Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-10

Encouraged by the generosity with
which The people Of Atlanta met their
appeal Monday, when more than 81,
coo was raised, nearly 100 Methodist
women canyassers for a greater
Wesley Memorial Hospital went to
work Tuesday, and by II O'Clock had
raised $3.50 more than the $4,000 upon
which they had decided The sum of
$3.50 was reported al the daily
meeting ut the Wiucco6 Hotel
The largest giver was Mrs. w. D..
Brown, Of No. PAS Gordon street
West END, who donated 1000 for the
establishment of a memorial in the
}.cw building. This sum was report
ed by the committee from the Park
Street Church.
The women are enthusiastic over
The success OF their canvass during
the first two days OF the campaign,
and predict success. For Wednesday
they set 81 900 for their goal and eX-
Dect more than 100 women TO aid in
the committees
For all Denominations.
Up 70 Tuesday morning the women,
'n less than a week of actual solicit
ing and with the campaign only start
cd had in money and pledges more
Than $4,000, which leaves only S15,-
The workers collected q total of
$1,7S110, and this amount was in
creased during the afternoon by sew
eral hundred dollars. Figures on the
work late Monday afternoon and Tues
day morning will not be available
Until the committees meet at the
WineCoff Hotel to make their daily
report, but ii is estimated that the
collections and pledges for the day
will exceed the record OF Monday
Mr.. Gamblers Generosity.
Leaders in the work declared Tues
day that they have no doubt that the
people of Atlanta win generously
give the $4,000 that is needed
Through the generosity Of Asa G.
GAMBLER. $4,000 from the people Of
Atlanta means 100000 for Wesley
Memorial. for Mr. Gambler. at the in
auguration Of the campaign, offered
to treble in cash the amount raised
by the canvassing committees. Mr.
Gamblers donation viii thus be $75,-
400, making the total fund that il is
hoped to raise 100000. And $780,
600 for Wesley Memorial Hospital
means that Atlanta will be the home
Of one OF the finest and best equipped
hospitals in the South. The present
equipment of the hospital is woefully
Inadequate TO accommodate the de-
mands that are made upon 1t. Every
day patients are turned away, be-
cause there is no room for them. and
in many instances the quarters are
so cramped that the recovery OF pa
tients Is hindered
The hospital staff includes some of
the most noted physicians and sur
geons of the city. The right kind of
a response TO the appeals Of the can
vassing committees means that the
hospital viii be enlarged to accom-
mOdate all who come. that the equip
meut win be made more complete,
and the hospital take rank as one OF
tho really great hospitals of the coun-
try
All Methodists Helping
The members Of the CanVassing
committee. who are doing the work
Of raising the $4,000 that is neces-
sary Ia get Mr.. Gamblers $4,000. are
all members Of the Southern Method
ist Church and are we'll known lead
ers in anything that tends 10 up-
build Atlanta Every Methodist
Church IN Atlanta is enlisted in tho
work. and a committee has been APP
pointed from the membership of each
church.
The work is under the general SUI
perVision of Mrs. +. *. Rambo, chair
man OF the Woman's Auxiliary, aided
by Mrs. Warren A. Gambler, wife of
Bishop Gambler, They are being as
sisted by more than 100 women. di-
Eided into committees and subcom-
mlttees, who are sacrificing their own
interests and giving up their indi-
vidual work and pleasures to make
Wesley Memorial a great hospital
Among the women who are deyot-
ing their energies TO soliciting the
money and who are determined to
raise the fund before they quit are:
Mrs. William Nixon, chaidman of the
First Methodist Church committee;
Mrs. Il. II. White. Park Street
Church; Mrs. Elizabeth Winship
Bates, st. Mark Church. Mrs. w. A..
Gambler, Druid Hills church, Mrs.
Jane T. Carr. Trinity Church; Mrs
w. r Prescott, central committee;
Miss Susie Wells, committee at
large; Mrs. j. r. Conner st. Johns
Church. Mrs Florence Harris, In
man Park Church; Mrs George c..
Thompson Wesley Memorial Church.
The Wesley Memorial Hospital is
conducted by the Methodist Church
and supported by subscriptions from
churches of that denomination all
over the state; but its patients mum
Der almost as many of other denomi-
nations as Methodists II does not
turn away a patient because he or
she happens 10 be a Baptist or an
Episcopalian, but every person who