The Washington times., 1912-05-05
SUGGEST Y. v. c. A.
BUILDING SERVE AS
TITANIC MEMORIAL
Numerous Schemes Advanc-
ed to Get $500, 900 Fund
as Interest Grows.

With $73,292 subscribed toward the Y.
W. c. A. building fund In the first three
days of the campaign, enthusiasm and
interest has mounted among the work.
ers until the volunteer army Is teeming
with suggestions for new methods of
raising money, new ambitions for the
completed project and a fixed belief
that the $30c, 600 needed will be sub
scribed on time and possibly exceeded.
A suggestion that the Titanic memoir
ihl be incorporated with the Y. w. c.
A. project; a hope that some man Of
wealth will emulate H. c. FTick, of
Pittsburgh and provide an endowment
for the association; a plan to take up
mail campaign over the entire country
after Washington has been canvassed,
and an ambition to make a model
plant of the building to be erected
here are among the major ideas that
have been advanced since the campaign
has got well under way.
Pastors Are Assisting.
Washington clergymen generally men,
toned the campaign during services to-
day. II. b. F. Macfarland spoke at the
ly on the solicitation of funds. No
funds are actually being sought today,
but the spreading of news and interest
in the project was carried on while the
workers took a well-earned rest. Most
of the persons actively engaged In the
campaign have been working at top
speed for three days and expect to keep
UP the pace during the coming week.
On this account a day of rest was well
coined.
The usual luncheon will be held at 1
o'clock tomorrow afternoon, and the re-
port of morning subscriptions will be
made at that time.
The chief need of the workers now,
outside of money, is better means Of
transportation. Several men have Of
fered their automobiles during the week,
and these vehicles have so expedited
work that a general call for automo-
biles will issue tomorrow. 1t is be-
a. neved that many persons will be willing
to offer their automobiles for a day, OF
longer, when their attention is called
to this practical need of the Y. w. G. A,
workers.
Would Join Projects.
mortal be incorporated with the Y. W
c. A. building has not been male Of
ficially, but 1t has been talked of fire.
Quently among many Of the workers
The young women who. by force O
circumstances, see the practical side o
life, are particularly interested in thi
plan. It Is almost certain that be
fore the week ic over plan of co-opera
xr,tl Ia tr NrS Tnh II u
Hammond, who has taken the lead 4
organizing the subscription of funds 70
the proposed Titanic memorial arch
The arch would be a splendid memorial
but 1t would have no utilitarian value
1t is this fact, together with the fac
that this memorial is to be tribut
Of women to the heroism OF men, tha
has led some of the workers to earn
estly advocate the Incorporation Of tn
memorial with the proposed new Y. w
c. A. building.
Look for Millionaire.
When Pittsburgh provided half-mil
lion dollar home for the Y. w. c. A, H
c. Frick, of the United States Stee
Corporation, gave $4,000 toward tn
building and afterward agreed to con
tribute 5000 as an endowment. pro
Hded the association could raise al
equal sum from other sources. The dar
was taken and today the Pittsburg as
ISOLATION has an endowment fund o
$500, 600. The Washington campaigner
are keenly alive to the value Of thi
endowment and have a weather ey
opAn for the millionaire who will max
a similar proposition here.
50 far the campaign for funds ha
been carried on exclusively in Washing
NV solicitation
Rathod will be continued until the cit
has been combed clean. Then, II neces
sary, a countrywide campaign Will b
begun, letters being sent first to IN
thousands of persons VINO curing IN
last five years have been temporaril
connected with the local association.
Associations Growth.
Five years ago there were betwee
800 and 400 members of the local asst
citation, Today there are nearly 2,2O
! But, in the meantime, nearly $500 trar
sients have Joined the association an
/ have departed, great many of theI
having transferred their membership
| This large transient membership is du
to the shifting character of Washing
tons population. If the mail campaig
is taken up the first appeal will be
those who have enjoyed the benefits {
the local association. Every State
the Union will be touched by this posti
/ Mexico, Porto Rico. Cuba, and Hawai-
as former members Of the associate
! are now living in these countries.
There are 25,000 girls In WashingtC
lends the local campaign tinge of nj
tional interest which would not attaC
to the campaign of almost any 9TH
local association.