New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-08-12
THOUGHT PALISADES GREW
NEBULOUs NOTIONS WHICH CITY Chill
DREN HAVE OF NATURE.

little Italian boy on The Tribune Fresh Air
Fund excursion TO Excelsior Grove near Sonkers'
yesterday offered a new theory of the formation
Of the Palisades He thought the rocks with the
trees on top. had slowly grown to their present
height. Those mountains, as he called them We're
the finest things he on his days outing
His ignorance regarding country scenes was
entirely typical of the children that are
taken on these excursions. Their lives con-
fined within few narrow city streets ana
their two room tenement homes shared Win SIX
or eight or perhaps ten brothers and sisters, my
see little of nature. That IS why the Dogs CliiI"t
nearly every tree thinking il bore fruit, "ilie
nearly every child he left the grove carried Win
him a green branch or handful OF grass ana
while those without tickets tried so hard 70 get
on board when the barge left Ne0-YoTk
Nine hundred and four pefsons-or more specln-
ca1lv - babies AZ children and 30 adults-were
on The excursion. II was the fifteenth one this
summer and eleven 10 follow It. Its expenses
were borne by the same man VINO s4teS 1P'V
has enabled The Tribune Fresh Air Fund TO NAM
tain these day excursions. and Though whose gem
crositv such outings nave been enjoyed by S32oSc
persons. This man owns Excelsior Grove
and practically sets il apart for The tribune par
ties Few OF the mothers and children go on more
than one OF these excursions IN q summer for the
tickets are usually distributed from centres where
the recipients are personally known, and. more
over is taken to start consecutive excursions
from widely separated piers The three other eN-
cursions this week for instance will leave Paclnc-
North Tyertieth-st Brooklyn, while from Market
St. New-york. where yesterdays party started. no
other Tribune excursion will leave until August %
The number Of persons taken at time varies
according TO the weather and other conditions. but
averages eleven hundred. I ne maximum Tor ms
year was thirteen hundred. So systematized has
the work become that the same policeman. Officer
OAialey is detailed, and has been for some years
to keep ORDER on the barge. and usually II is
Frank Radley, waterman who says he has
saved several hundred lives who goes along 10
rescue any little that fall in the water. These,
however, few. Leader MerZ too. OF the or
chestra, has served in this capacity FOX hfteen
years
When the barge Spear left al about 30 yester-
day morning she carried a happy crowd from the
First italian Baptist Church, at No. ! HenTy-st.,
in charge Of their pastor Mr. Dassori. and his
wife, together with the Tubune's representatives.
Obedient TO the direction on their tickets. Take
your luncheon and milk pail" the mothers were
prepared for their meal, and when the time
came 10 give out the 80 gallons Of milk and three
barrels Of lemon crackers that regularly taken
along there was no delay. Meanwhile, on the
upper deck Leader Merz and his two fellow mu-
sicaus were telling what happened 'On Sunday
Afternoon" and what going to happen When
the Luacs Bloomed Again varying these Se!ec.
"Garibaldi March" The latter was heard with par
the same Iime ore Of 3 the yq}gn5g men enplO gg
the few Young men and all the pretty girls board
The girls were assured that 1t was "on the level"
monies which Office the young man chose himself
70 iii included most of the kissing. Inc game
was all the more interesting il view OF the fact
that the Italian young people were from families
that according Mrs DassCri, stu observe strict
rules regarding The relations OF the sexes and that
their parents would have looked with much dis
favor on the familiarity that the kissing game in
volved. took place, Of course, on the less fire.
oueuted lower deck.
the T1ovs for their swim Shoes and stockings
of long before the boat lands, and the Of the
Ire8aratfon seems TO take but second. The brown
irffss smash a.Ond needless Of all but the water,
rertslnIv needless of the warnings from the moth
s-s and sisters above them. That these boys
he 7'aeA however y the adjective can properly he
applied 10 East Side seven-yearo!ds, was apparent
ds,- when asked # ne were having good time.
Drirping wet and radiant with the pleasure of it,
he said Waters no good. Its sweet water We
want eslt e for money
n was interesting yesterday that % boys
seemed TO know the country boys taFO!lte amUse-
-1rnt Of "chaw rC" his cOmpariCns clothes. Appar-
entity they had not had enough swims to learn it.
southern districts of Italy, most OF the adults and
MANY Of the children being Italian born Many II
INC i~rfbers smoke little English. To all OF
tr4rp n sail around the Battery and Up the Hud-
sor "A tho grove opposite Yonkers. the few hours
taste of country life. and the cool milk that was
provided IN abundance were GCdsenG.
The barge SUear. which carried The Tribune eZ-
tf8r Taverv used on the recent occasion when he
entertained about twelve thousand people, paving
So for he re1t Of the six barges two stea boats
and 2 tag and carrying. according to the captain
OF one OF the boats. refreshments enough for fifty
thousand people