New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-12
4 CHANCE TO 20 GOOD.


TIE TRIBUNE Fresh-Air Fund works with
the precision Of we-oiled machine. This Is
the sixteenth season Of that noble charity, and
so admirably organized is the work and 50
nopular ! the cause that operations have been
resumed almost without public observation
The Fund has issued no prospectus; not one
appca has been made 10 n generous public tor
financial support there has been neither drum
beat nor a flourish OF trumpcts TO attract pop
Mar attention but the work has been begun
on an enlarged scale and there is every reason
~ anticipatc tho most satisfactory results which
have oyer been accomplished in n single year.
Without solicitation without much as
single paragraph on this page inviting assist
ance over So 600 has been received in volun
t1ry Subscriptions The facility with which
thousands Of dollars are raised year after year
for this work is most remarkable. How many
wcll-organizcd charitable enterprises there are
which are compelled every year To beg I'M
Fortunately for money in order to carry out
their bencfccnt plans. and even with all the
advantages of personal influence of directors
and sympathy from churches they are without
the income which enables THE TRIBUNE Fresh
Air Fund to continue its work with unlnter-
rupted success Prompt and generous as arc
IFS financial patrons they are never III advance
of its friends in the country. Every season
offers to entertain the poor children OF the
metropolis come with rush from hundreds OF
villages in as many As nine states. The fund
has become almost automatic IN ITS action
The simplicity and economy of its manage
ment and the wonderful success which has
crowned its operations have commanded pop
ular approval
Although the season has barely opened, near
" 4 600 children have been already transplant
ed from hot and steamng alleys to homes IN
the country. For this week alone forty par
ties have been booked, and the number will
probably be increased SO urgent is the de-
mand for children from hoSpltable families III
the country that the treasury can be cmpticd
this week without filling more than fraction
of the invitations which have been received
Thousands of children will then be left at
home who have had their fortnghts vacation
in other wears and are clamorng for new
tourney 10 the country. What, then, remains
for the financial supporters of the work but the
Measure and duty of filling the treasury prompt
" and enabling these thousands OF pale-faced
little ones to 60 to the homes provided Tor
them? We know from experience that 1t Is
only necessary to state the case and the money
will come in. About $4,000 is expended
every wear in defraying the travelling expenses
Of the children. As $4,000 has been re-
ceived about $4,000 more is required IN
order to repeat the good work of last season
As the Fund is pre-emnently a practical
charity conducted in broad daylight on COM
nonsense principles. it is well to be candid
and plainspoken in presenting It's case. as, hap
pilv. THE TRIBUNE is seldom under any ne
cessty of doing Embarrassment is caused
every season. not by lack of the money re-
ouired which invariably is received before the
bepjnn;ng of October. but from the delay in
obtaining IL in time to be used when it is sore
" needed Arrangements have practically
been made for expending as much as $50 900
That is to say, the country homes are opened
and schedules Of dates are prepared. But, in
stead Of having the money which he needs for
TRANSPORTATION at his disposal the very eff
Gent and capable manager OF the Fund is
forced frequently to defer sending of parties
and 10 cancel engagements because the money
does not come in quickly enough. Travelling
expenses incurred in July and August cannot
be met by subscriptions offered in September