New-York tribune., 1905-07-28
CHILDREN. TELL OF JOYS.
Interesting Letters from Fresh dir
Fund Little Ones.


! evening In this time than 900 children left
this city for two weeks outing.
Any who doubts that children cannot get UP
early in the morning should have been at the
Cortandt-st ferryhouse shortly after o'clock
Yesterday morning when q party OF seventy
children started for De Ruyter, n. Y To catch the
train these children had to leave the church where
they assembled at o'clock Fully hour before
the appointed time the majority Of them were
/ on hand, and there not a sleepy IN the
crowd Many OF them ate a combination break
Iast and lunch going over the ferryboat The
people OF De Ruyter have entered into the fresh
ar work heartily and the party was increased
| from about a score to threescore IN a few days
! few minutes before the eos a m train pulled
! out OF the Grand Central Station yesterday a yen
! issued rom car that sounded ike a miniature
cheer nom party OF college men bound for Yale
princeton football game, Curious passengers
! turned their heads in the direction OF the noise
and saw party OF fifty girls bound for St Helen's
Home, at Tnterlaksn. Mass Every child knew the
yen and threw their whole souls into the spirit
u the cheeT The result was a united cheer that
"OuId nave been credit a crowd OF college
; siFIs OF the same size. This was the fifth party
( OF nfty that has gone to St EIeen's Home this
summer a party OF fifty boys win leave for the
same place this morning and more cheering VIII be
in order
Corinth. n. z. was the destination Of the third
EH4S OF the day. numbering stxty-two children
Ihe Rev A NJ. Fowler jr pastor Of the Corintb
SSpust Church. has had considerable experience In
Irioune Fresh Air Fund work and il is due Ia mis-
80 . thal hosts were provided for these children
S4A'S-Ihree children for Ballston Spa. n Y
Went out the 1920 a m train from, rba c,-s7J
SenIEa4 station. About the same number OF chill
uteh went to BaIlston Spa last year and many OF
l"e chlidren returned the same hosts that en-
tertained them a year ago.
As party Of one hundred bovs and ,,r,s b,z
LOT hFonm Farm. al Shokan N Y trooued or
tt4e oo4t they were met by q party OF the same
st1e "hich was returning The latter party had
learned yell while at Shokan and they gave II
Will Will Although the outgoing party knew No
regular yeu. they answered back with several ir-
regular but strong cheers. The returning children
Iookeo al the outgoing party with envous eyes as
Lney knew the good time that was in store at
shokan. n. Y. Yesterdays party made the num-
Der that has been entertained al Sbokan the prss
ent season three hundred Twenty-one children for
aartwlck. N Y, and neighborng places went out
on the same train with the Shokan party.
Happy Land. at Tenafy. N J.. opened its doors
TO receive party of fifty girls yesterday Already
this season go girls have enjoyed the life at Happy
Land.
The platform at 165th-st. and sth-ave was again
crowded with party OF 166 children bound for the
Ashford Hill Home. at ArdsIey. n. 2 yesterday
evening An idea OF the way the children enjoy
themselves at Ashford Hill may be gained from the
following letters written by children that went
there in the fasI party:
Dear Mother: I received yoUr letter, and was
glad 10 hear that all was well Wednesday night
ws i.1 had ball and every boy had to march with
ne
that won got a watermelon Friday we are going
to have a picnic on the Hudson. and we are al
are very kind and patient We sleep in small
cs White ron beds Our teacher Is going to buy our
hard and came out second in the races We have
mix to drink We have see-saws and '-tS swings.
The boys have a tent out in the woods. and ten
% have, baseball game for both boys and siris:
We we aao an & entertainment tuesday nlset & and
girls. We have very good eating Sunday we had
Wednesday and Saturday We are .gOiEg to have
a magic lantern Sunday and go to Sunday school %
day a cakewaIk and Wednesday a shower bath.
ing into our wiadoWs We nave light ai,V rooms
We are al getting as fat as - pigs fs and as rsy as
Is always something gong on AS l SUPPOSE this
win be my last letter viii now close Hoping TO
Your loving children
FRANCES. LOUIS and CHRIS
Ms My o6 PG here 4fS Th. & e &saas @ al v kad
have very good things to eat. rich milk. all can
meat in II: all the bread we can eat. ano some
times we get bananas and candy. Sunday morn
ing we get fine cocoa and we nave al we can eat,
We have good fun playing baseball and cat and
berries and cherries, Every night we have an en-
zen ne One Righ n he We Rad rand ban
Tomorrow night have cakewalk and TINS
evening h69oarapb isp c6TSert on Frdsy we went for
picnic to tn Hudson and went in hathing-
go@t-aad we see cows sometimes There ere $50
chi
Austin Is the superintendent. and we nave seven
teen teachers Every Wednesday and Saturday we
get shower bath: sometimes we play Indians and
We have doctor on the place to attend TO US if
we fall sick and get hurt Ins [+ess ana % q0Wes 10 fE
trees everv usorunE. We have nice spring water.
which is more pure than city water- We nave @ niJe &c.
cool air out here whlle NJ AnsLn reqls % eForn @ @ me
little sister and brothers a~e Lney WellI EE2Ea
/ your dutfu son. FFANOlS J. 6O'iOI1
The hosts at Coriath n Y. are Mrs Henry
1ra11erv Mrs John Bailey Mrs. Isaac Handy. Mrs.
Tasse sturdevan. Mrs Henry Cowles. Mrs. Frank
ribbItts Mrs David Crowley, Mrs B Hail Mrs
Alexander Ms II Webb Mrs Potter. Mrs San
ford Tnnnan. Mrs Kenyon Hatch, J. Johnson, Mrs.
George T Lennon. Arthur Youngs Jerry Bena-
vyav julius Jaeger. I. H Taylor, John Spangle.
Eugene schaufeberger. Mrs a. L Parmenter. Mrs
F,1r7e- Ide Mrs George Corlew Mrs. John Burn
ham Mrs White Mrs Charles Handy. Mrs Nc
Donald Mrs julius Graves. z. K Thomas Mrs.
/ Gross. Mrs Anna Brown Mrs Joseph Hausentuss.
Mrs King Mrs. N. D. Smith Mrs John Alexander
and Mrs E. Tenner-
AT Luzerue. n. Y. Miss Deane Chadwick, Mrs
Mark Willard and Mrs. George Evans,
ham Mrs Carpenter. EdwIn Post george Smith,
Mrs Springer Miss Ballard. Mrs. Henry Wagner,
Mrs William Birch. Mrs Arner. Mrs. Mosier. Y. c.
At Harfwich. \ Y. Mrs Adelbert Barton, Mrs.
/ At Otego. \. Y. Mrs, Charles Jenks
r6z AT pe Trpp G5sf MRS 3 Frank Clark Mrs Richard De
1 La Mater. Mrs W. H. Hill, Mrs E. Smith. the
Rev E ID King Mrs. Ms; s5eSg 8bg 1eF Con Mrs. George 5
Bi1r4ick Mrs William GrenneH, Mrs. Wallace
BpFFdgk Mss NS eas Mason of the M & Rev g. W Webss
Miss z. j. Win cent. Mrs T. Z Srltn tne AlsseS
/ Camp, ]. E. CrandelL Mrs. CornelIa Lewis and
TRIBUNE PARTY AT sALLsToN SPA.
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