New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-29
Girls Bowed by Too Early
Responsibilities to Get
Needed Rest.
WILL SAIL DOWN
BAY TO FREEDOM
Fresh Air Fund Youngsters 10
Pick Berries and ROmp
Through Fields.

This f, Emancipation Day for lit
tie mother
Little mother" IS the name gwen 20
those girls who a. the age Of from ten
20 sixteen wears are compelled to be-
come the housckecpcrs and nome-maA-
ers of their families. In most case'
they are the eldest children .n lani IS
where the mother has been relieved OIL
her RESPONSIBILITIES ~ dea'n-
There are few classes OF chI'dfeH o.
whom there should be deeper sympathy.
Az an age when the should De allowed
20 conserve their strength. ana "neh
their minds should be developing uhuer
the stimulus of that which Is inspiring
and pleasant. they are overwhelmed
with the drudgery of houseworA oeyohu
their powers and with the constant care
of Younger children.
nm to-day one hundred Of them are
saving goodbv COR fortnight 70 me
washing Of pots and kettles the mop
ping of floors and the sitting OF Hl'le
ones cries.
They are going 20 begin the two
weeks of freedom with glorious sai!
down the bav 70 Atlantic Highlands
mast the islands and the forts. past the
Statue of Liberty. through the Mar
rows. out across the wide waters OF
the lowe. BAY. .,,
With the thrill Of this novelty still
in their veins. they will load them
selves and their baggage into stages
for a three-mile ride up TO hunIce
Home. where they are 70 be guests o.
The Tribune Fresh Air Fund tor the
r - n "a
Picnics in the Woods.
For two weeks not a care Is 10 be
be allowed 20 OyershadOw one o. these
girls. The time Is 20 be TOO well filled
with the things that girls oil inns age
Every dav or so there viii be bath
ing in the bay. There Will be all-day
picnics i'm the woods. There will De
long walks through the quiet country.
lust now every roadside IN the nelgn-
borhood Of Eunice Home IS pubic
berry patcn "A pleasure provided DF pa
Mother Nature herself. just as tnouGn
she knew the little mothers loved
nothing quite so well as berry picking
and berry eating. About now. TOO, the
first apples are ripe. and the neighbo rs
will be sure 20 invite the girls 20 heip
themselves. 40.
During the heat OF the day the III
tie mothers" transformed once more 70
growing girls. Will rest and read ana
write letters i'm the shade Of inc trees
or the lawn at inc home. AFTER sup
per. as night falls. they VIII dance III
The pavilion or sing on the lawn, WINE
they watch in the distance the sparkle
Of the lights OF COney Island across
the bay.
Then there will be long nights o.
sleep. each girl in fresh clean pea
b. herself. in airy dormltories with
windows vide open 20 the salt oree+es
purified by the restless Atlantic.
All-the girls 20 be sem 10 Eunice tome
to-dav ar between twelve and sixteen
ears old. For tie most part they are
Girls old beyond their years, so far
as the knowledge that can De gained
in the crowded tenements OF the city
Is concerned. Taken on. Of their Usual
environment. however. they are the
most unsopnisticated Of the unsophis-
tIcated.
Thought Haystack a Beehive.
There was a lass IN one party the
on that goes to-day Is the third OF the
season who thought thai growing corn
was rubber plants and another VINO
took haystacks for beehlyes, while
there is scarcely one in any party who
can tell maple tree from an elm.
This party Of girls for kunice Home
is only one Of several 20 begin Fresh
AR outings to-day. \ party Of fifty
children which left the city last night
will reach its vacation land near Au-
burn. y. Y. this morning. a party o.
eighty-fve boys and girls will set out
early this morning for Athens and
nearby points i'm Pennsylvania. The
largest party Of the day will be one Of
a hundred and twenty-five boys for the
Shepherd Knapp Home at Litchield,
Conn.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.