New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-26
THEIR CHEER WORTH 50
Fresh dir Girls Charm Money from
Passengers Pocket

Two elderly persons evidently man and wife.
were greeted by q somewhat uncarth!y srr2y OF
sounds they passing up the platform AT
tie Grand Central Station yesterday 10 &c. tain
for Pittsaed, Mass. Tn. cries they heard sounded
something Ike this:
BE wi b. wi DO u bum
lie y! DO VI DO wi bum!
60 get rat trap.
bigger 'han cat trap
Fresh Angels.
St Heien's Home.
They came from a car the left and inter
Iupted what was apparently an Interesting con-
versaton. "Gracious' What a nolso!" exclaimed
the when it stopped. Il wonder what
Sounds like some female institution on a picnic"
the man heard 10 reply, soberly. 1T can't he
Vassar girls this time OF the year; II must be -
Just then II started again and by the time it
stopped u brakeman had come up Tho man turned
TO him. Would you mind telling what sort or
crowd you have aboard to-day he quericd,
That? That's Il bunch OF tribune res" All
Who are they"
brakeman, turning To Tribune reporter. But 1
thought everybody knew"
The reporter explained the work Of the fund, and
told how the fifty little girls In the car were all
going 20 81. Helen's Home, the beautiful place IN
the Bcrksh!res where John z. Parsons enterta!ns
ave hundred children every summer.
How many children 60 altogetfferE' asked the
man.
Guess"
oh l suppose, If It's pretty big thing you
may send a thousand Il year.
When he learned that eight thousand were sent
last ne put MS tIaI4uS III I4l9 p~IIN'N -
and whstIed. When he took them out -asaln ms
held in d s. bill.
Here just send one with this. viii you?" he re-
marked. If they all as happy as those IN
there # must be a mighty good thing.
The children did look happy. There WASH one
who did not wear a smile, and to look at them no
one would have thought they came from MONIES
where the question OF where next weeks f"od "es
coming from was almost always IN doupt ana
where new dress something entreIy ul-
known The missionary who brought them eH-
,Iaiped that she had been two weeks getthg mo
children into condition 10 go away Many OF tlein
had 20 be clothed from head TO foot while mo
,ask of getting them clean enough to pass t1e
vyatchfll eye Of the physician was e'eH~H'ie IA
Word has been received that the albion parry
rr,,,ed eafeIv Yesterday morning. with the mes
sage came a story which SHOWS soih0 VI ~ -
,osnent results Of fresh air work ,,, -.
~ NH Urls who were sent TO Albion last
,-.sr related while there the struggles ~I'! ~
- rarents had at home, the large size OF VIC
Fa,oil, the failure OF the father 10 get ehiploS
,oect and the number of times thdI 'i'es VIZ
cornneIIed TO 20 10 bed hungry 49, ,s
The sympathy Of a man III liie 80 cbtI-
o~o,sed He investigated the STORY ol >, ~ 20. ~
drep and found Il true. lie then sot ~ot n n,,oIe
49, i'm the country, and last spring inc T'
s,n,i,- ,-ent to Albion where they are no" L'e
er,,,fcrtablv AT the train TO meet ue -
- yesterday morning were the Two b'i'' va"
Ia themselves gone out the year psloIe' ...ar
/ ashford Hill at Ardsley N J. Ieeot 10 - ,,-aeI,
da-- affern1o it's second tnstaIiilehl Va ~ the
o. bundred and sixty-five children "et t Al :
nartv which left the l5St!i street S'"''
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