Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-19

most use, and. curious1y enough, had all
our plans laid for 'trekking' with the
troops during the summer of 1914 and
playing quite a substantial part at the
annual army maneuvers.
80 we had our sleeves all rolled up,
and, within ten days after the outbreak
of war. we had $50 centers established
in various parts of the country. 1t was
fortunate that we had too, as the au-
thorities, in many places. had no can
teens, no tents, no big markees. Like
everybody else, we looked for short
war, and at the outset we appealed only
for $12o.000. Since then we have asked
for, and got, and spent, over half
million sterling, or $2.5Q0.000. not very
big sum as you count money in the
United States. but a tidy one here. The
bulk of 1t has been secured by adver-
tsements in the newspapers and by cir
cularization, and the sum l have men,
toned does not include local subscrip-
tons. which have been many.
The way in which many of the huts
have been paid for is especially inter-
esting. 1t is becoming more and more
common for a hut to be erected by
father or mother a memorial to
son who has fallen and who could
hardly have a better one. All sorts of
institutions and societies have given
huts, many banks, for instance. In
Guiding the Bank of England. The hut
in Grosvenor Gardens, which Queen
Alexandra opened this week, was pre-
scented by Bryant & May, the famous
firm of match manufacturers. Queen
Alexandra, besides working for us ike
a Trojan. has personally given hut,
which is located at Aldershot. One was
provided, too. at cost of S 1900 by the
Variety Artists Federation, represent
ing one of the classes that have been
hit hardest by the war.
The mothers of England have given
hut Mr.. Yapp went on, land so nave
the boys and girls and even the dogs and
cats of England. The dogs and cats
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largest we have in France. and has
been carried on until recently by Lady
Rodney. The way it came to be built
was this: One day a woman-a Grip
Maud Field of Mortimer, West Berk-
shire) and suggested that she thought
the dogs and cats of Great Britain
ought to be appealed to to provide
hut. and that she would make the ap-
peal If we liked. l didn't look for
much from the idea, but told her to go
ahead. Inside of a month. however,
she turned up again with S2.250, rep
resenting hundreds of subscriptions,
the biggest of them being S25 and the
smallest one penny. which she herself
collected from owners of dogs and cats.
In all she collected more than $4,000
from the dogs and cats, and the hut
at Rouen was built and equipped with
the money.
Several women Mr.. Yapp went on.
have sold out all their worldly possess
sions in order to build Y. M. C. A.
hut and then have devoted their whole
time to running it. Subscriptions. both
likely sources A fish hawker gave six
half crowns ($s.75) as a thank Offer
ing A lieutenant sent his first months
pay after receiving his commission. and
q poor woman invested her all in a
clock in memory Of her husband, killed
in action. ana there have been thou
sands Of other gifts just as unusual as
these.
Tho whole royal family. as we'll as
dozens upon dozens of titled folk, are
helping US daily. The king Is deeply
Interested. and Queen Mary has con-
tributed to our funds and permitted us
to give her name to one of our large
hutss that at 4oulogns. ThA Duke of