle would wear brass
danondse'
| To every party Of her guests Mrs IxlA gives .
| long drive through the woods and picnic a. the
| lake IN her grounds. Tor the latter occasion the
children plan surprises for their host. and each
ore speaks = piece sings song or dances a
1 eake"alk. as he or she prefers. On the day the
party returns % the city ca n child Is presented
| with box of candy stamped "Happyland"
Ihe home itself accommodates. besides the natron
Mss Scott and her assistants, thirty-two girls
bs on osy 'qqf with etd beds s5s sTs cois aS th m s
g,. eogs ihes Is also hospital built as separate
domieiie Tor any children who develop disease
though go Ear u has never been needed Ii has
@ S'ns The i2 neroa 61 y ss deg S6S SShpss t2F ne
ana sr5aS snd brc 5's Se balls open doors and windows
sStIoundins u are the lands owned BY Mrs. Lyle,
\ care Of some Of the older ones OF the parIy In
sr t siVNe beside tne house are swings and seats.
ehar sr e1Sgsh ,s & 1hs @Ss goPasr rssers Of the
,So ,tSSo @ @seet iFHn the grouad There at all hours OF
screar1i,y y.tfL 81 stTts ana Boys may be seen
/ @ aia al !esst getting maximum OF healthfuI exer-
| The FIRST day Of new party many Of the chill
80 ,s e'i'T siletty around and take part in
Bu, with the EASY sasp,sbts Sf sbiISbop 20 pS az,
many hours Pass before they are enthusiastically
49,, special diet Is provided at The Plentiful table.
Quar- s IruIie dS osns milk Each child Is gtven
does not apPease their thirst. and then they get
there are oatmeal and mk Bread butter RFAaSi and
Ia coca, Al dinner a typical menu is: Pot roast.
principal meal Of the day when the outdoor lie
drens sppet,es seat m se 1SeSf o5n ba fae sss Sh
\ In the open. sunlt dining room neatly gowned
s1siiy eating the good things SCI before Them h
s,ght" "a, a. ,,p t3ppyl land seem metamorphosed The
I sit<nto si<nt OF uelr happiness because OF the magic
change In their lives would bring glow OF heart
Fund Who could s ba p9qt Of 70 pb iee huge Ee to M
| of Joy wes due to him or he~
After the long day OF rOmp and play Is over the
! prunes bread. butter and milk then in tbev 20 10
! the play and school ROOM where music dancing
and quiet games IN order until the fast falling
I shadows send them OF to their beds dream OF
! the fun In store for them the morrow.
Yesterday The Tribune Fund sent out a party o
! Fresh Air children to East Stroudsburg Penn,
! where the Rev. A. f. Warren has interested him
/ self in the work, and many Invitations for the
/ httle New Workers were obtained. Besides the
| party which left the city yesterday other chill
dren will be sent to the place next week, in
response 20 additional invitations which have been
/ received.
To-day five parties of happy tenement house
youngsters will be dispatched to various places in
| the country for fortnghts outing The first of
| the parties. composed Of twenty boys will leave
the Grand Central Station at $50 a. for Avalon
Beaeh on Lake Bomoseen. where the You:lg
Mems Christian Association Of Hydesville n. Y,
mas established a boys camp. In the afternoon
another party will start over the Erie road for
| warwick, N Y. where they will be the guests
of the Rey. D. w. Sheppard. Over the same line
az an early hour OF the morning will go party
Of boys bound for Jeffersonville n. ". where they
VIII enjoy a camping party under the and
direction of DR. Charles T. Mcdonald, who has
invited them for the two weeks. Besides these, a
party of sixteen will 20 10 Asbury Park, and the
second band of the season will start the New
York Central for two weeks stay at Claveraek-
on-HudSon.
The hosts of the East stroudsburs. Penn. party
are John Lesoine Frank Siptroth. Charles Kinney.
James Kinney, George Brutzman, Mrs. Overield
Louis Lesoine, W. T. Wolfe, "A. F. Warren. the
Rev. William Veenschoten and Mrs. Garwood
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