New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-02
OFF BY TRAIN AND BOAT
Hundreds of Happy Children Go
to Enjoy Country Vacation.
an INDEPENDENT Too
Rows and Girls Who Are Guests
of Fresh Air Fund Crowd
the Terminals.

This Is the age OF out-of-doors. The
world has had its stone age and :ts age
Of steam. Other ages have been nsmed
far other features that have dominated the
life Of the people. History may call this
the age Of electricity. because Of the re-
narkabIe dependence CT our life upon that
form Of energy. but q more striking char
aote4istic Of the times 10 the thoughtful
observer is the growth Of an affection Cor
life in the open.
There was period when everybody
lived in the open air all the time. when
scno dwellings were unknown. and when
Tncn. like Jacob Of old. used the stones of
the fields 20 pillow their weary heads.
With the development Of civilization and
tie knowledge CT building. however, these
ancient people, remembering only the I'M
pleasantneSs Of the storms and the cold,
gave themselves up TO the comfort Of their
houses.
/. time the knowledge Of the JOY of the
outdoor life was forgotten True. men
Sill hunted and fsaed. and children still
played b,lt people crowded themselves To-
gether in cities, and the social life centred
about the house. The hours of darkness
within the house came TO be the time for
pleasure rather than the hours Of sunshine
s1thcut
This IS past; people realize that &c ap-
roeciate the real JOY of living they must
let the wind and the waves and the sun
send the blood thrilling aQd unglins
through their veins.
New Exodus Taking Place.
To-Day from the cities Of the land an
exodus VIII take place compared n which
that historic departure that took place
from tbs cities oe Pharaoh four thousand
wears ago was as nothing. All roads viii
lead 10 the country. From new until the
coming Of the cold weather mountains.
lakes and seashores VIII be gay with seek
ers after health and pleasure. Down swift
flowing rivers canoes will glide; from the
silent recesses OF the forest the laugh OF
tae picricker viii break like music or the
breeze Here there and everywhere the
vacattcnist VIII be lord OF the country
side,
AZ result OF this out-of-door life the
health and endurance Of the race are IN
creasine There J. less sickness 10 COM
la. people live longer and enjoy life more
But there is & class 10 whom the benefits
OF each advance and discovery ce c1vili-a-
zion is opened bus slowly. The poor are
slv avs present in the world.
What the Fresh Air Fund Is Doing.
To enable them 10 take advantage Of
this modern development the Tribune
FRESH Air Find IS working hard during
these DAYS Of intense heat. Yesterday
more than six hundred children of the poor
were dispatched in parties Of varying size
70 country homes.
At the temporary quarters OF TIE New
York Central Railroad. in Lexington ave-
nue., between the hours Of and yester-
DAY morning persons huTrying through
The waiting room found il difficult TO avoid
stumbling over the many groups Of chill
dren- who were awaiting their turn 10
board trains
There were two hundred and fifty OF
them all told. most Of them under ten
years old Despite their ages, they were
an independent lot OF youngsters, and
there were no signs Of fear at the thought
OF the distance which was soon to sepa-
rate them from home.
The only little one who wept was miss
Of about SIX, who succeeded in pinching
her finger in the door while the back Of the
attendant was turned.
All o'clock party OF seventy-ive older
girls took one Of the Sandy Hook Route
boats by storm. They were bound for
Chapel Hill, y. J. Three hundred more
boE-s and girls took the Putnam division
train for ArdsIey. y. Y, later in the day.