New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-27

one hundred Tribune Fresh AIRS
got back to the city yesterday from
the DevereuN Home at Deposit y. Y.
Each of them had been away for three
weeks. and each one had a different
story TO tell for each dav Of the out
ing. They wanted to TEL them all at
once, too.
"O-o-o-h. the river, Miss Black.
y'oughta seen the river piped one
small girl they were all girls-as she
chung TO the hand of the worker who
had come TO the train TO meet the chill
dren.
ITS the Dullaware River. an it goes
right in front of the place where we
went" she was continuing when an
other story insisted on being heard.
"Aw. why don't We tell her about the
mountains" was the interruption.
"All around US was mountains, Miss
Black An we went up 'em most every
day ~ when we got away, way up.
there was a place where we could look
down an see Addie wavIn' her hand
by the kitchen door. n We used TO
holler to her.
Adde'S the cook Miss Black. ye
know" added another of the hundred
homecomers. This morning her and
the girls that helps her got up early
and put a bouquet by each of our
plates for goodby LOCKER, here's
mine"
There it was, sure enough. And a
glance over the party showed that
every one of the hundred had a similar
bunch of gladioli and dahlias. All
IN all. il must have made Addie and
her staff rise pretty soon after sun
rise yesterday 20 gather and arrange
the posies before breakfast time.
"Oh. we had a grand time. ! cried
when / had TO come home, teacher"
began another after the bouquets had
all been held up for inspection. I'VE
could 90 bathin'. an we picked buckle
berries up the mountains. | caught "a
little red lizzer. too. | wanted TO
bring it home, but | wasn't let
But best of all was the circus
This was a remark that met vi the
approval of all who heard il, and there
was chorus of "O-o-o-h yes" N all
sides.
First there was parade. n it
came right by the Home" exp aimed
the lass who had first remembered the
great event AN after man came
and said we was ali invited to 90. II
was IN tent. We know
But the epic of the circus wasn' to
be tolerated just then. There wee TOO
many other themes worthy Of imme-
date treatment. and they burst from
the youthful enthusiasts like balls
from Roman candles There was no
holding the gre news IN while there
were ears to hear.
There was. for instance. the story Of
picnic given By the "Cath'lic" Church
Of Deposit. TO which an the children
had been invited, I'D TO which, it Int
necessary 20 say. all had gone. here
were even separate items IN the picnic
catalogue that needed epic treatment
individually the leo cream and the
peanuts. for example. or the picnic
lunch which the hosts had provided
There we're so many things 70 be told
Of. i'm fact. that the recital Is doubtless
going on still.
II was the good time that had i'm
pressed itself on the imaglnations o.
the children. What struck two or three
OF the mothers who were on hand %
meet their daughters was how well
they looked how rown and fat and
healthy.
And this was the really important
thing. for these we're all children who
had been selected fc' The Tribune Fund
by the Association Of tuberculosis
Clinics because they were markedly
under-Lourished and undeveloped. II
was because the were a group known
to be in especial need Of upbuilding
that they were kept at DevereuX Home
for three weeks instead OF the two