New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-22
THREE MORE P1RTIES GO.
Tribune Fresh 1r Fund Children
Had Meier Beer on Ferryb0at.

Under the auspices OF the Tribune Fresh Air
Fund three large parties of poor children were
sent away yesterday for fOrtnight's outing In
the country.
Erie Railroad TO Thompson. Penn. where they
will be the guests Of the people of Thompson and
Starrucco The entertainment of tho children
provided for by The Rev. Frederick c., Mathews.
pastor OF the BAPTIST Church in Thompson
BY an evening train of the New-York Central
Railroad two parties started together. one going
to BoonviIle. N Y. and the other 10 LYONS N V.
Hospitality ha5 been provided for both parties by
the people in those places. The Rev. w. e. Hull.
pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal Church.
made the arrangements for the chiIdren's enter
tainment NJ Lyons. The Fresh AIR work at Boon
vile, y. Y. is directed ~ Mrs. G. l.. Birdsey.
In nearly every party that the Tribune Fresh
Air Fund sends out there are children who have
never ridden trolley a f.rrybcat.
There were many such children in yesterdays
party for Thompson. They took their places IN
the of the women's cabin the ferryboat
and sat rather quietly while the boat was in the
Slip. but with the first throb5ug of the engine
every little traveller turned quickly AROUND and
gazed through the windows. 1t was then that
the fire of questions and remarks BEGAN.
oh. the boat Is walking on the water" said
an Italian girl not six years Old See that funny
little boat with tie stovepipe and the man IN
stairs turning Il wheel like Mazingo. the candy
man yelled the italian girls companion as a
tugboat ploushed past the ferry.
curious little boy. with an eye for proportion,
jumped from his seat and to his older brother
with the startling question Am / no as big as
dat boat dere?' 1t would take million Ike
you 10 be big that said the brother The
thoughtful boy paused second and then asked
III / tumble by myself in the water will I no go
DOWN." IF you can't swim you will go down
quick like that said the older brother as he
swept his hand rapidly through thesair The last
reply much for the little boy with the
questions. and he back his place by the
window
Turning 10 girl beside him and scratching des-
perately at his closely shaved head the boy with
swim and he's bigger | am. and he will so
down in de water
Thank God! Thank God. It's OF Provi-
dence that my children going away where they
will have enough to eat!' These words were ut
tered by weeping invalid mother yesterday as
she babe her children goodby in the hallway of the
house that TWO lays ago mad sheltered them.
There six children in the family, and four
were sent to the country yesterday AS the four
little girls stepped out OF the hallway after kiss
.ng their mother goodby the first thing they saw
pile of their entire household sOuJs IN a
aeap ON the sidewalk. The family had been ais
possessed the previous night, and tOund shelter
nong kindly nAighnogs.
The mother Is a deserving worIan who came
rom good family" said Statement , worker
one-a drinking husband. All the money that
should provide her medical aid and the family
1alocns OF the lower East Side Too i'll and too
Hshamed or her sad plight to ask for assistance.
she mas kept within dark quarters. and for
three days red her children two stale loaves
II bread When / visited the fs.llily this rllrn-
with a baby in her arms. She's a Sensitive child
ard burst into tears when she When /
hung her head and n d Oh fk can or co os, she
the street. Everybody knows how we are fixed.