The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-05

Subscribed up to noon yesterday,
S110,GG4.
Sum needed TO make the proposed
Young Women's Christian Association
building u reality, $4,000.
Amount still required to be rslned.
s33,a30.
These arc the salient. facts In the
most patriotic. unsclfsh and deserving
campaign ever waged in tho city OF
Richmond. Behind these simple fgure,
turks story OF twelve days of unre-
hitting toll by philosophical mon and
women, OF thousands upon thousands
OF calls upon citizens In every walk Of
life; OF occasional reburs and even
cold indifference. and yet OF u single
ness OF purpose and steady persever-
ance which augurs well for tho final
outcome. Only the small, Spartan
bands that have climbed endless
flights of stairs. pulled at innumera Bile
doorbells and been whiskcd up count
less elevators will ever know just how
much labor OF body, heart and mind
was necessary before the stately home
Tor women rose against the sky line.
Only Two Days More.
TWO days--forty-e eight hours-remaiu
In which to raise $4,000. An impossl-
BILE task. apparently. when II Is consid-
cred that the twelve days during which
the campaign has run have yielded
Il
leans have peculiar habit OF coming
TO the rescue at tho last moment. and
Richmond has never yet permitted q
worthy cause to perish for want Of sup
port. Nothing liz impossible for a city
rich In men OF wealth and women of
noble impulses.
Practically every element OF the city's
population has given the movement the
imprint of Its approval. The pulpit and
m fhrn t1nl. t,.n
and prestige into the campaign Law
ishly Business. big and small, is
united In acclaiming the institution as
necessary TO the best civic develop
mcnt. The city government itself has
spoken and through it's chief, Mayor
Richardson. has issued q stirring pro-
clamation, calling upon the loyal citi-
zcnship of the city to rally to the cause
The mute figures on the large bullc-
tin board In the old Young Mems Chris
tian Association building tell an inter-
csting tale TO those who venture to
read between the lines. They show
that up to the noon hour o,34o OF Rich
mond's $4,000 and more souls have in
scribcd their names on the roll of
honor with n subscription OF greater or
smaller magnitude. Barely . per cent
OF the city's population has SO far con
tributed to cause which will directly
or indirectly beneit every being within
Richmond's corporate limits With
such large portion of the citizenship
still unheard from, the committees have
taken new heart. and will enter upon
the two days that still remain of the
campaign with new spirit and cncour-
agement.
Women Work Hardest.
An interesting sidclIght on the work
OF the mems and women's committees
In the present campaign Is the fact
that the women have turned In twice as
many subscriptions as the men. While
the ratio of actual money subscribed
is far smaller. it is seen from these
figures that while the subscriptions OBJ
tanned BY the women have been smaller
on an average than those obtained by
the men. the women have more than
made UP this deficiency by the largely
increased number OF calls they have
made
Marked optimism was in evidence on
all sides at the committee luncheon
yesterday. All OF the speakers were
confident that the fund will be COM
plete when the sun goes down wednes-
day. and declined to entertain the
slightest notion Of defeat. Rev. J. w.
Dixon. Of the Methodist Institute, ,spoke
ont II al n q lon Af hn