New-York tribune., 1902-07-10

TWO HUNDRED POOR CHILDREN LEAVE
CITY FOR COOL COUNTRY SHADE

I'll rOH COOl1 OOONIh4 SHADE
A big days work was accomplished for the ten
ement house children of the city yesterday morn
ing before Il a m. when The Tribune Fresh Air
Fund dispatched from the Grand Central Station
five parties aggregatng two hundred children.
They were bound for Bennington, North Benning
ton and SALISBURY, VT, and for Utica and Cam
den. y. y. With these main parties several
children to various places in Vermont and New
York. where thev had been invited to spend
fortnight longer.
To-day parties will be sent out to Inter
laken. Mass; Ashford Hill. y. Y; Nichols. and
Chappaqua, n. Y. in all nearly two hundred ana
fifty children from various sections of New-Yorks
poorest quarters.
The first OF the parties yesterday started the
800 a. m. train Of the New-York Central for Ben
ntngton, North Bennington and SALISBURY. 1t
was big party. AS fast the children arrived
they We're Identified and marshaled through the
gates to the waiting cars. while the children fairly
pranced with eagerness. The gate keepers. the
station master and the other officials of the rail-
road, who always take the kndest interest in the
little ones. received hearty "goodby" the
children went down the long platform
AT Bennington the party will be received by Col
Inns NJ Graves, who has taken the greatest inter-
est in the work of The Tribune Fresh Air Fund.
and who, by untiring efforts. made arrangements
for the entertainment OF the large party that left
yesterday.
hundred started for Utica and Camden,
n. Y. The line of children. two abreast. they
prepared 10 leave the station, extended nearly
half the length OF the waiting room They
soon surrounded by other passengers, who asked
questions. and greatly impressed by the ex-
tent Of the Fresh Air work when told that this was
only an ordinary party of the many daily
by The Tribune and provided for by the patrons
of the Fresh Air Fund.
In the Utica party 1t happened, many were
the children Of widows who compelled 10
work out during the day. The little ones had been
left pretty much to their own devices The chance
the Utcans was chance not to be lost. All the
fISn R % b %e[e o IN 'Heif places TINS m 2rniaS dressed
Three children. the Oldest a girl of seven. were
clUng silently together, not the contagious
on the face Of the little SS KnoheT par Sh o
three was from a home where the widowed mother
family for the last few weeks had been the wages
week Of The e6iIdFeq had sufoien S eiot6es s.
The three happy little people started for the coun-
try. while the mother thanked devoutly the patrons
Of the Fresh Air Fund. who made the blessed
Al Upca the Fresh Air work has been well
the raising Of funds and securing of Invitations.
they come The ofcers of the Fresh Air oTganza-
0n 65rsdS sTe Mrs MIS- presdeP5 d M. Ms C. H.
Curran. vce-presidents and Dana w. Bgelow.
Consists Of Mrs E Prentss Bailey. Mrs Matthew
Griffith, Mrs; Frances E. White, Mrs Frederick
r. Peed Sd Af MaF1 SdX Eanne ed Fdra9 WaEe
Warner.
Those who will entertain children at Bennington.
Vt. follows: Mrs Wells Smith. Mrs. Ben
iamin Townsend Mrs. Charles Herrck, Mrs A.
Mrs Herbert Amadon. G H. Myers, Mr. Wash,
burn Mrs. Joseph Clifford, B. Cleveland Mrs.
Walter Townsend. Hugh Breme and Mrs. Frank
Camp.
The hosts at North Bennington will be the Rev.
Charles Peck. the Misses Church and Mrs. G.
Hynick
and entertained by the Rev. William Kerr, the Rev
Mr., McCompton and their parishoners.
East Arlington the work has been In the
charge of the Rev. D. Perry, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. The children will be enter
tanned by Mr. Ward. E Mcdonald and Mrs. Alfred
Brown.
The Camden hosts F. A Hynes. Mrs. Wheel
ock and A. ]. Henry. At Camden the Rev. John
Richards has taken great interest in the Fresh Air
work, and made arrangements for the coming OF
the little New Workers..