New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-08
Public Subscriptions of
S1,S47 Already Received
This Season.
SMILING YOUNGSTERS
EAGER FOR COUNTRY
Farmers Wives Prepare to Make
Tenement Little Ones Happy
and Healthy.

beginning for another summer its cam
raisn in tehalf Of the poor children Of New
York Below are Acknowledged contri-
buttons from the public 10 the amount OF
E.s47 IS, the first gifts toward the ex-
penses Of the country outings TO be pro-
yided
This morning tho medical examiner for
the fund will begin the preliminary ex-
animation of the children who are soon TO
be sent away, and from now on to the
end Of the summer examinations will be
held in from one TO fifteen places each
day. Practically no children are 70 be
sent out until June IS. but in order that
10 child may be needlessly excluded ali
are SVEN a preliminary examination at
least fortnight in advance Of the time
for the outing to begin. This cxamina-
ton IS made merely TO warn the children
a. what is 70 he required of them in the
way OF cleanliness at the final inspection,
which is made Immediately before the de-
parture for the country.
The campaign was given its official start
IN Manhattan and The Bronx on Thurs
day at a conference Of the representatives
OF about i25 charitable and religious or
lowed 10 recommend children for Tribune
outings.
At this conference the method of work
was explained, and the class Of children
10 Re drawn from was described. Empha-
sis was laid on the fact that those who
recommended children were expected TO
seek out the very neediest youngsters In
their respective districts. A similar con-
ference will be held in Brooklyn on June
II for the benefit of organizations in that
borough wishing 10 send children away
through the Tribune Fund.
Country Hosts Make Ready.
Active operations were begun in tho
country districts more than fortnight
ago. when the advance workers Of the
fund began interesting prospective coun-
Try hosts in the youngsters Of New York's
tenements. AS a result Of this work many
villages are already planning to entertain
larger or smaller parties Of Fresh Airs"
The people interested are 70 take the boys
and girls sent them into their own homes
as their guests.
In addition 70 this work many local
Fresh Air committees IN various country
regions are hard at it among their neigh
tors. soliciting invitations for the Tribune
Funds proteges.
Among the places already heard from
are Hoosic Falls, Eagle Bridge, Johnson
VILE. Valley Falls, Nelrose Cambridge,
shushan, Salem, Perry and Utica, y. y.
Inl913 more than 300 villages entertained
parties Of children for the Tribune Fund.
II IS expected that this number will be IN
cf-ca greater cu1DT2-
sis IS 70 be laid on this branch Of the
work.
The plan II work TO be followed in
ia. Will differ in no important feature
from that followed in past years. The
henefciaries of the fund will again be
selected without discrimination as TO race
or creed. AS far as possible those chill
dren who seem 70 be in greatest need
will be sent away first. The outings will
each be two weeks in length. except
where individual hosts wish TO entertain
their little guests beyond that period, or
where child shows great need Of long
er stay in the country.
Twelve Homes and Camps.
Twelve Fresh Air homes and camps
will be maintained for Tribune children
this year. These will afford accommoda-
tons in the course of the season for
nearly 500 boys and girls IN addition TO
those placed with country families.
The first homo 10 DO opened will be
the Midtown Goshen Home for Con-
Nalescent Children, 10 which will be sent
fifty children June 1S-two days earlier
than was originally planned. June %
oil III c
az Tena1y, y. J., will be opened. To it
on that date Will be transported practi-
eally tho entire kindergarten of Public
School IL. corner of Oak and Oliver SITS.
Manhattan; and for the remainder Of the
school year the school exercises will be
carried on in tho open air at the home.
All the other homes ard camps will re-
ee!ve their first groups OF children July /,
the day following tho closing of the city
schools
The number of outings 10 be provided
during the season Will depend entirely
on the funds contributed by the public
n support of the work. II $4,000 is made
available, IL viii be possible 10 send out
Elk thousand children TO private hosts,
and to maintain the various homes and
~ N4ANlA tNil tetptNAAy NllltuHlOul
The Summer, thus bringing tho total up
70 about E,Opo. This is a large number.
out there are many more than that who
should be cared for.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
halance from season OF lel3.......... $50 50
. 49, On trust INSTRUMENTATION. 6s 70
60. 300 90
SNu'Sa Q! Inc Holy Communion........ $40 90
So SsnepheIa knapp .................... 195 %
Cnurch, through Virginia G. Carpen-
NJ" T Hs%so5er ;;..;.................... $50 %
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