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

OF s42 &c brought over from the previous year, and
ford Hin Retreat and that the expenses have been
80 according to bs ana bn b ReS VII
lard Parsons. the manager OF the fund. showing
balance on e hand Of s A. expenditure has been
made for the actual work of sending the bene.
mainena1ce and care Of Ashford hin and chapel
Hill except certain necessary expenses ior posSas,
Vie MoF r Bo & REsrF'
Auditing Committee
The list Of places TO which the children were
eent during the summer affords an interesting
study They are OF two kinds-the places In when
The children are invited by and spend their two
weeks with private families; and the regular
homes most of which are suppoHed by one OF
more private individuals and offer accommodations
for a large number OF children at once. This year
there were leo places which entertained parties OF
six or more children. and these were distributed
among eight States-New Hampshire. Vermont.
Massachusetts, Rhode Island Connecticut, New
York New-Jersey and Pennsylvania. In every
instance the children were invited as guests anu
during their stay It the ambition OF their hosts
and hostesses 10 treat them such and mi their
two weeks with such healthy pleasures as shouid
send them home different children.
Board IS never paid for child by The Tribune
Fresh Air Fund nor does such a thing exist as a
child's being made 10 work at household or similar
duties n recompense for it9 vacation Those VINO
ask for Fresh Air guests do II voluntarily ana OF
their own generosity. and TO the many hundreds
of people who have put themselves to this trouble.
and from whom II comes as labor or love pure
and simple is due the warm appreciation which a
noble deed demands.
People of the following places have entertained
six or more children: New Observation-Disclosures;
Observation-Disclosures; Observation-Disclosures
Curtisville Florence Greenfield, Hatfield, Ha"ey
Northampton. Mortified Pittsheid, fialnheIo
Southampton and WILLIAMSBURG Rhode Island
BranChvlle.
field Lyme. Mystic. Newtown. South Windsor and
Stafford Springs: New-York-Appalac hin. Ashford
HILL Auburn, B!nghamton. Brasher FalIs' Broad
sbn Ca7eHoya GGh9P29GIg@ Cor anad pansv
Pe ZAP TpneS1 Fail Enton2t ehs FAILS Her
kimer 1IInIlev Huntersiandt Keesvlle Llyonia
Marcellus Medina Mddletown. Mount Morris: Morris
Oneida. oneonta Painted Post, PoolvilIe PeHgh-
keepse ReKeigh RhnePeck KOwa l6s sG WisT wick
and Waterloo; New-Jersey-Chapel HILL Haw-
syivania%AKroin' Annviiie cambridge. Bareville,
Bellville. Brd-in-Hand. Bower Burnside. BHyeIs-
t boH6 cearaes GoErg Deano Den
el Pn ss bTSe
Ear5agE FFes9nd FTendSye Cap Gpampd n
sensocE Humme tiS o imier Jeddo KeTrmoor
Lancaster, Lebanon, Lewistown, Liutz; I.oganyille
aslistoSn MeyfytoWn. Niniin %aiipjoTni Maiets
New-iiolland. New-oxford' 0berln, OH city
0yeTi0n P1lmyrs fays Pen95O0k P9iisIEs
g. Lee. saiford, selihs drove south Bethlehem
Susquehanna Bridge, Swatora, Thompsontown,
Union. Deposit Unionyille. Vera Cruz. Wallaceton.
Weatherby, York and louisville.
In addition 10 the above places a list could be
made OF equal length OF places where fewer than
six children have obtained fresh air. Many Of
these children were specials" or children who
summers 20 the same place A large number OF
children make friends OF their hosts IN this way
every summer, and are so well iiFed that they
specially invited the next 10 repeat the
visit which IS often prolonged Till the end OF
hummer
SYMPATHY SHOWN IN FIGURES.
The sum OF s2s.7os 20. which wa. contributed
The fund during the past summer represents the
wholesale and practical sympathy OF a generous
public rs fund cannot exist without contr
butionr no have the hundreds Of different people
and organizations who have helped swell the total
rendered Indispensable service In the sending OF
children 20 the country In the absence Of these
voluntary offerings nothing could have been done
The knowledge OF what actually has been done
Will serve 10 show how generously "a sympathetic
public has stepped TO the front with substantial
help.
The ono distressing feature OF the summers
work was the fact that the contributions from
the city did not Keep pace with the Invitations
from the country, and. therefore. many Invitations
were reluctantly declined, and many hundreds OF
children deprived OF outing simply because the
trsnspOrtatlcn could not be paid.
The cause Of this lay IN no shortage Of gener-
osiiy or effort ~ any direction but only Ia the
excessive hospitality OF interested people In the
country, There WAS such rupers abundance OF
vel-dolDg Ia the form ef Invitations that they