New-York tribune., 1907-12-23


i" siris from twelve to sixteen years Of age need
'he beneht Of outing even more than their
younger SISTERS Only girls were taken at this
hoine' and the superintendent was an efficient
"oiher among the class represented and her asso-
cates were all enthusiastic in their efforts to
tie summer tell the physical. mental and moral
me OF the girls. The four parties of girls enter
'diileo at Fairfield had royal time. And the sama
could be said Of the large parties welcomed at
otlca, binghamton and Riverhead. N Y: Pittsfeld,
Mass-' Rutland, VT, and many other towns. The
Long Island people secured permission TO use one
or TWO OF the buildings on the fair grounds at
tiFerhead. and q hundred girls were adjudged the
hnest exhibit Of the although it must be add
ed In candor that they had all returned to the city
before the regular exhibition opened
Among the new features of this year plan
or cooperation with the Board Of Education
through its principals and teachers. and the Asso-
ciation for Improving the Condition OF the Poor
through its committee the physical welfare Of
school children, by which more than five hundred
OF the poorest children in the city sent to the
country The lists submitted by the principals
and the families visited by trained charitable work
ers. and only the most needy children were ac-
cepted. A number of ''ungraded'' children were
among those taken; ptiable In their poverty. they
We're still more SO in their physical defects.
One public school teacher took two Of her back
ward boys to her home and kept them the
entire vacation. The Tribune paying their fare and
the teachers parents taking them summer guests
along with their conscientious daughter; the cx-
pertinent has proved a decided success. Another
teacher opened her own home to fifty children, re-
ceving in payment scarcely enough to pay for the
food. and giving her time to entertain her young
guests. The personal contact OF young children
with cultured and benevolent men and women can
but be a blessing of untold value
How great the physical benefits received by
many of the Fresh Air children may be inferred
from the following letters. received from Dr. Irving
c. Fisher, superintendent of the Presbyterian hos
pitaI:
Permit express TO you our sincere agprss-
Air Fund is to our visiting nurses department
Of hs EaaP @ and s IN
contact with the very ones who need and are to
iona 0:T To see the cRdren with pale stoop
ing shoulders and languid action as they come e,t 10
and TO see them on their pp bop ersct S sent aa
them away is enough to convince the most skep-
tical of the real value of your work; AGAIN ga "a, a
enlargement Of their opportunity for service and
Of the many needy ones who receive the Dement'S
BLESSINGS FOR THOSE WHO GIVE.
The reciprocal benefits OF the work scarcely
less than the direct results. missionary born in
Lenox. Mass, and visiting his native place after
residence Of many years in India, relates An in
teresting experience. While waiting at the station
in Pfttsfeld elderly woman introduced herself
to him She and her husband had been pupils or
his than fifty years ago.
"She told me- writes the missionary, that she
and her husband were living alone on their little
farm. that during the year her husband had gone
nearly blind. SO # in fact that he was able
get about with the greatest difficulty. and their
son. living at some distance. had helped them with
the farm work by occasional days work as he was
able
And how is it I happen to meet you here to-
dav7' I said.
why. you see' said she. we have had a
Of Eyesh FIR children sent out by The New
York Tribune staying with the last fortnight I
have driven them I'D to take the train and am
waiting for couple more that we have offered TO
take. We can't do much. you know. but these
poor city children. why manage to keep them
and feed them and the fresh air and the country
do them a world of good. The farm Is a happier
place because Of them and 1T does us old folks
as much good 1T does the children to have them
around and see that we can do a little good to
somebody
.'I could not help taking off my hat in humility
before that Christian saint and her blind husband
lay to heart the lesson of unpretentious self
sacrifice and charity which they illustrated be-
who daily In summer roll by her modest
home. and before those whom the world creGits
with greater deeds of sacrifice, but who could well
learn of this old blind farmer and his noble wife
The Rev Or. John Bancroft Devins, who had
been interested in the Fresh Air work from its
early years and had been actively associated with
1t during sixteen of the thirty years of its opera
assisted In the Office work by F. L. Hopkins. and
to him and NJ. Barrett. Of the cashiers office
of The Tribune who kept record OF all the con-
tributions acknowledging them personally and
then preparing them for the paper. and In addition
drew ell the drafts and kept a record OF all the
expenses and DR.. NJ. NJ Vinton. the efficient
and unwearying medical examiner. special thanks
are due and cheerfuliy accorded.
If one were to express thanks TO each individual
to whom an expression of gratitude is due col
b. ,trp5 ejrorip n n
ton the names OF persons and organizations. First
of all one would have ts name the missionaries
and clergynen in this city and the much larger
number of clersymen and church workers and
editors in the country who secured invitations for
thousands of children in hundreds OF towns; then
would come the list Of farmers and others who
are trying heal the hurt Of humanity by
helping the children of the poor The Trunk Line
Association and the railroad officials and mis-
sionaries and nurses and those who share their
lives with fortunate hosts IN families
or ss employees in Hornes-to all Of these and to
many others who have assisted In the work the
manager OF the Fund is grateful But above all,
the thanks Of the children and OF those who nave
been privileged to contribute TO their comfort by
gifts or service due and are heartily accorded
~ Him In whose Name the work started by
.ba recently sainted founder OF this great move
nent
RECEIPTS AND EXPENSES.
The financial statement for the year is interest
ing as it shows the amount OF money given by
generous friends TO help the children form stronger
bos,es and imbibe nobler ideas Of life.
RECEIPTS
RECENT Of balance from Tribune Fresh Air - -
Fund season of So.D -
.9eceipt= duly acknowledged IN The Tribuns 2l79s W
SPECIAL Contributions " ~ ............ s7oo 90
ssosls 81
EXPENDITURES
Blankbooks stationery, rent OF type ...a,
yrrenses Of advance agents In finding -
fnrc children. ID Us