New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-12
Unselfshness and DevO-
ton Flower in Out
ings for Children.
CONTRIBUTIONS TELL
THEIR OWN STORY
Whether Joyful or Sorrowing,
Supporters of Work Do Not
Forget Hot Tenements.

what mighty, Warm-nearIeu, nu-
man impulse finds expression through
the Tribune Fresh Air Fund! The
itself, but TO the public. which for
thirty-eight years has stood behind this
work
During the present week about five
hundred children are TO be sent to the
country by the Fund. There are now
in the country somewhere in the neigh
borhood of two thousand boys and girls
who have been sent out through tn 2
Fund. This is the sort Of bare state
ment made from day to day to keep the
public informed as to what is being ac-
complished But what a wealth of hu-
man kindness there must be somewhere
to make the statement possible.
Where, for instance, does the money
come from which pays the expenses of
these outings? Look over the list OF
contributions acknowledged at the end
Of this column any morning.
How often does the contribution "In
Memoriam" tell of saddened hearts
made tender to the sufferings of others
by the bereavement of the givers!
There is a sympathy that springs
from joy, too. In the list Of acknowl-
edgments for to-day five out of every
ten givers sent their contributions from
mountain, lake or shore resorts, where
they are spending vacations.
Perhaps better evidence Of the hui
manness of the impulse behind the
Fresh Air Fund is the self-sacriiice
which many people subject themselves
to in order to make possible the out
ings of the children. Consider, for in
stance. what it meant for the ladies of
Quiogue 10 conduct the sale, the pro-
oeeds of which swell to-day's total Of
contributions. 1t took days and hours
of sewing to prepare the articles which
were sold-hours when the neighbors
Of the ladies in question were enjoying
the sea breezes on the beach. But
these ladies make the same sacrifice
every year for the good of the Tribune
Funds proteges.
This is only one kind of sacrifice that
is made every day during every sum-
m for the children. Doubtless an
even greater inconvenience is suffered
by the hundreds of hosts who each year
receive as their guests one or more OF
the children for whom the Fund seeks
hospitality. Yet how willingly they
open their doorsl Yesterday two hun
bred invitations came to the Fund office
from generous people in Vermont, who
even in this vacation month, are glad
to take in the little tots of the tene-
ments for a fortnight Of pleasure.
Then there are the city workers who
all during the hot weather, tramp the
streets of the sitting tenement dis
tricts looking for the children who
ought to be sent away, investigating
homes and family conditions, instruct
ing the children how to prepare them
selves so that they may be sent, in
many cases actually setting TO wor &c
clean up the children themselves
These are the nurses, missionaries and
settlement workers of the city who are
devoting their lives to lettering condi'
tions among the poor. They ask nj
pay from the Tribune Fund, but are
content to add this burden to their
regular work if only they may see the
children get the benefit of the country
outings.
Aside from these evidences, there are
signs in almost every contribution let
ter. in the actions of the people who
see the children on their way to and
from the trains, in the courtesies OF
railroad employees, in the forbearance
of passengers on trains and boats by
which the children travel, that Fresh
Air work for children has the heart
felt approval of all classes of men.