New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-03
Everybody's helping,

~''' ans nave iOlS OF lTlPnuS.
Up to noon last Saturday 1876 more
folks proved that their friendship had
roots running down into their pocket
books. Pretty deep down, too, for they
added over $1,000 in contributions to
the Funds rapidly mounting total.
The term "pocketbook friends" used
IN some connections might indicate a
poor sort of friendship. But not here
"Pocketbook friends" are just what the
Fresh Airs" need most Everything
needed to make possible vacations for
New York's neediest 10000 boys and
girls is in hand or in sight-except
that which the "pocketbook friends"
must provide, the 100000 which the
vacations will cost this summer.
And more than one-seventh of that
is actually in hand.
The friends that have given that
seventh give more than their money,
too Every contribution that comes
along brings it's expression of heart
interest. wishing some little girl a
happy time in the country" writes one
giver.
Here is hoping that some kid will
nave a good time, from seVenty-siX-
year Kid says another.
Sends Gift From Paris
Another friend proves the d. 9th Of
his interest by sending his gift all the
way from Paris-as he has been doing
for many years. Still another sends
his from Canada.
And there are none too high or too
lowly of station in life, none too. old
foo n m ho fr,onI
with the lads and lassies of the tcnc-
ments. One of to-day's list of con-
tributors writes "Sir" before his name
and Bart" after it. Another tells
that she earned the money she sends
"scrubbing in an Office building"
One contributor writes in the .waver-
ing hand of eighty-fve, while from an
other comes a gift with this wish: "a
contribution from Dorothy Mary San
ford, Stamford Conn, on her first
birthday, July /, 1922, so that some
little girl who doesn't live in the fresh
air 365 days in the year may have at
These are one kind of friends of
Fresh Air "fellcrs."
Out in the country another kind are
hard at work doing their big part.
They live miles from the "felers"
they are working for, in some cases
hundreds of miles, but their time, their
energy, their hearts are all for the
Fresh Airs" They are the folks who
are finding and giving the hospitabe
homes into which thousands of chill
dren are to be taken for their vaca
tons. They are the members of the
Funds country committees.
Off hand you might think that men
would be too absorbed in their bust
-;
and working for the Funds proteges,
but they are not.
Rotary Clubs are Busy
In Cortland and Geneva, N. Y,
Rotary clubs are devoting much of
their time right now to securing invi-
tations in their localities for Fresh
Airs" Between the two nearly 1000
youngsters will get pleasant vacation
places.
In Elmira, N. Y, the local Kiwanis
Club is at work on the same job and
considers it privilege to be allowed
to help" These men are to invite
1000 and up" to visit them.
In Newark N. Y, the Elks are work
ing for the boys and girls in whom The
Tribune Fund has interested them.
They telegraphed yesterday for 200 in
vitation blanks and they, too, look
upon the work as privilege.
In Canadaigua, n. Y, the Exchange
Club is the chldren's friend. The
work is new to it this year and it has
promised only twenty-five vacations,
but it expects to report 100 places
when its work is done.
Up at Springfield, Mass, the Cham
Der of Commerce has constituted itself
the local Fresh Air committee. There
are rumors of 500 invitations from
here.
In Intcrlaken, N. Y, the Business
Mems Association is beginning its sec
ond year of work for Tribune Fresh
Airs" with the promise of places for
eighty children. double the number
entertained in 1921.
These are just samples. Other Ro-
tary clubs, lodges of Elks, chambers of
commerce and similar organizations
are proving their willingness to get out
and hustle for the children of the tene
ments. And, of course, the women who
are working on Fresh Air committees
are legion. You'd sort of expect that,
but it may surprise you to learn of the
generous work of busy men.
Everybody's helping.
"Pocketbook Friends"
But the hospitality seekers in the
country are further ahead in their
work than the "pocketbook friends"
who must pay the railroad fares to the
vacation places the hospitality seekers
find. The work of the far-away friends
of the country is a challenge to the
city folks who live all but next door to