The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-05
Ohio Prize Corn Raisers
Keep Father Kntck Busy
o! and Girl Visitors Evnce Most Interest in Youhfulness
of Mayor Mitchell. the Statue of Liberty and
Atlantic Ocean.


Old Father knickerbockcr awokc this
morning with a queer dry feeling in MS
throat and a tired. creaking set of joints
He had a strenuous day OF il yesterday
entertaining the army OF Corn Boys tand
grls) OF ohio which invaded Manhattan
yesterday with their 400 parents, business
men. merchants and bankers, all loyal
Ohioans who accompanied them.
Speeding westward toward "the land
where the rainbow sets went the tired
visitors. happy and contented in the
thought that they had come to New York
to do it up brown" they conquered and
were hurrying home with Manhattan Is
land, in pleasant memories, tucked safely
In corner OF their hearts.
Yesterday was indeed a strenuous day
for old Father Knick. for from the time the
enthusiastic Westerners scrambled OF the
four special trains which had carried them
over night from Philadelphia and romped
through the vast Pennsylvania station,
hiking across New York to the Waldorf
Astoria. where they breakfasted. II was as
fun OF wonderment to the old Man OF
New York as it was to his guests.
Father Knickerbockcr wondered again
and again how these carefrec Youngsters.
boys and girls whose average age was
about II years. could have established
that wonderful record AT crop raising that
has been heralded throughout asricul-
tural circles of the world.
Few Had seen Ocean.
Twenty millions of dollars a year for
the last three years has been added to
the former yield of the golden fields OF
ONO by these happy children. IL was
inconceivable to the old fellow who has
spent his time during the last 300 years
rllng up skyscrapers to the wonderment
OF the world. Here was a pretty note
the Genie outgenied. And-saddest OF
all-before the corn boys left a consensus
or opinions on the sights and highlights
of the New York trip was taken and not
one of Nanhattar's boosted works was
mentioned. Instead the following three
sights are duly elected
The Atlantic ocean.
The youthfulness OF Mayor John Pur-
roy Mitchell
The Statue OF Liberty.
10 you wonder that: Queer as
1t may seem to tn. native New
Yorker. more than % per cent or
more than 1000 OF the men. women and
children who visited this city yesterday
on the Buckeye Special Tour had never
before gazed on the ocean. The tang
OF the sdlt sea, the stiff sp'wester which
whipped the spray occasionally up to
those on the deck Of the ferry boat Manhat-
tan, converted for a day into "A sight
seeing yacht. and the eNhilarating sense
Of openness and freedom which they eN-
perenced will probably live forever in
the minds and hearts of these visitors
ON the upper deck OF the Manhattan,
breathing in deeply and with his cheeks
flushed with excitement. sat q. g. Thomas
OF New Carlisle, ohio. the oldest member
OF the party in years. the youngest in
spirits. Mr.. Thomas is so years old. He
said he had never been further east than
Columbus. Ohio, forty miles from his
nome. Surely he could give the reporter
his impressions of the wonders OF New
York The old man shook his head
negatively and replied; The ocean
New York :"
Drinks Deeply of scenery.
Those were His two Impressions He
drank deeply OF the scenery and inhaled
enough salt atmosphere to float Yep
relin. II was SO all through the crowd.
Brooklyn Bridge and the other spans
under which the boat passed on the way
up the East River: no mention was made
of the deep canyons lined with skyscrar-
ers or either side through which they
walked down to the Battery. while thou
sands lining tn" curbs cheered and APP
plauded their even lines; nor did they
mention the Bronx zoo, which they had
visited earlier in the day
Al of these imp essons were eraseN
before the vastness OF the ocean. tho