Evening journal., 1916-05-30

Bingl Bang! The opening gun Of the
Young Women's Christian Association
new building campaign has been fired.
That the campaign gun will be rapid
fire shooter is already proven by an an
nouncement made at the opening cam
paign dinner which was held last night
in the grill room Of the Hotel DUPONT, by
Mrs. Charles r. Nollaston, president Of
the board Of directors of the local Y. W..
~. 90, that already S33O00 has been
raised toward the S2O0,0O for which the
campaign is to be conducted. The
donors are: Pierre S. dupont, who has
given $1,000; General r. G. dupont.
who has given $1,000; William P. Ban
croft, who will be one of five 10 give
$4,000. and Mr. and Mrs. H. Fletcher
Brown, who will give 5000.
The dinner last night was attended by
about 400 persons, representing gen
erals, their aides, team captains and
team workers, a few speciality invited
speakers. Guests we're seated at 80
tables. above each of which was sus-
pended the name of the team captains.
Members Of the executive committee and
speakers were seated at one long table
which was attractively decorated with
red peonies.
Those seated at the speakers table
in addition TO the speakers and mem
bers Of the executive committee were.
William p. Bancroft, General James II.
I Wilson. the Rev Charles L. Candee.
Mrs. James p. Price, Richard p. Reese,
! j. Ernest Smith, Miss Gene Brown, Miss
Edna n. Taylor. Miss Eva X. Jones,
Miss Grace /. Osborne. the Rev. Herbert
! +. Randolph, the Rev. William II. Laird,
the Rev. Thomas p. Holloway. Lewis
I w. Brosius. Miss Mathide Seipp Mrs.
NJ z. Brashiers. Leon NJ. Wickersham.
! Mrs. +. II. Wine. Miss Letitia jenkins.
and Miss Caroline Jones, secretaries Of
! the Chester Y. W. c. A.: Miss Maybelle
/ Danuser. Mrs Caleb r. Burchenal, Miss
/ Bertha Harlan Miss Josephine Prickett.
/ The speakers were: William H.
Morris. general secretary of the Y.
+ NJ. c. A.. Of Baltimore. Mrs. Robert +.
! Speer, Of New York. president OF the
National Y. W. c. A.; Miss winifred
! J. Robinson. dean OF the Women's Col
/ lege; General James II. Wilson. U. S.
A., retired; Mrs Charles +. Wollas-
ton. president Of the board Of direc-
/ tors of the local Y. w. G. A., and M.
( c. Williams, official campaign man
ager
Previous TO the dinner an informal
reception was held in the lobby OF
the hotel. A spirit OF enthusiasm
and o-get-the-amountr spirit
predominated last night Following
the dinner speeches bearing on the
importance and value Of the associa-
ton work in building up the woman
hood of the community we're made,
after which Mr.. Williams outlined his
methods OF campaign conducting.
Each worker is to report at noon
every day at the luncheons to be held
at the Hotel DUPONT Al the close ol
the luncheons the reports Of each cap
tain will be announced and then plac.
ed on a bulletin TO be hung in the
|, grill room. Seven thousand cards vii
be placed in the hands Of all team
workers for distribution Eight thous.
and pamphlets telling OF the work Of
the association and giving details o
the campaign are being sent to bust
d ness men and women OF this city and
State. Payments Of subscriptions MAJ
cover one year and a half and thel
may he paid in fifths. He gave as the
slogans for the campaign. I'VE thinl
we can" and Women First"
In presenting his plans, Mr.. VII
liams urged the workers 60 give some
thing themselves. for "as we give SC
J will you get" he asserted.
zone point ] would like 10 empha
size." said Mr.. Williams, don't &c
the notion into your heads that yol
are begging for money You are not
You are offering TO this city a chanc
10 enter 4 splendid paying investmen
which will at the same time he for tn
betterment OF the womanhood OF thi
: community"
Governor Miller Presiees.
Governor Charles r. Miller preside
over the dinner and introduced Josial
Marvel as the toast master. In intro
ducing Mr. Marvel. Governor Mile
took occasion to speak of the cor
structive work which the Y. W. c. A
, is doing for the business women O
. this community and he urged the syn
pathy. support and cooperative intei
est of every one in the community 4
this campaign.
Mr. Marvel spoke briefly OF the "bai
tie that lies before the workers an
- stated that each worker would hav
D to work as he never had worked b,
{ fore. He introduced William II. MOI
= ris. general secretary OF the Y. NJ. {
}. A., of Baltimore as the first speaker
e Mr. Norris spoke OF the close rel'
4 tionships that exist between the Y. N
/. c. A. and the Y. W. c. A. and en-
phasized the great compelling nee