New-York tribune., 1921-08-23
The Tribune
Fresh Air Fund

ol TIE Tribune Fund think the stines
are ge2d when, in addition to all tha.
~He fCad ordinarily does for its
guests, kind folks out in Am,tyvine.
where ~he home is situated-sootl folk
ranging al the way from biz Fred
Stone TO little Madeline Abernathv--
have set themselves 20 see now msnv
extras they can add
Let's begin with little Madeline and
SO up the steps. Madeline is lust six
years Old, but she's one of those PRO
verbal little pitchers that have biz
ears. All her elders were talking dav
IN and day out about what they could
90 Tor the Fresh Air children, hut tl.ev
eicn call her into consultation.
NO. she didn't get mad she just got
ouSy; Sne collected all the toys she
could lay hands on, and then. without
consulting those imocrtanr Old es,5e,s
sne went around TO juvenile Amityvilia
with the announcement that thers Wa
gong to De 10Y sale al her house
and would they al come and brinr
their pennies
They came. The sale was huge
success tor s'x-year-old manaceress,
sno more than two dollars was cleared
4or the benefit OF the Acme.
Autos Await Them
Maceiiae's elders always begin their
my m salnlstratlons to the comfort CT TIE
FRESH Airs as soon as the train hear
ing each party O. them arrives at the
=, f1,hltyVA!ie station. No long walk from
ene station 70 the home for them. No.
SRI Ihey walk right oil the station
p.@l1ofm into waiting automobiles pro-
f14eo ny rhe women whose raik ir-
sp'red Madeline. And when the two
weeks are up the same automobiles are
waiting at the home steps to bear the
girls back to the station.
~ course, al this coesn't Just do
ieself It has TO be planned and worked
out IN advance, rs co nost things thai
make fer comfort and good times anv-
where. The leaders in the planning
are two women who don't care to have
enelr names mentioned, but ECU nsav
snink OF them if you will as Mrs. +. G.
McMahcn and Mrs. Daniel Whittlesev.
Just prior to Madeiae's roney-~ais-
ing venture, Mrs. Moynahan. Mrs.
&. l.. Haight and Mrs. A. NJ. Mum
planned and carried through & card
party when netted more than 1926 to
he1p along good times at the home.
Then the residents Of Clocks Bou,e
Yard thought they must help boom
things. So one day they chartered the
biggest steamboat that runs across the
Great South Bay and sent the $50 girls
over to Gilgo Beach for a days outing
at the ocean side. Just to make sure
that all the appurtenances to good pic
nicSing were on hand, they stocked the
boat with plenty OF ice cream and cake
before it cleared for the beach.
Good times? These $50 girls said so
With such emphasis When they got back
to the home that the residents Of the
~H
outing two weeks later. Both Of these
outings we're planned by Mrs. Rayoach.
And speaking OF ice cream. that ne
plus ultsa Of chiidhood's menu. not 4
Sunday dinner has been eaten this sum
mer at Bethany Home that was not
fittirgly topped of with Neapolitan
Bricks. Not at The Funds expense, but
at the expense of the women who gave
the card party (but not out Of its pro
ceeds) for one Sunday, by DR.. and Mrs.
Hogan for another, by Mrs Russell
Smith for another snd by others who
dldn't inclose their cards for the
other Sundays.
But even Fresh Airs" can't live by
ice cream alone. Realizing that, host
OF friends have opened their vegetable
gardens to drafts from the home. When
Fred Stone left Amityvi!ie to open
..
left an order with the gardener to
deliver all products Of the garden to
the home as fast as they matured. And
that gardener has proved during the
last three or four weeks that he knows
how to obey orders. Edward Floyd
Jones end Mrs. c. R. Thorn, OF Mas
sapequa, have also sent generous
stocks. So, too, have c. S. Wlmarth
Harry Lander and J. Z. Conley, Of
Amityville, and others TOO numerous
to name.
Cookies and cakes from Miss Spieh-
ler, pans OF fudge from Il church SO
ciety. glasses upon glasses of home
made jelly and jam from Mrs. Charles
things chat have made the children feel
that the times are good. almost too
good TO be true. But true they are
Feed Stone Gives a Show
And to come at last TO the top Of the
stepsl Well, that was a show that
Fred Stone and his children staged at
Bethany Home for the girls. But wait
moment, we'd almost forgotten-the
stones weren't alone, they brought
With them as fellow performers Billie
Murray, whose scngs everybody who
ever heard phonograph knows. and
Leo Garlic, leading man of s'Lombardy
Ltd"
These are player folk whom you are
willing to pay good dollars to see most
any time. But you should see them
unbend for the kiddies at Bethany
Home. You'd be sure then they had
dig, warm hearts underneath the arr
they display for your benefit.
Good tlmesl GOOD TIMES,- six
hundred children who have been at the
nome this summer shout and shout
again.
But
Bad times; bad, bad times.~ weep
l5o others who haven't been there yet
who we're scheduled to go there to-
morrow. They were all picked out and
waiting eagerly for the day.
But they can't go--honestly. thew
can't-unlcss somebody viii give the
Tribune Fund 81 900 to-day 20 pav the
bills for their vacation. II no one does.
Bethany Home on the shore Of the
Great South Bay closes its doors for
the season Wednesday-two weeks be-
fore it ought to close
Who will invest $1,000 in good times
for $50 girls OF the tenements? Who
ever will must do it to-day,
How the Fund Stands
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