El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-30
WOMEN WORK
FOR TITANIC
MEMORIAL
Plans Are Being Made For
an Active Campaign to
Raise 100000
WORLD MONUMENT TO
CHIVALRY OF MEN
~ Frederick J. Haskinl

CBy Frederick J. Haskin)
washington, D c., Aug. 3O.-With
the coming Of the September days the
women who are behind the Woman's
Titanic memorial, are preparing to sub
stftute the personal for the impersOnal
campaign in their efforts to raise
half million dollars for the construc-
ton of a memorial to commemorate the
Eallantry and chlValry Of the men VINO
stepped back to inevitable death in or
der that the women on the Iltanlc
might live Heretofore the campaign
has been little more than a movement
TO let the world know Of the purpose
to raise the memorial Now it is 70
become a thoroughly organized, card
index movement that is intended to
reach every woman IN America
VIII Work by Districts.
The national organization will create
a number of districts, each OF the
larger states constituting a district,
and a group Of the smaller ones max
ing a district. over each OF these as
tricts q leader will be placed, VINO VIII
direct the work A further parcellnS
Of Al territory for the systematic can
vass will be the assigning OIL each OF
the several thousand state SenaLoriaI
districts to efficient workers IheSe
STATE senatorial districts VIII represent
me units of the organization, and the
supervision Of the work IN each %
them will be close and careful
Today a card ind&S is being prepared
Of all the women in the United states
who are able, and might be willing, TO
give something 70 the memorial Inere
will be no duplication OF the WORK
for never has political party planneo
a more systematic campaign Ihan that
which will be Waged this fall by the
women behind the movement There
are $4,000 women's clubs in the united
states and the active workers IN eacn
of these clubs will carry out the IL
80 leaders A contributor
list will be kept and as soon as a
woman has contributed, her cara WI
he taken from the Ito be seen DoA
and nIaced in the has been seen DoN
- +Fie wav A careful check will be
kent of the number of women who give
ana of those who do not give
Army Women to Contribute.
In addition to the regular organi-
cation of those looking after prospec-
tive contributors, there Will be speclat
classes of women who will be waited
Ipon by the members Of thler own
circles For instance, Mrs. Wood, VIE
Of Gen Leonard Wood, mas undertaken
10 conduct the canvass among the Wo-
men of the army. 1t IS her eXpecta-
ton that by the time she is through
with her work. every wife, daughter
mother or sweetheart of an army Of
ficer in the service of the united
States will have been given an oppor-
tunity TO contribute to the memorial
likewise, the women Of the navy VIII
have their OppOL tulllE1 ~ MP N--0
i'' Theafers to Give Benefits.
It is intended that in the various
big cities Of the country banquets and
benefits will be given which are ex-
Dected to Weld good returns. In H
iinois there was carried on not long
ago a campaign for a hospital 1uno.
and it netted 500, 000- The women OF
the Titanic Memorial believe they can
pet valuable returns from a series OF
hannfir performances ana
the like. Some of the leading theatrl-
cal managers have promised TO CO.
operate to the full extent OF their
mower 1t is planned to hold pig
benefit performance in each of the big
cities of the country, and those behind
the movement say that every actor
and actress Of ability in the theatrical
business will join in the Dig DeneIlI
performances. In each city this per
formance will have cast made up OF
all the famous stars within reach.
Henry B. Harris, who went down
on the Titanic, was one of those who
babe his wife goodbye rather than
crowd out even a humble woman OF
the steerage- The theatrical people
of America are among the WoTld must
liberal contributors to worthy causes,
and the memory of Harris the manager,
and FutrelIe the playwright, gives
them a special interest in the project
There are those in the moving pic
ture world who also hope to help the
movement along. Someone has pro
posed that every moving picture show
in the country on given night, set
aside a certain percentage OF their re-
ceipts for the benefit OF the memoir
ial It is pointed out that if the bene-
fit performance were advertised II
would pay its way, since thousands
in every city would attend. who other
wise would seek an evening enter
tainment elsewhere
Women of Bolivia Help.
The women Of Bolivia, the little IS
land republic of South America, nave
contributed brick of silver. The wo-
men of other countries do not mean to
be outdone by those of Bolivia, and It IS
expected that the movement viii be
started in number OF countries, IN
the hope of making this a worlds WO-
mems memorial to the chivalry of men
There IS almost no part of the world
where contributions, wholly unsolicited,
have not come from. From China, from
Australia. from South Africa, from
Persia, from Egypt from Samoa, from
everywhere have come letters contain
ing money to bespeak the donors ap-
probation of the herOism of the men
who so bravely died that women might
live
The women leading Une movement
are firm in the conviction that with a
pull all together they can get the $780,
000, which they feel will be required
for fitting memorial The imperSOn-
al work has availed much. subscriptions
ranging from $4,000 down TO 81 having
come in. Many wealthy people have
given largely and many poor ones have
contributed their mites. And now that
the personal canvass is to begin, great
results are expected. although the fact
still remains that only the hardest sort
of work will suffice to bring the fund
up to the desired point
Favor Memorial Arch.
There is much discussion as to the
form the memorial shall take. Some
say it ought to be a hospital. Mrs.
John HAYS Hammond, one of the NOV
ing spirits of the memorial, declares
that a hospital is out of the question.
She points out that it has been agreed
everywhere that the memorial ought
TO be in Washington and that Wash
ington now has more hospitals than
are adequately supported Further