New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-11
s1.e86,346 Is Pledged.

biggest individual giver. with Mrs. Will
lard d. Straight a close second. The 1ol-
lowing are the names read:
John u Rockefeller. .............. S,1oU Uoo
Mrs Willard u. Straight. .........'' @OO'U0n
cleveland II. Dodge. .''.'.''' oo20ooo
Miss Grace H. Dodge. ....... ..''''' S1'vv'0oo
ANONYMOUS "a woman trlendl '...'' - 600
Mrs Finley j. Shepard. .......... 49, -VV''''
Mrs william Douglas sloane MIS-
- Wills James 'ol'u' 'os,."' 10000
Ms. Clarence NJ Hyde, Mrs. stephen
Y. Hardness and Edward : HarK-
meas. Mrs Hamilton Mex IWom- ~ non
Mrs. John French and family, Nj
and Mrs William Fellowcs MOT
gan Robert $ Brewster, Mrs. Nor
his X Jcsup, John Sloane, william
sloane Miss Eleanor de Gran Guy
Ter Mrs Charles II. Senff, samuel
Thornc. Mrs Charles b. AleNan-
der Mrs Andrew Carnegie James n ooo
Ialcott; M'Sr Tmi,o, cutting, 1900
Miss Mary NJ. Roberts Thomas A.
Ruckner. Anonymous. Mrs. VIII
lam Church Osborn. Mrs W. r.
s Griswold, Mrs George bINH'n- -ooo
thai ............. .....-.-' ...''' 80,
Mrs. Russell sage............:. -. LOU
Gilbert Goigade Mrs RTokaW W'.''a" 1000
James b. Ford MIS- 9a''-. 1900
Bl RST ciarkson. Mortimer NJ. sin
Mrs. Moses ilpphluo'
Whitelaw Reid. Mrs. Percy II.
stewart Francis Louis Slade. John
sherman Hoyt. Squire Garnet
Miss Annie r. Jennings, Mrs. Will
lam T. Hamilton. Mrs. Frances :.
Weues Gegacy), Mrs. Peter COOP ooo
or Hewitt. Mrs. william II. Moore l'Voo
NJore than half OF this amount, Mr.. Per
kins said. was conditional upon the WhoIe
100000 being raised. 1t will be dlViueu
between the womens and men 5 assn
citations. he said, on the same basis as
man divides his income with his WIFE.
she gets 50 and he gets ST." explained
Mr.. Perkins, adding, eff he's lucky
Mrs. James S. Cushman. president OF
the local y. w. G. ~, delicateiy expressed
her thanks TO the men who had come into
the movement. really started for the ben
eft OF the women, and contented them
selves with taking only N,0COOO0 Of the
100000. Reviewing the grounds on
which the workers dared TO ask their
neiebbors and friends for so vast a sum
she declared that there was no organiza-
ton in the city better equipped to WORK
for girls of all kinds and to make the
womanhood of the city stand for what IT
should.
What the Y. w. c. A. Did.
She told of a girl who came friendless
90 New York and drifted along the well
,rodden ways until she ended in the Bed
ford Reformatory When she came out
she got in touch with a branch of the
y. w. G. A, and finally asked TO be al
lowed TO form a class Of the 200 girls in
The factory where she was working.
"If there were more associations MIS-.
Cushman quoted the girl as saying, 'there
would be no need for Bedfords."
During the dinner minute guns" load
ed by the mayors Of various cities where
similar campaigns had been conducted
before. were wheeled in and marshalled
by William Fellowes Morgan, president
of the local Young Mems Christian As
sociation. for one grand salvo near the
end. They came in the form of kilograms
from Rudolph Blankenburg, Mayor Of
Philadelphia: James ii. Preston, Balti-
more; George Ainslee, Richmond; Hiram
Cdgerton, Rochester. and II. c. Hocken
Mayor OF Toronto.
Mr.. Morgan likewise read letters from
Mayor Kline. George McAneny and John
Purroy Mitchell Mr.. Mitchell said in part
1T is my understanding that the money
is 10 he used for the purpose Of providing
probably ten additional buildings Of one
sort and another where the ever increas-
ing number of women workers in the city
shall be allowed 20 congregate for rest
or study or social recreation.
There can be no doubt in the mind OF
any one as 10 the practical value of this
movement. and ] am heartily glad that
Il has begun under such splendid aus
pices."
A feature of the dinner was a table of
Young women Of society, who VIII col
lect under the leadership Of Miss Dorothy
Perkins. Miss Perknss team consisted
of Mrs. John High, Mrs. William Il. Car
lin Mrs. Frank b. Gibson and the Misses
Alice Guernsey Constance Mckelvey'
Ruth Purves. Florence II. Colgate, Mil
dred Dodge and Mary Baker.
One Thousand to Seek Funds.
When the campaign starts this morning
there will be one thousand workers in
ALL II IS planned. divided into one hun
dred teams OF ten collectors each. Those
present at the dinner last night picked
from the list OF twenty thousand
wealthy New Workers passed around the
people whom they knew personally or to
whom they could readily obtain introduce
tons.
The $4,000 900 campaign got its real start
precisely at o'clock yesterday morning,
when the 100000 members Of the Young
Womens and Young Mems Christian as
socfations all over the world breathed a