The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-21
Group of Prominent Red
Tapeless Southern
Women to Raise
Money for Industrial
School in Bacon fIol-
low. Greene County,,
Va.
Jew YORK Is like the proverbia.
stage coach: there's always
room for one more; not only
one more person, but one more

stage coach: there's always
i room for one more; not only
one more person, but one more
interest or philanthropy as well.
Now that Bundle Day is over and
the business OF supplying clothes and
work to the destitute and unemployed
Is going on. a group OF Southerpers in
this city have turned their attention
to the needs of the New York COM
mittee in aid OF the Blue Ridge In
dustrlal School, which is actively in
terestcd in the practical education Of
the children OF the poor whites In the
Virginia mountains. The work OF
the committee. OF which George Cor
don Battle is chairman. consists in
raising as much money as possible to
carry on the school, which aims to
train the boys and girls OF the noun
tains. to make better homes and to
develop, the natural OF the
region. But Southerners. like all other
men, have So many demands upon
their pockctbooks In these days that
they have not always found II con-
vcnicnt to dig down INTO their own
pockets and supply the cash necessary
for carrying on this enterprise. so
manllke they have turned to Southern
women to help them.
Mrs. George Gordon Battle. Mrs.
Charles Dana Gibson. Mrs. Roger Will
Jams and Mrs. Reginald Brooks are
among those most particularly inter-
ested in the school.
I'VE lave no organization" ex-
y planned Mrs. Battle. we are the most
, red tapeless group you can imagine.
but for the last five years a number
of us have been getting together and
giving some sort Of entertainment to
raise money for that BLU Ridge In
dustrial School down in Greene county.
Virginia. We have 10 officers at all.
We just go right ahead without n
formalities and no matter how busy
we may be we always have time for
this.
"Our frst entertainment was a muS-
Gale, which we gave in Mr.. Wilhelm
Funk's studio. We raised about $500
by that. The third year we made
$1,000 at a card party. Last year we
made $1,000 by a dance at the Hotel
Vanderbilt. We are going to repeat
that this year and rave a dance on
the evening Of March 2 in tho Della
Robbia room Of the Vanderbilt.
We feel that we have got this
dance giving business down to a
science. We don't spend any money
on decorations or exhibition dancing
or any foolishness. We have a good
room. a good orchestra and a good
floor, and we get there about half past
= and just dance. Everybody knows
everybody else, or gets acquainted
soon, and we all have a jolly good
time. We don't even have a supper,
but there is half or three-quarters
~ an hour intermission and those who
wish a go to the dining and
get whatever they want.
"why we are all so interested IN
this school is because 1t IL such
. sensible, practical thing. The
boys and girls are taught TO help
themselves. And because they are
children of the mountains they are
trained in those industries for which
hat mountainous section Is adapted;
that Is. in intensive farming, the rails
ing of poultry and stock. and fruit
growing. The girls are taught cook
ing. sewing and general housework
also dairyinG. The boys learn car
pentry and blacksmithing as well.
II suppose that one reasou why I'm