New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-28
VIE WITH RACE CROWD
Girls Go to Shokan, Elders to
Poughkeepsie.
CHEERS FROM BOTH SIDES
Biz Party Of Children in open
Air" Glasses Here Guests Of
Tribune Fund.

Rsh. rah rah
Rsh rah rah
C-o-l-u- m-bIa,
they yelled from one train.
Hooray fer shokan'
Hooray fer the country,
,h.v YELLED from the other. just across the
tracks not once. but many times.
n was hard to tell which was the more
enthusiastic OF the two crowds Of rooters
&c they pulled out OF the Weehawken
..rr,,ra, NJ the West Shore Railroad at
about II: 30 A. m yesterday. Each was on
It's mettle.
| Outside Of their enthusiasm. however.
there was not much IN common between
| III. two trainloads. One Of the cheering
| parties vas made up Of college men on
| their way to see the big race at Pough-
| keepsie The other was composed Of los
girls iuet starting on their way for the
Tribune Fresh Air home at Shokan. y. Y.
ON the one hand the cheering was well
| oreanized but on the other, though a little
hit ragged. It had sponianeity about 1t
which made the college men turn green
with envy. As one Of the small girls said
They're higger'n US, but they amt got
nuthin' on us fer noise"
| Moreover there vas division In one camp.
The wells were not all for Columbia. but
uere intersporseA with many for other col
,.ees: whereas. thcre was unauestionable
unanin1itv IN the other. Every one wa
squeezing. and squeezing hard for Shokan.
Good rooters they were. the Shokan
partisans were poor conversationaiists
When passerhy stopped before a car
window. from which protruded three heads
ard addressed question to the trlun1Nrate
,r general the cheers froze 10 their lips
and they grew dumb II may ne " was
heoause they considered the ouestioner I'M
n.rtinent. and thought he was asking 10Y
information that was none Of his BUSINESS
head IN an adjoining window. not"1tn-
standing. soon came to the rescue
They amt got no tongues. mister. nut
IN fell Yer where we're soin'. shokan'
Ven. an us grand place. me sister WIS
tb.re las, wear. They'-'ndtcatt ting the win
dor tru ~ heads next her-"ain't ever
been away before"
Tho last statement. In fart. was true of
most If the party Many NJ them "er'
chAerins for an unknown land. IneF We're
children drawn. In most cases. from tne
"onen air" classes of the city sonooir'
ch,,dren who come from families IN Wnic"
tubercuIoets exists but who, though theV
Give evidence of predisposit'on TOWARD
the disease. are still free from H.
The.. children are discovered through
On. Association ~ Tuberculosis Chnics OF
Ncr York. nv whom most of the cases OF
tuberculosis among the poorer classes arr
,rea.ed They are taken from their reg 4,
MAR c,asses in school as soon az their CON
d,t,on "a known and put into one or the
"onen air." classes The members or these
classes do all their studying and rec'uns
4, tho onen air during the entire year
Great precautions are taken against 'ne''
o,.orox.-tine themselves They receive.
moreover. milk at Intervals ourlns INC "o'
and get luncheon at school.
According 10 Or. woodruff. the physician
IN charge Of these open air classes .ne
change in these children when piac'n ""ue'
such favorable conditions is wonneriu''
During the last year the average increase
IN weight chill for all the open n"
classes in the city was something ino'
than six pounds, while their o'oo' s"'''
II per cent IN richness -
Dr Woodruff. wno also selects the GU"
drar eont 70 the Tribune home AZ Snohan
and ,s familiar with the WORK OF ioii"oi
YEAR, M that place. said. moreover. 'ha'
III. children gained almost as nluch ouiins
,bo ,bree or four weeks stay AZ shokan az
,ho1- d,d IN an entire year amid even favor
III surroundings in the city. The average
- tor tho Youngsters entertained last
year. according to Dr. Woodrun nsures'
was four pounds in weight ana "a per CENT
I'm richness Of blood.
This party will remain at shokan aoou'
three weeks. when 1t will give way 10 an
other. composed Of the same kind OF oiih-
dren. Altogether there were more 'nAh
eva hundred applicants for places IN TINS
party. PIGMENTS.