New-York tribune., 1910-07-16
RECORD DAY A HAPPY ONE
High Water Mark in All History
of Fresh Air Fund Reached.
NEARLY 600 IN BIG PARTY
Children Started in Different Di-
rections for Two Weeks
Fun in the Country.

The high water mark for more than
thirty years of consistent effort was at
tanned yesterday In the work Of the Trib-
une Fresh Air Fund. The day showed the
best record for the number OF children
sent TO country homes IN all the history Of
the fund There was. however. no cessa-
ton Of business while the record breaking
was celebrated The only parades held in
honor of the occasion were parades of sulil-
ing children on their way to trains. the
only music that of the songs they sang
and the laughs that rang from their lips in
their glee.
Not only was it a banner day. but it wa,
the banner day OF a banner week The
grand total for the day was nearly six
hundred chiIdren-a1l Of them Of, for a
two weeks visit The total which makes
this the banner week will be but a few
short of nineteen hundred when the last
fifty starts off this afternoon
These striking results are in part due to
the fact that during the last few days the
first two-week period at several Of the
Tribune's homes came TO an end and new
continsents OF children were sent to take
places reluctantly left vacant But the
record breaking was more largely due TO
the special effort which DR.. Devins. the
manager of the fund. and his assistants
have felt called upon TO put forth In view
of the great suffering which the great heat
has caused among the children in whom
they are interested.
1t was a strenuous day for the Fresh
Air stan. The days activities began at
SIS a. m, when the early arrivals for the
first party began to strasgle into the tenn
porary terminal of the New York Central
street. and ended with the departure OF a
party from the 155th street terminal Of the
Putnam division at s D. m During the
interval between the members Of the staff
hurried from one station to another and
from train to train without rest
The first party of fortunates escaped
from the city before the oppressive heat
of the day made itself felt Two Of the
New York Central's biggest coaches were
attached as specials TO the s:45 train for
points north of Utica, for their accomno-
dation. The party contained f45 boys and
girls from a dozen different parts Of the
city, and they were bound for twenty-five
towns in St. Lawrence County They are
to be entertained by ones and tvos IN prt-
vate families.
The homes for the company were OBJ
clergyman Of Watertown, N Z Under his
leadership the clergymen and newspapers
of the nearby towns canvassed their re-
spective neighborhoods. with the result that
nearly $50 long suffering youngsters Will be
spared what remains OF one Of the longest
continued not spells that New York has en-
dured in several years
The task OF distributing the members Of
this party was a difficult one Every child
had been assigned TO a specified place As
the train passed through one Of the towns
the child assigned there had 10 be found
taken off the train and delivered TO its
host all in the short time that is allowed
for railroad stop at a small town. E. h
Feltus a brother of the organizer OF the
party, volunteered for the task, and. with
the help OF Miss Warren. of the Park ave
nue. branch Of the Tornpktns Avenue Con-
gregationa1 Church. of Brooklyn. carried II
through successfully.
Besides this one. there was party or
about 80 for Litchfeld, Conn, and one OF
100 for Ardsley, N Y There was also
a party in a special car for Pfttsfield
Mass a party for Hyde Park, N Y; one
for Utica, n. Y.-the third Of the present
season-one for Fairfield, Conn. and still
another for Manorville, Long Island.