New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-17
CAUGHT COLD LAUGHING
Youngster Tells of One "Evip'
of Fresh Air Outings.
FUN AT THE EUNICE HOME
Little Girl Writes About Joy of
Berrying and Wading in
Cool Brooks.

| To cure a bad cold take plenty Of fresh
| air and get yourself into good humor
| This is the sort OF prescription DR.. Woods
| Hutchinson and his colleagues Of the
modern school Of medicine would recon-
mend. In this regard, however, the first
few sentences OF the following deserve
consideration, for the writer is at present
staying at one Of The Tribunes vacation
homes and is therefore a specialist In
| Fresh Air:
Dear Mother: am having. lots Of fun
| up here. MinstreIs' shows make you laugh
| til you get a cold l got 4 cold from
| laughing. Try this enc
Two little niggers, dressed in white,
/ Tried to go TO heaven on the tall OF Kite;
| The kite string broke and they had bad spill
| They didn't go TO heaven. but they went to
| Ashford HILL
! How about that dime? JOHN.
! Whatever may be the value Of Johns
! deductions as 10 the why's and where
| fores Of colds, one fact stands out bold
and strong in his message to his mother
/ he is having a good time during his Fresh
Air vacation.
In a little more reserved way one Of the
/ girls at The Tribune's home for little
mothers" makes plain the same fact con-
corning herself and her ninety-nne COM
| panions:
Dear Neither: Early in the morning Of
! July we started for the brook. On the
way we picked berries and cherries. II
! was so awful hot that we did enjoy the
/ feeling OF the cold water Of the brook.
! We had lots of fun. We Joined hands and
played Charley Ger the Water" After
we had cooled off we went back home.
I lT he Il Ill 4
me IN the pavilion talked over the great
treat we were 70 have that evening. We
were all anxious for the time to pass
! quickly.
! cream and cake. The cake had cream on
the top.
At supper We we're more than sur
| prised
/ iaas Each girl had a paper napkin. In
which was wrapped three candles and n
banana candy. On top was souvenir
! flag made Of real silk Besides the candy
we had lots OF milk and other good
things.
After supper We had an entertainment
We had patriotic quotations ana songs
! ard flag drill, and d ribbon dance Win
| red white and blue ribbons.
AS p closing the girls stood up ana
/ formed the letters T. and Fl. 10 stand FOR
! Funice Home. and we ali gave cnetr
/ for our home. Then we went TO ted
! our loving daughter,
| ROSE COSTELLO.
There are hundreds OF others besides
Rose who have been revealing in the
GOODNESS of the brooks during the present
hot spell. But for every one who has en-
loved the boon there are hundred
! others who have been sweltering In the
city streets and crowded tenements. Yet
there is many a cooling brook In the
country in which not child has splashed
this summer.
II costs about B TO give one girl or one
boy the indescrlbable bllss Of two weeks
amid brooks and flowers and other de-
lights that the country alone provides.
Thousands Of children are waiting anx-
iously TO know whether the JOY Is to be
theirs or not.
Yesterday eighty little urchins were
sent to P!ttsfeld. Mass, for a fortnghts
stay. There was also party OF thirty
two proteges OF the Big Brothers Move
ment sent last night TO Danbury. ~ n.
+ This morning a party of eighty-seven
will go to Tunkhannock, Laceyville'
Meshoppin and Wyalusing. Penn. There
Will be smaller parties for Deposit \. y
and for Stanfordville, y. Y.