New-York tribune., 1920-06-30
Only one day to vacation time!

Only one day to vacation time!
To-day IS the last day of school. To-
morrow almost million boys and girls
OF New York City will have nothing to
do but to lay plans for spending the
school vacation. Some of them will
rush at once to the seashore, the noun
talns and other pleasant country places.
Some will delay while, but their va
cations are arranged and their hopes
But not less than a fifth of the
million live in the tenement streets,
where country vacations are things one
may dream about, perhaps, as one
dreams of fairies and pots of gold at
the rainbow's end, but for which one
scarcely makes plans. What's the use
when plans demand money for their
carrying out and the high cost of liv-
ing takes all the money in the family
necessities of life?
The fifth of a million are The
Tribune Funds "fellers who need
friends the owners Of the wan faces
IN the Briggs cartoon published Mon
day. 'AN''
Lots of "Friends of Fellers"
Good news for them! Though many
OF them don't know it, they've friends
VINO are planning to make realities of
their drcams-witness the Sl,42O. 50
contributed yesterday to buy country
1ortnlghts for them. These friends
OF 1eilers" live in all parts of the
world and are of many kinds.
Among those who proved their
!rrlendshlp r yesterday was one who lives
IN Grimsby, Canada, and another who
sent the token of his friendship from ON
Paris, France. Among them were
three churches wltse members believe
that Gods in His Heaven" and that
the youngsters will be able to see Him
De'ter II they get out where there $
more to the heavens than the murkv
strip of sky above a tenement street
one OF these was the Reformed Church
OF Harlem, another the North Avenue
rresDyterlan Church of New Rochelle
ana an the other the Sunday school OF
Hugehlli Church. of Spuyten Duyvil.
,.s Inc ne last named is all old friend OF
lellerS: Every year it sends the con
eenls Oh lts birthday box to help pay
Tor vacations for some of them. Com.
pairing the size of the box this ves,
with its dimensions in former wears
the Fund suspects that a few whom
The FRESH Airs" would call ringers
consplred to pad the receipts.
The Sexton Had Hand
1t knows, for instance, that tho ora,
halred old sexton of the church. who
must have been graduated from Sun
day school years ago, dropped an in
termlnable series of pennies into tn,
slot last Sunday, and that young MAJ
who had recently persuaded some on,
that he'd make a good husband in
sisted on dropping in pennies not onl,
Tor ms own years, but for hers also.
They are not lukcwarm friends
either, these helpers toward the vaca
tion fund. That is proved by the spir
their letters show. One writes, "Sorr,
can't make it more for the fellers,
but will shower down again as soon a.
possible" Another says, "Here's m,
bit and welcome" Still another send
the wish, MAY your splendid work b.
more successful than ever this year
A "friend" who sends a gift al
memory of my husband' appreciate
the splendid work and hopes soon t.
be able to contribute again"
Don't you want to join thes
"friends of fellers" and help releas
some of the little prisoners of tn
tenements for two weeks of unalloye
pleasure and opportunity for health il
the country? The Fund is aiming t