New-York tribune., 1917-07-19
2 Widows Appeal
To Fresh Air Fund
For Kiddies' Outing
Letters Show Children Lead
Lonesome Lives as Moth
ers Work All Day

who work away from thei
do they spend the day
Did you ever pause TO question? VIII
axes care of little half-orphan Ami
while her mother is doing your fam
ly wash; who tides up. her hair; VIII
comforts her when she weeps; VIII
.uddles her when she Is tired? TIL
Tribune Fresh Air Fund asks you III
question because the two letters whic
follow came oft yesterday morning
II you read them you will take care Q
one half-orphan for some widow 70
.wo weeks this summer. Here the
are:
Dear Sir:
have been informed that The
Tribune sends children away for
two weeks.
am a widow. have little girl
10 years old, she is alone from 7
in the morning until p. M, would
like to get her away for little
while IL you do send children away
would II be too much 70 ask you TO
let me know where to apply and at
what time as IL will be necessary
for me to get of from my work.
Trusting you will excuse the lib
erty take in communicating with
you and hoping to hear favorably,
| remain,
Respectfully yours, Mrs. NJ. T.,
I'd Ave. top floor, south side.
The little girls name is Dorothy.
The second is like the first.
To the Vacation Fund Bureau:
Can you assist me in finding
place for my children for a vacation.
am a widow and work very hard all
day and therefore I cannot give my
children the proper care. have two
children, a boy Of nine and girl
of twelve years. | should be very
thankful TO you IL you know Of such
a place, for II would be great help
to me. Iwork from a. m. until 3. p.
m. and when get home from work
have to look in the streets for the
children. | was recommended TO
write to the Tribune paper and
was told that you can do something
which | will appreciate very much.
II you wish TO have any more in
formation ! am employed in -
stationery store 49, 3rd Ave. Trust
Ing to hear from you soon, re-
main. Respectfully yours,
Mrs. A b
Apt. 43 - Ord Ave.
Did you ever take time to pity sue
little children as these? Think Of Dor
othy spending the livelong summer
day between her castle on the "to
floor south side" and unshaded, friend
less Second Avenue. Remember sh
has to do this every day and all th
year. Hers must be a lonesome, moth
erless lifel
Or the other lass and her brothe
whom the mother has "to look in tn
streets for" when she gets home iron
her work at 8 o'clock in the even
OF them and their hour
of motherlessness.
Do you believe that life owes DOROTHY
a fortnight of fun in the country in
place where there will be some one I,
take good care of her? Send The
Fund S6 and she shal
have it. Do you believe that the two
of the second letter would b'
infinitely better off in the country un
der proper guardianship than runnini
wild in the streets until o'clocl
at night? Send The Tribune Fun,
SIS and they shall be established
IN the better place for two weeks
Or for four weeks If you will doubl
that amount.
These are only two OF thousands o
eases not all OF the children o
Widows that have been brought to tn
attention of The Tribune Fresh Al
Fund with an appeal for relief an
help. To the best Of its ability and tn
extent of its resources the Fund is da
oy day sending the needy children ou
10 its Fresh Air camps and the farm
1f country people, but its resources b
no means meet the demands made upo
hem.
Though the response to the Fund
appeals for contributions has been gen
arous, more money is needed for III
work. The gifts received to-day vii
pay for only about fifty outings. Tn
Fund should send out at least 20
youngsters a day. Since the first O
July it has, as a matter Of fact. main
.ained that average.
TO TIE TnRt'NE FpFsl