Evening star., 1915-02-21


huge piles of copper coins brought in
from all over the District. This made
the tellers work until late hour last
night. Not one of the executive COM
mittee Of women stopped work yester-
day long enough to get any luncheon
Tuesday Mrs. Barrett, who is national
president of the Florence Crittenton
Mission. is to have a window OF
Pennsylvania avenue decorated and
will have there some children from the
mission.
Booth in Polls Lobby.
Miss Ruby Marie Dedge. Washington
associate of the Santa Claus girl. OPEN
ed up her booth in the lobby of Polls
Theater last evening and in half an
| hour made $11.5S for the charities fund.
She sold out of flowers but has larg-
er supply promised for Monday and
| Tuesday nights. These flowers are
contributed by the florists of Washing
! ton.
Miss Mary Mullen. superintendent Of
the Florence Crittenton Mission, had an
interesting day at the community bar
rel in the Center Market One Of her
visitors was a jovial man, who said.
''Oh, the community barrel" He shook
| one, examined the hoops and the make
and seemed to Miss Mullen to be acting
queerly, until he let slip something about
Oneida community. Then 1t came out
that he thought the barrels were an ex-
hibit of the work done at the Oneida,
n. Y, community. and that they were
part of the food show. He said he CUES
sed the joke was on him and bought
some groceries for the mission.
Miss Mullen also got a small contri-
button from woman who said she hoped
the war would soon be over, that she
pitied the poor men in the trenches, and
it was not until after she had gone that
Miss Mullen realized that the money was
meant for war relief work.
The Christ Child Society girl at S.
Kann. Sons & Co.'S was visited by
What about this self-denial?" She
tried to explain it. and he said. with
apparent sincerity. that he had never
| in his life denied himself anything.
gin, and he said he would. and asked
that he might be enrolled as a new
member of the Christ Child Society
This young woman bore testimony.
as most of tn other workers have
done. that it is the poor people who
are giving the most frequently. She
pointed out a very poorly dressed col
ored woman who had just given her
mite cents.
Husband Idle, But Gives.
At the Sunshine and Community So
ciety station, also in kann's a woman
who gave 25 cents said that her hus-
band has not done bit of work since
the 1st of December and that she has
three children. But, she said. she was
still able to see her way ahead until
spring and that 1t was real pleasure
for her to give that little to help those
| less fortunate than herself.
| AT Woodward & Lothrop's a we'll
dressed couple passed obviously by
the contribution station and entered
their limousine. A young woman at the
stand said that while this couple had
been in the store their chauffeur had
come to the stand and given u quarter.
Miss Estelle Wheeler. who was for
two days in charge of the Washington
Diet Kitchen station in Woodward &
Lothrop's. said that what impressed
easily afford to give or 10 cents
passed the contribution box without
stopping, apparently ashamed to drop
in such small amount. The poorer
people gave they could afford She
commented that if every one would
give some small coin rather than pass
by because they did not feel like drop
ping in dollar bill the charities
would receive the much-needed help in
larger measure.
Miss Wheeler also commented on the
! fact that Miss Mary Gwynn, who was
with her at the station, has little dog
and that when the dog was at the
! stand the passers-by paid much more
| attention to him than they did to the
| contribution box for the benefit of des-
titute children.
Mrs. Faber Stevenson. who Is in
charge of the STATIC at Reeves, said
| that one of the most encouraging signs
| at her stand was thai some who at
first declined to give anything or who
| gave very small amounts returned
later and gave larger sums. Miss
| Katherine Scrivener, twelve -year-old
| girl. is the prize collector at this sta
ton. On the two days that she has
| been assisting the result was just twice
| what it has been on other days. and
| Mrs Stevenson gives her full cred t.
stand have been $3.50 and $235O. Mrs.
Steyenson's other assistants are Mrs.
Louis w. Richardson, Mrs. William P.
Pollard, Mrs. Olive Joyce. Miss Nancy
| PHYLLIS Snyder, Mrs. William Fox. Mrs.
| n Lee and Mrs. +. II. Pitcher
Those VINO are collecting at the AS
sociation for Works of Mercys stand
cut avenue and K street. which has
carried off honors for the last two
days, are Mrs: Henry B Brown. chair
man of the board: Mrs. Gillett. Mrs.
Henry Fitch, Mrs Talbot, Mrs Francis
Warren, Mrs. Hoes. Mrs. Van Reypen
and Miss Mimmack.
Gospel Mission workers have been
taking a very active part in the dona-
been in charge of the successful sta
tion in w. B. Moses & Sons store are
Mrs. G. w. Wheeler Mrs. w. Fl. HouEh-
ton, Mrs II. d. Gordon and Mrs. John
Nelson, wife of the representative
Mrs. Elsie Nelson. the mother of Rep
resentative Nelson, has been in charge
at Keiths Theater; Mrs Clara Arm
strong at the Columbia. Miss Ida
il Brown at the Belasco and Mrs. Herbert
Is. Kline at the station In the Munsey
II building.