New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-09
FRESH AIR F|NANC|ER|NC
FRENZ|EO AND PHONETIC
Letters from Lads in Country
Show Equal Anxiety for
Family and Funds.
SIMPLICITY THE KEYNOTE
How Does the Baby Feels
Please Sent Me 5 Cents
More" Is the Plea
of Jacob.

All Fresh Air boys are born hnanciers
and smplified spoilers. If the spelling
hoard could only make a study Of their
correspondence 800 chiefly correspondence
with their mothers. by the way-it would
he for making them all members of the
hoard al once. And if Wall Street should
see that correspondence-well form your
own opinion after you've looked over a
few sample letters.
Here's one that shows both tendencies
in single sentence:
Dear Mother: | reserved your letter
and am very thankful for the money
YOU sent me and would be more thank
fun il you would send me some more.
Your son Dick"
OF course that is fnanciering in its
simplest form. STILL If body reduces
his spelling to its lowest terms why
shouldn't he do the same with his other
activities? The following letter however,
shows an aptitude for the more complex
problems of finance.
Dear Mama: l am feeling well
Herman and have % cents left togeather
each 1914 cents wish you are all happy
Is twice as much as freda had left from
Willie, Herman"
Both tendencies are not present 10 the
same degree in all Fresh Airs Sometimes
one overshadows the other. as is evident
IN the case Of the writer OF this letter, in
whom finance gives way to photography:
Dear Mamma:
! have enough money / will rite all
postles cards after this ! got two letters
vile was hear Do you no the place know
l will tell you once moor Shepherd Knapp
Home. Good by please rite againe how
is father and Irine Remember il is Litch-
field corn not If connect"
Naturally enough, other interests are
shown in these letters. Each letter is. in
fact an evidence in itself Of strong fam
lily affection. 1t was, of course, this IN
terest that gave rise to the correspond
ence. one letter shows this additional
interest:
Dear Mother and Papa write YOU
these few lines to let you know that I
received the 20 cents. Dear mother, am
SOW glad I'm in this country. because
We have lots OF fun. Dear mother, We
oAN al nS4is anu 4 dlil Sldu 10 hnO" lHdN
Carmella bought baby. From your son
Thomas"
Sometimes family affection outruns
other interests; in others it keeps neck
and neck with them. so TO speak. Notice
the fine balance maintained in this re-
spect in the next epistle:
Dear Mother: am glad that l riecved
your letter. l want 10 no how doe the
baby feels. Please sent me cents more
reguerds. Your son. Jacob"
Not any one of the special lines of
aptitude shown so far by the letter writ
ers will serve to explain the composition
Of letter sent by Will and Frank 10
their aunt:
Dear Anut. gut the letter very safe
and we have a show every night and
will be home next Friday and it is very
nice and cool Your loving son VIII &
Frank
All Of this Tribune Fresh Air CORE
spondence was sent out from the Shop
herd Knapp Home, at Ltchfeld, Conn,
lhis summer. Doubtless. with all the
simplicity Of it's spelling, IT served Its
purpose well and made anxious hearts
at home glad with the knowledge that
the writer's had arrived at their vacation
places safely and were enjoying the coun-
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