New-York tribune., 1922-01-04
L resIl Air L gla,d
acations
To III ,6Ol i'm '2l.
Number Largest Since 1893,
and Exceeded Only Three
Times in Vast l.3 Years:
S82 1872. Is Contributed
oiN Endowments in Year


On December 81 the Tribune Fresh
Air Fund closed its books for what was
IN many respects the most successful
year in its lone history of forty-ivc
years Of activity
During the summer Of 1921 / .6Ol bovs
and girls of the New York tcnemcnts
were sent out from their swcltcrin,,
streets and homes for pleasant and
N'alth-glvlng vacations in the country.
Most of them stayed for Two weeks.
but hundreds had their vacations
stretched into months. and not few
have found permanent. homes with lhcir
country hosts.
The uumbc, of children benefited bv
the fund in 1921 is the largest number
helpod during any season since 1898.
ihr total for the year has, as a matter
ol TACT, been cNccedcd in only three
years during ,ho funds history. In
cinHlng l"'l, tho grand total Of vaca
mons provided since 1877. he funds
t'st year. stands at 37S $50.
Ho2S32.I5 Contributed
Never before has the public which
suprcrts the funds activities bccn 50
generous with its contributions. The
total amount received during the year.
.,;,.n' ''0' co., W9 aaf, lcugmonts
I.ad. a.. ,. DN,,oo-.' o. ms OK
,-i.,,. ,.,.,. ,' 5Qr i3-o' ,hc best pre-
u';,h .i ~ 90 '''-'' comparison
,,.;,''. I'' w, '' V'ds' ,'celp's through con
:, ,nlN IpI,V''; ui','mg 'n9 dNcaGc from 1901
,u,t nn,,I '"o"S or 'l' year
lno '','." ,',.' an increase OF more than
P' 'Vu''
.., - .pu,.'on TO inc contributions tow
"ru 'o', '"' ''i'' 'N pcnScS Just noted during
e,oo o,N friends OF children made gifts
%, N-Vo oach to the fund TO establish
M "'A''Vl' IN '"fpcIulty" cndowmcnts.
ne income rom each of these cndow-
'h'N pioNlu"S at least fortnight :
''''''o" Tor one cnlld each year for
Altogether fifteen boys and girls owe
'nolr I92l vacations To- similar cndow-
"rl"
Our ng the year the fund was dis
covered TO De a bcnchclary under the
",'lS our iiendS OF Fresh Air work
mo Ni'e curing the period. The total
our peFucsOS Wlll be approx
s''. None Of the beGnosts
49,, NV ,''' paid over to the fund,
V''' Nco are all IN pro
c, ';lI S''' .Gn, hO' ana thn
~ 500" oe aNa'iaple'
season Big Success
The season was a tremendous sur
cess. i'm that part Of the funds ,ro,.l
which has to do with providing vaca-
iions in the private homes of count,,
people. For the first time in man1
wears the number Of children provided
ior IN this way exceeded considerable
tnc NUMBER who wore given their vaca-
'''u0 A, ''l ~ o una vacation camps.
these so-callcd "nrivata" tacat;ons ''s' -, i,
nrcplc of thn country. ros,,orJ;,a
wholc-hcartcdV to the annoal For cn-
operation wherever il was made Ar,
children who had cnjovcd vacations
through the Tribune fund in formc,
wears say tncv never were moro rnn
or W received and entertained Than
in 1921. =
" hat probably was the biggest Frcsh
Air party over sent out to SINGLE
nlace was received on August by 'hc
people Of Cortland, X. r.. and vicinity
with this party. on the same train. was
sent oat orc Of more than 300 children
to be entertained near Ringhamton. n
\. Yhc combined parties required a
spocia train OF twelve coaches for their
Transportation
Another Of tho seasons large parties
was one sent out to Watcrtown. \. v
where $50 Youngsters were entertained
about sixty of them for the entire
summer Plattsburg. \. Y, played host
10 more thar 200 bows and O rls and
H,,,linrtor ~ TO ,ho,,. .l,o'- -.9,,, ,,,,,,,
lS.V'.' ~ 90 "o'U, '"y SAM mum
"''' V'ner towns ana VlIiagoS scat
tered over six states took in numbers
Of various sizes
Nlnc dcatiOn Camps
Ecr tbc eumno, tbo f,,,,d maintained
'"e summer ''e una hdi"l"ill't u
nine vacation camps, with a combined
capacity OF about ll50 children at one
time The. were kent nllcd thro,,o',
P' "i''" ''''
cuI we puplic Scnoot vacation WIN inc
h'"NiCst youngsters the Fund could
find.
.inn of tho oo,n,,c ,,,.int.;,,o,l ,,..,.. :. ,,
r, 90 w camps 'a''e"'itu "''S t'v
bclhaNN nome, at AMllNNiilc- l.. |.
rms place had been loaned to the fund
',''' "S 10 '" =