New-York tribune., 1911-03-06


D. Barbour Mrs. Gherardi Davis and Will
iam Colgate-ttese are among the friends
for whose gifts the manager never locks
IN vain, and there are many who by I'M.
tiais ana pseudonymes conceal their iden-
tity but do not forget the children
Look Forward to Season.
There is q constantly growing company
OF people in New York New Jersey. Penn
syVania, Connecticut. Vermont and West
ern Massachusetts who look for the com
ing OF the Fresh Air season as they do fo-
Christmas or the Fourth OF July because
II means for them and FOR the tenement
house children the renewing or the max
inG Of Friendships which are mutually bene-
tcial. Auburn. Binghamton. Cortland,
Delhi, Norwich. Utica, Warwick. Water
town, n Y; Bradford. Carlisle Scranton,
Warner. Penn; Rutland. VT. and PITTS
field. Mass, lead the list OF towns where
large parties were sent In Claversck, y.
Y; Fairfield, Conn; Chapel Hill, y. J.. and
Pittsfeld, Mass. committees assisted in
maintaining Fresh AIR homes
Special rates were allowed by the Trunk
Line committee and received from the New
York Central. Erie. Pennsylvania. New
y FORK, New Haven q Hartford Central OF
New Jersey, Delaware, Lackawanna &
Western. Lehigh Valley and Buffalo. ROch-
ester & Pittsburg railroads: the New York.
ontario < Western did not charge an ad-
vance rate over that paid by other first
class passengers. All OF the reads made
special provision in setting aside through
cars for the children. attaching them TO
express trains and giving special direc
tions for handling the parties. Not infre
quently the sending of a single party in
wolves the writing Of a dozen or more let
ters Of direction by the railroad officials 10
those who are to have a hand in getting
the children 10 the country and back again.
The efficiency and the thoughtfulness OF
the railroad men may be inferred from the
fact that. though there were more than
twenty three thousand passengerS-children
and escorts-ast year, not one received inc
slightest injury while travelling
The Fresh Air movement has been FOR
third Of century a factor in philanthropy.
This is the thirty-fourth annual report OF
the Tribune Fund. the originator Of the
work in it's present form. Changes in meth
cd have taken place with the years, but
the main principles have not been dis
turbed The aims of It's founder and those
OF its present manager are the same-giv-
ing the tenement house child a chance in
Gods great out-of-doors. and giving those
who live i'm the country, where air and
sunlight are free, an opportunity TO share
these gifts with the little people, whose
claim is that Of need.
Fur-and Better Health.
Believing that prevention is better than
cure. prophylactic methods have their place
in philanthropy as we'll as in medicine. and
agencies which deal with the charitable
problem seek TO prevent as well as TO al
leviate. Fresh Air Fund as the work
was formerly called still has its place, and
a large place IN the activities OF the sea-
son. but in the care taken TO prevent the
dissemination OF disease among the children
themselves or transmitting germs from the
CITY 10 the country and from the country
20 the city, and In the selection Of children
especially needing the outing from the very
large class who wish 1t, there is little fun
for the missionaries and other workers. or
for the examining physicians, who relent-
lessly turn aside those who do not measure
I'D TO the three reQuirements-needf freedom
from disease and cleanliness.
Efforts are made to combine pleasure, the
greatest possible pleasure. with physical
benefts-making, in a word, the most OF
everv day Of the fourteen which consti-
tltes a party trip. or extending the time II
the case seems especially 10 need longer
period in the country.
Specialization is the order OF the day N
education and business; it should be IN
philanthropy also. It is In the Fresh AIT
work.
Four years ago a home was opened Tor
girls too old for ordinary fresh air prlvl-