New-York tribune., 1909-07-30
ASHFORD LAWN PARTY
Hoe the Children Add to Their
Pleasure The Puthy WMo1oths."


feature Of the last outing Of The Tribune Fresh
Air Fund at Ashford Hill the lawn party
which given for the children. The boys and
girls cheerful volunteers 20 help IN making
ready for the fete, and they refused to let the at
tendants do anything toward the preparations.
+ They insisted carrying down all the dishes from
the house TO the lawn. They arranged the
benches about the central platform where few
OF the children were TO sing and dance. They
searched the fields and hisides for flowers and
ferns with which TO decorate and strung Japanese
lanterns from the by. that the entertain
Inent might be real lawn party.
1t was happy, excited crowd that gathered later
IN the day. Their anticipation was so keen for the
ice cream that coming that they failed -
appreciate the entertainment which preceded 1t.
Their restless spirits quieted, however when
the bell rang and the announcement made that
the ice cream was ready. When all was over they
paraded around the grounds singing the gories OF
Ashford Hill.
nurses in the social workers department of the
Mount Sinai Hospital who sent OF her
charges TO Krom Farm. shokan. n. Y, the home
for children Of tubercuar parentnge In the letter
she says:
The children that returned from shosan to-day
looked simply fine only wieh could have them
up for exhibition to show what has been done for
them
Among all the children by the fund
each summer those that go 10 Shokan gen.
orally the ones most in need Of fresh air. and the
results obtained there remarkable The chill
dren when they arrive invariably under nour-
ished weak and sickly looking They allowed
10 remain at the Home three weeks or a month. Ynd
on the return Journey they appear totally differ
ent crowd from those that started out
-Four parties were sent Thursday, which
made total OF nearly ESQ children for the day
In the morning q boys and girls from the Olivet
Memorial Church sent to Delhi. n. Y. and %
children went to Cuba, n. Y. and other towns
along the main line OF the Erie Railroad One hun
dred and fifty boys. gathered from the streets by
workers in ali sections OF the city. went for two
weeks vacation Ardsley. and 45 children went
to Goshen. N Y. or the parties which returned
from their outings. 81 came back from 6choharie
and Middlebury, N Y; 20 from Bnghamton. l45
boys from Ashford HILL 10 boys and girls from
Goshen, N Y. and % children from New Windsor.
N Y
One of the girls in a Fresh Air Home met with
an unusual experience recently. which placed her
in an embarrassing situation. She is good deal
OF an elocutionist. but she had the misfortune TO
fall and knock out two OF her 'front.' teeth. and she
was handicapped in that way when she took part
in an entertainment which many OF the towns
people were TO attend 1t unfortunate. for she
had been particularly anxious 10 be her best I'm
several recltatons which she had planned to give.
Although she had difficulty in managing her sibi-
lants at the rehearsals. she was wholly dis
heartened. and determined TO appear at the enter
tainment. Her first recitation entitled The
Pussy Willows" What lost IN enunciation she
made up in acting before the audience lost control
of itself and she able to give the first two
verses in the following manner:
Thee the puthy viuowth
Th~aying In the breetl-.
FilnginS back their thilvsry health.
Meath trssth.
All birdth a thinging
In the gloomy dell
Thinking OF the coming thpring
The puthy vicwth thpeh
She attempted second recitation entitled Sweet
Susie but the audience far forgot itself that
forced TO retire IN confusion. a great deal
Of sympathy expressed for her all sides. but
she is convinced that her histrionic powers must
rest in allegiance until two teeth grow.