New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-22
rITHE NAN WHO TELLS HIS TROUBLES.
THIS INDIVIDUAL COULD LEARN MUCH FROM
THE FRESH AIR WAITS

The Man Who Tells His Troubles" was nuch IN
evidence yesterday He exists at all times out "neh
a sudden burst OF hot weather strikes the CITY ne
unfolds his petals and blooms Ike tropical hover
In the morning Re scattered about uptown ana
IN the suburbs preparing for the day. but by noon
he hah lowered out into a thing OF beauty ana on
broadway and the downtown streets you could see
him in all his glory. The hopping handkerchief
the look Of suffering and the pathetic appeal TOT
svnpathv IN the eye-all were there. ana the
patient friend whose task II is 70 hear the tae OF
woe and punctuate Il with soothing words was gen
ara,lv on hand also II he wasn't. the soda foun-
tair man or the fellow passenger on the cable car
answered Just as well.
The peculiarly OF the Man Who Tells MS
Troubles" is that he Is the only one who has
troubles u the weather IS hot he suffers more than
any one else and the discomfort Of his friends Is
mere trife beside his agony. He Will not a4o"
fo- minute a artner in his misery A conversation
batveen This man whom society could not possibly
ger along without and any one Of several thou
sand tenement children OF this city would havebeen
Interesting Yesterday II Is even N Ne reared mat
this individual might not have enjoyed the talk for
- e barely nossible that the tenement child might
have been moved by the recital OF woe 70 remark
a little or its own experience OF hot weather. IL
might have suggested the Joys OF home that con-
sists Of small room under a hot tin roof. where
the dirt foul odors and heat combine 10 make NE
mora OF A bore than otherwise. And II the tene-
want child could picture what II knew with one
quarter the eloouence Of the Man Who Tells His
troubles" such an impression OF misery might be
convened 10 the latter that II would dawn upon
him that there were others besides himself who had
troubles Then would society have us night hand
OFF for the Man Who Tells His Troubles would
h. IN q fair way 70 vanish into the air for very
shame.
such a calamity would be unspeakable, so the
Tribune Fresh Air Fund did what II could yester-
dav 70 avert disaster OF that sort II brought to-
get her two dozen or OF the poorest and most
forlorn little children which q New-York tenement
could produce when the Thermometer was soar
ing skyward and II sent these children 10 the
country for TWO weeks Of fresh air In the woods
and fields They went to Amherst, Mass, and Of
course now that they out Of the city, the Man
IVho Teus HIS Troubles Will not see them, and
there Is so much less chance OF his meeting tene-
rnent children because there are not 90 many
around Consequently he is so much the more
likely 10 stay with whereby society Will not De
SeDrived OF the amusement II deserVes-fOT the
Man Who Tells His Troubles IL amusing AZ
tires When these children come back from the
country they VIII be strong and happy and with no
troubles In concealment so II won't matter y ne
doc meet them then. The Tribune Fresh Air Fund
Is glad 10 be able TO perform such services for
rrankind and IL would remind its friends that a
great deal more money Is needed 10 enable II 10
send away the remaining children booked for trips
10 tho country in this week Of heat and discomfort