Evening star., 1909-06-12
VOL LUNTEERS IN THE FIELD
Telephone Operators May Inquire
Have You Been Buttoned?'
CAR CONDUCTORS TO ASSIST
Entertainments for the Benefit of
the of Par
ticipants in the Programs.


paign for the benefit of the Washington
Fairgrounds continue to offer their serv-
ices in large numbers to the committee
in charge of the movement. All is ac-
tivity at Button day headquarters in the
old Metropolitan Bank building. and new
plans are rapidly materializing. Efforts
are being made to enlist the services
of the telephone girls, street car con-
ductors and school children.
Members of the Playground Association
are going to suggest to the officers OF
the telephone company to request each
telephone operator to substitute Have
you been buttoned?" for Number,
please" when answering calls Monday,
June u.
The merchants committee of the Play
ground Association may also attempt to
have the street car conductors of the
city supplied with buttons for sale, and
to encourage them prize may be offered
TO the man selling the largest number.
School Children to Sell Buttons.
The board of education has granted a
request that the school children of the
District be permitted to sell the buttons,
and Monday, June p. there will probably
be several thousand school children in the
DlStTiCt watching 10 see tIldI uO cue SS-
capes being "buttoned."
At a meeting of the merchants commit
tee last evening in the rooms of the
Chamber of Commerce further plans for
increasing the sale of buttons we've dis
cusSed. Members of the committee were
assigned to different streets and sections
of the city, with instructions to arouse
Interest among the business men in the
project.
Numerous legends or posters advertising
Button day were submitted to the COM
mittee. One was addressed to Washing
ton women, and urged them to order
button from all merchants from whom
they purchase anything June 21 An
other was addressed to the clerks, asking
them not to fail to wear the buttons
given them by their employers.
Pen Women Give Entertainment.
An entertainment was given at the Y.
NJ. c. A., under the auspices Of the
League of American Pen Women, last
evening for the benefit of the play
grounds movement. The assembly room
Of the Y. NJ. c. A. was crowded, Dr.
Edward l.. Aves of Oxford, England
gave a lecture on The Revival of Me-
diaeval Art and Architecture and It's Eff
feet on the English Peoples"
The program also included piano solos
by Miss Olive L. nemarest. Miss Edith
NJ. Elliott and Miss Imogene lexis: vocal
selections by Miss Mary E. Haynie,
Mrs. A. D. Melvin. Theodore T. Apple
and Rev. George F. Dudley. followed by
a quartet composed Of Miss Elizabeth
Hyde. Miss Gertrude Shedd. A. c. Hamil-
ton and Edward De Reimer.
The entertainment was given under the
joint direction of Miss Elizabeth Hyde.
Mrs A. S. Hamilton. Mrs. NJ. Bonham
and Mrs. j. o. Estabrook. The proceeds
will be donated for the use of the play
grounds.
Present '.Alice in Wonderland"
Several hundred school children and
their parents attended the second per-
formance of Alice in Wonderland yes
terday afternoon at the Eastern High
School A large sum was received for
the benefit of the school Fairgrounds.
The pupils who took part in the play
were: Mr.. Ransom. '09. the King Of
Mr.. Fischer, 10, the Messenger and the
White Knight; Mr.. Fessenden, 'O9, the
March Hare; Mr.. Stockett. '09. the Mad
Halter; Mr.. Dillon, 10, the Knave of
of Hearts; Mr. Marshall 'O9, Tweedle
Dunn, Mr.. McAllister, 10, Tweedle Dee;
Miss Jones. 10. the Queen of Hearts
and the Duchess: Miss Schmaling. 10.
the White Queen: Miss Engel. 10, the
Cook; the Baby; Miss Guide. 10. Alice.
Orders for Buttons Pour LII.
Orders for buttons continue 10 pour in
to the Button day headquarters by tele-
phone, letter and messenger. Six of the
largest department stores of Washington
have already placed orders for button
for each employe, and orders from nearly
all the other stores OF the city are ex-
pected. The demand for the buttons has
been SO great that the committee ordered
81. 900 additional ones this morning. This
raises the total up to $1,000.
About 1900 posters were mailed last
night to the different business houses in
and an equal number of different kind
will be sent out this evening.
Circulars have also been mailed in large
numbers calling for volunteers tn act as
chaperons for the young women who will
work in pairs selling the buttons June 81.
will assist in marshaling the large force
of schoolgirls. The circular asking for
volunteers was sent out by Mrs. Justina
r. Hill and Mrs. G. s. Rafter. The young
four hours in the morning and four In the
afternoon. and will be furnished with
badges by the committee.
Arthur c. Moses. vice president of the
Playground Association, Is gratified at
the manner in which the business houses
Of Washington have taken up the button
idea. He said this morning that the
business men of the city intend to give
Congress practical demonstration of their
belief in the playground movement. and
hope that next year they will be able to
get an appropriation for the Fairgrounds.
Rev Timothy Funk, an aged minister Of
the Baptist Church, died at Singers Glen
in Virginia. in his eighty-fourth year. In
his younger days he was widely known
over Virginia as a teacher OF vocal mu-
sic His father was the founder of pub
lyeht OF SivHcra IL