New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-15
BOX PARTY IN OPEN AIR
Children Start for Gay Time in
Connecticut.
GUESTS OF TRIBUNE FUND
Friends Continue to Support
Good Work-Aim Is to Send
1000 to the Country.

There was large box party at the
Grand Central Terminal yesterday morn
Ing II was not one of the kind made up
! Of a select few, clad In silks and satlns
that Is seen at the opera or horse show.
RemePber the formula you used to repeat
as you told of the buttons on your new
jacket or dress years and years ago?
Silks, satins. calico, rags" it ran. Well.
this box party belonged to the great and
numerous order OF the bottom buttons II
was 'calco-rags" party.
But each member had, nevertheless. his
own private box" a box may be ''pri-
vste" and pasteboard at the same time.
These boxes were. Most OF them had I'm
days gone by served as shoe boxes shirt
boxes. suit boxes or the like; but time and
necessity had raised them to the dignity OF
wardrobe trunks.
The boxholders had tickets for the Tpb-
une Fresh Air circus and were on their
way TO Litchfeld.' Conn. to take their
places for the spectacle-the spectacle TO
include aquatic exhibitions. Marathon road
races. tree and fence tumbing. bird opera.
animal parades and long list of natures
other headllners
This was SORT of International box
party There was not a single American
among its number, but almost every Euro
pean country had a representative. To
mention only a few. there were Hunga-
Rams, Poles, Germans. Jews, Slavonians
and even one gypsy. Ii was an amusing
fact that every BOY in the crowd had his
personal effects done up in a pasteboard
/ box CT some size or shape.
There were other parties yesterday some
/ OF whose members were "boXholders' and
! some Of whom boosted more elaborate
/ baggage receptacles. Altogether nearly
/ FIVE hundred youngsters were sent away 10
various places in New York, New Jersey,
/ Connecticut, Massachusetts and Pennsyi-
vania. To-day several more parties VIII
start on similar glad Journeys.
/ The season thus far for the Fresh Air
| Fund has been busy one. In all, three
! thousand children have been helped up to
this time OF this number 1850 have been
received and cared for at twelve Tribune
homes. while go have been entertained in
private country homes. About $50 of the
! total number have completed their allotted
| two weeks and have returned to their city
| quarters.
| The excessive heat Of the last two weeks
I
| as possible of the suffering youngsters
away at once. As a result Of the extra
| effort made about two thousand children
we're kept in the country during almost
the entire hot spell In addition to this
/ number $50 we're this week hurried away
to private homes. from which invitations
| had been extended TO them
The friends Of the children and OF the
Fresh Air work have seemed TO realize the
extra burden which has been laid upon the
management by the oppressive weather
and have rallied literally 10 the support OF
the cause. The weeks contributions have
amounted to nearly 5000. but to offset this
generous support the manager of the fund
found In his mail yesterday morning DIS
for tickets from two railroad companies
which amounted to more than 5000 1t is
evident that II the goal OF the fund FOR
this year II 600 children sent TO the coun-
try is 10 be reached. there can be no re-
Taxation either on the part OF the manage
ment or of the friends of the fund.