New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-01
ruE FRESH AIR FUNDS WORK
SUCCESSFUL SEASON BY THE rRIB-
UNE's SUMMER CHARITY.

WEtkS W AlNrS ffsONlbfD FUR 1.1SO
CHILDREN AND DAYS EXCURSION FOR
1925 MOTHERS AND CHILDREN-rHE
PEOPLE WHO HAVE HELPED
The Tribune Fresh Air Fund has completed its
.,snty-sccond summer of good work The state
~. s bare and unadorned. but like the Amer
Ian military uniform. It is an outward and visible
ssn that means far more than its simplicity would
Indicate one summers fresh-a.r work has come
"a be a matter OF tremendous extent and results
The beginning OF this charity modest enough
7, 1877 three parties of sixty little children from
che tenement district of New-York received a two
,ssks' outing in the country. The children were
,ale and sicky. Their parents were poor-even
hsvine TO so hungry at times. Clothes were a
,m,p-v Their homes consisted. as rule. OF a
Few square feet in the upper parts OF tenements.
ueat dirt and foul air lnvariable accom-
ranln1ents and in quantity invariably great In
short thes> were the children of the very poor
They hardly knew that such thing the coun-
Try existed.
These sixty children were made comfortable and
happy for two weeks in country that was perfect.
Green fields running brooks. pure brac.ng air cool
MONS. clean beds and wholesome food in UNI
limited quantities few Of the benefits which
took the place OF tenement surroundings. The
,,o-,unities for pleasure were nnumerable. Two
weeks Of open air sent them back TO the city tn
,sgo-ated strengthened and happy. They were
a,rerent children The experiment was a success,
snd IT'S repetition was duty. The performance
>, this duty has been the work Of The Tribune
Fresh Air Fund for twenty-five years.
The character Of the work and Of its little bene-
sciaries has remained the same. Its annual guam
..v has increased two hundredfold.
purng the summer Of 1898 The Tribune Fresh
A., Fund gave country outings Of two weeks TO
.,s children. Those who know and reject upon
,hese figures may comprehend the good that mas
,.en done The season has been in all respects
satisfactory. In the early spring. when the Wal
cloud was back upon the horizon. fears were en-
,s-,ained as TO its effect upon fresh-air WORK
M, 3, hurst over the country in April the most
,,,,nis,ic prophesied that this charity would feel
enc hardships Of war and seriously 1t Is
,rs that The Tribune Fresh Air Fund suffered
,-or the war. II distracted attention from fresh
a., work Contributions were not so great as IN
,,nsr summers. and consequently some three or
,ou- thousand poor children who did nothing 10
hing on the war suffered Of It's severest hard
,bns In being deprived Of the fresh air vacation
,hev needed This is all true but the fact re
mains. as before stated. that 7lso children were
sent 10 the country. This number far exceeded all
sxpec,atons No one thought that during a war
summer outings could be given 10 so many cmi-
6-en Yet the contributions and invitations OF
many generous people made IT possible The sum
mer's work has therefore. been glorious success.
In addition 10 the 7lSO children who received out
ings OF two weeks p 9lJ poor mothers ana chill
dren were treated. through the day excursions 10
Excelsior Grove on the Hudson to long DAY OF
rest and pleasure on the water that they Would
not otherwise have obtained. This makes total
OF 34Os5 beneAc.a-ies for the summer
The receipts and expenditures were as follows
RECEIPTS.
Receipt % balance from Tribune Fresh AIT eco, -
Fund Of 1897
Receipts duly ACKNOWLEDGED IN The Tribune loSo9 :"
SPECIAL contribution toward expenses tAshiofu ~, M
HID ...........-.....-. '-''''
Total receipts Slo''VV "
EXPENDlTURES
Blank looks. receipts. cards ana ,,,e.
stencil
Postage '''"
Wages for advance agents IN hndng 49,
homes for children .-.......--. -..--.- -,
caretakrrs IN four places I-'"'
Or Vinton's bill examining phys o-ooo
clan
Miss Knox FOR investigating and pre- oo
pairing children FOR country ..-....- Io w
Cost of maintaining Ashford nm
where 90 children we're entertained
(sperial contrihutipr not included IN '-o
acknowledgements. $1,000 ......-.-.- S'lc -
Travelling expenses for IlN children
attendants 4"'i'' ~ 80 20
sooo o.