New-York tribune., 1905-07-05
MANY FRESH AIR PARTIES.
Nearlg goo Children Will Leave Te-
dag on Tribune Trips.

Four nsrties of children under the auspices Of
The Tribune Fresh Air Fund will leave the Grand
Central Station to-day for different sections OF this
State. The four companies and escorts will num-
Der 1ss The majority Of these children will be re-
ceived IN private families.
At 1920 a. m. party viii start for Schenee-
tady and another viii leave the same train for
Utica The Schenectady company. numbering
twenty-five children. will be entertained at cot
tsge near Schenectady which is conducted through
the liberaty Of citizens party Of the same size
will be sent every two weeks during the summer
All the children will come from the Church OF
Sea and Land. OF this city. The fresh air work In
Schenectady has progressed rapidly. Last year the
city entertained fifty children. and this year the
number will be increased to a hundred
The party for Utica, which leaves on the same
train will be composed Of ninety-thres children
and escorts. All these to private families in the
vicinity of Utica Many OF the little girls who will
60 to Utica to-day have been guests for two or
three seasons in the same families The Tribune
Fresh Air Fund has received number Of letters
from contributors asking for the same children
entertained in tha past. This shows that the hosts
enjoy entertaining the children much the
children enjoy life In the country.
An hour later the first party for the Benaway
Home. at claverack. n. Y. leaves the Grand Gen.
trai Station. Four parties. each numbering twenty
four girls will be received at this home during the
summer. The Benaway Home Is supported by the
people Of Ciayerack and Hudson.
Forty-four children will leave at $3.50 .. m for
Mohawk. n. Y. Hail Of this number will be re-
ceiyed In private families and the remainder viii
Tive at a camp which has been pitched on the fair
grounds.
Miss Sweeney, who has been a missionary on the
West Side for many years. was seen by Tribune
representative yesterday. AT present she IS work
Ing hard preparing a number OF children for visit
TO Bnghamton- She said:
MANY OF my children have never been In ths
country. and do not know anything about It, They
hvesin the poorest OF homes. The families of six
eight. live IN one big and one little roorn and
the large room Is generally rsed by the father as
a workshop. The men make the plaster images
which are sold on the streets As the
children are told that they go to the country
the hair is clipped in the Buster Brown style.
This Is done in order that they may be able pass
the physical examination.
'one child who lives in a basement. has father
who Is a drunkard. and the poor mother has TO
support the family The child fell down three
the hospital. She had learned that she was to go
with party. and OF the first things she said
when she resained consciousness was: WIN be
able to go to this country? The children live for
the visit to the country. and begin to make prep
arations months ahead OF time. IL seems strange
70 me that the parents put such confidence In the
settlement workers, but they do
One story was told by Miss Sweezey which shows
that sometimes the good done by The Tribune
The following story Is true
some n1teen years ago Boheman girl was
une Fresh Air Fund She was adopted Sy the
family where she visited, and after 4 few years
lost all traces OF her family. About ten wears
later she found that her older sister Was living