The sun., 1913-12-03
'SPUGS COUNT ON A
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Not Grumpy Because They
Are Opposed to I'm
wise Giving.
VACATION FUND PLANS
New Headquarters Will Take In
Three Houses and Their
Gardens.

: Pictures of the three new houses In
I Thirty-eighth and Thirty-nnth streets
which will he the permanent Vacation
savings Fund headquarters were last on
the programme but first in interest at the
Spug rally in the Metropolitan BUILDING
last evening. In the absence Of Mrs. Au-
gust Belmont. who was III. Miss Francis
Bacon presided.
Mrs. Rogers Bacon explained that the
house at 3S West Thirty-ninth street will
! have a restaurant open to the public or
: the ground floor that will seat 100 per.
-ons in winter and 200 In summer. wher
tables will be set in the gardens connect.
ins with the two houses In Thirty-eighth
street. Prices will he reasonable and the
menu will be changed daily
The floors above will be open only to
Vacation Savings Fund girls who pay
81 year house tax. The second floor
will b" given up 10 clubroOm for
dancing and meetings The announce
ment that the third floor will have a re-
ception room where girls may NEE,
their escorts for the evening or entertain
men callers was greeted with prolonged
applause. The top floor will have a large
lounging room with couches for the girls
To rest upon at noon and bathrooms for
their use at any time.
Mrs bacon eNpldlnen tnat any Rlrl
who found the evening journey to her
| home long one after work might bring
her party gown in bag. have her bath
and her dinner and meet her escort with
out leaving the building. This announce
! ment was also received with enthusiasm
But the immediate object Of the rally.
! the great Christmas party in the Grand
Central Palace was not forgotten. and
the pie that makes 1t possible" had the
7 n In V.lns Nrp
Kate Douglas WigGin Riggs. who told
about the party. put the first contribution
inside its pasteboard crust, SlV0 from
Mrs, Elbert II. Gary. Fifty dollars from
Henry Bendel was the next $40 from
Mrs. Henry Seligman the third and $50
from Alexander MacI.achfHn Of O'Neill-
Adams. the fourth.
Mr. MacLach!an spoke on How the
Man Higher TIP Feels Abou, Collective
/ Presents" and said they robbed him OF
ms Independence. He knew that after
/ christmas the people who had made him
miserable with a gift would come 10 hin
with an Il chipped in expression and ask
for Il ,aise
"Not every body, sad Mrs Riggs. "ha,
FIRST class brain ont anybody can cult.
vate first class heart. Who wants
hand that has never held anothers or
shoulder that has never been wept on
Who would he like the man in the parody
''whene er I taxes my walks abroad
How many poor ! see:
And ] never looks AZ them.
They never looks at me "
Mrs william Cummings Story. presl-
dent Of the D. \. r.. spok. on patriotism
and Miss Gertrude Robinson Smith an
nounced that on Tuesday, December O.
/ Spug captains who had secured ten other
captains wouln be made colonels at the
4 headquarters. l05 West Fortieth street
and guest tickets for tine Christmas party
would he ready Besides the tree. games
dancing. moving pictures and singing by
100 campfr" girls in costume have been
arranged for.
Mrs Belmont. Miss Smith ard Miss
Anne Morgan will go to- Washington Ia
start Sruc movement there Mrs. Wood
low Wilson and Mis-. Champ Clark are
expected to be present at the meetins
The Vacation Fund is two years old 1t
started with forty-siX members and S2a
In the treasury. II now has II 00O mem
bcrs and more than 100000