Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-06

With great enthusiasm the go scan<
paigners at work on raising a bt:ldir
fund for the Young womens ChSstia,
Association took up their labors toda1
and by this afternoon they had jump
the total subscription to date up t, 81
1G The reports made at the canEoai,
luncheon at the headquarters. LIS
street, showed that the women's EearN
had collected today subscriptions aneoui
ing to 1855 The business men s sct d
mittee reported many promises forfaa~ge
contributions and a collection of ssos
Mrs W. H. Bayly. president of theSlfcal
association and captain of one OF the
teams of women, announced today inat
Mrs. Taft, wife of the President, nae sent
10 her yesterday a generous subscr,o tion
to the fund by a special messenger from
the White House. Mrs Taft, 1t Is SAID,
is taking a keen interest IN the success
of the campaign.
Mrs Bayly's Team Leading.
One of the large subscriptios.s an
nounced by Mrs. Bayly was that of Mrs.
A. Lisner, who contributed 81 .OOts tc the
fund. The report today still shows Mrs.
Bayly's campaign team in the lea1 of
all the rest, but others are mailing good
records.
During the announcements offs the
contributions, the fact was brxugh : out
that a generous subscription lad 4een
made by one Woman in ho of h 5ae
tai.. Of the leading mems eam.s an
nounced that $50 had been =, tbscf bed
by Bible class of young n.
Appeals Made From lpitss
An appeal was made FROM practically
every pulpit in Washington fsterd';;y to
the citizens of the NationaS Capital to
aid the campaign and to c,7ribute sgen-
erously to the building f,sS of ttc Y.
W. c. A. -
Henry B. F. Macfarland1 ormer I.eesi-
dent of the Board of Co nissioners of
the District, made one = the principal
addresses of the day, Aeaking before
the congregation Of thes ,hurch of. the
Covenant 18th and y lets northwest.
He said that women hr< was not only
the rule of the sea. bu~:the rule of: this
country, and that. as W Bryce had said
had much to do with At countrys great
ness.
The National Capitss> ought not tG lag
behind in giving wCs'en not simply a
chance for life, but = chance to live in
Its laws. it's civic &c. ought to give
women fun opportu' ssy TO make the post
of themselves. AnaA mis- as in a sea&dis-
aster. not SO mu for the Individual
women as for the man race, enriCiling
its common life ia the eternal spirit
of unselfshness.
Not Charity, eut co-operatioa.
gi rsef in aTs aSoeo at wors in
government anS'oasiness em !pl sn
2 600 are in the aoung Women's Chrii,tian
Association, VI ch in six years. With
out building = endowment, they gave
made a great rlccess. Five-sixths oS the
annual mainly ance they themselves Son
tribute, an Snexampled result shoting
THEN line b. ness management and en-
crosby
.They a.. not charity" Mr.. MacfarS and
declared. ut cooperation. They Iaerit
| it by acf ements which have attrsS ted
the att hon of similar associate
through the country. Moreover, there
| Is no e.quate gymnasium, no inGoor
swimming pool. no adequate dormitors es-
the gyrsasium and the swimming pool
being :. much needed by the womea OF
leisure As by women of business. Exery
girl 81 : Id learn to swim.
In sowded and poorly equipped reated
quartz =" the speaker continued. sthe
association served nearly 5000 woelen
and = lis last year with meals. edSca-
l tlOnz efdSSeS, dtHIcliCs, DlDic YOU
ciaI opportunities, religious study. Cad
| dres of hotels and boarding houses
vac, bn facilities and wise counseLs
Site Cheap, But Ideal.
'4E,e new building would greatly dul-
Tx its usefulness. The site sele. ted
| il scheap 1t is ideal for its purIsse
s,.aee 1t must be near the business qtar-
ter and the principal departments. THE
! Hiding planned is comfortable. not 3ux-
srious, and its dormitories will be mot
*1ly useful but a producer Of revet ue
-ie cost is less than that of building$ in
ties Of similar population. WASHINGTON
bes not begrudse $1,000 IT has ssyen
Ehich with $4,000 from the outside sand
The old assets has given the men a $780,
300 plant. visited by 1.1OO men day.
), ut will. l believe. show that Its regard
for the women and the girls is no sless
1 than for the men and the boys" SMr.
Macfarland said: that women firsE is
not mere lip service, that Its civic Spirit
| is equal to the occasion, and that it will
not let this great opportunity be lost
Special Prayer offered.
At the Epiphany Church. Rev. DR. ran
doIph McKim made special appea; to
Sle members of the congregation to ron
i1riEute 10 the DulIulhS iunu, ana explain
ed in detail the great campaign which is
be,.x waged in Washington.
Asspecial prayer for the cause of. the
Young Women's Christian Associ.t ton
waseofYered by Rev. DR.. Wallace Radsliffe
at the New York Avenue Presbyterian
Chuy-,h, who also commended In the Elgh-
est arms the work OF the association and
urges his congregation to support the
camIAign fer the building fund.
III you cannot contribute money" said
DIR. Radcliffe, lat least. you can give a