New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-26

could not BE- provided tCr tn. story Is told
went in June, 1Sa in July. Il in August and
went in July as in August, while ordinarily the
two months have equal share The reason
thaa were Necessarily s declined because there
were no funds. Some parties which had already
nsn &TaREed sh 6%T s'S
had Da Psa d i5 Sort Of
in the end made possible through the extreme
to their hospitality contributions SUFFICIENT to pay
the transportation expenses
In spite Of the disapPointing state OF affairs
10 note that the number Of children sent TO the
Sear and the total number of benecares for the
season was greater than that OF any previous year.
During two weeks Of July alone, over thirty five
hundred children were sent on their way to the
fresh air Of sunny fields which were not guarded
CORPORATIONS WITH SOULS.
In the busiest part Of the season, the different
railroad and steamboat lines by which the chill
dren left the city were uniformly courteous in
their handling Of so many little travellers. The
quarter rates which are granted 10 Fresh Air
children by all roads except the New-York. New
Haven and Hartford and the New-York ontario
through this kindness almost four times as many
children can be sent TO the country during the
summer could otherwise be sent.
children the work Of the escorts should be men
They give their services free. as only necessary
expenses are PAID In view Of the ardIGqs his
is a, work Of dislnterested charity which merits
question constantly asked by friends OF Fresh
Air york rb WRsTe ySp tf t y ae obtaned
through 100 different charitable organizations when
cover every district Of New-York and the great,
these organizations the work of collecting Inc Sn,.
dren Is done by missionaries who are ~ Ci Us
touch with the POOR families in The region an. ana
know the circumstances OF every CnllC 10 ia'I'I
lies are visited personally and thus the very Poo'
common but erroneous ipTessIon is fs d ths
children sent 10 the country are the va bsv. no
"ragamufns" who live in the streets ana nav Lt ~
homes 1t is hardly necessary to say ,dr a t aro
Glass Is not usually sent roa %res snd A Thai the
important requirement Almost all Of 'he dst h m'
cradle sort 1t is this class Of children tha' S'"'
,nr siable c6,dr.n the rule that every child
mus pass a medical examination makes me outIes
Fverv child must be clean and free from vernlin,
and Will be accepted II II hyss ID . %, these
Conditions is not fuiled tn. child Is rejected by
the medical d. h o can APP
precate what heavy task l. is TO prGFSre the
means OF these many precautions child VINO y
sent 10 the country and does not prove to be eN-
come come TO be a rara avis indeed. To the mission
aries upon whom the 6TUn5 OF 'H who bep 10 send
children TO the country.
TIE DAY EXCURSIONS.
An entirely separate but equally prominent Iea'-
ure OF the benehcence accomplished through Inc
Tribune Fresh Air Fund the occurrence OF
tventy-six day excursions last summer. benen''hs
81 O73 different persons. These are arranged and
carried out by the Tribune Fresh Air Fund. but
not cent for their support is taken from the con-
tribuiions All OF the expense Is borne by one man,
whose only condition is that his name snail remain
unknown. " -
The excursions take place on "A large barge. and
their destination is Excelsior Grove. which Is sew
eral miles up tho Hudson River. An hour or so Is
spent on shore at the grove which Is htted up ior
the pleasure Of the cxcursionists. The sail up and
down the river is delightful and 10 the hundreds
OF poor mothers and children benefited by each cH-
cursion the day Is a treat Of rare happiness IL IS
great and lasting good which Is conferred ny thls
unknown benefactOr upon his thousands of fellow
beings who are benefited each summer
The following table show. the record OF the fresh
ago;