THE FRESH AIR FUND.
rTo THE EDITOR Or Tar SPEC/wren:1 &a,—May I address a word of appeal to your readers on behalf of the Fresh Air Fund, which, since I founded it twenty-six years ago, has given 3,700,624 poor -children from the slums of the great cities a day in the country, and 39,008 of the most weakly and ailing little ones a fortnight's respite by the sea or in the country? There are those, I know, who consider, and perhaps rightly, that every penny they now give in charity should be devoted to caw or many of the pressing needs brought about directly by the war; but I feel that the Fresh Air Fund has a very special claim to oympatby and support this year, in that a very large number of the poor children whom we hope to benefit are the children of men who are on active service or who have made the great eacri- fiee. Even during the present period of inflated prices the cost per head is still remarkably low. Fifteenpenee gives a child a day in -the country, and fifteen shillings pays for a fortnight's holiday. Thirteen pounds defrays the cost of a complete party of two hun- dred little ones for the day with the necessary attendants, and donors of this sum can have the party known by whatever name they may choose. All the expenses of management are borne by the promoters. Subscriptions, however small, will be gratefully received and acknowledged by MT. Ernest Hessen, Hon. Secretary Fresh Air Fund, 220 Great Portland Street, London, W. 1.—I aro,
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