New-York tribune., 1913-08-25
.Where?' lemme See and So
On Means Fresh Air Children
Are Not Mature FakerS.'
LAUGHTER FILLS WOODS
About 1900 Boys and Girls
Who in Their Daily Lives
Rarely Even Smile Enjoy
Fortnight Outing.

SkirtinC the cage OF WOOu dlons a
country road and hearing chorus OF bird
notes YOU have no doubt looked in vain
for the birds That's not so strange;
thrush may sing for an hour in some
l,afy retreat and never once show his
brown speckled breast II. however. pass
inc bv that same wood YOU should hear
,u,,nr through the branches. not the day
soncs of birds. but the ripping of child
,,b laughter. and vet, peer as you would
through the trees. see no sign OF boy or
civ, or other human form. that would be
strange. for boys and girls don't hide
themselves amid the high branches of oak
opd elm and there laugh the hours away
That strange phenomenon, however. may
he found on any summers day just
take the train 10 Mount Hope and walk
or drive I'D the beautiful road that circles
tho cemetery. and then continue along
tho hillside Just across the valley from
the 81. Andrews Golf Club. And when
,.on ret about opposite the clubhouse Keep
,.orr ears alert for something like this:
"Ah. ha ha, he he!
''t-h huh. uh huh, ha ha'
ooh, it's a woim!'
Where? Lemme see.
Gee. locker i'm wiggle."
"Ain't woims got feets?'
.Te ne he, Listen ter the baby Wolms
got feets.''
oh no no, no ho"''
Then YOU will be sure your cars de-
ceive YOU. for there's never child IN
sight. Strain your eyes as you will you
won't see a thing that looks as though
II might be responsible for any OF the
assorted laughs. But when your amaze
nent has all but got the better OF you,
climb that steep bank that rises Just ne
yond the stone wall. and when YOU get
10 the top. look over See any laughers
now?
Millions, eli?
No not quite. only three hundred and
fifty. But those three hundred and hfty
are a regular light hearted battery OF
smilers. once they get going. The de-
tenders Of Ashford Hill. they are. send
up volley after volley of quick FIRE laughs,
grins and smiles to keep of the arch
enemies OF this Tribune Fresh Air para
dise-dull care and gloom.
Think OF a vacation blighted by such
things Not a pleasant thought, is 1t?
We'll. that's the reason that Superin-
tendent Austin Of Ashford Hill keeps his
brain working every minute TO devise
vays and means OF melting 10 fun and
laughter And because he's such a good
deviser is the reason why you could hear
those laughs floating through the trees
that clothe the "Hill' any time you
might chance to pass that way, even
though the land does lie so that you
couldn't see the groups OF girls and boys
who produced the sounds.
ASK any Fresh Air who has been at
Ashford Hill for an outing If he had a
good time. and he will probably say:
Gee. a fellow couldn't help ii up there
everybodys always maxim you laugh
some way
About nineteen hundred boys and girls
who in their daily lives. laugh rarely. II
ever. have spent nearly fortnight AZ
Ashford Hill this year so far To-day
80 girls will return 70 their homes from
that place. II you want 10 see what
laughing has done for them, go up TO the
Putnam division station this morning at
s1 and see them come off the train.