New-York tribune., 1901-11-18
Balance

We the undersigned find upon examination of
Fnn5 M ss ana 6e s Of IS has Been Teaexe
during the season OF 1901 which includes a balance
OF s7s a brought oyer from the season Of 1890 and
also the SUN Of $50" a & special contribution @ TO
pensSs have been 81 os s5 acc6rdns to stateents
and vouchers exhibited to us by the Rev Willard
Parsons. the manager Of the fund. showing the
balance hand OF s4s 81.
We also fnd that the entire expenditure has has
benenciarfes OF the fund the country. and for
Chapel HLl except certain necessary expenses for
postage books blanks, ete3 as as. shown IN the
statement herewith Y. WofHif E 66DGEs 81 EsoF'
Auditing Committee
Il goes without saying that without money the
Fund could not accomplish its object Its friends
again this year have supplied its needs IN this
respect II is an inspiration TO those who direct
its energies to feel that so many are impressed
with the value OF such work Perhaps IN no other
way can so much definite good be squeezed out OF
g as in that OF sending tenement house child
into the country for a weeks outing
The work would lose the greater part II It's value
It for the people In the country who in
vite the children into their homes and entertain
them as guests. Many people misunderstood the
relation between the fresh air children and their
hosts and the Funds part They are under the
rnisapprehension that the Fund pays board
The Fund never pays board Its function Is that
OF bringing the country within reach of the chill
dren II paws their Carfare. TO the faraway hills.
The children never sent before they have been
invited When a child goes forth wearing one OF
The TTtbuneS FTeSn All OultOHS II liitdIlH thSi1
some one has specifically asked for that boy or
that girl The children not always asked for
by name although many are, who have won the
interest and affection OF the people whom they
have visited in previous years
In most instances the invitation comes from some
interested clergyman who has made canvass of
his parish and learned who would like to entertain
fresh children and their preferences as to age
sex etc. 1t interesting to note in passing that
the majority prefer girls, and the boy. just as
needv and tust as worthy OF the outing. does not
get his share There were lots of boys hanging on
by their teeth last summer waiting for an oppor-
tunity to go to the country. and the missionaries
were beseeching the Fund to send them But there
we're not enough invitations to go round
The children are entertained in two ways, either
the guests OF individuals or as the guests OF a
community. Thousands OF the children last sum-
mer were invited to homes where only one. two or
three were taken A few people entertained entire
parties Among these were John E Parsons. who
for number of years has provided accommoda-
tious for parties of hundred at a time at
Curtisvtlle Mass. and Mrs. John S. Lyle. who in
1893 built a home large enough to accommodate
fifty children near her home at Tenahy. N j. Lee
Mahler. OF this city. and the Rev Charles l. Knox
of Lancaster, Penn, camped out with seVerai
parties OF boys. the former at Camp Carroll. near
Barlow n y and the latter in Rocky Spring
Park Lancaster Mrs. Norman W. Dodge. who
for many years has entertained parties at house
near her home Weatogue. Conn. did SO again
this year
Several
funds contributed by the people by boarding them
at large houses in the neighborins country. This
was done at Pittsheld Mass. Fairfield, Conn.,
Middletown Utica, Warwick. Hudson and Clave-
rack N Y and Honesdale Penn. In many other
places persons who could not take children into
their homes but could contribute money. did this,
and thus made it possible to take moro in their
towns than could have been done otherwise
Fresh air children went to 354 different places in
the States of Vermont Massachusetts,. Rhode ISL
and, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey and
PENNSYLVANIA last summer. That statement shows
how widespread is the interest in The Tribune
Fresh Air Fund, and how generally the children
make friends AT the great majority OF these
places the children guests In private houses,
and became part of another kind Of life than
that to which they were accustomed The pure air
and changed environment are the features which
give the funds work its value. As the guests OF
people who desire to help them, the children have
their outings under the most beneficial conditions
Besides the physical they reap the BENEFITS to be
found in the atmosphere of homes where there Is
think of something else besides the source
of the meal TIE fund takes this opportunity |
OF publicly expressing that which 1t Is unable to
do BY letterits appreciation OF tie spirit which led