New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-03
Neediest Children Are Sc
lected by Many
Agencies
Social Workers Help
Cooperate to Find and Re-
lieve the Most Urgent
Cases First


about one thousand boys and girls in
the country enjoying Fresh Air vsca-
tions. 1t will send more away to-day.
In forty years scarcely a summer day
has passed that has not seen a band OF
Tribune lads and lassies scamper off
for the woods and fields.
Did you ever wonder. Mr.. Tribune
Reader, how the Fund reaches all the
children it tells you about from day
to day? Some people suppose that
something like a dragnet method Is
used-that when the Fund has hun
bred outings to distribute it goes down
into one Of the crowded streets and
sweeps up the first hundred youngsters
found there.
But that would hardly DO. The net
would gather in the ,overfed and the
underfed, the red checked and the an
emic, the robust as well as the needy,
those who have just returned from the
country and those who have never been
there.
Many Never See the Office
sOther folk believe that children come
in multitudes to the Office Of the Fund
and there plead in person TO be sent
TO the country. They do come with
their pleas, but not in multitudes. Most
OF those who get outings never have
seen the Fund Office. and many have
never even heard of The Tribune Fund.
The fund realized years ago that the
matter Of selecting the children for its
outings was the biggest problem Of the
work. 1t khew-what the public never
has fully realized-that the number OF
children for whom vacations might
properly and leCitimatcly be provided
was thousands upon thousands greater
IMAM the number of vacations available.
The fund therefore tried to devise a
method whereby it would get hold first
OF the youngsters whose need Of
country vacation was most urgent
The fund went 20 the people who
spend their lives among the poor. the
nurses and doctors in the free dispen-
sares and clinics, the missionaries and
clergymen in the churches of the tene-
ment DISTRICTS. the residents of settle
ments, school teachers, visitors for
charitable organizations, etc, and
asked them 10 select the children 10
MI the places in Tribune vacation par
tes-under the general direction of
the fund. of course. These workers
soon learned the value Of fresh air
for their proteRes and took hold heart
lily Of the work; and to-day practically
every organization in the greater city
that has the interests and welfare OF
the poor at heart co0Derates with the
Tribune Fund ir making up the parties
OF youngsters that are sent TO the
country
Agencies Pool Opportunities
This year, after several years Of
urging on the part of the fund, the CO.
operating agencies in some districts
Of the citv have gone a step further
in the effort 10 make sure the selec-
ton Of the neediest children first. In
these districts the workers have al
tempted 70 classify the children known
70 them according 10 the degree of
their need And they have agreed 10
pool all Fresh Air opportunities COM
ing 10 them for the benefit Of the
neighborhood in general. There will
be no rivalry among the organizations
represented as 70 the number of chill
dren sent away by each, but each one
has agreed that it viii send no chill
dren OF less needy class away until
all those Of the most needy class as
reported by all organizations in the
neighborhood) have been provided for.
So that, if there are not enough out
ings 70 90 around this summer. at least
those who need them most will be
provided for.
OF course, Mr.. Reader, it is up 20
you to decide whether or not there
will be enough outings for ALL the
needy children this summer. Money
enough means vacations enough. And
vacations enough mean a great deal 20
the children Of this city and TO the
city itself Below is given long list
of those who are supporting this work
for the children. is your name on
the list? Do you want It there to-
morrow?
CONTRIBUTIONS TO TRIBUNE FRESH AIR