New-York tribune., 1922-08-23
The Tribune Fresh Air Fund
Johnnles and Susies Good Children, Declare Hosts
and Boys and Girls Vote Their Enter
taners ssBest Ever

indifferent? A few days ago the
Tribune Funds committee in Yardley,
Pa, returned group of ten young
sters to New York at the end Of their
fortnight vacations. With them they
sent list of the children's names,
each one followed by comment in
dicating the impression the child had
made on his or her host. Here are
the scores made by the Johnnies and
susies Of the party, their real last
names being given to show that good
scores were confined to no ono ma
| tionality:
| Susie Ounigan-A very good little
| girl.
| Susie Observation-Disclosures with this
| child
Susie Heist-very satisfactory.
Susie Fisher-Nice little girl.
Johnnie Schottler--Pleased with him.
Johnnie Trochanis--A very good boy.
Susie Jacobian--She was liked by
every one.
Johnnie Sullivan-Poor little lad did
not want to go back
Susie Lois---Best when by herself.
Susie Castro-Very much pleased
with her.
AS you see, nobody had bad word
for any of them. The admiration was
mutual, too, for all the children agreed
that they had been to the best "coun-
! try" ever, and, Of course, the children
were thinking of the hosts, not the
landscape, when they expressed their
opinions.
26 Go to Hamilton, N. Y.
There are twenty-six Fresh Airs"
in Hamilton. N. Y, to-day. They
landed in that-to them-.terra in
cognita a week ago yesterday, so that
| their hosts have had chance
to size them up. Having taken
the necessary measurements, they
write "The twenty-six are all
happy and we'll and are giving
satisfaction to all the hosts. One
| host remarked that you must have
| sent us very superior lot of
! children"
1t Is surprising how many COM
n1unities think that the Fund must
have used exceptional care in the
selection Of their guests. The truth
cf the matter is that they all get about
the same class of children, selected in
exactly the same way.
1t must be the influence ..of the
country-its pleasures, its freedom, its
new sights and sounds-and the kind
ness of the hosts that inspire the boys
and girls to the sort Of behavior that
all sides. They might be crusty and
mischievous In their home streets, but
what's the use Of devising mischief
when there's a chance to 60 swimming
or to play ball in the open fields
What's the sense Of snarling and
swapping when there's kind "lady"
always ready to smile upon one and
humor ones little whims and fancies?
Laugh and grow fat, says the old
adage. Maybe it works the other way
round, too. Perhaps it's because the
instead Of cutting up, for they do grow
fat while on these Fresh Air vaca-
tions.
Clifton Springs, N. X, sent back
crowd Of seventy-fve guests-for-a-
fortnight the other day. Reporting on
their experience as Fresh Air hosts,
7 the committee there writes that the
average gain in weight for the seventy
five children during their stay in
Clifton was between three and one
half and four pounds, the smallest
gain being two pounds and the biggest
twelve pounds.
Twenty Entertained at Camp
Twenty of the children in this party
were boys Of twelve years. This group
was entertained in camp on Canaan
daigua Lake. The gains in weight at
the camp ranged from 3h to SA
pounds Every observing parent
knows that fretfulness in children is,
in most cases, the reflection Of physi-
cal discomfort or ailment. When boys
day by day they are not ailing and
their conduct reflects that fact.
Two hundred and seven boys and
girls set out for the country yester-
day to make good impressions on hosts
in Delhi, Unadilla, Otego, Rockdale,
Edmeston, Mt. Upton, Gilbertsville and
South New Berlin--all New York vii
lagos. They were the lads and lassies
whose fares had been paid by the
"daddies' and "mammies"s who came
TO the rescue Of these parties when
they were held up last week for lack
Of funds.
The first of the "daddies," Waldo W.
Miller, the man who coined the ex-
preston, in fact, came TO the Fund
Office yesterday to tell of the fun he
had had in visiting the children whose
fares he paid to Oneonta, N. Y. He
motored up there last week from his
home IN Wellsboro, Pa, to And out
what Fresh Air vacations meant. He
recommends that all the other dad
Hdies" try the same experiment at the
places to which their children were
sent. "1f they do" he says, "they will
daddy some more parties neN year"
The Funds total Of contributions
to-day stands at practically $4,000.
i Don't forget that another $4,000 is
needed to complete the summers bud
get,
Contributions to the Tribune Fresh Air
Il Fund
Previously acknowledged .$78,792.2e
| Proceeds of aale by children Of
Camp Rich. Milton. vt....... 5000
| William Dean Elnbrea ......,... $500
| Daniel l.. Cook ............... 1000
In loving memory of my mother,
Evirena Morris s..............f. 700
BY Barney" .................. 200
H. G. Carpenter ................ 1000
In memory of my brother, for
any special party or for the
i general fund ................ $500
Frank H. Thompson ......-..... 1000
Anna B. Pteraon ..s...,.......,. 500
| Coleman r. Curtis ............. 200
| Mrs. j. n. Towne. ............ 5000
/ In memory Of r. MI 8. :....... $500
| Mrs. J. A. Robinson. farcs~ for
1 Rockdaie party or general fund 1880
/ Florence L. Hooper ............. TOO
Mrs. ~ j. Rows ............... TOO
Il q. II. Bailey ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 500