Evening star., 1915-02-20
Two Extremes of Giving Urged
by CIubWomen for District
Donation Week.
W. C. T. U. LEADERS KEPT
BUSY "RUSHING THE CAM
Church Workers Pitching Coins
Also Unusual Sights in Campaign
for Local Charities.

To make District donation week the
success planned by the clubwomen OF
Washington for the relief of the in
dorsed local charities two extremes OF
giving are urged today
Those who can afford to send in large
checks should do SO at once, according
to former Commissioner Henry B. F.
Mcfarland. chairman of the mems
committee.
Every one should put pennies or a
nickel In the contribution boxes which
have been set up in nearly $50 places
throughout the District. according to
the plea made by Mrs. Ellis Logan
president of the District Federation OF
Women's Clubs. who is directing the
weeks campaign.
That is the spirit of the city-widt
eHort, those who can afford to Civ.
generously should do so and all shoulo
give little.
WORKERS in this cause throughout tn.
CITY are almost unanimous in sayin.
that the striking feature of the contri
buttons thus far is that the wei
iortably off themselves. pass the con
| tribution boxes without seeing them,
while the persons evidently in poor
circumstances themselves are giving
SIidu amounts regularly.
Casn Boy Proves an Ala.
An illustration of this latter mite-givins
| Is pointed out by Mrs. Emma L. Robert
son, secretary Of the board of directors Of
| the Florence Crittenton Mission, who has
been working at the station in Lans
| burgh & Bros store on 7th street
| Mrs. Robertson says the most sympa
thetic worker she has seen is a casl
| boy in the store, who each day bring
several pennies saved out of his luncl
money, and who has encouraged sew
eral others among the clerks to con
tribute a few pennies each day from
what they would ordinarily spend TO
lunch.
w. c. T. L. leaders rushing the cam
and church workers pitching pennies
are the unusual scenes that shoppers
in the business section witnessed to-
| day. They were trying to lead the
people into the promised land of broth
erly love for the poor and self-sacri-
flee that the needy of the District
might be properly cared for.
Mrs. Logan designated this as Penny
day." and had her assistants at Bur.
chelPs grocery store on f street and
| other central points put big tin candy
pals out on the sidewalk into which
pasersby were encouraged to pitch
| pennies-and larger coins.
This also was designated as bundle
day" to encourage giving of clothing
| for the lily clad poor of the city. Sew
| eral stations had been established fol
doing a very heavy business. Mrs
Frank Baker, 1901 Biltmore street
chairman of the Twentieth Centur,
Club relief work, got a number of he:
ment houses in which they live. so tina,
she expects tonight to have a large
quantity of clothing ready for distri-
button to the poor.
No Congressional Contributions.
AS far as could be learned today n,
| member of Congress has yet responded
| to Mrs. Logan's exhortation as to wh'
| should be the first among them to Civ
| SIS. Mr.. Macfarland said this morning
| that some checks had been received
by his committee. but that none fol
distribution by his committee was owe
| SIS, and the total was certainly no
over $500" in checks for the genera
| charity fund.
| Three checks for 500 each have beel
received, but they were designated TO
particular charities. and this none.
is not part of the general fund that i
to be apportioned by the mems com
| mittee to the charities where it is mos
| u. l.
| Twenty -flve-dollar checks for particula
| charities and some for smaller amounts
Mr.. Macfarland points out that the poo
as whole will be best cared for b.
making up large general charit.
| fund and that for this several check
| for large amounts are needed.
The total of the box collections a
the various stations yesterday was
| S25O.95. making the total for thre'
days SI,137.43 The station which col
| 1or mo far da
was that of the House of Mercy a
Magruders grocery store. Connecticu
avenue and K street, which turned IL
s23s3.
Mrs. Logan appealed to the civil,
pride of Washington today not to lie
the capital of the nation be outdone b,
other cities which are carrying on sim
liar campaigns for the needy.
| She pointed out that number of per
sons when appealed to for the relic
| of the Belgians said No, we prefer t,
help our poor at home" Mrs. Logan
| feels that now they have the chanc,
urges that they do what they can.
Makes Appeal to Visitors.
Mrs. Logan also makes a plea ito thu
stranger within our gates" She call.
| attention of visitors to the capital tt
| the fact that they are attracted her.
Dy TIE pedutlcS VI tHc Cdplldls Ina
| they are not pestered here by stree,
beggars because the indorsed loca
| charities provide for the poor. ant
feels that when the visitors to the cit,
realize this they will be glad to each
add little to the fund for maintain.
ing the local worthy charities
An excited, somewhat peevish mar
hurried up to the station in Woodward
& Lothrop's today and deposited /.
cents. He was holding his handkerchief
to his cheek and snapped out: Il ough'
not to give you this. My wife insisted
that I shave myself and turn the none,
in here. OF course l cut myself, so
don't see that this self-sacrifice bust
ness is worth all the fuss" One of the
bright young attendants at the station
asked to see the cut. then she fumblet
in her handbag and before the irritated
man knew what was going to happer
she had stuck a neat beauty spot" OF
plaster on his face.
With shamefaced grin he said: 81
guess l owe you another dime for that,
and gave it. The station was in charg
today of the graduate nurses, under the