New-York tribune., 1917-07-18
Latch Strings Hung Out in
9 Upstate Towns to Re-
ceive City Children
Off for 2 Weeks Stay
New Point of View Given
Youngsters of New York
Tenement Houses

Three carloads of Fresh Air vacation
lists arrived in Point o. View yesterday
for a two weeks stay. They thought
they were bound for Addison, Canisteo,
Hornell, Almond, Canaseraga, Bath,
Ramona, Cohocton and Avon, n. Y.
As matter of fact, their physical
parts did stop off at those destina-
tions, and to-day their bodies are dis
porting themselves in the Elysian fields
that surround them. But their minds
travelled on to Point O. View.
There were 221 youngsters in the
party that set out from the city yester-
day morning at o'clock. Every one of
them came from q tenement house IN a
crowded street, and most of them had
never been inside of any other sort OF
house until yesterday,
To Stay in Private Homes
The members of this party of Fresh
Airs" are to be guests in private homes
Good hearted people are taking them
into their own family circles. VI the
places receiving children in his locality,
the chairman of the Hornell committee,
which is providing for sixty-two OF the
boys and girls, wrote when he sent IN
his list of invitations, "These homes
are all fine ones, all above the average
While the committees IN the other
places did not make similar statement
in so many words, the fact that the
latchstring was hung ont is one PROOF
that they are exceptional homes-the
abiding place of hospitality.
That's how this wide vacation region,
stretching from Addison on the east to
Canaseraga on the west and Avon on
the north, comes to be Point o View.
These vacationists, used to the man
ners and surroundings of the tene-
ments, are going to live for the next
fortnight in new sort of American
homeHin homes fine and "above the
average" Can the experience fan to
give them a new point of view from
which to plan their lives?
Never See Real Home
Said a church missionary yesterday
morning after she had tucked away zen
OF her little proteges in the tram
"People talk of reforming the tene-
nents and the folks that live IN them'
but they mostly don't realize that one
great reason for the slipshod life OF tne
tenement dwellers is the fact that chlI.
dren born in the tenementS never ge,,
a chance to see the inside of real
lone where life is decent
These children arc to get that start
on the roaG toward American citizen
shin. The lessen will be written IN,
delibly. But the vacation isn't TO end
with the gaining of new point OF view
children aren't interested IN such
distractions. There are going to DC
glorious good times for the youngsters
There is going to be fun for iun's sake
- hay-riding, picnicirg, swimming ber-
rv-picking, rolling down hill, tree
climbing and thousand other things
that delight childish hearts.
Will Leave Riddles Iaspired
When many of the youngsters return
to the city they are going to bring back
with them, too, another intangible biI
of booty-the firm friendship OF the
hosts who are entertaining them And
that friendship will continue ior, years
an inspiration to the life Of the boy or
girl that wins IT.. .,...
There are vast possibilities in these
fresh air outings. Don't yoI want TO
buy them for some little lad or lass OF
the crowded streets? Six dollars IS the
price for one child.