New-York tribune., 1919-08-08
lhe Tribune Fresh Air Fund

"A country host who entertained +,rn
FRESH Arg for vacations in 1ofo
could not arrange to do so this sprn;er
put SAID she would be glad to paw the
cost ,, OF an outing fer each OF fhsr II
Inc Irlhune Fresh Air Fund would
or course, the fund won,d
Harlem address. Cns of The f'nd,a
nurses was pct oa his tra,l. The Haro
lem address oi rat"~ led 20 what was
nhoW' N 1hs reien5c, hood As 4
haAy farm. A.d .:;s.Jt the place
bore or! ,t:. vapatat.nr.
fe;ot vast Hlaiv Oh, yea, he'd
lived sh"rc fol the l4sf six or scver
years, hut ne wsnt awsy Snturdav
lie didn't ~ therc ''rrg'lar" ow--
maybe, tnouE., hc'd ,. has.k ar,v time
"hciv bad be gone ~i'rohly down
TO n!a mother on Ea~a ryinctocnth
street. svch and such Il number"
couldn't Find pete
That Particular numnss bad q front
and rear house. In the rear Potter.
mother rciGncd as cook Of an Italian
boarding house.
"Where's Pcte?'' she chantcd AZ she
stirred a stcaming pot of stew. 81
dunno. He oughta be-up in Harlem
Wus here Sunday-ain't here now
of i'm" ''". !"
the This narya was Was last t5 Monday. Next day
but Peter hadn't been back. The
keeper of the EARN" didn't know
where he stayed, but "guessed" he
where's" 'o''e-
If he turned up within a few dave
would she hold on to him and tele,
phone the nurse? "Surc." And she
did on Wednesday. The nurse lost no
time on the way to Harlem. When
she arrived she found there was no
need to- introduce herself to Peter.
zee, said he as soon as he saw her
"you're the lady that sent me to the
country las year. Are va goin' to
send me again"
Begins Vacation To-day
And when he learned that she was
he said: Gosh, Pm in luck!"
roor homeless Peter begins his va
cation to-day.
r., Joe sandack was the second lad.
lhe trail to his whereabouts didn't
Iepd so far a6eld. He was said n
Eighties. 40
But he wasn't home-hadn't been all
night. His mother didn't know whero
he was. The boys in the street thought
ne was probably "playin' around some
where's, but though they hunted the
region for him, he could not be located
me nurse finally returned to the
mother.
Hadn't she any idea where he might
be? NO; none unless maybe he was
downstairs IN the basement with "that
Janltor." Sometimes he used to hide
there, so that he could work for him
Once | had him (the janitor) and
his wife arrested for gettin' Joe to
stay there all the time and work" she
related tearfuly. They get him to
Go everything for Them
Down in the basement the nurse
found a colored man and his wife.
Joe Is Brought Out
"Where's Joe ?" she demanded.
he amt here" replied the janitor;
but there was stiffness in his man
ner that convinced the nurse that Joe
was there, nevertheless, so she did not
mince words.
Hes here, and you know it. You
get him or III get policeman and
search the place. Bring him out"
And Joe was brought out, looking
as though he had been asleep in the
coal bin. The idea of a country vaca-
tion appealed to him, but before he
left the basement he demanded of the
janitor:
Gimme me money"
AS he pocketed it the nurse asked
how much he had been paid.
"Tree cents" replied Joe.
Joe went to the country last Satur-
day.
On Wednesday the number of guests
of The Tribune Fresh Air Fund in the
country on any single day this sum
mer reached what probably will be the
seasons highwater mark, 2,446 Joes
and Peters, Susies and Sallies spending
the day somewhere in Fresh Air Land
Some Of them were just beginning
their vacations, some were half %ay
through, others we're just wind
ing up pleasant fortnights, but they
all enjoyed that day as the guests o1
the fund.
Fund Receipts to Date
Contributions to the Tribune Fresh All,
Fund follow:
Previously acknowledged ..... 3S,7o2 o.
Dolgcville, N. Y. fresh air COM