New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-24
.HAPPYLAND SPREADS OUT
Then Follows Green Flag Back
to Tenafly Fresh Air Home.
So GIRLS IN FIRST PARTY
Actual Beginning of Rush to
Country Arouses Interest of
People on Ferry and Train.

/ fappyland has spread. fact which
ought to please everybody Happyland Is
technically a Tribune Fresh Air home at
Tenafy. y. T.. and ordinarily ,tops several
miles short Of New York. Yostordav how
ever j; must have extended on ono side
even beyond tho borders of Governor vii
sons tieht little state
/ Certainly. ono end or tho place somehow
/ got across the Hudson so as to include the
+ Eric Railroad station. AT Chambers street
and the North Rive. Otherwise. there is 40
explanation for the state Of affairs that
/ held sway there Yesterday afternoon. Any
Jersey commuter Will swear that this sta
ton isn't tho one place whore 20 al sea-
sons Joy reigns Uuconfned
Vet that is just what joy WIS doing there
| between the hours of 2.30 and 2 O'Clock
on tho afternoon Of Friday. June o. 1871.
/ And y Governor Wilson had happened
along that way At trat hour. and had
recognized the straying portion Of his fer
tile hailiwick. lie would have been for
starting extradticn proceedings AT One.
lest such pleasant place should get away
from him for GOOD.
such step. however proved unneces-
saJy for the stray part ~ Happyiand took
a leaf out of the constitutions hook and
followed the flag green one. on tho rear
end Of the $40 Erie trair-back to Tenafy
1t was all on account of the opening IF
tho Fresh Air season. Fiftv-two girls had
Just been freed on Thursday from the re-
straints of school and were or their way
10 srend fortnight I'm the country. two
~
20 iubilati0u.
II wasn't until they got to the Erie ferry
however. that their JOY really gained the
upper hand ON the way downtown they
We're apprehcnsiVe for fear they would miss
their train or the subway cit was the hrst
trip through It fer many would cave IN on
them. But once trey We're IN the ferry
house and felt that they mad the boat
where II could rot elude them their bottled
Up feelings found vent. They rushed about.
the more fortunate spending pennies. the
less fortunate trying the weighing ma
chimes. looking over the stock Of picture
postals and doing a thousand and one
things that only Youngsters ever think OF
doing.
Then they boarded the Goshen. IL might
have been the Olympic from the eXc!dma-
tons they MADE over IL. There WASH
much TO see at first for the piles Of the
slip blocked the view from the windows of
the rear OF the boat. where they took seats.
As soon as the boat pulled out however
shrill voice raised the cry
"O-o-ohi LOCKER the water And IN a
second fifty noses were snuooed against the
windows and fifty voices were shouting
information as 10 what was 10 he seen on
the river. Everything was new: everything
was Of interest.
So they went on their way 20 the Prom
sed Land. making every place Happyland
IS they came TO it. Wherever they went
passengers put up their newspapers 10
watch and smile upon them. and those who
would not look had ~ listen, for JOY in
side means noise outside with children the
world over. and these were no Exception 70
the rule.
Yesterday was good day to start the
Fresh Air work. The mercury climbed
high and the peopo IN what might be
termed Fresh Air territory felt tho change
most. From now on the sympathy ami
backing of The friends and supporters Of
this great philanthropy viii 10 greatly
needed If the good work Of former years
is 20 go on undated
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