The evening world., 1911-05-04
$50 Pretty Girl Volunteers Are
Securing Brooklyn to Raise
the Amount.
PROMOTERS CONFIDENT
Sure the S4Oo, 900 Total Con-
tribution Will Be Exceeded
Before Time Limit Expires.

Five hundred and nifty men and
Nomsn-a very large number Of them
tho prettiest of pretty Brooklyn girls
are whlriing through Brooklyn to-day
on a devastating errand of coin collect
ing. They are the volunteer agents OF
The Young Women's Christian Associa-
ton. winding up the twsive-day a
paisn for the s~00. 900 fund to build, coup
ana temporarily maintain a boarding
house for working girls. The land Is
already bought at Schermerhorn, Nev,ns
and State streets.
There must Be collected to-day 90, 4si
20 round out the fund. OF this amount
$1,000 viii b contributed by Alexander
Il. Orr. the veteran philanthropast. In
his aoeordanos to NJ out sac 500 900
~ soon ~ 10000 has been collected.
This means that vol collector must
bring in an average Of about $3.50 by
ts-oighk.
Fate 70 Be Known Tonight.
There Will BE- . general gathering Of
the collectors a $50 o'clock tonight.
Experienced money counter. from bank.
and stores will make q quick estimate
OF the cash In hand and by 7.so o'clock
K will be known whether the fund IS
complete. Automobiles. loaned by
scores Of enthusiasts, will be In walt
ing and n tho u Is stu Snort, a
night campaign will start which will
10 kept going until midnight.
So II you are a Brooklyn householder
and observe the healthful traditions, O,
the town by turning out the light at 10
n'gtnNk 40 49, 49, ..At. 49, -
are called TO the door in your bathrobe
along about half past II to be confronted
by two modestly insisting young wo-
men. They will not implore you to ave
them from a band OF pursuing rufians.
They will go away and let you sleep II
YOU will only poke a small sum through
the crack Of the door-and they won't
refuse a yel'owback II you have no
change.
There are all sorts OF committees aid
ing IN the WORK. The Young Business
Meas Committee, OF which Clinton T..
Rossfer IS the chairman. has paid for
advertisements in all the papers Of the
city asking everybody: "wiil You Help,'
Mothers committees and local improve
nent associations and churches have
~ 'V'h "ViuVu ihVo NJ &tHtEd 'TSHn-
'zation.
Mrs. haight Confident.
w renlly have no fear.'' said Mrs.
y. T.. Haight, General Chairman OF the
women's Committee OF one Hundred.
that the hole amount will be raised.
Newark. y. j.. was 10000 short on the
last day OF Its campaign, They got
$4,000 over there on the last day and
came out with a fur OF $500, 900 when
they had asked only for $4,000.
In Louisville in December after a
similar campaign they took IN sci 900
on the last day and came ont with
100000 when they had asked only for
$4,000. j am sure Brooklyn viii do
ss we'll as those cities
With the money collected the ASSOC
citation will build a great hotcl on the
property where. as the association says
girls employed In stores and factories
~ small wages and not living at home
can find shelter and food within their
means with pleasant surroundings and
companionship. The present building on
the property houses forty-three girls. II
IN convenient to the dry goods store
district and TO all the transportation
lines.
The neucleus Of the present fund is
slT, 500 received for the former property
of the Home Association OF WORKING
Girls on Livingston street. taken owe
by the Y. ". c. A. fifteen years ago.