Life — October 24, 1918 — page 12: what you’re looking at

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592 Life’s Fresh Air Fund N presenting the annual report of the Fresh Air Fund Live takes pleasure in thanking its behalf of the nine hundred and four children who have enjoyed the hospitality of the Farm dur- will be noted readers in ing the past summer. It that the number is somewhat smaller than usual. This is due to the fact that to. wards the close of the season we realized that although in the past we have for- tunately escaped the possible calamity of loss of life, this immunity of the Effective as e with rested on the vigilance superin tendent and his assistants. this has shown itself, it was only human, and we felt that we no longer cared to trust the lives of litte human beings to a protection by accident be that might found wanting. We therefore one dangerous dormi housing sixty- five children. That we acted none too soon brought home to us. shortly after by the destruction hy fire of one of the buildings which had been used as a was dormitory, but which at the time housed no children Lire next season we shall be ea hopes that by the beginning of ped with a dormitory, to be constructed the funds left by the late Mr fireproof through Gilbert of Georgetown, Connecticut, for the maintenance of the work at the Farn Should the hope be realized we shall be able to house in safety not only the usual number of children, Iut a considerably increased number Lier is x present a none . we can sick. this ateful that, record of “none and all connection we are clea injured happy.” fo Ito print this ex: New letter from one of rseful tract from a York's most charitable T want to thank much indeed, for the wonderful time you gave our sixty children who had the privilege of staying at Lire Farm during the last two weeks in August Each and every one of them came back looking splendid, and they all gave the most enthusiastic accounts of the good times they had had— the hikes, the swings, the food, not to forget the presents of shoes. clothes or books that they all scem to have received as parting The party we sent to your Far not only our largest this summer, but it proved to be quite one of the happiest and most successful. as far as our children are concerned. 1 only hone that you in your turn did not find our children too trouble some, and that the wonderful im provement in their looks, at the end of their vacation, afforded you some satisfaction in reward for your very strenuous work. you very FHL COLORS The following is the financial statement for the year to October 5, 1918 Contributions Marion Story Laterest ed bond pyed by 19, 1918. furnit Fund Reserve Balance forward to 1019 s. opened June 23th sed September oth Children entertained. 90 Average cost per child, &: The Fresh Air Endowments HAT your Fourth Liberty Loan bonds are you going to do with Lire has an excellent. suggestion to make for the safe-keeping—and some thing more—of sums of two hundred dollars in these securities plies to other 4!4-per-cent. used for a Fresh Air Endowment the bonds will not only be safely kept to their maturity, but the principal sum will then be safely reinvested and for all time will bring health and happi- cach summer to a. child otherwise would stew and stifle in the city’s slums during the whole heated term. . It also ap bonds. li ness who To establish a Fresh Air Endowment two hundred dollars in Liberty Loan 414- per-cent, bonds should be sent by regis to Live's Fresh Air Fund, West Thirty-first Street, New tered mail Inc. 17 York City The income from this amount provides that every summer, in perpetuity, child will be sent from the slums of Nev York for a fortnigh air of the country been carried on for thirty-one years, in forty health stay in the fresh This work has now which than time thouss children have and happi ness from it. \ Fresh Air Endowment may bear any designation its donor chooses. Lire Mrs. Eva Massachu received from Brockton, setts, Third Liberty Loan has Edgar Wright, bonds for two hundred dollars to establish FRESH AIK ENDOWMENT NUMBER IT Memory of James and Axste Eposs of Brockton, Massachusetts. We have received Virginia Vilas Clarke, The Grosvenor, New York City, Fourth Liberty Loan bonds from for two hundred dollars to. establish FRESH AIR ENDOWMENT NUMBER 13 In Memory of Percavat Vitas Chart His Reason " HILE inditing this epistle, the Boston, wrote new cavalry recruit from am, necessarily, assuming a standing position, because during the drill this afternoon I was unable to make the jactations of my body syn- chronize with the violent succussions of my horse.” comicbooks.com