New-York tribune., 1899-11-17
FRESH AIR FUNDS WORK,
SUCCESSFUL SEASON BY THE TRIB-
UNE's SUMMER CHARITY.

WEEKS OUTINGS FOR EIGHT THOUSAND AND
-zro cHrr.pREN-ExcURsIoNs FOR TWENTY
SIX THOUSAND AND SEVEN MOTH
ERs AND CHILDREN.
with the passing of the summer Of 1893 The
-nrne Fresh Air Fund records with pleasure
-. a. has been enabled TO complete successfully
-. ,wenty-third year Of its good work Those
- know what this charity does will be con-
an, with the bare figures which represent the
.,,mn,er's work. for they know and appreciate
~. benefit which results in each individual In
s.,nce and with them It is merely a case OF
multiplication. - O ooo
rhsse figures show that last summer S,OO2
.nsr.r were sent to the country for a fort
,,rht each. at an expenditure OF s2l'3os 81 and
80 26 OO7 mothers. children and babies re-
.,,ved a day excursion up the Hudson thus
.,,rg a grand total Of $4,000 benenciaries for
-. s.sson OF 1899 There are many. however.
- have a rather vague idea of the whole
,,,.. and for them short. simple statement
=, facts may be Of interest
rhs business OF The Tribune Fresh Air Fund
4, % send the poor children Of the tenement dis
,..s of New-York City of to the country for a
,,-+nirht Of fresh air. The tenements OF this
.,,v are. as most people know. anything but
.hodes Of luxury They are generally dirty.
c-owded, close and i'll smelling. and in every one
:, chose particulars the adjectives give only a
.oo- idea OF the actual conditions The life Of
-. ,eople who must live in them, because they
I've not the money 10 live in better places. is
-. of more or less suffering. When summer
.o,,es and the city is hot and sultry, there are
- neople who suffer more than they. and it is
.nsn that the little children fade and sicken
,.csuse Nature never endowed them with
,,rsrrth 10 bear up against such unnatural
odds
THE CURE EFFEcTUAL.
r, ,s the aim Of The Tribune Fresh Air Fund
.. helm these children who cannot help them
calves and II does this by sending as many Of
,hs,o as possible off to places where fresh air,
o,.sn cool rooms and beds, pure. wholesome
,ood and all the other natural cures for weak
,osies are drugs in the market. Each child re-
o.,yes two weeks Of kind treatment and care in
such country spots as these. and the difference
IN the child before and after" proved the worth
Of the cure long ago.
This cure is so far reaching and yet simple
and obtainable by such a small outlay Of money
that when The Tribune Fresh Air Fund saw
what profitable investment il was II deter
mined never 10 stop it's work as long as one
person was willing to help another.
The summer OF 1899 can be looked back upon
with satisfaction AS far as fresh air work
goes two things were unpropitious The first
was the uniformly cool and delightful weather,
which may have caused some people to think
that tenement children did not need fresh air
simply because the mercury was a few points
lower than usual The second consisted OF the
Porto Rican hurricane. the distress among the
Cubans the sickness among American soldiers
IN the Philippines, and a variety Of needs aris-
,ng from the war with Spain which Justly de-
manded aid. although they detracted attention
from the ever present needs ct tenement chill
dren. And yet the magnificent total Of S,OO2
children received two weeks Of fresh air in the
country At the end Of the summer there was
some doubt as to whether several hundred chill
dren who had been told they were to receive
country outing and who were eagerly looking
forward 70 the treat would not have to be dis
sppoipted and stay at home. There had been
little overestimation, a little too much optimism
in calculating the contributions that were likely
10 come in. and so IT happened that there was
not a cent on hand TO pay for the transportation
Of these children. An appeal was then maze 10
the public, In which the exact state of affairs
was disclosed and II is the swift and generous
response with which this appeal was met which
The Tribune Fresh Air Fund wishes to ac-
knowledge here and now with heartfelt graft
.ude. The money was provided every one Of
those children received its promised outing and
there were no disappointments.
OUTINGS OF ONE DAY.
In addition 70 the s.0o2 children who were
sent 10 the country for two weeks. there were
BO07 poor mothers. children and babies OF the
tenements who, through the day excursions 10
Excelsior Grove on the Hudson, received
DAYS outing on the water Thus grand total
ot34009 persons were benefited by The Tribune
Fresh Air Fund last summer
The receipts and expenditures were as fol-
lows: .-.,,-,,
p..,r, ~ balance from Tribune Fresh Air uno ,ooo o
zs~s,,ts d1lv acknowledged The Tribune leoVZ 90
sscsi contrtbution toward expenses Ashforo ,on M
Hin ........................-. -'o "
Total OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. -
EXPENDITURES.
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