New-York tribune., 1919-06-12
Hacklebarney, New
Fresh Air Farm, Has
First Young Guests
MIR. and Mrs. A. E. Borie and
Tribune Fund to Give
Real Outing to Children
of Tenement Districts
Hacklebarney!
Do you get the pIcture7

1t couldn't be anything but the name
OF one Of those little wayside hamlets
that nestle among the hills with never
a care whether the world knows of
their existence or no.-could it?
Hacklebarney!
Shut your eyes and let the picture
drift before them: Hacklebarney-
huckleberries, whole stoney hills COW
cred with them; ancient snake fences;
rushing, boisterous hill streams, tum-
ollng through ravines; an old quarry
! IN tne distance; trees on the hill tops,
trees In the valleys; and everywhere,
everywhere, the air laden with the
sweet scent Of flowers, the fresh grass,
the pines and FRESH air.
Board for Hacklebarney," the des-
tlnation of twenty-five small boys
boys who, up to yesterday, had lived in
an environment of tenement house
oackyards, tenement house smells and
tenement house ugIinesses. These
twenty-five boys last night slept for
the first time where the song of the
cricket took the place Of the hubbub
OF the streets, and the rustic of the
breeze through the foliage supplanted
the roar of the 81"
10000 To Get Trips
aacklebarney is all Its name implies
and the seat of the Hacklebarney Fresh
AIR Farm besides. The twenty-five
were the first youngsters selected by
The Tribune Fresh Air Fund for va
cations this year-the forerunners of
an army of 10000 boys and girls to
be given country vacations as the sum-
mer advances.
The place of picturesque name is
near Gladstone, N. j., that is to say
near" if you call seven farmers miles
near-and a new country for Fresh
Airs" The people of the neighborhood
have never had any experience with
fresh air vacationists, but they have
been waiting for them with open arms.
This new haven for eaement-wearv
boys is the gift Of MI. and Mrs. Ad-
olphe E. Borie, of New York, and is
situated on a 150-acre farm, which
forms part of their country estate
about midway between Gladstone and
Chester.
Inspired with the idea of doing
something to relieve the summer suf-
ferlngs of the poor children of the
city, Mr.. Borie. an old contributor to
The Tribune Fresh Air Fund, asked
the advice and cooperation Of the fund
in planning and equipping a vacation
farm along the lines of those main
tanned by the fund
Old Buildings Remodelled
The plans worked out involved the
remodelling Of one Of the buildings on
the farm as dormitory and the con-
struction of new building as a mess
room and kitchen. A large barn pro-
vides an ideal place for indoor sports
on rainy days. A garden planted
weeks ago will furnish vegetables in
greater variety and larger quantities
than the guests ever dreamed of. A
herd of choice cows will supply milk
enough to send every Lad fortunate
| this summer back to his friends
pounds heavier than he left
Succeeding parties will be sent out
each fortnight, SO that about IT'S boys
will be entertained before the schools
open in the fall.
Hacklebarney Farm is a memorial
to the mothers of Mr.. and Mrs. Borie.
The entire expense of maintaining the
place Will be borne by the donors. The
Tribune Fund will select the boys to
be sent out, and will meet the cost
Of transportation. In addition to the
more tangible part Of their contrbu-
tion to the fresh air cause Mr.. and
Mrs. Borie have expended much time
and infinite care in working out the
details of the project and in planning
the comfort and happiness of their
guests, present and future.
In charge of the boys at the farm
is E. W. Spalding, one of The Tribune
Funds experienced camp masters. Mrs.
Fleming, Mrs. Rockefellow and Mr.
and Mrs. Elmer May will look after
other arrangements at the place.
In yesterdays party were included
children from the anamic class Of
Public School No. %, from similar
class in Public School No. 27, from
Holy Trinity Presbyterian Church,
and others selected by the New York
Diet Kitchen Association.
Contributions to the Fresh Air Fund
Teachers and Officers Of the 34th
Street Reformed Church Bible