Evening star., 1914-11-13
mortal homes" It is expected that the
propect will cost about 100000. The
plan as outlined has the most cordial
appreciation of President Wilson.

appreciation of President Wilson.
Contributions Solicited.
Contributions in any amount are So
licited from the women of the country,
! many of whom have written suggesting
a memorial to Mrs. Wilson. stock
| certificate. paying per cent, will be
| issued to every one subscribing 800 or
| more to this memorial fund. All contri-
buttons will be acknowledged by Mrs.
Hopkins.
This memorial is Mrs. Hopkins own
idea. She was most intimately asso-
ciated with Mrs. Wilson in her work
for social and housing reforms IN
any one else the zeal and efficiency with
which Mrs. Wilson worked, most unob-
trusively. for the accomplishment OF
these reforms. particularly for the pas
sage of the alley bill to clean out the
plague spots of the National Capital.
When through her dying wish Mrs.
Wilson won from Congress action that
the Associated Charities. the Monday
Evening Club. the women's department
of the National Civic Federation and
other organizations and individual up
lift leaders had been for years trying
in vain to bring about, Mrs Hopkins
and her associates decided that some
such lasting, beneficial memorial should
be erected.
Mrs. Wilson's humanitarian work in
Washington for the lettering of living
and working conditions, for the ame-
Iteration of suffering and minimizing
poverty and it's stings, was done with
such close guarding against notorlety
that few in Washington realized what
| powerful influence she exerted during
her short residence here, and the en-
during character of her work.
Scarcely had she come to live in the
White House when she joined the
woman's department of the National
Civic Federation as an honorary mem
ber, privileged to work whenever she
could find the time. She early sought
out information regarding the charl-
ties and philanthropies of the District
and arranged to be shown about the
various institutions, the alleys and the
settlement houses.
Visits Home for Incurables.
She made a visit on a mission of
mercy through the Home for Incura-
bles. giving sympathy and kind words
to each of the sixty-two inmates. and
many times thereafter sent them gifts
and flowers from the White House.
She visited each of the settlement
houses and by her advice, patronage
and active cooperation did much to
better each. She showed particular in
terest in the colored social settlement.
andl her suggestion for a municipal
washhouse, where the women could
der hygienic and sanitary conditions.
paying just the cost of material, has
been carried out. 1t is proposed that
when the park in front of this laundry
,, is laid out it shall be known as Ellen
Fields, in grateful memory of her in
terest and zeal.
Through her active participation in
all the Wednesday afternoon confer
ences of the Associated Charities, she
set an example that others were quick
n
| this good work. Her very presence as a
regular attendant at the section meet
| ings gave the work a new impetus.
Mrs. Wilson took very much to heart
| ing in the 27S alleys of the District
under bad sanitary and moral condl-
| tions. She decided that they must be
| cleaned out and replaced with clean,
| bright, wholesome little homes. She
made up her mind that the leaders in
| Congress must be shown these condi-
| tfons that they might realize the need
| for legislation condemning them. So
during the hot summer months she
| herself conducted groups of congress-
| men through these twenty-three miles
| of squalor, disease, immortality, stencil
| and general noxious conditions. Thus,
| it is pointed out, by her personal shoul-
dering of the burden, she created a
| public sentiment for the abolition of
| these plague spots in the National
| Capital.
| These are the reasons why the wom-
en- who worked with Mrs. Wilson in
| this good cause in Washington want to
| make the model dwellings in Washing
| ton an example in housing reforms for
| the entire country and why they plan
| to make the ELLEN Wilson Memorial
| Homes typical Of all that Is best in
| such work.
Nationwide Appeal.
Tho ,nna.l ;ss,,ed tbroupbout tho on
! tire United States today by Mrs. Hop
| kins is as follows:
| ITO commemorate and show appre-
| citation of the deep interest and work
| done by Mrs. Woodrow Wilson in the
| housing question in Washington. the
Washington section of the National
Civic Federation makes a nation wide
appeal to the women of the country.
I'VE are soliciting funds with which
to buy an entire city block and build
| thereon model tenement dwellings to
replace the alley houses which in re-
sponse to Mrs. Wilson's dying wish we
| hope soon to see abolished. This model
block is to be known as the Ellen Will
son Memorial homes; it is to contain
| the features Mrs. Wilson hoped to see
carried out. including a municipal
| washhouse and home where children
/ can be cared for while their parents
| are at work.
: I'VE appeal for donations of any
amount. Stock certificates will be is
sued for all subscriptions of 800 or
over. paying 5 per cent.
1.-THE plan has the most cordial ap-
probation of the President. All con-
| tributions will be acknowledged by
Mrs. Charlotte Everett Hopkins. chair
man of the District of Columbia Sec
| ton of the National Civic Federation,
1926 Massachusetts avenue, Washing
ton"
cRA7EN MANI Kills ONE.