New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-04
RELIEVING OTHERS sUFFERrNos.
MONEY FOR THE FRESH AIR FUND THAT
GETS CHILDREN INTO THE COUNTRY

In hot weather the average mans attention n
centred chiefly upon himself; which is natural The
first Imperative, demand upon his ingenuity 10 to
keep his own precious anatomy In as frigd q stao
as possible. When that Ia accomplished he Is frss
to transact business. But TO keep cool Is necss-
sary preliminary 10 everything.
Sometimes among his thoughts lie finds littIs
time however 10 consider aud sympathize with
the suffering OF his feilow-mens organisms from
heat This is rare. but 1t has been known to hap
pen In moment when business Is slack. he gazes
down. perchance. from his breezy twentieth-stosy
office window upon the ant-like unfortunates NOV.
ing and saurming In the street below. and solllo-
ouizes: "Jove, Think OF th5se poor devils down
there!" Then he watches the sun beating down
on the building opposite. and returns TO his desk
with sigh.
At such moments he Is magranlmous ard sympa.
thetic. But, as rule the misguided person who
tries to forget himself on hot day VIII lind him.
self in the splendidly isolated position OF being for
gotten By all mankind. Every one else has enough
10 do to get enough pity cut OF himself and for
others there is none to spare II Is mans vested
right that ne look upon himself as suffering just
little more than any else, ard consequently to
do his best TO cheer the soul which Is most In need
OF solace-namcy. his own. un6er such creum-
stances IL would be preposteroUs to expect him 70
notice any one else's troubles, which cannot be as
had as those resident within himself Charity
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combine to produce pecu"d' l'aiie Vi '''''d III INC
human animal.
There are exceptions 20 every rule. ard the fol-
loving extract from a letter which has tcen re-
cetvod by The Tribune Fresh Air Fund Is instruc-
tive:
II all the people who are of IN the o country as
York CITY as | did. ard felt the neat ana humid
ltv in big comfortable houses ard tl2isht OF what
tenement house life must BE- 'ni NIX, my ~9cnd
c Nm that could be sent wish could afford to
give you $50 90. instead or 80
Simple and unadorned as the diction was It
Showed that there was a man whoa atmospheric
cord,t,ons had not bound up in the ego. and who
ms, therefore reluctantly he called something Of
on excen;ton. Appreciation and generosity never
f,u n work for nractCal good TINS eAtia sympa-
,bv will send almost twenty more Toor children Of
fine tencments to the country TOT '"o Weeks
good deed bears repetition
Yesterday The Tribune Fresh Air Fund sent nvs
narttcs comprising ii2 children. TO the country Tho
different places which received the chl'dren were
IIti,z. Penn; Mount Zion. Perm; hutE'owa Penn;
Utica. y. Y. ard Claverack. y. l. 4he tolowns
people OF tho first thee places hf'e h'"'" invited
children 70 their homes:
Init Penn-G. p Bitter, Eugene BIubaker,
Henry Romberger T. -. Bucher. Dlnel pavser,
Henry Greek Lawrence Gr2sh, Aaron my,s sy.
man Albert Krelder Thomas McDowsiL John Nc
Cloud. isaac Shoemaker. Josepn shenS a. ~
seinige-. George snre;ner;a Aoram i'o"s s''e'A''
q" Ku,ztown' Penn y. Herman. Wilson Nickel
Elias Wei Jopshan smith Fox in9 Hda NV f ys5
s:hock. e H. Gck w g. IIcimsn JOIN Fm5 TT5.i
mar MorIi: R, mer " Dr STONE Ia osw1e.
Samuel Yiengs,. Miss Barbara 9ieT:s1, Isoan
vine Levi Frflelnnger Edward hee MEL. i seS'
fhl'epy, 49,, yJ' pictnr William Shirk Ephsam Lenu-
William Clrich and Miss pauline Grove