New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-29
IN ANNuAL REMINDER.

Tho .nr,nr has been cool, but com1ortape
Nav DAYS can deiude no well-seasoneu we"
ys.,,or into anv fancied security against the
or,,o,t,es NJ July and August heat In the CITY,
Tho Tr,bune Fresh Air Fund is wel-sea'
100 Hew.Yorker. and cherishes 20 Illusions
- ,h,s score Az the well-to-do make tne'r
r-on.ro+ons n escape midsummer torments py
e,ah. % seasbore and mountains, The Tribune
I,ros,, Air. Fund makes Its In anticipation or the
.,,sor,os that the torrid weather brings to the
,,..,o dvo,Iars In the cramped and crowded
tenenents. In the twenty-five summers Oh i's
work The Tribune Fresh Air Fund mas Drought
health and refreshment bodily and mental 10
hundreds of thousands Of children ana motneis
nv giving them a taste Of country LIE. IL Is
now Mt work for the season OF 1893, ana iookS'
with the confidence born Of experience 10 'hc
cenerous friends who have come 70 Jus a'u 81
faithfully every summer since 1877. Last year
Ire work was hampered and hindereo py 'ne
war and its attendant effects upon the coun-
trv's finances. The number OF cnildreh tnat
The Tribune could reach with the wide arms Oh
TIE charitable activities was considerably less
than for the few years Immediately preceding
All the more reason. then. for freer' prompt
or resnonse TO its appeal this summer, "heh
unexampled prosperity is blessing the country
There are arrears to be made up. and Inc 1rip-
me earnestly hopes 70 make them up anu
confidently asks its friends and supporters 10
holm Il do so. There were disappointed niue
neonle last year whose faces must be orieht
ened this wear by the outing or winch the!
vere then deprived and there are many tnou-
sands who have never yet felt the revivifylng
torch Of the sun and the fresh air VINO must NC
sent 70 gather new life and new cheer
The Tribune Fresh Air Fund has so long peen
mast the experimental stage that there Is neeo
of neither apology nor explanation IN making
the annual request for funds to carry on inc
srmmer's work Our friends have shown tnls
IN the mast by the freedom and confidence OF
their contributions The good that Is done by
II reouires no calculation. 1t Is selfevident 10
everybody who has ever had opportunity TO see
Tribune Fresh Air children before and AFTER
taking: II is plain to those who read the weekly
summaries of the work given in our columns
through the summer So our present remarks
can hardly be called an appeal. They are SIM
nIv reminder. We know that our friends VINO
haro sbown their belief in The Tribune Fresh
AIR Fund In the past will do so again, and that
many new friends will be won to 1t. Inc ex-
nerence Of twenty-five years does not count
:
the need of being as generous as possipie'
There are always more pning children IN the
slums than can be reached, and New-iorK' IN
Guiding. unfortunately, its sums is growing
rapidly.
The Tribune Fresh Air Funds agents are al
readv AT work in the country making provision
70 accommodate and entertain the throngs that
are 70 come later Everything possible Will be
done that children may be sent out as soon as
the public schools are closed, and they VIII con-
Time TO be sent in such numbers as the gen
eroslty of our friends shall permit. And we
reneat here what most of our friends doubtless
know. that II takes only about SO to send child
10 the country for fortnight and that every
cent of the money contributed is spent directly
and solely on the children themseives-there Is
none of it absorbed in salaries or other expenses
of administration Can anybody think OF
hotter investment for SO, where dividends are
larger or prompter? The Tribune Fresh Air
Fund starts on its mission this year with
balance from last year Of 1922 81, and TO this
are added contributions already received bring
ing the total up to S1,50S SO. 1t Is good be-
ginning. We confidently expect that when the
season closes we cen look back to a record
equal to or surpassing any that the tribune
Fresh Air Fund has ever made.