New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-18
FRESH AIR LIMITED OFF
WITH LARGEST PARTY
Group for Binghamton, Made
Up o. 300 Assorted Children,
Needs Extra Train.
PIPED AWAY TO PLEASURE
Best Go TO Coney Island
Dresses Are Much in Evil
dence in Spic and Span
Assemblage.

To the shrill notes Of A fife blown
! Justify by one Of its members. the larg-
est Tribune Fresh Air party Of the sea-
| son to date scampered through the Ho-
/ boken terminal Of the Lackawanna Rail-
/ road Yesterday morning and boarded the
! Lackawanna Limited for Binghamton'
y. Y. The train might have been re-
named tho Fresh Air Limited for the
/ day. for the party filed five private
coaches and made necessary the running
of the train in two sections
The spirits Of the party scared as
| high as the notes of the fife. at least up
/ 10 the time the train disappeared from
view. And II perhaps those spirits fell
little before their destination was
/ reached because the Journey was long
! and little people tire easily. no doubt
/ they rose again to even greater heights
OF citation when the warm hearted FOLK
Of Binghamton got hold Of them last
| evening and began to show them how
welcome they were. And this morning
/ well, that may be left TO the magma
ton
There were three hundred youngsters
| in the crowd. and they came from al
most every part OF the city and were OF
! every creed and nationality. They were
recommended 10 The Tribune Fund by
| seventeen different social service and re-
/ ligious organizations. Among these
we're the Jacob Rus Settlement, the
Brooklyn Chldren's Aid Society, the
! Moravian Church, at Lexington avenue
and 3Oth street; the Madison Square
| Church House. the Church Of the Saw
! Jour and the Broome street Tabernacle.
/ Nor does this list give an accurate con-
/ ceptlon Of the creeds and conditions rep
| resented. for all Of these organizations
/ and the othors not mentioned carry on
/ their social service work along non-sec-
/ tartan lines.
! II was a spic-and-span crowd too. one
| that Phoebe snow the white roDed deity
Of the Road of Anthracite. might have
enyied All had been scrubbed and
combed 10 the minute and Of course,
everybody wore her best go-to-meeting
/ or go-to-Coney-Island dress. There
were three girls-sisters-in the party
/ who were especially proud Of themselves
/ in this regard All wore pink dresses Of
! the same cut and material. The three
! dresses had been made to the last stitch
| by the eldest Of the sisters, girl OF
/ twelve
! There were at least two other vaca-
/ ton dresses with a history in the party.
They were Of white trimmed with lace.
q The mother Of the proud owners Of the
gowns bought tho material--lace. too
+ from d push cart and made the dresses
/ az a total cost Of ~ cents.
George J. Michelbach OF Binghamton.
and n committee OF co-workers are re-
sporsible for the Binghamton party this
/ year. as they have each year for many
years past. For week they have been
working hard TO obtain places among
/ the farm population in the vicinity Of
Blnghamton where children would be
received Mr.. Nnchelbach. his wife and
two other members Of the committee
came to New York TO see that the chill
dren were well cared for on the trip.
In many respects the Blnghamton
party. while the largest Tribune party
OF the season. is the easiest one 70 make
up and send out. This is because many
people in inviting Fresh Air children
10 their homes make many specifications
as 10 the age, sex. etc. Of those 10 be
sent But the warm hearted Bingham
ton people simply say. Send US three
hundred children, let them be poor.
that's all