The evening world., 1912-10-24
And All Because a Woman
Dropped a Basket Of Eggs
One Day. ,xi
JOY AMONG THE FOLK.
All Hands Proud of the Noble
Responses to the Collectors
Appeals.
p smssA IxArmasy, el4i,siS.
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OeUVl1msa4o q otaesa xsaAnA's
nsn end women.
They raised Il IN twelve days. eciipsins
an records for public subscriptions by
canvass. and beating the original soea
By almost half - mpch again.
And yet some say virtue IL not ~
eWn reward. II n on Staten Island.
FOR In all it, half century OF existence
SAITH Innrmary never asked for . cent.
Il took rich and poor alike into IL
heart and cared for them alike. not esk.
Inn the chances Of payment on the NOR.
now. Quite unlike our rich city thae
refused TO pay for IT. citasens treated
b. Smith Innrmary. unless thsy were
sbsolutsly destitute and even then sns
an,ouna paid was insunacasnt TO cover
ths sxpsnsas Of the hnd OF treesmsns
smith Infirmary deals out.
And ser ysars the people Of Staten
IoanA knew and loved the hospital fof
ohs burdens Il bore and they knew Il
otrugy1sd along somshow on private
subscriptions. How It ala they won
dared. for nearly sxsry ons who wins IN
went there and few paid. Then came
the news that the hospital had some
into dsbt. This was Staten Inands
chance. Groups Of business men dis
cussed II. In one Of these groups was
william q. wilcox.
.'smith's In the hole ets,oco." said he
- the group.
'0osh. thars 700 bad" came che
chorus.
the STORY or THE WOMAN
AND HER Basket or Zoos.
''po you really think sof" asksd wr-
COX. They nodded. linen ut me tell
you uttls story. Once upon . time ~.
old woman Carrying . basket Of sgr.
trlpped - she stepped aboard the stAtsn
Island Ferry. The basket dropped end
oil her sgys were smashed. She was .
kindly appearing oA lAdy. and when
she started to ory svsrx one was sorry
Tor her. guess the basket Of eggs was
al she had ana she fslt pretty badly.
Now, every one crowded round her.
patting her On the back and telling her
to cheer up. But she cried ~ the
harder. And then . great big fellow
with q nns Western voice spoke up:
= Gay you all. pretty sorry. amt yer
aaid he. and they admitted they we're.
Then he raised his voios . little more
end you could hear him al ovR the
beat.
"'wai. I'm sorry for two dollars
worth. How much are you sorry forf'
said the man. apd the idea sort OF took
hold, and with 4 nice bunch Of money
IN her hand the old woman was able to
dry her eyes. Now. this 10 any Idea.
Smith Infnnary's dropped . basket OF
"a eggs tending to W fellows on staten
island and I'm sorry for exactly $1,000
OTHERS WERE SORRY TO COOP
PURPOSE.
u v easy to get an idea like that
There we're moro who were sorry too
aud Il took just q few days 20 get So'
Staten Island men into the gymnasium
az staten Island Academy. all Of then
sorry and willing to do something abou
T. And right At the very beginning
they set q mark Of 100000 and deter
mined TO collect II in twelve days. The!
~ card indexed the island and .pppointe,
companies OF ten under captains to tn
~ different prospects. Every night the
were to report progress and seven bi
clocks were built on the Island Wit
IA De Write faces marked or into sum
y Of mbney. Every minute was wort
ever $1,000 and the object was to max
the hand turn round to II o'clock an
oicO 900 inside OF twelve days. VIVA
happened to that clock Ii a matter 9
history. The men were aided IN
abetted by 800 women and every moo
and evening the hands kept aeapin
Toward to the amazement OF state
islanders hurryins to the ferry morr
tngs. In eight days the full amour
was turned in and $1,000 to the goo'
The hands began 10 travel again an
a sign appeared on the clock. "Secon
tina around now for Si30. co.," But eve
then the generosity OF staten Islar
outstripped the hopes OF the Noble b
Hundred who were ringing doorbsils al
taking your contribution.
NOTHING BUT JOY ON STATE
ISLAND NOW.
And last night the committee We
%ust a little bit "fantee," as they say
the Orient, when the full amount W
added up. The day before II was VIZ
or, hut when the ladies tbless 'em, N
won last night for the hrst time) n
turned In their S6.3ss and the Citlze'
49, committee their ss,Si2 and the You
Mems Business Committee S2,05s q
the South Section Committee Sic
every one knew that Staten Island h
done itself proud. At/frst they VI
going 10 add up all the men against
the ladies'. but tho dear girls wanted
win lust once. and no one minded.
cause every one was SO happy.
OF the ei4i.5h collected It can be
ured that about 34l.5l5 was given
Jump sums like Mr.. Wilcox's sl0.t
y ana TIRE Morgan check for $4,000 n
Nv the Standard oirs 5000. The otl
500. 900 was collected from door TO d.
IA sums ranging from so cents to :
and that means something when ,
consider the population OF Staten Isla
And now II IL all over and Smith
nYmary can have Its debt paid and I
buy its motor ambulance to make =
teen-mile runs to Tottenville shipya
and cover q territory about three tn
the sire of Manhattan and put up
addition TO its maternity ward and
dujge In a whole lot Of other extra
Gances such as caring for the poor wi
!. the city won't. And maybe some Il
the city Will pay up: but II II Dc
olstsn Island will.