New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-24
A FINAL APPEAL.
FUNDS STILL NEEDED TO SEND TENEMENT
CHILDREN INTO THE COUNTRY
FOR FRESH AIR

Conflicting emotions are seldom satisfying. and II
is with these that The Tribune Fresh Air Fund 5
troubled this morning. An appeal was made 10
the public five days ago for help In sending 10 the
country this week several hundred little children
of the tenements. These children, every one or
whom needed fresh air, had been told that they
would get II this week and they were looking
eagerly forward to the promised outing. Then,
after all the arrangements for the senoins out OK
the parties had been made II was ascertained that
there was no money on hand 10 provide for their
transportation.
The Tribune Fresh Air Fund had been ftte
too optimistic in It's estimate of the contributions
that would come In and 1t found itself In the sor-
rowfu plight OF having promised breath oil Hesh
air to several hundred needy little children anu
being unable to fulfil Its promise Not cent OF
money was there to provide for these children and
It seemed that the bitter task must be performed
Of telling them that they must stay at home IN
the hot city and be deprived OF the fresh air which
they needed so much and had counted on so trust
ingly
II was too heartbreakng deed 10 commit with
out fighting OF the necessity of II 10 the last ditch
So the exact state OF affairs was told to the
public and they were frankly and earnestly asked
to help They helped The way they responded 70
the appeal in last Saturdays Tribune was only an
other eloquent token OF the generosity they nave
always shown TO Fresh Air children Thus 1t comes
about that The Tribune Fresh Air Fund is In
This gratitude however is tempered with AMI n1n-
ETY. Enough money has been contributed 10 pro-
vide for large part OF the children arrange1 tU'
but there is not enough to provide for az OF ths,
There still two or three hundred cnilureh
whose promised vacations are as far away as ever
and that is where the conflicting emotions come m
public had done their last kindness 20 Fresh alt
children. those children whose vacations are sun
hanging in the balance would be told at once thSt
there was no hope for them. The Tribune Fresh
Air Fund does not think this and + VIII n2s ais !,
gone. That is the why and wherefore OF this arti-
already done and also to remind them that there
Is still much to do. There are two days 70 DO II
in II the public will come 10 the rescue IN the
next two days generously as they have in the
won't, for railroad bills payable In dollars and
cents-no In love and good wishes The Tribune
Fresh Air Fund hopes that It will have no conflict.
Ing emotions on Monday next; that every one o.
these children will be in the country on that day,
and that IL will then be able TO announce to the
public its gratitude. unmixed and unalloyed. for
good deed done.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Birthday box Of the Junior Christian Endeavor
Society OF the Reformed Church Of Kinder
hook. n. Y. per Miss A. D. wilooxson. 200
Made at a childrens fair at Interlaken Inn. MI
lerton n. Y. Friday. August H. per Mrs. D. ~
Lawrence shaw ....:..:...................... $500
Marion and Mildred Crossett. ................-- 800
NJ A. Rutland . 80
Doris f. bingham. Heron Island Me........... zoo
~ NJ c. Syracuse. Observation-Disclosures. $50
Mrs NJ H. Ferris New-Hanburg. n Y....... SEQ
Uug, Mcrougau 1900
.'Ee + p T. -" OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. go
.'In memory 81 AIce'' 1900
Preyiousiy acknowledged ................. 1859 70
ro,., Anx,,., ., 1890 $1,000 70