New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-21
NY HAPPIEST DAYS"
Girl of EIeUen Describes Her
Tribune Fresh dir Fund Visit.

Two hundred and eleven children through the
kindness of Tribune readers were able TO exchange
the of the city for the cooling breezes of the
country yesterday. The beautiful Shepherd Knapp
Home. Litchfeld. Conn, which its superin-
tendent places at the head of all fresh air homes.
welcomed fifty girls and fortynine boys. one little
fellow having apparently oversight On the
Kromm farm, Shokan. in the Catskils, nine
ty-four girls, from twelve TO sixteen years old.
began their long Iooked-for vacation.
The superintendent of this home also declares IT
be the best OF all. and there other superin-
tendents who are willing TO challenge even that
claim This may be said Of all the fresh air
homes. The children in each of them agree with
the respective superfnteu dents. The following let
ter 70 the manager OF the fund describes what the
writer a miss Of eleven. is pleased to call my
happlest days" being record of some Of her
experiences Riverhead Long Island:
No more than I arrived at the lovely, breezy.
country place, which later knew 10 be the Fair
Grounds. I was well assured that l would have
pIeasanter time, than have had in all my past
days There were many people VINO We" S, i1cs
into the faces OF these pleasant LADIES. made me
think that every one would be kind ana sooo
We washed ourselves because we were cdvered
with the scat of the train. and then had supper we
wyh' 20 s Pe nt O'clock the next morning We
had a hearty breakfast. and then our happy times
first began Or. Billings visited US in the morn
ing, and he thought It would be nice TO rea1 "a
portion OF the lovely Holy Bible lie re, read an, ne
and fen among thieves. They stripped Of every
ground. BY chance Levite came than way " S no
was OF the same religion AS the wounded man; put
he looked at him. and passed by on the other SIDE;
A priest also passed by, but he, too, dld as inc
former I.evite Thirdly, Samaritan man passed
bv but he soon bandished up his wounds, set MN
lipOn his ass and took him to an nm lie gave
the InnkAeper some money and said, Take GOOD
care of him and when l come again VIII repay
thee what more thou needest." SO the good SaIna-
ritan departed. leaving the wounded man In the
care Of the innkeeper g.
DIR killings. our dear friend. then took US for
n walk over the whole Fair Grounds and showed
MS the woods. He said he would take US IN some
day While we looking over the fence n
black and yellow snake passed by. II was a very
long one and reminded me very much or the
feuptlng of Adam and Eve at the beginning OF
the world I enjoyed watching II very much
In the meadow by. saw two cows graiz-
ing one was brown, and the other brown ana
white spotted We went back home and took a
rest II was a very short and then we played
different games They soon interrupted by
the icernan in whose wagon the whole twenty or
US tried to pile. - - - .
lido around the race track. Everybody that came.
ave MS a ride up to the gate Mr. Autenreith took
&c in q launch all the way up the river TO James
Hor+ we walked around the ashore for a few
I1nnnents and then sailed back for Itiyerhead
= iile Riverhead better than Jamesport. We saw
pigs and ducks. ,,,-,..o, .o,, ,,,t
and 7 hone l will be able TO come out again