Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-06-05
Hospital Committee Viii
Present Final Report on
Wednesday.
ADDITIONAL GIFTS.
Desire to Turn Over $4,000, Amount
Needed, During Next Few Days
Make Final Appeals.

Make FINAL Appeals.
With only three more working
! days left for the hospital canvass, or
Wednesday, the Executive Commit,
tee will present its final report tc
the Hospital Board of Managers, the
Committe again appeals to everyone
who intenas to subscribe to the funt
to send in their contributions. The
earlier they are sent in, the les.
work will have to be done iii pre-
pairing the report.
When the work is finished, so ia.
as the Executive Committee is con-
cernaI the whole matter twill be
transferred to the Board of Lad!
Managers of the Hospital who as ::
matter Of course will be glad TO re
ceive every contribution that is sen
their. but it would be a great thins
for the City of Alexandria to be
able to tell the whole world tha'
with small population, it has &C
complished in a comparatively short
space of time, work that other cite:
have failed to accomplish, and when
successful. have taken years to ac-
complisil the purpose
Whether the full amount is sc
cured or not there is not doub;
in the mirI5s of those who have en-
gineered to success this canvass tha;
the additional 100000 will be Sc
cured before the hospital is built.
I VIE! TX s.sfo0f.i;eascHc Es.:eS4ICrE : de.
eide to do anything there is little
!, doubt Of their accomplishing them
purpose and they have decided tha'
Alexandria shall have "a new hospital
ami they set the men to work t.
secure what they wanted and botl
the men and women, up to the pres
lent time, have unquestionably provel
tf.2t our old town can be relief upol
for any good work 1t can there
fore be predicted that these sam
hard working. earnest and lovablr
women will raise the extra money be
fore it is needed, but it would b.
very gratifying to the Executive Com
lrittee if they could turn over to th'
Board Of Managers Of the Hospita
the full $4,000 ard say to them
"You see, we have cone what we up
dertook to do" However it wouTr,
be unfair to the Executive Commit
tee not to aid that they only under
took to raise $4,000 as a minimum
and they have exceeded this amount
by over SO 1-3lt, but they would be
very glad to be able to turn in the
full $4,000, therefore they again ap-
peal to all those who have not mad
contributions to send them in now
be they large or small and they ap
peal TO the working people of th'
City engaged in the various indus
tries to unite an1 contribute small
| sums from their various places o.
| business so that it can be said tha
each and every industry in the Cit,
of Alexandria has part and parcel
in the new hospital.
While the contributions this morn
ing only amount to S35.11 they CAM
from sources that show the spiri
| of Alexandrians. Sill was contri
buted by Mrs. Virginia Chauncey ar
cd lady who collected this sum- whe
it was hardly possible to suppose tha
her age would permit her making TIN
effort, so it will be seen that no
only the little tots of our City ar
Interested in this great work, bu
that the aged are also deeply inter
ested and are Going their utmost
IlAgain. Charlie Lee Chinese laundry
man. has sent in his contribution O
$500, which reminds Us that Charlie
i Moy, who had his stand in the sam,
place, contributed $500 to the Sesqui
Centennial fund in 1899, thus proyin.
that the chinese citizens of our town
are not unappreciative Of the interes
l tof their adopted City and are willint
to give according to their means t
conlnendable enterprises.
Again a contribution of 500
,came in from the OH Dominion Di
vision, No. $50 G. I. A, thus addini
to the list Of contributions from tn