New-York tribune., 1910-06-25
GIR[SFOR THE COUNTRY"
rarty.four in Second Party Sent
nv the Fresh Air Fund.
,ayFUL AND EAGER CROWD
,.r,d for Happyland, Tena.
g. Youngsters Are Envied by
Tots Not il the Party.

ii cf the Tribune Fresh Air
= o7r well started for the summer
fai1 -.,,nd party Of children fo-ty-four
1he - Yesterday set out for Tenahy,
u -,ev were a joyful crowd Of girls
from Eve 10 twelve years OF age.
rsls +osether from various parts OF
Es",- and Brooklyn- Each carried
NsN s,- +he Two weeks vacation in g.
6oee1 -lias hr the institution by which
ass s.r.s,-sl had been recommended to
tAe .-s Of the fund. Passengers on
rle end train turned TO look as the
ias --o,.,,esrers crowded past. and many
eas srd sympathetic look followed
A'-o- - The train had carried them
rut OF sight -
home founded by John S. Lyle
ST. Of the firm Of Lord & Taylor.
-,et,+si7ed In memory OF his wife.
-,4e now more than ninety years cid,
NJ large portion OF his time during
. .,,-,-7e- months 10 entertaining the
- Al as--ies which are sent 10 Ten
o. two weeks Not only does he
sae the home. but he also pays the
- those who are sent Straw rides,
- and treats Of one kind and an
- keen the heads Of the little ones in
-A,-1 during the day and send them
- h17t happy. 10 bed at night When
+i-ns comes 70 leave the ''happiesr
.hev have ever known every little
bss : warm spot in her heart for the
- host Who has been so untiring in
: .@o--s 70 provide 4 good time
=. -,an1be-s Of the party were pre-
-s5 Fer the outing by the Greenwich
,7.,,ss : social settlement ct Nc 96 Jones
.--se4. thirteen ~ the Hartley House. q
-.-.lsr7err in West 18th street. and
e.,.,-v-e~e others by the Brooklyn Chill
s-.r,s Aid Society. an organization with
.-.,c5es II slI sections Of Brooklyn The
- uss 70 number fifty. but six children
-s-- detained and viii be sent tomorrow
ALREADY great numbers Of applications
4o- ulaces IN the Fresh Air Fund outings
=. r.o--fnE in The settlement workers
,Ao sccc-rpa ned the girls TO the train had
-srr psthetic stories 10 tell Of efforts
-,ssa hv mothers or children to have
.hs-,selves included II the party. A work
- rom the Hartley House declared that
sa-b tine she had left the settlement dur
.nr TIE last week a crowd Of pleading
-o,7zsrers had followed her. begging her
- 5lace their names on the list of the
.7-+7,ngre- Another worker. from the
G,-esruich House. told Of Two or three tots
=be had been rejected because they were
M ready. yesterday, at the time ap-
roinred for leaving the House. despite the
+sr; tha- they had been told that IL would
y Impossible % send them, they appeared
u4th their little bundles Of clothes; and Il
vas with breaking hearts and streaming
sgss that they watched the departure OF
re party.
Win ire party on the train went two
vourg women vino are to spend the sum-
ms- serving as attendants at Happy
lznd One o. the Two is Z student at
Wellesley College, the other at Vassar.
Buth seemed IS much delighted at the
prospect as the younger members Of the
party. The Wellesley student Is entering
u1on her second year in this generous
work. These are only two Of many de-
yoted young women who give UP their Pc
nod Of respite from college work 70 the
osuse O. humanity as represented in the
tribune Fresh Air Fund.
From this tine on almost daily parties
Via be sent out 70 the various establish
ments supported by this fund Not oniy
vii they be sent 10 the different Fresh AR
homes. bur many viii be taken care OF by
private individuals VINO take this way OF
contributing 20 the Tribune fund During
the coming week more than q thousand
children from poor families will leave the
41v 10 revel. for the first time In many
cases, among the woods, the fields. the
aoolng brooks and all those other things
1aat 70 "a make I'D that glorious place
Ils Country.