New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-07
CREATES NEW INTEREST
Sphere OF Fresh Air Funds AC.
Invites Increased.
STILL NEED FOR MONEY
Report of Society Shows Cost of
Only 81 73 Each for 11,044
Vacations in 1910.

Work or the Tribune Fresh Air Fund In
crease in number. Not a year goes by
but some new region extends a cordial
invitation TO some Of the poor children of
New York. Moreover. those places which
once write welcome over their gates usu-
ally repeat their invitation season after
season.
This year North Bennington, VT. is one
Of the newly interested places. small
party Of twelve boys was sent thlther yes
terday and II the shades Of Molly Stark
are not disturbed during the next two
weeks il will he because the dozen small
urchins who invaded Vermont yesterday
are overawed by the bigness Of the noun
tains or because that famous lady grew
accustomed to big noises" when her
townspeople beat back the redcoats IN that
famous battle Of Bennington which didn't
make her n widow.
At any rate every one Of the dozen boys
was not only big noise but glad noise
yesterday morning. And who would not
be at the thought Of a change from the
New York Of the last week to the cool re-
treats and crystal streams and lakes Of
the Green Mountains? Then. too. these
visitors were going 10 be entertained In
state Their hostess. Mrs Edith Won B.
Mccullough, is the daughter-in-law Of a
former Governor Of Vermont, so that the
boys had no fear Of the reception that
would he accorded them
Cambridge. n Y. is another Of this
years new Fresh Air centres. There must
have been what the barometric experts
would call a Fresh Air high" in the
neishborhood of Ethan Aliens old rendez-
voUs this season for Cambridge, too, IS
right in the foothills OF the Green Noun
tains. Cambridge was better off by twenty
Of New York's future city fathers last
night. While, considering the name of the
place. IL has an impossible sound, Cam
bridge and its people will probably learn
something from them In the next fortnight,
but il will be as nothing compared with the
stores Of information about country life
that the visitors will carry away with
them as a result of their stay.
Yesterday marked the opening OF the
third week of the Fresh Air season, and
consequently the parties al some Of the
Tribune homes were changed. Fifty Hap
pyland girls came home from Tenafiy, y.
J.. and fifty more were sent to take their
places The Middetown Convalescent
Home received its second party of forty
little folk fresh from hospitals and sick
beds In addition to these, two hundred
and fifty lads and lassies were sent 10 the
Ashford Hill Home.
The thirty-fourth annual report Of the
Tribune Fund Society. covering the work
Of the season of 1910 came from the press
yesterday According 10 its figures, during
the period of the funds existence, 1896
children have had vacations Of two weeks.
at total expenditure of s7sll891 OF
these totals, 11.04 children were sent out
during 1910 at an expenditure of S52,229 o..
or about 81 q a person. This per capita eX-
penditure was the highest in the history
of the funds activities and indicates an
effort on the part Of the management 10
do its work better each year The two
principal items of expense for last year
were 81, 3iS "A paid for the transportation
of children and escorts and $24lb9 IS eX-
pended for the maintenance OF the various
Tribune homes Copies of the report may
be had upon request.
a comparison of the figures for the cur
rent season TO date shows that about Two
thousand children have thus far been sent
TO tue country and that about $1,000 mas
been contributed TO the work. IL ~ eNI-
dent from these figures, taking those Oh
last year as a basis for computation, that
thus far receipts and expenditures nave
about kept pace. The management OF the
fund is greatly hampvredi by this state OF
Affairs as the work has 10 be planned lar
IN advance, and great plans cannot De
made unless receipts warrant II.