Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-18
BOYS LEAD THE WAY
IN RAISING FUNDS
FOR THE RED CROSS
Austin M. Purves, Jr., and
His Brother Dale Expect to
Raise $500 and Have
Made a Splendid Start.

Two boys, members of a prominent
Chestnut Hill family, one Il. the other
| 13 years old, have collected s75 for the
Red Cross Society and will swell the
sum to Sljo when promised checks come
in. Both have been following the struE-
| gle in Europe daily. They read OF the
carnage. the misery and tho suffering
| of soldiers and their families. They
| saw pictures OF poor women with little
boys clutchinE to their skirts aud car
| rying babes Then they decided to
| work on their own hook" as one Of
them expressed It, TO help the soldiers.
the mothers and the boys in Europe.
The persevcring boys who got such
results are Austin NJ Purves, Jr,, and
his brother, Dale Benson Purvcs. They
are sons of Austin NJ Purves, vice
president Of the PENNSYLVANIA Salt
Company.
They are husincsslke in their man.
ncr, and one is convinced of their sim
cerity when they tell in boylsh way
how much the money Is needed. The
mother of the boys has been promi-
rently connected with the Pennsylvania
Association Opposed to Woman SUI.
frage. 1t is In the name Of this organi-
I cation that the youngsters are making /
their collections. But 1T is not because
of the prominence of their parents that
they have succeeded.
The boys got the money on their merits. |
One man who subscribed said: why they |
gave me an argument in plain language |
that | couldn't refuse. one of the young |
sters started to write my name down |
while / was talking to him. | simply |
couldn't have asked him to erase II even |
IL | didn't want to contribute. The little |
collectors have only been collecting since |
Tuesday, and they say that they won't !
stop until they get at least 500.
BOY DESCRIBES METHOD.
When asked TO outline the method they |
follow in the collection Of funds, Austin, |
who seems to be the spokesman of the !
two, replied:
I'VE usually go to house, and, after |
ringing the bell, ask for the lady of the |
house. When she comes we ask her to
contribute to the Women's Relief Com
mttee of the Pennsylvania Association !
Opposed to Woman Suffrage, and then we
tell her that the money is for the Red |
Cross. and that it is to so to Europe to
help take care Of all the men who have
been hurt in the war
-N'Ib NO NH'N H'tdAlF Si'N Nbt SDlIlS-
thing"
"Oh yes! We have been pretty lucky
50 fer. they almost always give some
thing, even if it's only quarter"
And YOU get large suns
Yes, We get as much as $40 some
times"
"And after You have got a contribution
from one house you 80 on to the next
and"
con, no We don't-not until We have
given them a receipt for the money" and
the younger boy produced "A receipt book
in which all the contributions were neatly
registered.
When asked If they had any regular
hours for making collections the older
boy replied:
'Wc usually go out in the mornings
and get all We can, and then wait until
late in the afternoon when the people
are coming out from the city before try
ing it again"
Yes that's the trouble" Dale ex-
planned, so many people are not at home
during the day you know"
That this lad ia a keen observer is
shown by a remark which he made a
moment later:
"'rhc people who are very rich don't
give us so much" he volunteered; its
the people who haven't got very much
themselves that want to help most of
all"
PLAN EXTENSIVE CAMPAIGN.
When asked to outline their plans for l
the future, Austin replied
I'VE are Just collecting in Chestnut =
Hill now. but later we are going down t
On Chestnut street and collect in all the r
big office buildings. or course, we =,
couldn't do more than two of them
day, hut We could PROBABLY get lots Of S
money" r
Mrs. Purves. however, seemed very a
doubtful about this phase of the young
'ters' plans c
When asked how long they expected 5
10 continue their efforts il was said that s
tho lenGth of the war would determine t
that point, although as Dale put It: a
"Of course, We won't be able 10 do
very much after next Tuesday because
our school the Germantown Friends
school starts then; but we are going /
ia keep right on and do just as much
A. We can
Austin maintains an attitude Of strict
on the war in Europe but
MS brother stoutly maintains that he a.
$ for the Germans, but not for the !,
Kaiser" :
That the children have really done Won
isrfu work in connection with the Red :
ross is a fact denied by none. and if !
hey continue TO be as successful in the =
'uture as they have been this week their
are certain to figure prun1i- y
leutly among the funds 10 be turned :,
lver 10 the Red Cross Society. +