New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-21
GOLDEN EGG. GOOSE PUT
TO SHAME BY CHICKEN
For Bird Ignored in Fable and
Song Showers NiCkeIS on
Happy ThrOng.
CLAvERACK SCE.lE OF JOY
Shining Coins Served as Des-
sert to Lassies Who Had
Tasted Country's
Fresh Air.

rroryhoGy knows about the goose
chat land the golden egg. But the chicken
chat lays the shining nickel, That, as the
famous Abe Potash would say, is a horse
~ some other color.
Most people Will say, on frst thought,
u must he quite am inferior color. too.
a shining uickel-evcn one Of the new
braud-against a golden egg? Huh, That
isn't the question. however. for the re-
powned waddler Of the golden eggs lost
her head and her ability 90 lay at the
same time years and years ago; whereas
this heroine Of a later day. and Of lesser
preteus.ous. was performing prodigiously
well only a few days since.
. IL takes only half an eye TO see that
a shining nickel in hand Is worth two
golden eggs in a fable. And. besides
there was more than one hand. II ali
happened at Claverack. y. y, and here
is the truth about il:
There were twenty-five Tribune Fresh
Air Girls staying at Beneway Home.
which is just outside Claverack Last
Friday or Saturday the people Of one
o. the local churches invited the whole
party 70 a lawn party. After a week
and a half IN the country there was no
body in the group so sick that she wanted
TO remain away from any affair of that
kind. and they all went
Just 70 lead up TO the ice cream and
cake with proper dignity two or three
girls each spoke a piece" and two or
three others did some folk dancing on
the lawn. The speakers and dancers
had the best OF il. too. for. while per-
forming, they could ,,eep an eve on a
certain tent whence came. at intervals
Gathering of dishes. while the audience
sat with their backs TO it-part Of the
time anyway.
The ice cream came al last. however,
and. alas was soon gone. But when the
dishes had been gathered UP II developed
that there was yet something to come. A
parsonage appeared Juggling a large bas-
kct This was placed on the ground.
What a sight for the eyes Of eight years
i was full OF dolls and each girl wGs
invited 10 take one OF course there
wasn't any good 10 be gained by being
backward in accepting such an Invitation.
and in q jiffy the basket was empty. No.
not empty. either. for there was the
for any one girl. for every girl had her
doll
everybody was eXpectant Finally one
Of the ladies" who. seemed 10 have a
good deal TO do with affairs in general
said: We'll, suppose We each nave
piece Of chicken 10 top of our ice cream
and cake with
NJ this there was z laugh, for who
wants to eat piece OF a china chicken
But the lady" went right ahead with
her plan. She got q carving knife stood
the chicken on the table and. raising the
knife above her head, smote the chicken
nightly. Now. what DO you think? That
chicken was as full Of nickels as a night
mgale Is OF music. and when the blow Of
the knife shattered it they came flooding
out and rolled all over the table. Nstu-
rally. they were for the grls-two for
each. as IL came out
change the proverb now and speak Of the
foolish man that KILLED the chicken that
laid the shining nickels." for the chicken
was an improvement on its predecessor,
the goose. when II came 10 dying.
The twenty-five girls who garnered the
nickels came home yesterday, and TWEEN
ty-hve others went 10 Claverack 20 take
their places. Fifty Tribune Fund girls
viii leave the city this morning for ST.
Helens Home al Interlaken, Mass.