New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-10
CORTLAND'S FRESH AIR
FOR 1880 CITY CHILDREN
PARTY Sent by The Tribune Fund
Votes Town the True Hub
of Hospitality.
FULL JOY OF LIFE THERE
Beneway Home Opens for First
Guests of Season-16O
Back from Ardsley-
others Take Places.

AZ A hub-or "The Hub" for that mat
ter-Boston was eclipsed yesterday. Cort-
land far outshone it in all practical hub
ike attributes. except one. IT made no
,srticular intellectual pretension.
The supplanting OF Boston was the re-
.rIt OF balloting by $50 voters who def
,itely and unequivocally eliminated the
question OF intellectually by their ac-
,ents such remarks as rs Cortland
foitber than Joisey?' and Il holt me
anger In the winder," both of which were
overheard among the voters, disqualified
them as thigh brows" or blue stock
irgs"
The 40 are Of too tender ages to have
advanced far along the road to erudi-
lion. Most Of them are yet-when school
Is in sessiOn-in the thrOes Of the first,
second and third readers, or whatever has
taken the place Of first, second and third
readers in these advanced days.
But they knew a hub, these voters,
oven before they saw il. They knew II
for place around which the thoughts Of
80 children have been clustering for
week. They knew il for a place which is
the centre of the finest green fields in the
world. where are grouped the shadiest
and pleasantest woods. near which are
found as fine swimming holes, apple trees
and berry bushes as one could ask.
Above all. they knew II for place in
babjted by people so kind hearted that
they throw all these things open TO the
Fresh Air children OF New York and in
wife them TO come in and enjoy them as
the quests of the owners-the owners in
many cases leaving of their regular pur-
suits to help their guests to enjoy them
selves.
# was the Tribune Fresh Air Funds
annual party of children for Cortland.
Ny, which voted away the prestige OF
Boston-not that they knew or cared any
thing about Boston so long as Cortland
did not forget to be hOspitable.
They set out for Cortland yesterday
morning and spent last night in getting
acquainted with their new friends. by
this time they are doubtless lords OF the
county and its people.
The Cortland party is the largest single
party sent out this year. numbering lSo
children and three adults. Last year the
but this year. under the leadership oil
Mrs. 5. W. Sherwood the new chairman
Of the local Fresh Air committee, last
wears result was multiplied by three.
The children IN the party were to be
distributed among the people Of Cortland
and nearby villages, among them Mara
thon. Blodgetts Mills, McGraw, Cincin-
uatug. fully. PreDle. Homer, East Free
town. Truxton and De Ruyter. All the
children are to be entertained for at least
two weeks and many will be kept for the
remainder Of the summer.
Bcneway Home, the last Of the Trib-
unes Fresh Air homes to open. received
rs trst party of children yesterday. TINS
home is at Claverack, y. Y.
The FIRST large party of Tribune rresh
Air Fund children to finish THEM vaca-
tons returned TO the city from Ardsley
y Y. yesterday morning-l6O girls in all.
another party was sent out to replace
these girls I'm the afternoon.