Evening star., 1915-02-22
MISS WILSON'S GIFT
IN AID Of CHARITY
Flowers She Supplies From
White House Conservatory
Are Placed on Sale.
TOMORROW is LAST DAY
OF THE DONATION WEEK
Mrs. Ellis Logan Asks That Patriot
ism Shall Feature Washington
Anniversary Collection.

Flowers from the White House, the
gift of Miss Margaret Wilson. tied
into little boutonnieres with red. white
and blue ribbon, are being sold in the
lobbies of all the theaters today by
pretty young women, as a feature of
the District donation week effort for
the relief of the Endorsed charities.
There is peculiar heart interest in
the White House contribution. for it
continues a practice of Mrs. Wilson of
sending large quantities of the choicest
White House flowers to the charitable
institutions in which she took sympa-
thetic interest. 1t is in memory of her
mothers love for the poor and needy
that Miss Wilson has supplied the flow
ers today to be sold for the fund that
is being raised to care for all the needy
of the National Capital
The leading florists of Washington
have also contributed flowers for sale
in some of the theaters. and this is the
outstanding feature of the clubwom-
ems effort. led by Mrs. Ellis Logan,
president of the District Federation of
Women's Clubs. to provide for the poor.
As many of the stores where co1lec-
tions have been most successful during
the last four days are closed today, the
women who have been presiding over
the contribution boxes are concentrat-
ing their efforts at the theaters.
Mrs. Logan's Plea.
Mrs. Logan issued a plea today that
every one in the city contribute some
small coin today. honoring Washing
tons memory in a practical manner by
helping to remove hunger and distress
of every form from the city that bears
his name. that all within its boundaries
which he himself surveyed may be hap
py, and so contribute to make 1t ideally
beautiful.
Mrs. Logan also urged that all who
intend to send in checks for the chari-
ties should do so today. as tomorrow is
the last day of the campaign, and the
advisory committee of prominent
church. civic and business leaders s
to meet Wednesday to apportion the
Dr. Abram Simon. secretary of this
committee, and former District Com
missioner Henry B. F. Macfarland, the
chairman. sent out notices today to the
members of the committee asking that
they meet in the private dining room
at the Raleigh Hotel Wednesday at
80 O'Clock.
At Keith's Theater today Mrs Logan
and her executive committee are con-
tinuing their appeal to the audiences
from the stage. At both concerts yes
ment, the District donation week effort
was explained and a collection taken
up AT the afternoon concert Mrs
Logan made the speech from the stage.
and in the evening Mrs Kate Waller
Barrett. national president of the Flor
ence Crittenton Missions, was the
speaker
Ten of the most prominent clubwomen
of Washington passed the boxes around
"mong the audience. and the response
vas very generous Little Elizabeth
Who assisted Mrs. Logan so success
-ully in the mile of pennies collec-
lion for the relief of the children of
Belgium, assisted in the collection. and
few of those whom she approached
could resist her smiles.
Explained in Churches.
In many of the churches throughout
the District yesterday the object of
the weeks campaign was explained
and indorsed by the pastors, who urged
the members of their congregations to
assist In every way they could in this
great effort for the relief of the needy.
Frederick Bryan, president of the
sons of the American Revolution. who
is also member of the mems advisory
committee of this charity crusade. is in
charge of patriotic meeting at
Rauschers today He has a group of
granddaughter of veterans selling
mowers and flags for the benefit of the
charity fund and is himself presiding
At a contribution box, which is placed
beside the ballot box at the election of
the Sons of the American Revolution.
At the close of the mass meeting in
the interests of peace held this after
noon in the New Masonic Temple. un-
Der the auspices of the woman's peace
party. clubwonen are to make collec-
mons for the charity fund.
workers for the Florence Crittenton
Mission on the job early at the Lans-
burgh & Bro. store, on 7th street, on
invitation of the proprietor, who ad-
vised them that he exected many shop
pers to crowd all their shopping into
a half day and that If they didn't
come early they would miss a number
of them.
For General Fund
The Washington Alliance Of Jewish
Women. under the leadership of Mrs.
Adolph Kahn and Mrs. James Lans-
burgh. who have been presiding at the
station IN Afeck's drug store, has
been preserving neutrality the most
strictly of any group of charity work
ers. All of the money dropped into
their collection boxes has been turned
in for the general charity fund, while
the workers at other stations have in
many instances worked for a particu
lar charity.
II Is the nope OF the clubwomen's
executive committee that tomorrow
which has been designated as federal
day." when collections are to be taken
Up at the government departments
from the thousands of government en-
ployes. the total for the days collec-
tions may double the receipts on all
the other days.
Mrs. Barrett today emphasized the
fact that IL every one of the govern
Inent workers gives some small coin
as he or she is able, the total will he
surprisingly large. and that none should
hesitate TO give a small amount he
cause unable to give 80 cents or a
dollar.
Provision for Collectors.
Permission has been secured for coI-
lectors to be stationed at all the gov
eminent departments and a reinforce
ment of more than fifty women has
been registered. so that there will he :.
sufficient number to occupy all the
stations and cover the departmen,
buildings.
Wives of all the leading ad,pip;,,ra