New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-25
SEEING IS BELIEVING
Kind Hearts Touched by Chill
dren'S Transformation.
PALlID FACES GROW ROSY
And the Watching Neighbors
Give Freely for the Fresh
Air Cause.

Seeing is believing, says the old sdag
Many people have seen the results OF the
work Of The Tribune Fresh Air Fund and
believe. Generally the results are so strik-
ing that those who see not only believe in
the Fresh Air campaign. but go down into
their pockets and support H.
Among those who have good opportunity
20 see the results produced by Fresh Air
vacations are the persons who live near
Fresh Air homes or who pass all or part Of
the summer in places where Fresh Air par
ties are entertained. These persons give
ample evidence Of their belief in the eff
cacy Of the activities Of The Tribune fund.
Scarcely a day passes but q contribution Is
received from some one who has watched
the Fresh Airs at close range. and takes this
method Of showing his approval Of what he
has seen. II is a significant fact, 100. that
the arrival Of a Tribune party al a town or
village which has never before received
a company Of tenement children IS usually
followed by a number OF contributions from
that neighborhood.
The observers in the country see only
a part Of the results attained, however.
They see the youngsters come pale and
careworn and go away brown and care
free They sec what the scales az one OF
The Tribune homes recorded the other day
that four hundred pounds Of solid flesh
and red blood had been added 70 the assets
OF one hundred youngsters from tubercular
families, who will have 70 make a game
fight for life during the next few years II
they are TO overcome an hereditary predi<
position toward the white plague. or 4
may be that they are simply impressed by
the good time the boys and girls OF the
cramped city have when they find a place
where they can run wild and hear the
music OF their own voices unmixed with the
rumble Of drays. the roar Of L trains and
the hustle Of countless crowding human be-
lrgs.
AL these benefits and more are 10 De
seen and believed BY the onlooker in the
country and they alone would he enough
to justify the plea which The Tribune
makes annually for the little unfortuuates.
But there are other benefits which only
one familiar with the home life Of the
children can appreciate. These are num-
berless and no one can foretell where the
influence OF many Of them viii end. The
following letter from the Rev. Or. William
Raymond Jollife, Of the Madison Avenue
Presbyterian Church, suggests a few Of
them IN connection with his opinion Of the
relative value Of the Fresh Air work among
philanthrOpies IN general
Dear Or. Devins:
May 7 take this opportunity 10 express
70 YOU our sincere and hearty appreciation
II the work Of The Tribune FUND.- I know
Of no charity that means more than the
one you are directing, not only lu the OBJ
DOrtunity il gives the children for an out
ug ia the country with its resultant Dene-
fits 90 health, but the rest that comes %
the mother during that period and the new
ideas and impulses that come into tie
family life because Of associations formed
BIZ the children with the big Out-Ot-uOorS
world lt seems 10 NE that the work or
this summer has been peculiarly success
ful and I congratulate you upon your
handling Of So intricate and eXactlng
problem Very sincerely yours,
WILLIAM RAYMOND JELLlFtE.
These benefits 80 much needed by thou
sands OF tenement children are in imminent
danger Of being curtailed because OF lack
of funds To-day several hundred chill
dreu will be sent 20 country homes, but
In many cases parties have been cut down
one-third or one-half and even eliminated
altogether. owing 10 the fact that resources
are not in sight 20 cover the expenditure
enta!led upon their going. Many OF the
children who are being turned away have
been promised the vacation which is now
denied them. prompt rallying OF the
friends Of the children to the Fresh Air
standard Will. however, save these tots
the great disappointment which stares them
in the face.
ACKNOULEDGMENI IS