The New York Fresh Air fmb. For Adults and Elderly People Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library Gift of Seymour B. Durst Old York Library '•It mililfl to that everything la ilono tor children I Will not smnu ono Bjmpnthitft with the Deeds of those of an older growth -a Fresh Air Funil— a Summer Homo for both sexes apart from tho noise and restlessness of children .' "—Anna Lynch Jlutta. The New York Fresh Air Fund For Adults and Elderly People. OFFICERS. President. MKS. MARIE T. LANGE, Monmouth Beach, N. J. Vice- Presidents. MRS. AUGUSTUS C. ROGERS, .... 214 West 128th Street, MRS. THEODORE IIARRIS, 135 East 54th St reel . MRS. E. R. FAY, 530 West 157th Street. Th-easurer. ILL AUGUSTUS -G-.- ROGERS, %-5th-AY£nue_ MRS. A. F. WAINWRIGIIT, 121 East 27th Street. Secretary. MISS M. A. FISnER, 148 St. Ann's Avenue. The New York Fresh Air Fund was incorporated March 11, 1808, by the courtesy of Mr. Frederick R. Coudert. k concert was given at the Waldorf-Astoria on March 31. aud with the proceeds the management was enabled to begin their work by furnishing daily excursions and country board to the most needy of their applicants. " This was the first summer in many years that I was able to spend a few days in a beautiful country spot ! " wrote an old lady, who lives at the top of a tenement with her lame grandson. "It is something I can now look forward to through the long winter. " " Those few weeks up the Hudson btfUi me up," wrote a governess who had previously spent some months in a hospital. " I want to thank all the ladies who so kindly contributed to give me this delightful change. " For a few who preferred the seaside we engaged board at Asbury Park. One of them — a pale, wan gentlewoman, grown prematurely old from ekeing out her meagre income of one dollar and twenty-live cents a week for food and medicine. Unable to walk about, we found her spending the day on the broad piazza, looking out upon the ocean. "It is like a dream of one's youth come back," she said. From patrons of the concert and other subscribers we gratefully acknowledge the receipt of $464. There is now on interest toward a permanent fund a balance of $238. Mrs. J. H. Aldrich Mrs. Thos. S. Clarkson Mrs. Spencer Aldrich Mrs. Wm. P. Clyde Miss Anderson Mrs. Cohn Mrs. John Arnold Miss Alice Connolly Mrs. William Arnold Mrs. "Wm. A. Copp Chester Alan Arthur Mrs. Cordoza Mrs. John Jacob Astor Mrs. Peter Cornell Mrs. !N". P. Bailey Fred. R. Coudert Miss A. A. Ballow Mrs. Brockholst Cutting Mrs. Sackett Barclay Hon. Charles P. Daly Mrs. Charles Tracy Barney Mrs. Wm. G. Davies Mrs. Barrett Miss Edith E. Dean Mrs. J. T. Bolles *Mrs. John F. Dillon Mrs. Brcce-Broavn Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge Mrs. J. S. Breese Mrs. Peter Doelger Mrs. Samuel W. Bowne Mrs. Joseph Drexel Mrs. C. H. Van Brunt Mrs. Duer Mrs. Julius Bunzl Miss Belle Durkee Mrs. Thos. M. Carnegie Mrs. Wm. M. Evarts Miss Carpenter Miss Elsie S. Ftely Mrs. Ed. de C. Chisholm Miss M. A. Eisher Miss Louise W. Clarke Mrs. Samuel Eisk * Deceased. Mrs. 0.0. Goodhue Miss ('AHOLINK L. ( i OODRK II Mrs. William E.Grace Mrs. Grannis Mrs. J. Gregg Mrs. Wm. Hamilton Harms Mrs. S. M. Harris Mrs. Theo. Harris Mrs. J. A. Haskell Miss IIav-ku Mrs. George L. HsiNfi Mrs. A. N. Hensiiaw Mrs. H. E. Hicks Mrs. Charles F. Hoffman Mrs. Holmes Mrs. Isaac W, How W. D. Howells Mrs. S. Ives Hurtt Mrs. Wm. R. Hutton Mrs. John B Ireland Mrs William Ives Dr. Jaeger Mrs. H. Jonep Misa Lucy Elliot Keeler Miss Helen M. Kelly Mrs. George G. King Mrs. C. S. Kraus Mrs. H. R. Kunhardt Mrs. Marie T. Lange Mis. James Lanier Mrs McComb Mrs. Henry Mauer. Messrs. Milhau & Son Mrs. Chas. E. Milnor Mrs ('. MIN/.KSHEIMER Mra. M. A. Packard Mrs. Alfred D. Pell Mrs. \V. H. Peckham Mrs. Charles Phelps Mrs. George Place J. R. Planten Airs. Orlando B. Potter Messrs. \V Ess ELL. XlCKEL Miss May Pobarts Mrs. Rodensikin Miss Helen Kouers Miss Bute Royal Mrs. J. Ruppert Mrs. S. H. Russell Mrs. Joseph Rylanm: Mrs. Clarence Satterlee Miss A. SCHUBZ Mrs. Jesse Sellegman Mrs. Clarence A. Seward Mrs. Eluot P. Shepard James L. Smith Miss J. Anna Sloat Mrs. Thomas U. Smith Mrs. St anbury Mrs. Charles D. Stickney Miss Helen 0. P. Stokes Miss Olivia Phelps Stokes Miss Grace Strickland Mrs. Benj. L. Swan Mrs. F. B. Swayne Mrs Wm. H. Taller Mrs. Thos. J. Taylor Dr. W. D. Tennison Mrs. P. M. Thomson Miss Phebe Anna Thorne Mrs. Edwin D. Trowbridge Mrs. Valender Mrs. H. J. Vrooman Miss Alice Ward Mrs. Leonard Webber Joseph Weiner Mrs. T. F. Wentworth Mrs. J. Wertheimkr Miss May W. White Mrs. J. Henry Win t.\ey Mrs. Cyrus Wk kki: Mrs. Henry S. Wilson Mrs Joseph Wini h:- Mrs. Wolff Mrs. Zimmerman a Gross ami others. (over.) Some of the Incidents that Suggested the Need of a Fresh Air Fund for Adults and Elderly People. In an attic room of a noisy street we found an old gentle- man who had been for fifty years a poet and journalist. "To pass a few weeks in the country once again before I die," said he, " has been the dream of many a long year as I sit in this garret where the sun seldom struggles in." The Home-Hotel Association sent him forty dollars that he might have his wish fulfilled. But the aid came too late, his dream was never realized— for on the morning that he was dressed for the journey, he fell back upon his bed and expired. We were interested in an old lady, an authoress, who was provided with a ticket to spend two weeks at a cottage filled with the mirth and merriment of shop girls from the city. The old lady remonstrated with them for their noise. They said " Old cranks ought not to come here, we must have our nightgown brigades, we come here to have a good time." The old lady stayed one week and came home disappointed. " Do you never go away in your vacation ? " we asked of a young weary-looking teacher. " It is impossible !" she answered, "there are so many of us on a small income. I am the eldest. I've not slept away from home once since father died seven years ago." It is to such as these that we wish to offer a change of air and scene in the summer time, so much needed. /