New-York tribune., 1910-07-26
LITTLE ONES ON THE BAY
Grand Voyage to Fresh Air Home
on Sandy Hook.
EAGER EYES SEE WONDERS
Now It Was a Battleship, Now a
Fort and Again a Big
Ocean Liner.

The grand tour is again in style The
revival was marked by the setting forth
yesterday of one hundred OF New York's
younger set-aI in dresses and all under
fifteen. The tourists accomplished tc be
sure, only the first leg of the journey. and
stopped at Sandy Hook; but they had as
much fun and saw as much that was novel
and interesting many would in circun1-
navigating the globe
There wasn't any of that dear-me-Tve-
been through all this-so- n1any-tines- before
air about the members Of this party. They
didn't even know that it was bad form to
show their enthusiasm and curiosity; if
they did know it they didn't seem to care.
for most of them were breathless q good
part Of the time with their queries and
CALCULATIONS.
Right from the start they wanted 10 see
all there was to see. and they wanted to
see it as soon possible. so they literally
piled aboard the good ship Monmouth. of
the Sandy Hook route. Once on board one
of the younger young ladies shouted:
Come On. lets go way up on the front"
"Humph!'' disdainfuny shifted another.
who acquired certain prestige from the
possession of a real suitcase-bundles had
the call with most of the party-''You mean
up on the bow. I s'pose- Don't you know
ship don't have a front an back. hut it's
got bow an a rear.'
Bay Full Of Wonders.
Front or bow. il was there they stationed
themselves, and as the boat sailed down
the sunit bay there was nothing that es
capped their eager eyes and unsophisticated
remarks.
The first thing to attract general atten-
ton was a battleship that had just cleared
away from the navy yard in Brooklyn.
600, looke~ the war boat,' shouted
some one
Where? where?" chorused twenty
FIRE of comment.
LOCKER tire cannonsi'
Bet she could lick a japanese"
Why don they paint her a prettier
COLOR
One Young miss who was more impressed
than the others with the terrible signii-
cance of having seen a warship gloated
I'm goaer tell me mother I seen a war
boat"
A few moments later. on passing Gov
ernor Island. the party clamored TO know
what the round stone building at the
waters edge was At The information that
it was fort, all were struck with silent
awe until the little gIoater said in a stage
whisper: I'm goner tell me mother seen
q fort
Here there was IN audible sniff Of disdain
from the superior young lady Of the suit
case.
Then off Tonankinsville there were two
more Ieaden hued battIeships. with an edg-
ing Of white clad sailors Again there was
the same fire of questions and comment
patriotic and critical. but II would not have
been complete had not Becky-that was
the gloater's name-chimed in as she
danced about in rapture: I'm goner tell
me mother I seen THREE war boats
Pass Big Ocean Liner.
The different craft plying through the
Narrows provided endless amusement and
matter for endless discussion. especiallr
big North C1ernan-Llovd liner that came
plowing its way up toward the little Mon
mouth. Her German flag got the greatest
attention, seeming 10 have some mystic
charm for the observers. It alone seemed
70 impress them as having really come
from & faraway land across the sea.
Conev Island at distance did not ap-
pear TO impress them greatly. Possibly the
real reason was expressed by one of the
Younger girls when she said. disinterested-
IL. oh. the cars for there runs past our
house
Whe,? the forts at the entrance 70 the
Nsrrows we're pointed out il was with
soma difficulty that some would be con-
WINGED that they were real forts They
couldn't see "nothin' but dirt and grass.
and there weren't env ''cannons in sight
One Of the more serious minded youngsters
showed considerable concern that Uncle
san, should waste his time building dirt
for-s instead Of nice stone ones like the
first we seen"
PAclsv vas the only one entirely satisfied,
and once more her little refrain ended the
discussion: Tn goner tell me mother I
seen three forts an three war boats
an -
Rr1t lust az this point the young lady OF
the suitcase broke in with: Say. Becky
why don't you wrap up drop OF the ocean
in q piece of paper and save It for her till
YOU git back from Chapel Hill TOO BAD
the secret is out
Yes, their grand tour was only down the
hav to the Tribune Fresh Air Home on
SANDY Hook. but you. gentle reader, never
got any more fun our Of trip through
the orient And if you should 90 down
+bera any dav for the ensuing two weeks
van would find them having the time OF
-heir lives even 4 better one than they
would have among the art galleries of
EIoraroa or the musty old cathedrals Of
England.
arE NOwLEDGMFNTS
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