New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-27

49,. An hand e2'34o 81
=. rear lust closing is notable for record
-. On the turf, the cinder-path and the
~ sssn The Tribune Fund, in full keeping
a .s ~. shirt of the times, is proud to report
W. N nrevious Fresh-Air records have been
..,.ap $50. 400 90 being received this year,
..,,,st s26,SO5 70, the largest amount received
pr,yious year, and 1865 children sent to
-.,r,rv this wear, as against IL 1913 in 1890,
,.-.sst nrevious total. The Fresh-Air season
-.-.,1v becins about the Fourth of July. This
-, oneped with a rush the last week in June
"a ,on,inued without cessation until the first
y IN September, with an average of more than
...-s.nd children per week on the road to the
santy.
~. children were scattered over a vast deal Of
....,.,v from the White Mountains in the East
:, t.r Vest as M,adville, Penn. from the Lakes
!, r.nads in the Worth TO Martinsburg, w. Va,
:. =. Smith. The area covered would probably
!. ,so 600 suuae miles in extent. The States
..,,Ossr,ed in Iresh-Air work were New-Hamp-
-. Nassscb sets, Vermont Connecticut, New
y,ls yew.bsey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and
u.s yirssai Canada entertained one large
,.sv ,ad Ohio and North Carolina wished to
al mo uut, Vdt Obc NAS'~ASS ""' WV $500 N~@
II, little ones to travel
frswing feature OF the work in recent years
d, h,re number of children entertained in
,,hu,a.n villages near New-York by wealthy peo-
AZ One man living just over the line in Con-
,crcut fitted up several cottages at his own ex-
n,s and took during the summer as his guests
,arIv 500 children from the tenements Of New
Isrk City These little people were most happily
entertained, being furnished with an abundance
Of nutritious food, and having as diversion sea-
baths and all sorts Of games.
The country, with its invitations to
entertain children, was at all times ahead Of the
ctr with Its dollars. In truth. toward the close
II the SEASON invitations for over 900 children
bad to be declined, owing TO the fact
that the treasury was empty at the time. On one
occasion an appeal for money was made. edito-
rally, by The Tribune. The response was most
LIBERAL enabling the Fund TO send out several
thousand children subsequent to the date of the
sppeal The press at large, TOO. was of material
service in keeping before the public the claims of
the Fresh-Air Charity.
Twelve different towns entertained over 100
children. Meadville. Penn. was the banper-town,
eullng III al Olutr IOl QUO ChhuieH' cFNVial
rains were not infrequently demanded on several
IF the roads. immense REDUCTIONS on fares were
'beerfuliy granted by the railway officials. and
be tratnmen at all times spared no trouble in
onsulting the comfort of the tiny travellers.
bunting the return parties, there was an average
4 eight mrties per day on the road to and from
be country. The reader may imagine the re-
possibility felt by the managers Of the Fund in
bis age of railway accidents, when it is stated
hat every night of the week except Saturday and
iandsy there were carloads Of little children
gsvelling The caretakers, /. e., those who looked
ier the welfare of the children en- route, were all
nlunteers. They were for the most part teachers
I'D business people in the city who voluntarily
ast the exacting demands Of the position of care
aker : for sweet charity's sake