New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-13
FRESH AIR FOR CHILDREN
Season Will Be in Full Swing
When Long Vacation Begins.
$4,000 FUND IS DESIRED
Thousands Of Youngsters VIII
Be Entertained This Season
Volunteers to Help.

Fourteen days more or schooi me- anu
then the Fresh Air season VIII be IN Iuii
swing. Already the names OF the chiloie'i
who are to he the beneffciaries this year
are coming to the desk of the manager ut
ersIIv nv the thoussnd-the superintend-
ent Of the women's branch OF the Cl'V Mis-
sion and Tract Society sending in list of
1850 children who are adjudged by the mis-
sionaries and nurses to be among the most
deserving of their thousands OF chllorsh
for Fresh Air privileges. These children
and others like them are not simply so
many children, but every one is known by
the worker submitting the list, and every
one of the 1850 City Mission children and
the other thousands from other missions
and settlements ought to go.
In the Fresh Air work, as in other busi-
ness arrangements, two parties are neces-
sary-those who will entertain the children
in the country, making privation in many
ca ses that the little people may have the
best possible time, and people in the vcity
and country alike who in giving money Will
in many cases make sacrifices that the
funds may be Forthcoming to send the chill
dren away On these two parties hangs
the entire problem of the Fresh Air work.
The management and its expenses do
not depend upon the country or upon the
givors to the fund A force has been Sc
cured competent to handle ten thousand or
fifteen thousand children without any eX-
pense to the public; money for transporta-
ton and the maintenance of the children
who are sent to the Fresh Air homes
and invitations from farmers and people
in villages and small cities, will insure the
larger number mentioned.
It does not cost much to add one or two
children to a family for fortnight and
most people before whom the matter has
been placed frankly acknowledge this and
are quick to respond to the invitation
What is needed is some one who will can
vass a town and secure the cooperation
of the pastors and public spirited people,
not to raise money to board the children
in town, but to secure invitations for
them. Whatever money is raised may
properly be sent to the fund to help de-
fray the childrens carfare-
The manager will be pleased to com
municate with any who is willing to
undertake this volunteer canvassing. He
is firmly convinced. as are those who have
given the matter careful thought, that
twenty-five or thirty children from the city
prove a distinct and lasting benefit to the
people of the town who entertain them
llc CIlilui eli I6CSlNe great SOOd IiO4ii tAiCiA
outings, and the hosts testify that they
have found anew that it is more blessed to
give than to receive. May that blessing
be received in hundreds of towns this
summer.
As the list of contributions at the end of
this article shows. there are many people
sending money to the fund this year in
June who have formerly waited until July
n.y. he ind fri
responding to the appeal of last week the
manager wishes to express his hearty ap-
probation. It will help him materially II
other friends are able to send their gifts
earlier than some of them have done in
other years During the months of July
and August the strain and uncertainty
tremendous. and this tension will be greatly
lessened If the bulk of the money needed
for the campaign-S50, 000-is secured before
the season fairly begins.
It is the hope of the manager that some
time there will be placed in the fund,
through the .bequest of a friend of the chill
dren, a sum of $4,000 $4,000 which may
be considered as capital upon which he
NAV draw each season. md which will be
replaced by the contributions of the year
for the purpose mentioned and enable him
the better to devote his attention during
the summer months to the actual work OF
caring for the children. instead Of applying
his strength and time to securing money as
it is needed from week TO week. If this
were possible, he could then plan the work
in advance and be sure that the children
who were most in need of the outing would
be sent. Until this capital is placed at his
disposal. however. he will be very grateful
for all that is sent in to meet current ex-
penses.
Advance workers are securing invitations
from many towns in New England, New
York and Pennsylvania, and the volunteer
efforts of clergynen, association secretaries
and individuals who care for little children
will be greatly appreciated by DR.. Devins.
the manager of the Fresh Air Fund.