New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-06
CHILDREN LEAVING TOWN
Last of Fresh Air Homes Will BIZ
Opened on Monday.
rs PARTIES SENT AWAY
Many Go as Individual Guests
New Territory offered
This Season.

Since the Tribune Fresh Air Fund sea
son started. a week ago. twenty-five parties
Of children have been sent away for fort
night country vacations. These parties have
ranged in number from 10 to IFS.
Another homo was added TO the list yes
terday Of those opened for the season. This
small home, accommodating thrty-two chill
dren. To-day Benaway Home. at Claver-
ack, N Y, will receive its first party for
this season, and when the Beehive, at North
Bennington. Vt, gets its first quota Of boys
on Monday the last Of the Tribune homes
will have been opened for the season.
The total capacity Of these homes twelve
in number. is this year 1929 at time. The
opening of an entirely new home at Conway.
Mass. is a possibility, but its capacity can
not yet be estimated.
The number Of children sent away yester-
day by the Tribune fund was lj1 OF thes
seventy-fivc were to be entertained I'm pri-
vdte homes. part IN the neighborhooJ OF
Utica--ths being that Citys third party
this week part At Hyde Park, \. y.
To-day there will be four parties. going soy
orally TO Elmsford New Windsor and CLAY
crack. ~ V. and MontvaIe, y. !.
For the future plans have been made up
10 this time for eghty-two parties. Some OF
these will be so big as practically to require
whole trains 10 themselves. Others will
he small enough. both as to the size Of the
parties and the individuals composing them,
to stow away in one corner Of a single
coach.
Among the larger parties already sched-
ule1 the members Of which are to he en-
tertained individually by country hosts. the
most noteworthy in point Of size are those for
Cortland. Bnghamton and Angelica. y. Y.
These do not include three big parties which
have been put down for the first OF next
week.
The largest Of these is y party which
rs known a the Scranton party, but which
will i'm reality be scattered all over three
PENNSYLVANIA counties- LaCkawanna, Sus-
puehanna and Tuzerne All told, some
twenty-seven towns and villages will re-
ceive Fresh Air guests to tho number of 1874.
Next 10 this party IN point Of size VIII
he one for Norwich. y. y. Like the S'ran-
ton marty. this has come 70 be an annual
nvcnt and no summer is counted complete
IN this delightful Central New York town
until tho Fresh Nir cohorts have left their
mark on the appl" crop and the berry
matches NJ the region Norwich Is 10 re-
celyo seventy five If New York's poor chill
dren
Stroudsburg Is the third Of the places 70
receive large group during the early part
NJ the week For'y-sevHn Fresh Airs VIII
troop off the Lackawanna Limited NJ that
STATION on Tuesdav
Two new regions have recently mad"
known their intention of aiding In the
Tribune funds work this summer one ~
these is Angelica '. the other Apa-
,achln. y Y. The former has set itself A
hizh standard. and Is putting forth every
fort to provid" places for two hundred.
The number for Apalachn has not yet been
determined
IN addition 10 those moro or less definite
ARRANGEMENTS there are scores Of Fresh
AIR nrterprisns IN tho making In half a
dozen states. enterprises which will moan
hundred. Of Invitations for the needy chill
iren n tho city. From all sections come
iuouiriaz as 70 the mode Of procedure in
making ~ Fresh Air parties and the man
nor Of getting the children from the city.
Thor =. no danger however that there
will b, surplus ~ entertainment places
nov of funds with 100, 600 children in the
greater city uupro;ided for.