The Washington times., 1915-02-13
SELF.SACR|F|CE DAY
PROVES A SUCCESS
Seventy.five Thousand PhiIadeI-
phians Contribute $4,000
in All Sorts Of Sums.

PHILADELPHIA. Feb 22.-sevcnty-
five thousand individual contributors
made up a total sum Of $4,000 In lit
tie self-denials and sacrifices yesterday,
.Self-sacrifice Day" All day long un-
I'll midnight a steady torrent Of money,
In checks. bills. handfuls Of coin.
nickles. pennies. half dollars and quart
in the city. from the little bowls In
front Of stores, from BILLY" Sundays
tabernacle. from shops and factories.
from offices and schools, through the
malls and from charity chutes-avertti-
able flood Of money pouring into the
strong boxes Of the emergency aid com.
mittec. to be changed by modern day
miracle Of love into bread for the starv-
Ing. clothing for the destitute and work
for the unemployed.
Every minute yesterday. from sunrise
to midnight. some hand was outstretch-
ed to help the poor. Every time the
sbslty eksd there wss con tex srd IN the
tered into the tin box. Philadelphia
rose to meet the crisis Of its poor. and
the work Of the home relief division Of
the emergency aid committee will 60
on. It could not have found q better
way to celebrate the birthday Of Lin
coin. the man Of sacrifice. "Self-sacri-
fice Day" from beginning to end was a
success
Spirit Goes Everywhere.
The spirit Of the day went every
where, and the little coins that SPELL
ed sacrifice came from all sorts of
people in all parts of the city. When
announcement Of "Self-sacrifce Day"
contributions was made last night in
gregation cheered. and 1t needed only
a reference by the evangelist to Abb
raharn Lincoln to make 1t q Self
sa crifice Day congregation: As the
result Of Sundays appeal $4,000 was
collected and sent over to the Lincoln
building for the worthy poor Of the
city.
Philadelphia earned its right yester-
day to be called the City Of Brotherly
Love. The little iron pipe did 1t. for it
gether in amazing fashion. At 8
o'clock yesterday morning the side
walk In front Of the Lincoln Building
was crowded, and 1t was necessary to
force down stubborn bills and to keep
a path open on the sidewalk.
Within tive minutes 81 coins had
rattled down the chute. The police
man raped on the tube and assumed
the role OF an auctioneer.
He remained "on the job all day. and
so did the crowd. Business men. hurry
ing to keep appointments. paused for
coins. Poorly dressed women turned
purses upside down. and emptied the
contents into the funnel, and there was
rattle Of pennies. representing, prob
ably. the savings Of days. Little chill
while they dropped their candy money
| and chuckled to hear It slide down into
the basement. Shoppers handed checks.
or bills to the young men Of the
+ Emergency Aid who were standing out
side the door. Most OF them refused
to give their names. 10 was a continu-
GUS picture Of genuine charity manifest
! Ing Itself In pity and love for the poor.
One Drops In $50.
A well-dressed man held his closed
hand over the stop OF the tube. He
| opened his hand and passed on swiftly.
There was no noise in the tube but the
policeman on the other end saw a little
bundle drop into the box and II was
nine sl0 bills held together with a rub
Der elastic.
In many cases notes. explaining the
tions. Some Of the contributors had de-
MED themselves amusements. One
woman decided to go without new
nat. and gave the money to the poor.
,, Scventy-fvc cents was received from "a
! small family which is going without
fruit. butter and dessert today to help
her dinner. Hundreds Of dollars worth
OF candy were uneaten yesterday. One
man said he wanted to buy some books,
but would give the money instead. But
the greatest and most stupendous sacri-
flee came yesterday afternoon from a
small boy of eight. who marched up
TO the policeman and bravely held out
his hand.
Here's s5 cents" he said. proudly. Il
earned 1t by washing my teeth for two
weeks"