New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-01
STAINS SAVE EXPLORERS
FROM DR.. COOK CHARGE
uauuy Land Girls Make Good
Their Story of Rich Elder
berry "Vein."
BATH CAUSED RlDICULE
u, Timed Frolic in Brook OBJ
liberated All Traces of the
First Feast in Hidden
Patch.

PatCn.
,,,,s time they had the stains Of their
,..,,.. ,,non them, so. as soon as they
-. IN sight OF their compatriots' they
,oved their hands aloft and shouted
.Yo. ho-o-o. we got 'em! fo' ho-o-O'
locker!
-,.,,,t ,be news was evidently great
u.rs u WAS lust as obviously not wholly
rood news 10 those who received It, as
The chorus that greeted the announce
ment showed
Jaw. they got EN-
"ob zoe. I'll bet they found our bunk.
"ru bet they wasn't as nice as inc
ones We got 49,.
And all the while YOU, looking at the
,,.o,irq hands. would have wondercu
D,bat II was they had got The hanus
,nst waved aloft bore nothing hut stains.
Of these. however. there was no lack nor
eere they confined TO HANDS alone
They who did the getting were 'ne
girls of Happy Land. that famous Fresh
AIR paradise near Tena1y, \. j. MOI
many DAYS before the one party OF slris
900, en-" the other group had gone TOT
an afternoons walk and had come oaoA
loud IN their boasts and vivid IN lhe
stains Of some elderberries which the!
had discovered and feasted on. Inc heNs
,oorn,ne the second group also founu
some berries. but after they had eaten
their FIJI. happening TO pass brook. they
,.onoa ard removed the evidences of
their feasting.
Arrived home, they started to tel OF
the adventure Of the berries but the tale
WAS cut short and the tellers put 10
ridicuIe. One Of the larger girls started
q Said she with irony exuding from
every pore:
ooh. girls. they had elderberries'
them! Look at their faces
And another:
Eat elderberries an be white all over!
Ye ouRhter Seen me"
That was all there was TO ii. too. The
first finders Of the berries refused 10
credit a story that was not backed up by
stained fingers and lips. at least. TWO or
three days after, therefore, when the
doubted ones again discovered bunk"
they determined that the stains of evil
dence should not be lacking.
After eating as much as they wanted
disregarding their smirched fingers and
lips, they crushed berries in their hands
and smeared arms, faces and, in some
cases. necks 10 make sure their story
should be believed this time. That was
why, when they called Eve got 'em. ="
they waved their arms on high-not In
greeting Of their fellow patriots Of Happy
Land. but TO show the stains Of their
adventure.
Things are always happening at Happy
Land, otherwise 1t wouldn't be a happy
land for the restless girls who are sent
there. 1t isn't always good natured ri
valry over roadside berries that gives zest
to an afternoon. however.
More frequently II is somebody else
than Dame Nature that hangs the
source Of amusement on the bushes-or,
al least, puts II within the reach Of the
children.
Happy Land is the gift OF Mrs John S.
Lyle to the Tribune Fresh Air children.
During the present season more than
three hundred girls between five and
twelve years have had outings there. An
outing at Happy Land. moreover. means
more than just two weeks of fresh air.
IL means two weeks during which every
thought OF several persons is concentrated
on the problem of how to give the guests
Of the home the happiest and most
healthful time.
sometimes that concentration results in
'cross-country walk that discloses a
berry bunk" Sometimes il results i'm
ride through all the countryside in a
wagon that bears the sign HAPPY land
on It's sides-not 10 indicate that IL comes
from that Place, but rather 10 announce
that a section of that terra beata Is
within.
Sometimes the concentration brings
about picnic over at Springwood the
Lyle estate. AT other times II results I'm
apple scrambles." in ice cream treats.
in-well. too many other things TO men
ton. And when the girls at last leave II
behind they say, with contented sigh.
We'll, Happy Land is happy, amt r?"'
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
IN memory ~ On t-n Al