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
tains and other pleasant country places.
Some will delay while, but their va
catlons are arranged and their hopes
are high
But not less than a fifth of the
million live in the tenement streets,
wnere country vacations are things one
may dream about, perhaps, as one
dreams OF fairies and pots Of gold at
tne ralnbow's end, but for which one
when plans demand money for their
carrying out and the high cost of liv-
ing takes all the money in the family
purse, and more, too, for the barest
necessities of life?
Ihe fifth of a million are The
Tribune Funds "fellers who need
triends"--the owners of the wan faces
IN the Briggs cartoon published Mon
day.
Lots of Friends of Fellers'
Good news for them! Though MANY
OF them don't know it, they've friends
VINO VINO are planning to make realities of
their dreams--witness the s1,420.69
contributed yesterday to buy country
Iortnights for them. These friends
OF fellers" live in all parts of the
world and are of many kinds. ''N
Among those who proved their
friendship yesterday was one who lives
IN Grlmsoy, Canada, and another who
sent the token Of his friendship from
par1s, France. Among them were
three CHURCHES wltse members believe
that Gods in His Heaven" and that
| the youngsters will be able to see Him
better II they get out where there's
more 20 the heavens than the murkv
p serlp OF sky above a tenement street.
one - OF these was the Reformed Church
y. VI harlem, another the North Avenue
fresbyterlan Church Of New Rochelle
and the other the Sunday school of
hagehlll Church. Of Spuyten Duvyil.
Ihe last named is an old friend Of
1eilers. Every year it sends the CON
tents OF its birthday box to helm nav
Tor vacations for some of them. Com.
parl9g the size of the box this year
with ITS dimensions in former years
the Fund suspects that a few whom
the Fresh Airs" would call "rineers''
consplred to pad the receipts.
The Sexton Had Hand
1t knows, for instance, that the grav
halred old sexton of the church, who
must have been graduated from Sun
day School years ago, dropped an in.
terminable series of pennies into the
slot last Sunday, and that young man
who had recently persuaded some one
that he'd make a good husband in.
sisted on dropping in pennies not only
for his own years, but for hers also.
They are not lukcwarm friends
either, these helpers toward the vaca-
tion fund. That is proved by the spiri,
their letters show. One writes, Sorry
| can't make it more for the fellers,,
but will shower down again as soon al
possible" Another says, Here's my
bit and welcome" Still another sends
the wish, May your splendid work be
more successful than ever this year
A ''fricnd" who sends a gift "1r
memory of my husband" appreciate,
"the splendid work and hopes soon te
be able to contribute again"
Don't you want to join these
friends of fellers" and help release
some of the little prisoners Of the
tenements for two weeks of unalloyee
pleasure and opportunity for health il
the country? The Fund is aiming te