Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-17
To Be Held for the Relief Of the Poor
Tomorrow.
IT PROMISES TO &IA GREAT SUCCESS
Charitable People of the City Are
Hard at Work.
THE NEED IS GREA T

and promises to be tremendous success.
| Everybody in Washington, regardless Of
| circumstances, is invited to bring or send
at least pound Of provisions and grocer
les to the office Of The Evening Star to-
| morrow.
| While it Is desirable that so far as pos
| sble the contributions should be sent to
| The Star Office, yet, for the benefit Of those
| who might find it inconvenient to come
down town, headquarters have been estab-
| lished in different sections Of the city,
| where pounds will be received ard cared
| for until they accumulate in quantities suf-
| f1cient to warrant transportation to the
| main depot. The whole affair has been
gotten up on less than two days notice.
| but there is no reason to believe that the
| pound party would be greater success
| II it had had O weeks or a months ad-
vertising in advance.
Universal Interest Excited.
most encouraging feature in connec-
| ton with the work is the universal interest
which this plan for raising supplies has
attracted. In thousands of homes in this
city last evening the announcement pub
| lished in The Star was read, and few, in
deed, were the people who felt that they
could not give at least one pound for the
assistance Of their needy fellow men. On
all sides were heard today words Of APP
prevail and encouragement for the pound
| party, and, judging b. the remarks made.
run I'D into the thousands Of pounds.
That is the great beauty and advantage
OF such a plan of giving as this. Every
| ono may participate in it and even people
| who are poor themselves can give at least
a pound to relieve the wants OF others who
are in still more needy circumstances.
| The poor man can give pound, the rich
man can give his hundreds of pounds by
ho has or ha a q H.
| In the reach Of all. ana II only a fraction
of the population of Washington do their
| share in the work the central relief COM
mittee will start out with an immense sup
| ply Of provisions on hand. One Of the big
| rooms on tho 18th street side Of The Star
| buildings has been selected as the receiv-
ing point for donations. and this will be
| opened from in the morning until in
| the evening. or as long as contributions
| continue to pour in. An addition to this
| there will be headquarters in Georgetown,
Northeast Washington Capitol Hill and
Brookland. se,u
Branch "P0und" Stations.
In Georgetown the place for sending do
nations is the seventh precinct police sta
| ton. r. aE"
| The Capitol Hill station Is the big corner
| store building under the handsome new
hall Of Naval Lodge. No 1. F. A. A. NJ,
at the northwest corner of 4th street and
| Pennsylvania avenue southeast.
| Tho Brookiand station will be in the drug
| store Of Morgan & Painter, and residents
| Of that suburb and the immediate vicinity
| may find it convenient to send their pounds
| there.
The northeast section of town Is thl:kly
| populated and full of eharitably disposed
| people Many Of these are employed in the
! government printing oiiice and other insti.
| tutions in the nefshborhood who might
| find it inconveuisnt to mako the journey to
| The Star office to carry a pound Of provi-
| sions. For these, headquarters has been
| established in the dry goods store Of Phelps
& Company. corner Of 10th and H streets
| ncrthe asst.
| At eacl. Of these branch stations there
will be man who will be charged with the
| work Of receiving pounds and caring foI
| them until they collect by the wagon load,
when they will be removed to one central
Joint by the Merchants Parcel Delivery
| Company.
| School Children Mt Work.
A great interest has been taken in the
| pound party by the school children of the
| city, and they are making preparations by
the thousand to bring their little to help
swell the great collection of provisions
which is confidently looked for. That IS
| the secret Of the success OF such q scheme
as this. One pound does not go far In re-
| Heving the distress among the poor or a
| great city, but when thousands OF people
| combine and give at the same time, the re-
| suit is invariably a surprise. Many Of the
| larger stores and business houses OF the
| city have already taken up collections to-
| day for the purpose of buying pounds IN
| bulk to send to the pound party tomorrow
| Grocers and provision dealers, generally.
| have also expressed the greatest sympathy
in the work. and are doing up packages to
send tomorrow.
A prominent government official who was
| consulted by Star reporter with reference
| to some necessary details Of the pound
| party said that he was certain that 1t
| no Of ho
| sort ever known in this city. Ihe star
has always shown the deepest interest IN
| the public welfare of Washington. and now
| that it has started this popular contribu-
ton for the relief CT the poor. am sure
| that the people will respond most generous
| ly. I should be greatly disappointed II the
contributors do not amount TO nVe TONS,
| and I should not be at all surprised II II
| should 60 to hundred thousand pounds.
| Why do 1 place the figures so high? Be
| cause think very few people Will ran 10
give. and think that every man VINO can
| afford it, should, and will, give considerably
| more than a single pound Know l
| shouldn't think Of sending less than fifteen
or twenty myself. You just wait and see.
| will read a call like this in The Star and
| not heed it."
Pounds Already Received.
That he was right in saying that the
| pounds would not be slow in coming III was
proved beyond doubt, fer although the
| party does not actually begin until tomor-
row, yet rearly five hundred pounds rad
been sent to The Star office before 10
o'clock this morning Before the compli-
| Gated machinery necessary to getting out a
| big daily paper was started piInafss ~,
| groceries and provisions tied up IN brown
| paper began to pour In. ,,,,ss
| One OF the earliest callers at the BUSINESS
| office was a prominent 7th street merchant
who said that he had some things ne
| wanted to send down right away move
ment was put on foot among the clerks IN
| his store yesterday afternoon Immediately
| after The Star was out, and although nc
one was asked to give unless ne really
| wanted to, over 15N pouhds was raised IN a
| few minutes. He himself had ordered 10.
| pounds sent to the office, and he said that
| his mother had gone to market Tor the
purpose OF buying TOO pounds more.
That is the Wholesale way or DONG IT,
1t is the thousands OF small donations
however, that make up the great sum
| total, and the man, woman or chlld VINO
brings a single pound. be 1t flour, oatmeal
| rice, coffee, tea or what not, VIII be as
| welcome as the man who SENDS bafre
| or a wagon load. 1t will be great occa.
sion, and the people Of Washington will al
have chance to participate In what prom
tses to be a remarkable affair. Come early
come often, only let every one who comes