New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-18
NOW TO INVADE UTICA.
Many "Fresh Air" Children to
Journey There This Week.
THAT CITY LEADS AS HOST
People There Don't Believe in
Limiting Charity to the
Home Folk.

History is up 10 its old tricks again.
Twelve hundred years ago the Arabs In
vaded Utica and destroyed IT, To-day the
Arabs VIII once more enter Utica and
put results cannot he anticipated The
repetition will differ in some respects from
the original, however. In DAYS gone by Il
was the African Utica that met its fate at
the hands Of the sure enough brand OF
Arabs that fold their tents and silently
steal away. This time the fated city is
Utica, N. Y, and the invaders will be just
street arabs" OF the Fresh Air kind.
This is Uticas year and week. so far as
the work OF the Tribune Fresh Air Fund
is concerned. The Oneida County city al
ways does its share in entertaining Fresh
Air parties, but this year II is outdoing
itself One hundred and seventy-five young
sters have already had their share OF its
hospitality this season and are about to
return to their homes
When this week is past Utica will stand
az the head OF the list OF Fresh Air hosts.
Three more parties will bring the total
number Of children received there up TO
325. One party OF fifty will go to-day, an
other of the same size tomorrow, and a
third and last on Friday Of this week.
Utica is sometimes known as the city
Of charities" because Of the large number
Of charitable institutions OF one kind and
another which 1t supports. The people Of
the place may believe in the old adage that
charity begins at home" but they evil
IDENTIFY also believe that. having gained a
good start there. II ought 10 spread out
beyond local boundaries.
manager Of the Tribune Fund remembers.
Fresh Air toddlers have been made happy
By neighbors and fellow citizens of Vice
President Sherman. During the greater
part If not all of this time the leader Of
the Utica work has been the Rev. W. D.
Bigelow, a clergyman OF the city To his
untiring efforts many a little tenement
dweller owes thanks for his two weeks In
the country.
The children are not entertained IN Utica
proper. That would not he country
enough. for although Utica has no congest-
ed tenement districts it is a busting man
ufacturing city. The hosts Of the children
are the people Of the suburbs and the
small towns near the city.
Besides the physical benefit the young
sters who go away to-day will gain from
the fresh air and country life, with their
wide open ewes and unabashed questions
they will acquire considerable information
as 10 the geography OF their state. They
won't he long on their journey before they
VIII know that this is the Hudson River
out the left hand car window. AS they
speed along they will have the Palisades.
the Catsklls and the high bridge ar
Poughkeepsie 10 marvel at Then there
will be Albany. which some one will re-
member as the state capital. and schen-
ectady a name 10 make any child laugh
and later the Mohawk River the Erie
Canal and a hundred more places and
things OF interest 70 amuse and Instruct
them.
With to-day's party VIII go small parties
for Parish and Fulton. ". Y There Will
also be a party-the first one-for Stepney'
Conn. and one for towns along the Erie
Railroad beginning with Corning and end
Ing with Savona, \. Y.