Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-01
COMMITTEE IN NEED OF MONEY
URGENT APPEAL MADE IN IN
TEREST OF CHARITY.
Funds Required for Three Organiza'
ticns-Meeting Held Yesterday.
Treasurer's Report.

| To meet every week until the financial
| needs of the three charities are met. is
the decision of the joint finance commit
| tee. representing the Associated Chart
| ties Citizens Relief Association and
committee on prevention of consump-
ton. At the American Security and
Trust Company building yesterday after
| noon a group of prominent men and wom-
en-. members of the joint finance COM
mittee gathered to discuss methods OF
raising money for these three charities.
Cuno III. Rudolph. chairman, presided. and
A. Lisner. Hennen Jennings. Miss Emily
Tuckerman. John Joy Edison. Howard s.
Reside, DIR. Sofie A. Nordhoff-Jung.
John B. Sleman, jr., Edgar D. Shaw.
Mrs. Harriet Blaine Beale, Walter c. Gle
phane, Arthur d. Marks. Frederic L..
Moore. Archibald Hopkins and William
+. Guide were present and took active part
in the discussion.
Edgar ID. Shaw and Arthur ID. Marks
were appointed committee to draft "A
special appeal to be issued through the
tee passed special vote of thanks ex-
pressing appreciation of the generous help
given by the local papers.
Treasurer's Report.
Howard S. Reside submitted the treas
urer's report. 1t showed that the As
ISOLATED Charities still requires $s.131: the
Citizens Relief Association, 5000. and
the committee on prevention of consump-
tion $1,000 for the current year to Oc-
tober ]. The three organizations have
received since October ]. 1901. $S.641 for
the Associated Charities. s2945 for the
Citizens Relief Association and 81 SS7
for the committee on prevention of con-
sumption. Thus the total collect to
date for the three charities are $l3 413.
They still need Sl7.735. 1t is hoped to
raise this amount during February.
Reports submitted from other cities as
we'll as from Washington indicated that
the needs for charitable work this year
are greater than usual. 1t IS stated that
there is greater lack of employment and
tina. families who would ordinarily be
indie pendent are reduced to want In
behalf of the hundreds of needy families
which these three charities are bffriend-
ing the joint finance committee voted
to appeal to the citizens of Washington
for small as well as large contributions
to be sent to S11 G street.
Text of the Appeal.
Under the heading of Your Help Is
Needed the appeal reads as follows:
Response to the appeals recently pub
lished by the joint finance committee In
behalf of the Associated Charities, the
Citizens Relief Association and the COM
mittee on prevention of consumption has
been encouraging. but by no means suf-
ficient. Distress is unusually severe
among the poor. Need for help is urgent
Small subscriptions are welcome as
well as larger gifts VIII you send a
contribution to the joint finance commit
tee. 81 G. street?
The committee members are: Milton
+. Allies. Mrs. Harriet Blaine Beale
Emile Berliner. Scott c. Bone, Walter c.
Clephane, John Joy Edison Mrs. William
Corcoran Eustis. William +. GUIDE, Rob-
ert n, Harper. Archibald Hopkins, Hen
men Jennings, A. Lsner. John r. Mclean
Mrs. III. b. F. mcfarland, Arthur ID.
Marks, Frederic l.. Moore. DR.. Sotie A.
Nordhoff-Jung, Thomas c. Noyes. II.
Francis Riggs, Cuno II. Rudolph, Edgar
ID. Shaw, John b. Slemen, Jr.; William
p. Sturgeon, Corcoran Thorn. Miss Emily
Tuckerman. George Truesdell Mrs. Her
bert Wadsworth and S. w. Woodward"