New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-16
155 CHILDREN OFF TODAY
But the Number Returning Is
Greater-So Are Requests"
MORE MONEY Is NEEDED
Missionaries and Settlement Folk
Find More Youngsters to Aid
than Cash Allows.
;ograph by George G.. Bain)

Ugh! Ugh! Heap hot town." remarked
Chief Him-of the Sunburned-Nose
"Heap much hot" corroborated Tanned
by-the-W Wind, the brave who trod at his
heels as they stepped off the train in New
York yesterday. As they had just arrived
it is probable that their remarks referred
10 the prevailing temperature.
Mountains heap better; much
COOL continued Him-of-the- Sunburned-
Nose. Whereat Tanned-by-th e-Wind' 5
brow assumed Immediately a quicker that
betOkened the rise of-the bystanders
thought-some weighty tribal problems be-
hind the pucker They were therefore
doubly surprised at the query he hurled
at his superior officer
SAY, Jimmy, what's the name er them
mountains. anyway? I en- never remem-
Der"
Imagine that! No sexisyllabic dignity OF
title, no reference 10 the nasal rubicun-
dity Of his honor-tust plain jimmy. And.
besides. 40 courtly dignity Of language
not a reference to that frst-aid-to-the-cir-
cus-Indian monosyllable heap" Nothing
but everyday Second avenue dialect.
still. the chief didn't seem 10 take II amiss.
Instead Of shifting the offender on the spot
with a tomahawk, of course-he reached
his hand into his bag and drew out an
apple Then between bites, with a dignity
born Of superior information as well as
high position. he remarked tersely:
"Kittinny'
Nav, that amt right It's got more 70
it than that. Anyway, I could a remem-
bered that. cause it sounds like young
cats"
We'll. whatd We ask me for, X I don't
know" bridled the chief with some loss
Of dignity.
There's a tat in It," hereupon volun-
teered a brave who had hitherto trudged
along in stoical silence; "a tat and 4
'tinny, too"
That's right" resumed Tanned-by-the-
Wind" "Kittatinninny. amt it,
And that was as near as they could
come to it. these braves and squaws back
from a Fresh Air vacation spent under the
shadow Of the Kittatinnies and the Blue
Ridge Mountains There at Carlisle. Penn
where dwelt the hosts who had entertained
them. they had seen Indians. real flesh and
blood ones, almost every day, and their con-
versation had been colored by the only
Indian talk they had ever heard.
II they were not really Tanned-by-the-
Wind and he-sunburned-Nose. the
names fitted them very well; for two weeks
in the open had made them look almost
like Indians as far as color was concerned.
This party OF forty-three from Carlisle
was not the only one 10 return yesterday
All told, PSI children came back 10 their
homes. They had been preceded on Mon
dav by 81 youngsters, and will be followed
today by lisa total Of 1l9 for the hrst
half of the current week In the same
neriod GA will. by the close Of to-day, nave
been sent away to begin vacations.
Evidently the outgoing parties are not
leerinc I'D the record Of the earlier weeks
Of the season. This is not because there
are no children to go. Thousands are
eagerly waiting. Every hour some request
70 have a party sent off is urged by some
missionary or settlement worker VINO
knows how greatly the children under hef
charge need the vacation.
Funds. not children or need, are the lack
money 10 pay the expense OF getting tle
moor little tenement jewellers out OF the
heat and dirt into the fresh air and sun
chino The beginning Of a letter given De-
low is typical Of scores or others received
nv DR.. Devins, the manager OF the tribune
Fund
Afv Dear Dr. Devins: First Of all want
IN saw that / hardly know no" 20 dIlsM H
The question, Miss Haas, when am soins
10 the country. any MORT "i''
hungry for orders.