New-York tribune., 1922-07-11

poor child who hasn't got garden and
howers and playthings!"
This" was s7.14. almost exactly the
sum that two weeks vacation in
Tribune Fresh Air land costs.
Eleanor, Victoria and Hope are the
three little daughters of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Edwards and they live in big
house on hill up at Larchmont, with
lots of lawn and trees and flowers and
everything that little girls should
have to be happy and we'll. Sometimes
when the sisters three (they are ten,
nine and seven years old, respectively
are playing in their garden they think
sadly of those less fortunate children
who haven't any place worth while to
play in or any fresh air or bright sun
shine.
Il wish we had some money to give
to poor little boys and girls" Victoria,
the nine-year- said one day.
Il tell you what-lets earn some"
exclaimed Eleanor.
So They Gave an Entertainment
And so the three put their heads to-
gether and decided to give an enter
tainment that would be so good that
people would pay to see it. "And
then" said Eleanor, we'll give all the
money we get to The Tribune Fresh
Air Fund and help some child to a
lovely vacation!"
The three sisters planned a real pro-
gram and enlisted the other children
of the neighborhood to take part For
two weeks then they called round on
all their friends and sold tickets for
the entertainment-tick at three
cents apiece. After lots of hard work
thirty-three tickets were disposed of,
the box Office receipts totaling SO cents
The performance was a great sue
cess. The garage, with it's doors spread
wide, provided the stage, while the
gram was devised wholly by the chill
dren and they made all the costumes
necessary.
The first number was Grecan
dance, with very young but charming
queen as it's center, Miss Gloria Hat
rick, three years old. You can't won
der at the success of the performance
when you read that, can you? The
dancers were Victoria Edwards, Jean
Boyd, Betty Boyd and Ruth Hatrick.
Ruth, Hope and Jean Dance
Next came three dances by Ruth
4 Hatrick, Hope Edwards and Jean Boyd
The third number was by Eleanor and
Victoria Edwards and Rita Gagen as
Grecian girls, and there were never
any prettier girls in Greece. Then lit,
tie Eleanor did a butterfly solo, and
Jean Boyd, with four assistants, gave
The Violet. A little pantomme called
"The Twins" musical selections by
Howard Stevens and an ensemble bal
let wound up the affair-almost.
The almost" is necessary because
the performers held the audience long
enough after the last number to tel
it just what the entertainment was
given to accomplish. And after the
explanation Robert Moody, age nine
and treasurer of the affair, let it be
known that it was going to cost every
body more to get out then it had tc
get in. That's the explanation Of the
difference between the 80 cents box
office receipts and the STA which was
turned over to the Tribune Fund yes
terday afternoon.
Bless their kind hearts! They've
done their bit for the boys and girls
who haven't any place to play and who
haven't any prospect of country vaca-
tons this summer except through the
Tribune Fund. Have you done .ou1
bit, Mr.. and Mrs. and Miss? Don't lei
these children prove themselves more
thoughtful and kind-hearted than you
$4,000 Worth of Tickets
On the desk beside the typewriter
on which this Fresh Air story is writ
ten in the office of the Fresh Air Fund
lie $4,000 worth of railroad tickets
let's put it in words, too, SO that you
won't think that the amount stated is
typographical error-four thousand
dollars worth! They are to be usec
by children who are to set out for their
vacations to-day and tomorrow as the
guests of the Tribune Fund.
It's lot of money to pay for rail
road tickets, isn't it? But it's going
to buy, not bits of pasteboard that will