New-York tribune., 1908-07-24
FRESH AIR QUIZ TRIALS.
14nnie, Natiue of 1pSth Street, Passes
Examination Easily.

Family ties strong among that class OF
persons whose children eligible for the oene-
fits offered by the Tribune Fresh Air Fund. and
among the children themselves. as can be found
under far more propitious surroundings. No one
watching the preliminary preparations connected
with the selection OF applicants can fall to be I'M
pressed by the touches of flial affection that
almost momentariiy crop out. They are mani
tested in ways ana places that surprise the per-
who has had only free-lecture acquaintance
with the poor. whose consideration of their needs
has been abstract only, with the result that their
appeal to his sympathes has been about pois-
nan as is effected by reading the story Of the last
will-o'-the-wisp revolution in the tropical belt
Mothers who have soaped and conbed and but
toned their children. assisted by the sympathetic
women who connected with the work of the
Fund and look upon their efforts an ennobling
pleasure. receive word that Hazeltine and Rosen-
crantz have passed the inspection and should be
ready for the a train for upstate AT once
there appears in the faces of the mothers an ex-
preston denotng pride that their boys and girls
have received the approval of the examining phy-
sician. They show plainly their happiness at the
prospect Of green fields. good food and kind treat
ment for their children There is not apparent
the faintest blur to the spirit of the occasion
caused by any mental recrimination against
perhaps less genial fate which in their own lives
has had continually to be met.
Annie Wobbton nervously acquescent yes
terday She answered each question promptly and
satisfactorily, and her name was duly transcribed
in the book held by the assistant in East 12sth
street for early departure to rural regions. Her
beauty was commented upon by woman present
Annic's hair considered yellow by her play
mates the East Side. In the descriptions of
June brides such golden headdress is referred to
"sunkissed tresses' Her skin was pure and
tinted pink.
You're German, aren't you, Annie?'' asked the
interested
NO mum; I'm a Catholic and so is me father
and mother" answered Annie, flushing.
But your nationality, Annie-where you
born? That's what mean"
81 was borned East Hundred and Fost street."
replied Annie, proud Of her ability to grasp the
situation and meet with precision the demands
upon her resources Asked If her mother had been
born there too, she said:
"Oh, no; mother-she's an Irishman by de-
scent
And when she walked away she proud also
of her ancestry and fiutteringly whispered to her
chum on the bench that she a mo. IL girl
which meant the doctors examination had been
satisfactorily passed. Her chum was No. i girl
also, and now their dreams coming true-they
left the CITY for the two weeks vacation in the
country and will play and sleep together
Two hundred children were distributed yester-
day and the requests for parties Keep coming In
from many different places. A minister in Brad
ford, Penn, wrote that he wanted at least a hun
commoda ted. To-day will be one of the biggest
days of the in point of number OF children
who will be sent to country homes.