New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-02
CHILDREN WILT IOYOUSLY
ON WAY TO HAPPY LAND
rrihune'S Fresh Air Guests
Have Hottest of Days for Start,
but Smiles Conquer Sun.
TWO GOOD FAIRIES APPEAR
one Buys Soda for Fifty Small
Thirsts-Other Gives Candy
--S15 More Going to the
Country To- day.


.ssre Most people will take that TO mean
cha, anticipation is a sort of penumbra
-.gion to the real place. Not at all
r7ftv eight-year-old lassies who went
.,sre Yesterday stand ready to make
.Hdevit-if you will explain 10 them what
,h., means-that the real creature COM
,orts OF Happy Land begin twenty miles
this side Of the actual territorial confines
# the place. Give attention to how II
was.
Yesterday afternoon these fifty girls
gathered in the Eric Railroad PENTHOUSE,
AZ the foot of Chambers street. to begin
their Ions looked forward-to journey TO
Happy Land. which is, by the way, lit
tie principality that lies not far from
Tenafy. y. J. Now. the day was hot.
and the little girls. coming as they did
from the sweltering tenement districts Of
the city, were a pretty we'll wilted lot as
they sat waiting for boat time.
Then a good fairy appeared, and after
rim another. The first, who refused TO
diyulge his name, heard one OF the little
u1Ited ones wish for drink. He needed
but the inspiration. and in a minute he
WAS buying soda for the whole fifty. And
fifty sodas distributed among fifty small
si,ls. for each Of whom a soda is an
event Of no trifiing importance. is quite
enough 70 qualify any place as. at least
a department Of Happy Land.
Fairy Prince in Shirt Sleeves.
The second fairy wouldn't have been
spotted as one Of the little people" by
any but an expert in fairies and fairy
lore He was dressed in his shirt sleeves
and looked as though he might be one Of
the guardians Of the ferry. He saw the
girls enjoy the cooling drink provided by
his fairy colleague. and determined 10
prove his identity. too. In minute-lt
never takes a fairy very long 10 do any
thing-he had the fifty eating "nutbars.
You know what they are If you ever
travelled on a train. and you know what
they taste like il you were ever child.
So YOU see Happy Land did get started
even before the travellers got aboard the
train.
But the Joys that come TO meet you on
your way TO Happy Land are as nothing
to the joys that await you there.
. soda will make you forget the oppressive
heat OF the city for few moments, per-
hans: but. after all. what is that compared
with leaving the swelter and scorch OF II
benin. you for two long weeks, While
YOU whistle TO the birds. pick the flowers
and play mid the cool shades Of rural
#. Bappy Land. a land of delight. where
you've woods and fields to romp over,
vide airy spaces in which TO sleep. and
where everybody has only one aim IN
lie--to make you happy?
In this Tribune Fresh AIR Happy Lana
the fifty girls will taste all these JOYS
. and many others Mrs. John :. Lyle the
kindly hostess who throws the place open
. 10 the Tribune children, has been looking
forward TO the coming of her guests. and
, will see to IT that they lack for nothing
that is good" for Happy Landers'
. A good many other children found out
the location Of "the country'-a term eX-
+. actly synonymous with Happy Land II
/. you write IL with small lettere-yesterday.
For about sixty of them proved to be IN
the nelghborhood Of Utica, y. y OF
Sky more OF IneUl IL piDfSN ~ ~
suoudsburg. Penn. and for still another
group it cropped Up at Freehold y. j.
About two hundred in all.
Tribune to Send 315 To-day
The Tribune Fund will send a stiii
larger number off to-day. There VIII De
eighty-fve children for Auburn y. L.
sxty-four for Utica, y. Y; seyenty-fouf
for Pttshsld, Mass; fifty for MiddletoWn'
n. y; twenty for Ousville, n. y, ana
TWENTY-FIVE for Edwards. y. Y, and
nearby places. making a total for the
day OF 5l5.
Because Of the continued oppressive
weather the Tribune Fund is oendins
every effort TO get as many children as
s. possible out Of the city at once Nearly
two thousand have been sent away 10
date. There are still on file the names Oh
more than 1900 who need to be sent
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