New-York tribune., 1905-08-26
THE List PARTIES co
The Tribune Fresh dir Season
Nedrly O0er.

1t was a foriorn day yesterday to hr,nr -
cessful season OF the Tribune Fresh a., - 80
a close Although the weather was no ,ror,,.a..o -
for travelling. the youthful ardor OF tba ch,aN
was not dampened in the least bv the r,o,, m vi ei
The scene Of action began a few minutes htr
O'Clock In the morning at the Grand Central o..
uon' where 100 children had congregated- FYftv
boys made up the final party OF the season ,o~ g.
Helens Home. at Interlaken. Mass During ,h
summer 5o2 children have been the y,,ests or roh,
h Parsons. who owns and supports ST. Helens
Home The remaining children went to the shen
pard knapp Home. near Litchneld Conn
From the Grand Central Station the activities
shifted 20 Cedar-st.. where a party of "a ler.
here on the boat for Chapel Hin These cbfdren
looked like lot OF drowned rats but strange IA
say, not word said about the rain The
majority OF the children We're boys and their prtn-
cipal topic OF conversation seemed 70 he abou,
baseball and the prospects OF ORGANISING a to-
Twenty girls left the Grand Central Station ror
Fairfield Conn, a few minutes before O'Clock
In the afternoon. 1t was the final party of the
year Tor mat place. One hundred children have
peen entertained at Fairfield the present summer
Ashford ttiH received its last batch of children
last evening The small army I7s in number ar
rived al the home about $50 p m As this was
lhe maj party sent 10 the country by the Tribune
fresh Air Fund. every missionary and worker
brought some extra children, with the hope that
she could substitute them. The consequence was
that there were about a dozen disappointed chill
dren. II hard TO tell them that they could
not 60 because II the last chance of the sum-
Several letters from the children at Kromrn
Farm, at Shokan. N Y. describing the life at
that place, and especially the recent entertain
ment. have been received at the office OF the fund
One little girl writes:
Tribune Fresh Air Farm. Shokan. n. Y.
Dear Mr.. Parsons
Just a few lines to let you know what good
time had at kromm Farm The first Saturday
night we were here we were treated to ice cream.
we mao trip 10 ne swinging bridge. ard went in
Willow Brook House, and races. Last Thursday
We had neld day. We had all kinds OF races. Mon
pep ana the Marriage OF the Prince, and nursery
rhymes. Pythan Han. Then had ice cream.
Last night we had shadow pictures. which we
enjoyed very much. Tonight we are going 10 have
cakewalk. and the one who does the cakewalk
the best gets cake. The teachers very nice
10 US, ana Try 20 give us nice time so thar no.
] thank you very mucn sending me up here TO
JENNIE PEAsE.
In Inc last party OF children at Ashford Hn was
boy who had an impediment in his speech and
also q vivid imagination. One of the caretalers
The boys had gone over 70 the Hudson. where
they in swimming. While they were in the
water thunderstorm suddenly came up. and the
lightning rather AS soon as the chill
dren reached Ashford Hill this particular boy
rushed to the caretaker and told his experience &
MINISTER XIX II was was nearly k-k-lIIed.
at me, a-and IL d-d-dodged m-my head a-and II
il w-v-Eent right p-p-past my face Inc second
time he nearly lost his life happened while he was
IN an apple tree; IL w-w-was sit-sittng on a5a-a
big br-br-branch, a-a-and w-W-was LhlhHlnei
A-a-aI Of a-a sudden the br-branch broke I'LL
k-k-dcked hard I'LL g-guess new, Lor II ll IL
about a black Indian that rode a white horse
around the home at night