New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-01
OFF FOR THE COUNTRY
Tribune Fresh Air Fund Sends
Away 100 Children.
PLENTY MORE ARE WAITING
Rural Friends Glad to Enter.
tain All That Can Be
Sent Them.

Train No. 90, the eleven thirty-hve for
Albany. Utica, Syracuse and
Up 70 that point they were sleepy
crowd and paid little attention 20 the
megaphone's droning Of the train calls In
the Grand Central Station, but when the
singsone continued and stations On the
Auburn road :" there was al once wild
hubbub.
That terrible old tyrant the Sandman,
lost his hold on $50 rapidly succumbing
subjects in less than a jiffy. Before you
could say Jack Robinson after that mighty
word Auburn hummed It's way through
the waiting room fourscore or more lusty
voices we're shouting:
Teacher II says Auburn
Teacher. It's our train 60
Amt We gotter go now. teacher
Come on, Jimmy come or, Sarah It's
our train. Don't forget that lunch"
The questions were not all fred at one
teacher: there were dozen OF them
each of whom had led her dozen or more
sleepy Fresh Airs from a different section
Of the city, some OF them from as far as
Brooklyn There were fifteen small
Z KITS E4iIIUIHAcs NAobNis a.. 49,
street; eight small boys from Mizpal
Chapel. In West 57th street seven girls
from Union Settlement. in East lOtth
street: fifteen girls from Bloomingdale
Guild. in West Tooth street twenty-five
children from the Brooklyn Children's Ala
society. and many others from various
churches and settlements in tho crowded
tenement house districts OF the city
Although Auburn" was the charm thd'
ban!shed their drovsiness, the younssters
were not all bound FOR the same place
Auburn is q sort Of fresh air centre ana
distributing point for Csyuga County
The hundred and sixty children whom the
Tribune Fund started on their journey
last night will be scattered from Loc"e
and Atveter. on the southern boundary OF
the county. 70 Fair Haven, on the SHORE
OF Lake Ontario IN all twenty towns ara
Villages will receive groups Of children
the largest groups being left in Auburn
The success OF the Tribune Funds cru
SADIE IN Csyuga County is due TO the Re-.
Leon A. Losey ami q Fresh Air committee
which co-operates with him. Each child
in the party which has resulted from
their efforts Is 20 be entertained In pri-
vate home For the last two weeks the
committee has been working nlsht and
day
The party set out last night and VII
arrive at its destination at about o'clock
thl. morning. after an all night ride
Most OF the members OF tho party VIII re-
main for tho regulation two weeks: few
however. will be entertained for the re-
mainder Of the summer.
This morning the Tribune Fund vii
send away a jolly crowd OF eighty-Are
New Yorke-s TO spend vacations in the
southern part OF New York state. They
will be strung out IN twos and tATees all
the way along the line Of the Erie Rail
road from Owego 70 Olesn and Cohocton.
The largest single group-thirty-two ia
nunber-will be left at Corning. y. !
Invitations from towns and villages
both near and FAR coutinuo 20 pour In 10
the Tribune Fund Office each day. The
acceptance u these invitations depends
olely upon the raising OF funds 10 meet
the expense OF 80 doing.