New-York tribune., 1913-07-15
HAPPY LAND OPENS FOR
RICH LITTLE POOR GIRL
Clean Face Lena'S Only Pass
port for Trip to Country
of Opportunities.
HEIRESSES IN THE MAKING
Wealth of Health and Happi-
ness for the Taking in the
Fields of Fresh Air
. Kingdom.

r,.hicb would you rather be, the poor
,itne rich girl or the rich little poor girl?
whatever your preference, there is no
question at all as to which lot the poor
little rich girl herself would choose. You
remember how she longed TO leave or
ber fine clothes get rid Of her attendants
and run wild with the other children to
eddie IN the brooks and pick the
flowers Of the field? Think how she
would have loved to be turned loose in
Happy Land!
That's how the little poor girl grew sud
denly rich yesterday-became, in the
tvinkling OF an eye almost heiress to a
dazzling legacy. She was turned loose
in Happy Land, a place where one can
not even estimate the fortunes in
flowers. brooks and opportunities for torn
dresses.
The rich little poor girl, as she is now,
would not have been recognized as such
when she scurried into the Erie Railroad
station yesterday afternoon. She was as
woebegone a little ragamuffin as one
often sees and her eyes shone with a
haunting fear lest. after all. she shouldn't
be the real heiress, but only another one
Of those who have believed in vast
fortunes said TO be theirs, only to find
themselves deceived in the end.
Most of the little poor girls about to
be transformed into Happy Land
heresses-and there are good many
such in the course Of a summer-some-
how manage a clean dress and change
OF clothing, packed in denim or ticking
bag But this tot lacked both The only
passports to heiress land that she could
muster were face that had been washed
with more than usual thoroughness and
a head OF hair that had been combed
and <pigtailed' into magnificent order.
Possibly that was the reason she was
afraid to believe in her good fortune. She
had come over 10 the station in company
with half a dozen better equipped CO.
heiresses. and she could scarcely believe
that equipment wasn't going to make
difference with the head Of it," as she
phrased IT, And you should have seen
the smile that chased the fear from her
eyes when a kindly faced teacher
looked first at paper, then at her and
said, "Oh, you're Lena -, eh? All
right, get in here with the rest OF the
girls and don't get lost
That was all there was to it, and in
a few minutes the teacher was leading
Lena and the others down the platform
and into the waiting argosies that were
Ito carry them whittier they could fetch
back fortunes upon fortunes in health,
strength and good times, if not in golden
fleece.
II was the summers third party Of fifty
girls sent by The Tribune Fresh Air Fund
to Happy Land the home for little girls
at Tenafy \. J. Just as the party was
about 10 leave. Lena and two companions,
each Of them hatless and minus wardrobe
supplies Of any sort, all Of them on the
verge of tears. scurried into the station
and timidly joined themselves to the
crowd. In a happS land designed Tor
lassies OF the Lena type, however, such
lacks as they gave evidence Of will be
easily supplied.
To-day the second big party Of the sea-
son vii 90 10 Auburn, y. y on Wednes-
day and Thursday there will be large par
ties for Utica, y Y, while Thursday Will
also see the departure Of the seasons
largest single party-about three hundred
children-for Binghamton, y. Y.