Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-07
LIBERAL DONATIONS
LIST OF SUBSCRIPTIONS no z. II
G. A. BUILDING FUND.
Total Of LOTS Persons Give Sums
Ranging From 81 to $5o, 900
The Details.

February Is is the date which the T. M.
c. A. committees have set for the compile
ton of the $4,000 building fund. and IL
more than half of the remaining $4,000 yet
to be raised is in during the, next three
weeks 1t is expected that work may be be-
gun on the new building by February 1. At
next Mondays meeting of the directors the
latter will in all probability issue its final
appeal to the public to complete the fund
straightway and thereby make way for the
next chapter in the program, namely, the
erection and equipment of the building
Meantime, all friends of the cause are urged
to proceed with energy to finish the re-
quired subscriptions
A review of the amounts subscribed to
date, summarized by General Secretary
Peirce today. tells an interesting story. In
all there are 1.075 subscribers who have
given something over $3.50 900 or an aver
age Of about $3.50 each. Only one person in
300 OF the city's total population. therefore,
has contributed
$3.50 has come in subscriptions ranging
from $1,000 up to $4,000. The large SUBJ
scriptions are: Mr.. Rockefeller. $4,000:
President s. w. Woodward, 2S.000: Direc-
$40 900 and 5000: three of 81 500: two of
81 600 and twenty of $1,000. There were
just thirty subscribers In all for sums rang
ing from $1,000 to $4,000.
Between 500 and 81 900.
There were 21S subscribers who gave sums
of 500 and over and under 1000, the aggre-
gate donations OF this class reaching$42, 600.
or an average of not quite 500 each. Over
half Of this class. ia. gave 500. 1t Is In
teresting to note that there were also just
ia who gave s.. Next to the rs and so
subscriptions. the 81 and the IS donations
were popular with the largest number Tof
people. After the 500 subscribers the most
popular In the hundreds class were the
$500 subscriptions. o (which there were Is,
and the $500 subscriptions. Of which there
were %. After these came 10 $50 Sub
scribers and 16 for $40 each
In sums under $10O. there were SN who
gave total Of about 5000 or an average
of not quite $40 each. There are 1854 SUBJ
scrlptions Of $25. the most popular figure in
the entire canvass Next came the 80 do
nors. 1874 Of them; after that the 50 folks,
la, the same number az the $fO0 givers;
40 Of $50, 81 Of s12. % of $50, 10 Of $40, and
IL each of S4S. $50 and SIS. There were 80
81 subscribers, following the injunction OF
the little girl who sent in the first 81 bill,
with the suggestion that II everybody in
Washington did the same the $500, 600 would
be raised.
Each in Glass Of One.
There were seven subscribers, besides the
four largest, who succeeded In getting into
class of one each by himself. These were
the subscribers Of. respectively. $500, $1O4.
$50, sS4. $50. s13. 90 and $40. All other SUBJ
scribers had company. There were only
two. however In the 500 class In the s225
class and in the "a and s. classes; and like
wise in the 5000 class An interesting CO.
incidence is that there were Just three SUBJ
scribers in the 800 class and three In the
$3.50 class.
Another interesting accident giving rise
to a geometrical ratio Is that there was a
total Of four subscribers in the $500 class,