Putnam patriot., 1925-07-17
of New York Esxf Sid CTS to Enjoy Outing Depends
 On Generosity
Committee Asks -Ufho Will Taks- a
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 The New York Fresh Air children are patiently awmusR the time to start. How manv are coming to Pu6- nam for two weeks aray from the hot pavements and crowded, airless tene- ments of the East sits. depends upon the sacrifice and generosity of the eiti- zens Of Putnam. Thompson, Pomfret, Eastf0rd and Woodktock
 There are two ways ir which child may enjoy a breathing spell in the eountry-the child may De taken into the home for two weeks free of charge, or & may be contributed for a child s support during the two weeks period.
 Notify comruitt~~
 People willing to take one or more children or to pay the board of one or more children should communicate at once with Miss Eleanor Mathewson, Pomfret; Miss Sylvia Holt, Wood stock; Miss Harriet Lewis, Thompson. or Mrs. ". J Bartlett or Miss Cert rude Perry, Putnam.
 Some of those who took children to board last year have not been paid Tn full. This Is due to the failure of the First National Bank, wherethe money to pay the board was deposited. The fifty-fve per cent paid in dividends by the bank has been apportioned to those to whom it was owed. and Mrs. Bart lett assured The Patriot that every cent will eventually be paid.
 The purpose of the New York Tri- bane's Fresh Air Fund is. as it's name implies. to provide vacations for ehli- dren of the poor.
 A Distributing Center
 Its method.-The fund acts as 3 dis tributing center-a connecting link be- tween city and country. In the city. more than 200 welfare associations recommend to t their needlest children as fit candidates for a vacation. In the country, Friendly Towns" form local committees to seek offers of hospital fly for these little guests upon arrival The general public support the work by their contributions.
 In 1924 contributions of over Si20,- e11 made it possible to give vacations to more than l6.000 children. Of these about 5000 were entertained in the fund.- fresh air camps; the remaining 10000 were guests in private homes.
 The need-There are more than l. GOO. 900 children in New York City 0ne-tenth of these live iH tenements.
 What are tenement children? In one city block the one between First and Second Avenues and iOlst and ia2nd streets-dwell $500 people. CT thifty-two n8ti8Halities Thirty per cent of these t6s0-are children.
 Play in tenement districts Only half of the bounding streets of the block belongs ta the children ta play In. ths other haIf belong % the h8fdez which dwell iH adjacent blocks. And Ret.=Hot haii af the street belongs tn the children. altef boys and men ar playing ball. crowds of gossippiuR aeroWu-ups' are sitting ur standing about push-earts clutter the side walks. and the stream 0f traffic Is continual menace
 Wonders of Country
 The value of a fresh air vacatiou2 Tt means that it takes the youn2ster tne tenements. out of iutoier- able sleeping places, of unbearable streets It gives him three plentiful wholesome meals Il day. l. gives him those things unknown in tenement streets. gorgeous birds. beautiful flow CTS, waving tree tops, growing crops. and the thousand beauties of nature. IT shows him new kind of home. diff ferent from those of the tenemeuts. It makes friends for him in the country among kind d-hearted people who can do much to brighten his lie In short, it shows him. for the first time in most cases. new America, and by so much increases the possibilities of his be- coming a good citizen.
 The fund hopes this year to send is.- o00 boys and girls from the city fur mace Co the cool country Who will give a little lad or lassie two weeks of happiness?
 Takes Little Brother
 Some of the people who have taken children year after year have grown attached Co them. Mrs Bartlett got a call this week from Mrs. John Chap man of Pomfret. who wished Co take little Pauline Storkotf. who was Mrs Chapman's guest last year She not only wants her for the two weeks. but would like to have her remain all sum mer When Mrs. Chapman learned that Pauline wanted her little seven year old brother to enjoy the country. the member of the committee was re- auested Co send little brother along also II is such sacrifice and generos- ity that helps relieve the burden the committee has assumed.