New-York tribune., 1908-06-30
UTICA FRESH AIR AID
Tribune. Fund Sends A7cay TzCC
Parties To-day.

Among the cities that have residents VINO are
cooperating with the Tribune Fresh AIT r"hd Is
Utica. There the Rev. DIR. Dana W. Biseiow pro-
vided places last year for Do boys and girls ana
did more than that With other friends Of the
fund he raised 1922 80 to which the Tribune Fresh
Air Fund added $3.50 70 and paid the traveihns eH
penses. In his report this month DR. Biselo" saio,
THE committee here received the children ana
placed them for entertainment in good homes Oh
farms the hills, miles distant from the city
One of the two parties that leave the city To-Day
goes to Utica and will again receive the care OF the
willing committee, OF which Dr. Bigeiow Is the sec
retary and treasurer.
In connection with this first work the want in
the tenement house districts has been evident to
the workers never before Much money Is oeins
raised to relieve the suffering there, but there WI"
be no relief more beneficial than that whicn not
alone provides food for the children, out aiso re-
leves the mothers OF their care and gives tneiii
several weeks in the country. wnere the conoi'iohs
of life will be added advantage to the ttie ones
giving them opportunity to recuperd'c anu
gain strength for the remainder OF the not "ea.'
in the city. So reasonable are the rates oo'ai
from the railroads and reasonable the cost vi
the entertainment on the farms and In the homes
in the small communities that the expense Is noe
more and often less. than the COST OIL pio'uHe
food for the children for the same perioo VI ''D'
In the city. - ,,,
The Children's Relief Society. of which isiool
Levy fs president and James H Hamilton heau
worker in the University Settlement is uea'u'
has decided to report to the Fresh AIT uiiu nc =
aper on children that especially need an outing IN
the country. This society may cooperate III 0'''0'
ways now that the schools are closing
From places where children have been entertainer
IN other seasons requests that they be sent again
have been received. From Middlesex ana hush-
VILE N Y, and from Herkiner nave coile ie
asking that children be sent and enter -
all prepared for the little guests one 1aliiiy III
RushviIle wishes to entertain the chlolei nc
have been there for five successive years faniiy
In Rushville wishes have the same chioren
that were there for four successive years These
are only few of the requests that will be receVeo'
all of a similar character, showing that tne Se'ie-
n,ent children are the little barbar1ans tnat
some fiction has represented them to be-
The great number of children under sixteen
wears of age that need relief has. as in former
I.ors con,neIled the exclusion of those who
sixteen years of age or older. and the workers In
the various districts in the city who are gathering
their parties met, usual. with pdtheuc Piea'
from the excluded to be taken to the country just
once more. OF course, 1t cannot be DONE AS 1t is
the fund is only large enough to take care of
small proportion of the children who need the
outing. The larger the fund the more of the lat
ter will be taken to the country and the greater
the benefit to the whole child population in the
tenement districts Those who have been away act
as a leaven among their friends who have not
The returning Fresh Air children tell the stories
of their experience, and to those who have been
compelled to stay at home these tales partake Of
all the thrilling mysticism of fairy lore. AS many
have not real or pig or sheep the
fortunate one who has them readily weaves
romances about her experiences. These furnish en-
tertainment and instruction for many evenings
The more that can be sent the more of this vision
of the unknown country will be injected into the
lives Of the tenement children.
The parties booked to go TO the country to-day
for Utica and Ardsley-