New-York tribune., 1918-07-15
The Tribune
Fresh Air Fund

It's 52,s75 miles by rail to Paradise
to-day.
Tomorrow the distance may be
greater or less. but to-day it's two
times around the world and more
105,95o miles the round trip.
That confirms your conception of
Paradise as an unattainablc place.
But, bark! Perhaps there's hope yet.
Tor 433 boys and girls are taking the
long trail to-day, and they are going
to arrive.
Paradise: place of health and
happiness and freedom from care; a
land of plenty; place where one
achieves the things one longed for but
couldn't get; place where the sun
shines. where the air is fresh, where
felds are green, where woods are
shady and streams are clear and cool.
PARADISE: in the eyes of the bows
and girls of New York's tenement
streets, the country, FRESH AIR
LAND.
Key to the Mileage
That's the key to the discovery Of
the exact mileage to Paradise to-day.
me o2,91o miles is the distance that
4o" boys and girls must travel to-day
to reach their Tribune Fresh Air Fund
hostS IN various parts of New York and
Connecticut.
The 433 are youngsters who live
when they arc at home in badly light
ed, poorly ventilated rooms; who play
IN congested, traffic crowded streets;
who get to eat insufficient food; who
put up with thousand and one dep
rlvatlons. They are going to Para
disc because they are bound for a
place where they will get during the
next two weeks these things:
Vacations for otherwise vacation
=, less children .:........ 43a
1S UaSS OF sunshine in the country. 6.062
weeks OF absence from crowded
tenement homes ......... S66
Meals of food adapted to their
needs ................. 1876
Sreaths of invigorating fresh air. 1870 .939, 200
Nights OF sleep in airy rooms 49, 6O62
Eye-opening miles of travel amid
=, novel scenes -. .;........... 1o5.95O
HANDY reference volumes of infor-
nation about the country print
ed on the minds of the children 433
Hours of play away from the
u terrors of the streets: ..... 72.74l
Pounds of flesh and blood added
to meagre bodies ESTIMATED at
three pounds per child . 1929
Visions of a new world. new way
OF l,fe. a new people. ......... 433
- "a. VI VIE cHlluIell VINO start Tor the
Fresh Air Paradise to-day, with the
exception of thirty, are to pass their
fortnight vacations with private hosts.
This means that the total cost of pro-
vldlng these S66 weeks of country life
will be but little more Than the cost
of the railroad transportation of the
children, for the hosts entertain the
children as guests without pay.
Special Rate Granted
The railroads this year, under gov
ernment administration, grant to The
Tribune Fund q special rate of three
quarters of a cent per mile for chill
dren under sixteen years Of age. At
this rate the 105,950- Journey will
cost the Fund $794.6 .63-not an incon-
siderable item in itself. but figured as
the total cost of 433 two week vaca-
tions in Paradise, it is ab5urdly small
FORTNIGHT VACATIONS at S1.S4
each
Who would not help provide them
one may see thronging the streets of
the lower East Side and the other
crowded tenement districts of the city
every day? Thousands of children
could be given the country outings
they need at nearly this figure, but un
less the friends Of children come to
the support of The Tribune Fund soon,
it will not be possible to claim the
hospitality that is being held out.
The contributions to the Fund to-day
will not pay this single transportation
bill. The Fund peeds more and larger
contributions and needs them quickly.
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