Evening star., 1915-02-17
MARSHALS WOMEN
TOF|GHT POVERTY
"Gen." Logan Has More Than
1000 Enlisted Under
Her Banner.
SOLICITING DONATIONS
AT A HUNDRED "CAMPS"
Pretty Girls Add Interest to Cam
paign, Which Continues
Through Week.


child life, against the 1nvasions of
poverty. destitution and disease. start
ed a weeks campaign today.
In more than 100 camps throughout
the District these women are collect
ing the munitions of their warfare.
donations of money. food and clothing
for the needy.
General" Mrs. Ellis Logan made a
flying tour of her camps and outposts
this morning and found there was a
peal for the support of the indorsed
charities of the capital. She witnessed
many pathetic, humorous and human
interest incidents
This afternoon she is assisting Lieu
tenant Miss Janet Richards at the
sacrifice day" experience meeting in
the Woodward e Lothrop auditorium.
These women are contributing money
and telling what they deprived them
selves of. so that others might be
prompted to do likewise.
Visited Ninety-Six Stations.
Mrs. Logan visited ninety six contri-
button stations this morning. and has
been notified of the establishment of a
number of others, Miss M. A. Schott re-
porting to her that she had opened
four for the Foundlings' Home.
To show the spirit of family CO.
operation that is pervading the work.
twelve husbands reported to Mrs. Lo-
gan this morning for boxes, as their
wives had been detained at home and
sent the husbands to take their places
One of the touching incidents of the
early hours of the campaign was when
little youngster brought to the Sua-
shine and Community stand in S. Kann
& Sons store 80 pennies he had been
collecting in his little bank He told
the women that he once was a poor
little boy, cared for in one of the or
phan asylums of the city, and that he
had been taken from there by kind
woman who "is my mamma now" He
| said he wanted to help make the other
| little boys happy.
The station at Kann's Is in charge OF
Mrs. Ella S. Knight. who was assisted
by Mrs. William A. Kelsey and Mrs
Anna A. Stilings. They received their
| first contributions from the members Of
the firm. Nearly every clerk in the store
visited the stand during the day and
gave each one her little mite for char
| ity. The day nursery seemed to be the
most popular charity at that station.
| Barrels Placed in Stores.
| The Petworth Women's Club has
| placed barrels In various stores as re-
| ceptacles for gifts for the charities to
be benefited by donation week Mem
| bers of this organization especially re-
quest that children contribute through
this medium to Friendship House.
| The Christ Child Society station at
Parker & Bridget's has some Of the
| prettiest young women in the organi-
zation selling flowers to help swell the
| funds.
At Burchelrs store on F street the
young women in charge grew so enthust-
| astic over the work that they carried their
| little table out onto the sidewalk, and
with alluring smiles won the attention OF
many passersby to their plea
| All Of the O'Donnell drug stores
throughout the District have been taken
as stations. and booths have been set up
| III the lobbies of all the theaters.
| Young women representing the Epis-
copal Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, at
| Reeves, on F street, had one of the pret-
test decorated stands, and did very
prosperous business
Calls for Pretty Girls.
| Col Fred c. Bryan, president of the
Sons of the American Revolution, is
going to take charge of the station
at Rauscher's Monday, Washington g
birthday. and has sent out call for
the prettiest girls in Washington to
| sell flowers under the auspices of the
patriotic organizations on that day.
| The Girl Scouts of the District are to
have headquarters at Woodward &
| Lothrop's Saturday, and are preparing
to attract the public with series Of
novel appeals.
Several sugar barrels full of gro
ceries, vegetables and provisions were
contributed by patrons of the Center
| market today for the benefit of the
Central Mission. This was the result O.
| the community barrel set up on the
tributions to which on each day during
the District donation week" are turned
| over to some charity that is feeding tn,
hungry of the city.
At o'clock tonight all the funds col
lected at all of the stations are to bt
| brought to the headquarters of the
mems auxiliary committee. In the Nun
sey building, where they will be count
ed and announcement made each day.
The principal stations established to-
y day by Mrs. Logan and her assistant,
\ are given below. First is stated the
location of the collection booth, ther
the organization in charge. and theI
the chairman of the committee of WON
tGn VINO Will De TcSpOHSlDlc LOT keeping
this station open during the week
These stations are:
Various Donation Stations.
Dupont circle. P street and Dupon
cirle. Young Womens Christian
Home. Miss DunbeIl and five assistants
Magruders, Connecticut avenue, AS
sociation for Works of Mercy. Mrs
Henry E Brown and twelve assistants
Y. w. c. A. building. Mrs. William
Hamilton Bailey. assisted by Mrs
Charles l. Richardson and twent,
. others.
DR.. McGuire,s drug store, 9Th and I
| streets, William Washington, secre-
tary of Colored Settlement.
True Reformers' Hall, 18th and I
, streets, Nelson Washington for Coloret
Settlement.
Woodward & Lothrop. F. street en-
trance. Washington Diet Kitchen, Mis-
Mary Gwynn.
Woodward & Lothrop. auditorium
Miss Janet Richards.
Afieck's drug store, Washington Jew
ish Alliance OF Women, Mrs james
Lansburgh and sixteen assistants.
ODonnell's drug store. F street. Mrs