Evening star., 1915-02-23
STDAYSEFFORT
FOR RCAAR|TY FUND
A Thousand Women Making
Final Appeal to Washing
ton Generosity.
"SHARE A DAYS PAY"
ISSLOGAN OF WORKERS
Members of Congress and Govern,
ment Employees Asked to Help
Swell the Total.

For charity and capital PRIDE was
the slogan with which Mrs. Kate Wal
ler Barrett, chairman, of the federal
day effort, and Mrs. Ellis Logan. ex-
ecutive chairman of the District do
nation week campaign for the support
of the Washington charities. spurred
their more than 1000 workers on this
last day of the begging"
Share days pay" was the plea
made to all of the hundreds of thou
sands of government employees IN al.
of the departments. Women were sta
toned morning, noon and night at all
of the entrances and exits of the fed
eral buildings collecting their mite with
all their might from all who could be
induced to contribute.
Each senator received a personal let
ter from Mrs. Barrett. asking him to
give at least $40 for the good cause,
and Mrs. Barrett said at noon today
that she expects the response to be
generous.
Besiege Public Buildings.
Prominent clubwomen of the National
Capital, assisted by the prettiest girls
in the city, besieged the Capitol, the
Treasury, Congressional Library and
all the centers of government activity
trying to make the funds received to-
day double those for any other day of
the campaign. Envelopes were distr1b-
uted in all the departments into which
the clerks were urged to put such
small coins as they can afford to help
the less fortunate who haven't sure
job under civil service.
Today's scurry for funds is to close
with a reception this evening in the
Raleigh Hotel, where all of those who
greeted by the executive committee of
clubwomen and by the civic. church
and business leaders who constitute
the mems advisory committee. 1t is
hoped by Mrs. Barrett that at this
meeting a number of generous checks
will be received
Those who will assist in the reception
are Mrs. Ellis Logan. president of the
district Federation of Women's Clubs:
Mrs: Kate Waller Barrett. national
Missions; Mrs. Ella S. Thatcher. national
chairman of the soldiers and sailors
relief of the w. c. T. u; Mrs. Emma
$. Shelton. president of the w. C. T. e.;
Miss Janet Richards. chairman of the
legislative committee Of the D. +. W. c.;
Mrs. Richard Wainwright. a leader in
woman's welfare work: Mrs. Alice G..
Whitaker, president of the Housekeep-
ers Alliance. and Mrs. ". D. Bigelow,
who has charge of all the donation
boxes.
To Apportion Funds.
Every one of the contribution boxes
from all parts Of the District are to be
turned in tonight. the mems commit
tee is to meet tomorrow in the Raleigh
Hotel to apportion out to each of the
Endorsed charities it's share of the char
ity fund which has been collected dur
ing the week.
In the House Office building early to-
day contribution station was set up
by Miss Katherine 7. Abrams and Miss
Barbara Campbell. At the Treasury De-
partment the collectors were in charge
Of Miss Kitty Barrett. Miss M. J.
Ellis Logan was in charge Of the dele
cation that swept down upon the
State. War and Navy building. Mrs. E.
L. Robertson marshaled her forces at
the pension Office and Mrs. E. L. Stimp-
son took charge at the bureau of en-
craving and printing.
Mrs. Barrett is to renew her appeal
tonight to the audiences at keith's and
Polls theaters, and will be assisted by
a score of young women. who will also
sell flowers contributed by the Wash
ington florists.
Amount Deposited in Bank.
The official total collections of the
District donation week committee de-
posted in the bank are s1,995.05, but
this does not include the collections
made at the theaters last night nor
the returns from the flower sales. At
Keith's something more than $50 was
taken in and the flower sale by Misses
Ruby, Marie and Agnes Dedge at Polls
added 1924 to the fund.
Mrs. Ellis Logan estimated that the
charity fund this morning was some
thing more than $4,000. The collections
at the various stations yesterday came
to S3S507, with the largest amount do
mated to the Florence Crittenton Mis-
sion booth in the Lansburgh & Bro.
store, where Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett
much of it in small coins.
That the spirit of cooperation is
growing with the work was shown
yesterday by the fact that there were
very few contributions designated for
any particular charity, but the bulk of
the donations were for the general
fund which Is to be distributed among
the indorsed charities of the city by
the mems committee.
Flower Sale Feature.
The sale of flowers in the theaters,
including the quantity of beautiful
blooms from the White House con-
servatories sent in by Miss Margaret
Wilson, was the big feature of yes
terdays effort. Every one of these
flowers was sold.
From the stage of most of the
theaters announcement was made of