New-York tribune., 1902-08-13
HUNDREDS TO VISIT FIELDS.
PRICELESS BOON AWAITS POOR Chill
DREN THROUGH ENERGY Of
KIND HELPERS.

Six hundred and hfty-sIx children. sent for
weeks of green fields and sunshine. composed The
Tribune Fresh Air Funds twenty parties for Tues
day and Wednesday OF this week. and the numbers
well illustrate the magnitude OF the work along
this line.
The 259 children that left yesterday in eight
parties. In the morning, the o'clock Lacka-
train three of these started, seventeen chill
dren going TO Brooklyn. Penn. where the Young
Peoples Christian Union Of that place VIII take
care Of them: fifteen going TO waterville. y y.
their visit having been arranged by the local
Young Mems Christian Association. and thirty
nine going Greene. \. Y, wnere Tribune chill
dren have been received for number OF years
At $50 a. m forty children left for Tunkhannock,
Penn. and nearby places. Pierre Asheid planned
their visit
At 955 a m. from ,~e Grand Central Station
seventeen little ones started for Cambridge. n Y.
where the Rev. John c. Scott and the Rev. c. B
Perry have obtained hosts for them. and the
same train party of twenty-five left for Williams
town. Mass. where the Rev. Willis H. Butler col
lected the money for boarding them among the
farmers the little cottage town. With the
Williamstown party four boys started for Aring-
ton Vt, where the Rev. s H. Watkins has planned
for receiving the second delegation that has come
this year.
On the Lehigh Valley. at l2:55 p. m. nineteen
children left Mauch Chunk Penn. in charge
Of the Rev. William Quglcy Bennett who came to
New-York for them, and who has secured hospital
ity for them. The last party Of the day left at
p for Chapel Hill. \. J. 1t composed OF
eighty-three children. and was the fifth party
that had been received at Chapel Hill this
To-day 397 children will leave for country out
ings. At s:06 a M. from the Grand Central Sta
ticn. no less than 125 children will begin their
journey to Pittsheld. Mass. where the Berkshire
Fresh Air Fund which has already entertained
three Tribune parties this season, will pay for
their board with the farmers that city. At
9 a. m. on the Pennsylvania Railroad twenty
seven children VIII leave for Mechanicsburg. Penn.
At the same time, twenty will go TO Windsor.
n Y and the same number to Westfeld, n. J.
At ) o. m, from Chambrs-st.. twenty children.
comprising the fifth party of the season. Will
start on the Erie Railroad for the Mddletown-
Goshen CoavaIescents Home.
Perhaps the hepp'est party viii be the one
starting the 4:0 .. train from Jersey City. II
will he COMPOSED Of fifty criDpcs, with four nurses
from the Hospital for the Pup'ured a~d Crippled,
in Forty-second ST. These children viii go to
Tcrafv n J.. where Mrs. John S. LvIe will keep
them for several weeks
At i:4o 2 m. nineteen children VIII leave the
LacRawarna terminus at Barclay-st. for East
Strouasbrre Penn. whore the Rev A T. Warren
a tireress worker for The Tribune Fresh Air Fund
has found two-a'es- homes for them. Just he
has Tor three other parties this year.
Amos CIaar Of Wrdhe~. Fem. an oldtinIe friend
Of The Tribune fund. who arouses interest In 1t
eve~v wear. will take care of the twenty eight
children who VIII leave for Wndber.
At D. m. the same train sixteen VIII leave
for Queens. penn, twenty tor JohFStCWn. PENN
and seven for scalp Level Penn. and also four
children invited back to Bedford Penn. one 70
Olanta Penn. one 10 Relville Penn. and five to
Ma;tawanra Penn. The last named missed the
train the last time they had a chance to 90. Two
chi dren invited back COrton He yhts. Penn,
will also 90 this o'clock train. The last party
to-day. which, like the other parties that start in
the evening. will travel all night. will be of
twenty-seven, going to Tioga, Penn. and leaving
the Erie at 9:15 p.
The following will be the hosts of The Tribune
Fresh Air children that left yesterday and to-day:
Greene, y. Y.--Edward S Jackson secretary.
Hosts Mrs William D. Benedict. Mrs. lie Roy
Ford. Mrs Charles A Pate. Mrs. Paul Ulrichs,
Mrs Edward Warren. Mary l. Smith. Miss Anna
Harrison Mrs Bert johnson. Mrs F. j. Cum93er'
Andrew O. Jackson. Mrs Eugene Badger. Mrs.
Henry Powlison Mrs. l. f. Barnett. Mrs Melville
Gross. Mrs. e c. Jackson. Mrs w l.. Baldwin.
Mrs. David Ford Mrs Mary Aldrich and Mrs
George Mosher.
WaIerviIle \ Y.-C. A Harvey. committee.
Brooklyn. Penn-Miss Gertrude WaIde. COM
rnittee. ,.
Cambridge. y. Y.-The Rev. John c. Scott. com