New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-11
COUNTRY PUZZLES TOTS. |
Fresh dir Children Bring MeHage-
rieS Back 7cith Them.

walking menagerie museum and vegetable
market combined is the appearance of Tribune
Fresh Air party it leaves the train on its home
journey Each little visitor is loaded down with
precious souvenirs. animate and inanimate, Of the
country which the company has just left
A large number of bags containing apples, pears.
peaches. plums. tomatoes and other garden stuff is
in evidence. One boy is leading disreputable
looking dog. another carrying a wabbly legged
puppy. Several of the girls have cats of various
ages, some in arms and others vigorously squirming
In bags baskets. Doves pigeons, ducks and
chickens favorites also. Where all this live
stock is deposited in the tenement houses is
problem TO the beholder. In many homes the backs
of chairs utilized chicken roosts for weeks
after the return of the children from a country
trip Besides these staple articles are plants rocks
canes, baskets and other rustic curiOs.
One youngster had bad luck with his pet but
was loath to part with it, He had started out with
a young chicken in little box. 1t seemed fitting
to remove the pet many times in the course of
the journey to if it all right, that the bird
finally died of overattenton. On reaching home the
boy sorrowfully removed from his pocket old
handkerchief. in which he had wrapped the body
Whether or not funeral services were held is not
recorded.
Country terms are little vague in the minds of
the small city visitors. One child who had been
once before visitor being questioned about his
stay there. When the pigs were mentioned, he eX-
claimed. "Oh. yes. know the pigs! Theys the
ones that lays the nice little eggs!' This same
child declared that he had lots of fun riding the
cows tails. Another little girl, who had mania
for picking flowers. pulled entire row of onions
from the garden of her hostess and brought them
to that astonished woman. asking her to smell
the pretty flowers A little girl, in dilating on
the luncheon put up by her hostess for her to eat
the way home named of the choicest
articles hen sandwich" This was a new one to
the missionary, and she asked about it. "A hen
sandwich said the child. in great surprise at such
ignorance. lis two slices of bread with a piece of
hen between them.
a little girl who was fortunate enough to be in
vted out for the whole season, was joined by her
sister August l. She picked berries for the
first part of the season. and sent the money earned
to her sister TO help fit her UP for the journey
With the money came letter. In which she m
struCted the expected infinitely as to what she
should do to get ready. and how she was to be-
have generally on her visit
two weeks visits. To Kortright. n. Y, the fifth
party sent to that place this season went yester-
day, and to Auburn and Pulaski, N. Y, two more
parties of those sent through the fundamentally
Mr. Wilcox is third vice-presdent of the New
York State Union of the Young Peoples Society
of Christian Endeavor. For some years he has
been greatly interested in fresh air work. and has
berS OF his organization. With this money chill
dren are boarded in private homes in different
towns OF the State. Those boarded by residents OF
Auburn have been arranged for by Mrs F.. c.
RE Wood has arranged for the board of the party
there among the people of the town A party of
twenty-one went to Pulaski and eighteen to Au-
burn.
With each party sent out the workers are Won
dering how many more companies they will be able
to make happy and anXiously looking for the long
waited for big contributions, which alone will make
1t possible to continue the work till the end of the