New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-05
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SUMNER PROBLEMS AND PRIVILEGES.

There Is probably no country In tue worla
that has SO many summer resorts as this. nor
any people so given to patronizng them Us
this. To take merely the region Immediately
tributary to New-York, 1t would be little exag-
geration to say that the whole North Atlantic
coast, from Mount Desert Island to Cape May,
Is one continuous seaside watering place. In
that stretch are q dozen resorts Of worldwide
renown and scores Of others scarcely less IRE
Quented Inland there Is a comparable array
Every range Of mountains or group or hills
every lake and river, every cataract, glen ana
spring has its settlements Of summer dwellers
And so 1t is in varying degree. all over the land
mighty centrifugal force each summer sends
the people out from the city to the lakes, springs
mountains, shore. and wherever GOODNESS and
comfort and rest and health are to be found.
But what Of the others? For there are many
others Take all the resort advertisements that
crowd the broad pages Of The Tribune. and
multiply their number by the hundreds or in
some cases thousands that will patrOnize each
one. The total Is mere fraction OF this city's
population Add to 1t these who can 60 to the
nearby beaches for the day or evening when
they please and there Is still left an almost
innumcrable multitude Of those who are doomed
to remain in the city all through the sum-
mer The majority Of these are jewellers In
crowded teuements, where the sun shines only
to burn and the wind blows only to bear the
fetid Odors Of the streets And OF that ma
jorty a large proportion Is composed of chill
dren. They are out of school, for there are no
schools in summer. They have no employment,
for they are too young to work, or there is no
work for them. They have nothing to do but
and cuffo fhu
sitting homes or of the slmoom-smitten streets.
At least some Of these however, shall nave
better occupation for n time. Some thousands
of them shall this summer enjoy vacations amid
trees and grass and flowing streams and re-
freshing airs. 1t is beyond their power to gain
such blessings for themselves But benevolent
people in New-York and all over the land, will
enable such blessings to be given to them
through The Tribune Fresh Air Fund For
twenty years this work has been going on,
widening it's scope and increasing the number
of its bcnefcaries each year. This must be
made a record year. The host OF freSh-alr
children mus be more numerous than ever be-
fore. The need is greater than ever before
The invitation from the country is more COM
prehensive than ever before. The opportunity
is in all respects more suspicious than ever be-
fore. The workers and administrators or the
fund are more ready and energetic than ever
before All that Is needed is money. and II
more plentifully than ever before That want
will surely be supplied, and this year will be
made n record year in fresh-air work The
generous patrons Of the fund, who have made
possible It's vast beneficence during this score
Of years, will surely not now allow the work
to flag A simple reminder of the necessities
of the work will certainly prompt them to re-
new their contributions, and TO increase them,
and to do promptly.