New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-22
The Tribune Fresh Air Fund
The Five Friendly Fellows and ''The Lucky Three
of Ridgefeld, Conn, Earn $3.50 by Church
Sale to SSBuy" Vacations for Youngsters

"The Five Friendly Fellows" and
"The Lucky Three" yesterday sent
greetings-and vacations-to nineteen
friendless and unlucky "fellers" They
must be lucky to be able to do it, and
what could be more friendly than
what they have done?
The eight live in beautiful Ridgefeld,
Conn That's lucky in itself, as you'll
readily agree if you ever see Ridge
field. Weeks ago they decided--all by
themselves, little girls though they are
that they would like to do something
for the Tribune Fresh Air Fund, or,
was in their hearts, for the children
for whom the Fund EXISTS.
SO they formed themselves into
the organizations named and set to
work collecting materials and making
fancy articles for sale. The sale was
held on the grounds Of St. Stephens
Church, and successful sale it was.
A few days ago the girls-Elizabeth
Ballard, Katherine Hoyt, Caroline Rob-
erts, Alice Doubleday, Helen Lusk, Ann
Ballard, Marjorie Hoyt and Joan Lusk
and few days later followed it with
one for s1048, to bring their total
contribution up to $3.50.
Eight girls in a beautiful country
village are sending more than twice
their number from the hot city. streets
to the cool, green country for two
weeks each. SO there is now another
little club, ''The Lucky Nineteen" and
they go to the country Monday
Flatbush Boys Aid Fund
Three Flatbush lads--John johnson,
Jack Parks and Jimmy Cross-who
live right alongside Prospect Park and
20 down to Brighton Beach every day
to swim, send greetings-and vase
tion-to some little East Side lad.
About a week ago they gave ,, show
earned SIS. This will pay the railroad
fare of lad who Is to go to Oxford,
N, Y, for a vacation Tuesday.
These three are old friends OF the
Fund. Last year they gave show and
raised s1.50. This year they deter
mined to do better, and they say they
are going to keep it up year after year
raising more money as they grow older.
These are only examples OF "hat
make the work Of the Fund great
success in order that children may be
made happy and healthy. In all direc-
tions people are thinking of the boys
and girls of the hot tenements and de-
vising ways and means to give them
what thew need most at this time OF
year-good vacations in the country.
A contribution which was listed yes
terday carried with it sugges1ion
which the senders believed might De
an inspiration to others. Here IL Isl
"In a little apartment in Washlhg-
ton Heights where friends, gather
evarv evening and frequently play
bridge. we agreed upon the plan to tax
The losing partners IS cents each, max"
mo 70 cents for the evening. len
evenings gave US 81 to send to tne
tribune Fund for one poor little KID
dies vacation. "a,
"Oblieations made it impossible for
anv one of us to send 81 to this glori-
Gus charity of yours, but in TINS way
we never felt the small tax, ana IL not
only made the games more interesting
but made us very happy to know we
had sent one more into the suns M He
world. May we suggest that In nun,
dreds of homes in this city where ca.u
Games are played others could 40 the
Same and see how good it feels to
know you have been assisting In
could you pick out gloomy llttie
tot and make him promise to come back
smiling? We will promise to send him
again next year. oo,,
From Bridge Game in Apt. 3d.
The Fund did better than the bridge
players asked; it picked out gloomy
little tot" and made him smile by send
ing him away. At that rate he ought
to come back more than smiling.
But how about that suggestion. card
players? Can't you work it, too? You
can try it with pinochle, casino, boo'
euchre or croquet. Nobody could criti-
cize YOU for playing poker even, II you
did il for the Fresh Air Fund.
Many Ways to Help
! Oh, there are many ways to help the
"Fresh Airs" if you only start thinking
of them The easiest is to just pull out
your checbook and scribble q few