Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-26
Social Leaders and Associa-
ton Workers Confer at
Her Home.
FUND is $4,000 RICHER ::
AS RESULT OF CAMPAIGN
Miss Elizabeth w. Dodge to Speak
at Vesper Services Tomor-
row Afternoon.

considerable impetus to the finance
week campaign of the Y. W. c. A. was
given at n parlor conference in tho
home of Mrs. Robert Lansing, wife of
the Secretary of State, this morning.
Mrs. Lansing. who is the recording
secretary of the Washington associa-
ton. and who has been taking lead
ing part in all of the golden jubilee ex-
ercises. had invited more than score
of social leaders to meet some V w.
c. A. officials. They were all impressed
with the development of the associa-
ton in Washington and the need for
financial assistance. not only to par
current expenses. but to provide per-
manent home where all of the varied
activities can be under the one roof.
Addresses were made by Mrs. Lans-
ing, Miss Elizabeth w. Dodge of New
York. one of the national board of the
association, and by Miss Florence NJ.
Brown, the general secretary in WASH
ington.
The financial campaign has already
brought in more than $1,000. and the
receipts yesterday were $3.50
Addresses High School Girls.
Miss Dodge is speaking at the High
School Girls Council this afternoon at
the association headquarters. Miss
Dodge is a daughter of Cleveland H.
Dodge and the niece of Miss Grace
Dodge. who was president of the ma
tional organization from 1906 to the
time of her death in 1914, and whose
creative vision made possible much of
the associations endeavor.
Miss Dodge will be the speaker at
the Young Women's Christian Associa-
ton jubilee vesper services tomorrow
at pm. at st. Paurs Lutheran
Church, 18th and II streets. Her topic
will be THE Source of Our Power
Mrs. Robert n. Page will preside at
this meeting.
Music for Vesper Services.
The music for the afternoon is UNI
der the direction of Mrs. William Ham
ilton Bayly, president of the Young
Women's Christian Association. Mrs.
Bayly will preside at the organ. Mrs.
Julian Brylawski will sing Gounods 20
Thou Divine Redeemer,'' and Miss
Elizabeth Wilbur will play a violin
solo. the Bach-Gounod Ave Maria"
accompanied by Mrs. Bayly at the
organ. Miss Florence NJ. Brown will
daily invited to attend this meeting.
The committee conducting the vesper
services in connection with the golden
jubilee celebration of the Y. w. c. A.,
at 429 T street, expects a large attend
ance at the o'clock service tomorrow.
An interesting program has been ar
ranged. The subject is Christ AS the
Inspiration and Source of Power"
Mrs. Fannie Ware Taylor. chairman
of the devotional committee, will make
the address. A-Special musical pro-
gram has also been arranged.
Tea will be served, after which Miss
Jessie Fields story. The Most Beauti-
full Thing in the World" will be read.
Encouraged by Responses.
Already the women on the finance
committee feel encouraged by the re-
Spouse to their request for funds. The
pageant presented Wednesday evening
was a great stimulus to the generous
impulses of the community. One spec
tator upon leaving remarked to a Y. w.
Z. A. secretary, If 1 had thousand
dollars to give, it would be yours
Another woman remarked. II am so
thrilled by this pageant / am coming
to the association to work"
The fact that the Y. w. c. A. is So
per cent self-supporting is referred to
with qualification by the finance COM
mittee. Ten thousand dollars is the
sum required to supplement the inter
nal nah revenue vsnus Of ,ba the y; w. C. A This
daily service by the Y. W. C. A. 10 the
women of Washington. The internal
revenue of the Y. w. c. A. is pro-
vided through the medium of the two
cafeterias, membership fees and tut
lions.
The response with which prominent
Washington women have met the re-
quests to join Y. w. c. A. finance
let af
team members:
Mrs. Baylys team-Mrs. William
Hamilton Bayly neader). Mrs. Robert
F. Mcfarland. Mrs. Woodbury. Pulsi-
fer. Miss Elizabeth F. Pierce. Mrs.
Charles W: Richardson. Mrs. n. S. Fau-
cett, Mrs. Thomas ID. Kramer, Mrs. Ell
len C. White. Miss Irene Gummel. Mrs.
F. A. MacAlister, Miss Kate S. White.
Mrs. Robert S. Corby. Mrs. Cora NJ.
Campbell and Mrs. George w. White.
Girls work team-Mrs. Fred Wright,
chairman: Mrs. Allen Fay. Miss Cath
crime Gusts, Miss Mabel Perry, Miss
Mary Lamberton. Miss Alice McCauley.
Mrs. Robert Morrison and Mrs. J. A
Boyd.
Religious work committee team
Mrs. Frank G. Wilkins. Mrs John s
Scully, Mrs. Robert n. Page, Mrs Jack
son Ralston, Mrs. Oscar Wilkinson,
Mrs. F. c. Rice. Mrs. Malcolm T. Price.
son Thurston. Miss Eloise Brainerd.
Miss Susan Cults. Miss Jean Harvey.
Miss Mary Holland. Miss Blanche Pen
field, DR.. Ada Thomas and Mrs W. ].
Showalter.
Educational team-Mrs Herbert E.
Day, chairman; Mrs. John D. Hird, Mrs.
Thomas Mitchell. Mrs. H. NJ. Harvey,
Mrs. G. c. Pearce. Mrs. Walter Weaver,
Mrs. H. L. Costing, Mrs. Lydia Carroll.
Miss Frances Chickering, Miss Helen
Hughes. Miss Helen Fay. Miss Annie
Jameson, Miss Claudine Clements, Miss
Alice Deal, Miss Catherine Williamson.
Miss Mary Weaver. Miss Frances
Thomson, Miss Alice Drake, Miss Cath
crime Raber, Miss Hattie Stein, Miss
Ellen Love. Miss Cora Frank, Miss
Majorie Ourand. Miss Katherine Her
mann. Miss Gladys Wheeler. Mrs r.
Stuart Knapp and Miss Mildred Grims-
ey.
The Princeton Chapter of the Y. W.
:. A. held its monthly meeting at the
nome of Mrs. ]. Q. Walton, 1925
Kansas avenue. Seventeen women were
present. The chapter enjoyed a story
cad by Miss Buckingham which show
ed the influence the Y. W. c. A. exerts
over young girls that come under its
guidance.