New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-09
MANY CHILDREN, BUT NO MONEY.
THE TRIBUNE FRESH AIR FUND NEEDs
REPLENISHINC BADLY.

The Tribune Fresh Air Fund Saturday COM
pleted another week OF active benencence on .
large scale. During the six weekdays tnirty-iou'
parties. aggregating LOIS children, were sent 70
the country for two weeks each. The great DUN
Of this host OF little feshaIr seekers was sent dur
Ing the first half OF the week. On Monday. Tues
day and Wednesday there wholesale out
pouring Of children. They went In many different
directions. but II was a common destination Tor
which they were bound. They were "goin' ter De
country" and not OF them cared what par
ticular country" 1t was. They also came from as
many different quarters OF the city From the Bat
terry to Harlem. from the East River TO the Hud-
son River. wherever there poverty and wretch
edness. and wherever humanity Is numerous and
bread is scarce with an ever-lncreasng Inverted
ratio, children nocked to the appointed meeting
places and thence to the homes In the country
where generous hosts and hostesses were eagerly
awaiting their arrival.
In some towns such an efiiux OF children would
have depopulated the place OF Its younger genera
ton. But In the thckly crowded tenement dis
tricts almost at our doors thousand children.
more or less. make no impression. There are still
many other thousands who need the outing just
a much The tenements are Just as crowded ard
unnhabitable as before. the streets still swarm
with thin and pae-faced children who find II i'm
possible to sustain life indoors. simply because
there is no pure air to be had and never has oeen
There still misery and suffering for whole
advance OF their years. The recital OF IL Is too old
a story for repetition II Is too true TO be Ignored
Last week II not ignored and small frac.
ton OF Its subjects received the beginning OF
substantial benefit In the shape OF two weeks In
the country This coming week Will another
fraction benefited. which is just deserving. but
much smaller. Twelve parties aggregating 80
children. will go TO the country. This Is iallins
off OF three hundred from last week, ana the
reason IL not hard to find With an abundant sup
ply Of children, with large number OF Kind invi-
q
who will connect the two II Is easy TO see tnat an
Is in readiness for continuance OF the good WORK
except the power which keeps the machinery gO-
ing The power is the existence OF the necessary
funds.
The public has been only too generous. but the
people In the country have been only the more
generous with their invitations. and In consequence
many offers to entertain children have been neces-
sarily declined. and many little bodies VIII not he
whether all OF the 13o children booked tor this
week can be sent not. II enough money IL con.
trbuted in time. they will go. IL not, there VIII
be regrets by telegraph. hurried stopplngs OF
arrangements and many little broken hearts, f9r
facts outweigh theories and bills cannot be paid
with good intentions and well-wishing Is ques-
ton which more than can be Imagined 20
the little unfortunates who are concerned, out IL
Is not they who decide II.
The parties OF the last three days OF last week
went to Poughkeepsie y. Y. Cazenovia y. Y;
Curtsville, Mass. and Ashford Hill " y 81
This weeks parties are arranged 10 60 70 ie,a.
hy y. j.: Somervle. y. Y; New W indsor' y y:
Westfeld y. j.; Pittsfeld. Mass: Dushore Pennn:'
Penn; Marcelus " Y. and Curtisville, Mass
There were three day excursions up the TUCSON
for poor mothers and children last week, ana thee
will be four this week.